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☆ Meet the Press – November 17, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +58 min

And by the way, I do believe that President Trump has the ability to pick some really, really good people. We've seen what they've done to President Trump, we've seen the attacks that they continue to go after him with. That's - that’s being taken completely out of context. And President Trump hasn't been the one that weaponized the DOJ to go after his political enemies. I think that's a pretty controversial pick, from whatever pronoun that he or he - he or she decides to use.

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PHILADELPHIA — Singer John Legend made a homecoming trip to Pennsylvania on Sunday, campaigning alongside Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in a late-stage campaign push. While Legend was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, he attended the University of Pennsylvania, entering at age 16. NBC NEWS: You’re from Springfield, Ohio. And the positive story is that the reason why we were attracting immigrants to Springfield, Ohio, is a growth story. NBC NEWS: Sen. Casey, really quick, what is it like for you to have a legend like John Legend here?

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☆ 1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Then the Black Benedict College student sat at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina and got himself arrested. The movement started in Greensboro, North Carolina, and spread through the South in the early 1960s. “It made me feel good we were a part of this movement that had helped to make everything easier for everyone to get along a little better in South Carolina,” Barr said. University of South Carolina professor Bobby Donaldson spoke on behalf of the five men who died. The arrests and convictions of the seven men went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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☆ Student-loan companies that don't do their jobs should be fired, Elizabeth Warren says. Her next target is one that manages 8 million borrowers.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For nearly a decade, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been working to enforce oversight over Navient, a major student-loan company. Warren and some of her Democratic colleagues were concerned that the company was not properly managing student-loan borrowers' payment options, causing them to accumulate unaffordable student debt. However, it released an accountability framework in December that outlined enforcement actions it would take should servicers harm borrowers, including fining servicers and transferring borrowers to better-performing servicers. For example, MOHELA was the first servicer to be hit with a $7 million fine last October for failing to send on-time billing statements to over 2 million borrowers. Terminate MOHELA's contract and put loan services on notice: we will not tolerate your negligence and exploitation; we will not let you profiteer off vulnerable student borrowers."

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☆ Millions of student-loan borrowers' payments are being 'wildly' mismanaged by a major servicer — and it might be time to terminate its contract, over 50 Democratic lawmakers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A group of Democratic lawmakers requested increased oversight over student-loan company MOHELA. They said that the Education Department should consider ending MOHELA's contract. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIt might be time for the Education Department to consider firing a major student-loan company, a group of Democratic lawmakers say. For example, in October last year, the Education Department withheld over $7 million in pay from the servicer over its failure to send on-time billing statements to 2.5 million borrowers.

Persons: MOHELA, —, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Jim Clyburn, Secretary Miguel Cardona Organizations: Democratic, Education Department, Service, Secretary, Business

A number of Democratic lawmakers are planning to participate in a series of counter-programming events on Wednesday instead of attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. It’s the latest example of how Democrats remain divided over Israel’s handling of its war with Hamas. Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat, is expected to deliver opening remarks at the event, according to an advisory shared with CNN. Approximately 80 House Democrats and at least six Democratic senators are expected to skip Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday, according to sources and public statements reviewed by CNN. House Democratic leadership has given their members room to make their own decisions about whether to attend the speech.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Pramila Jayapal, Ayanna Pressley, Greg Casar, Biden, Jim Clyburn, Rosa DeLauro, Jamie Raskin, Read Organizations: Democratic, Hamas, Capitol, CNN, Center for American Progress, East Democracy Center, Congressional, Democrat, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Maryland, Democrats, CNN . House Democratic Locations: Israel, Palestine, Washington, Ayanna Pressley of, Texas, South Carolina, Connecticut

☆ Progressive House Democrats plan counter-programming to Netanyahu visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Approximately 80 House Democrats and at least six Democratic senators are expected to skip Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday, according to sources and public statements reviewed by CNN. House Democratic leadership has given their members room to make their own decisions about whether to attend the speech. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray, a Washington state Democrat, also declined to preside over the speech, leaving Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, to preside, a source familiar told CNN. “I’m not attending the Netanyahu address because I don’t want to condone his behavior over the last 10 months,” Jacobs told CNN. “This is a war criminal that nobody, not a single one of our elected officials should be meeting with Netanyahu,” JVP communications director Sonya Meyerson-Knox told CNN.

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☆ Mike Bloomberg says Democrats should slow down before anointing Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewAs dozens of Democratic party leaders are throwing their weight behind Kamala Harris to take over the presidential ticket, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg says they should slow their roll. AdvertisementBut in the midst of widespread support for Harris, Bloomberg isn't the only one going against the grain to suggest a lengthier nomination process. Some Democrats have called for a mini-primary, which would allow potential Harris challengers to make their case ahead of an open convention in August. Sen. Joe Manchin, seen by some as a possible rival to Harris, ruled out running himself, but also said Democrats shouldn't rush to rally around a candidate.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Mike Bloomberg, Bloomberg —, Joe Biden, Harris, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio, Jim Clyburn —, Sen, Joe Manchin, shouldn't, Trump, Donald Trump's Organizations: Service, Democratic, New York City, Bloomberg, Republican, Business, Democrats, Rep Locations: New York, Chicago, Alexandria, Cortez

☆ Al Sharpton: Kamala Harris Can Preserve Biden’s Legacy - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Al Sharpton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Among other things, he has delivered time and again for Black America. It’s for that reason that Democrats must now support the woman who has stood alongside him throughout his presidency. The attacks on her, as the highest elected Black woman in American history, will be unlike anything we’ve ever seen. He vowed to Representative Jim Clyburn that he would put a Black woman on the Supreme Court. I stood alongside him and the family of George Floyd as he signed an executive order to strengthen accountability in federal law enforcement agencies.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Jim Clyburn, Ketanji Brown Jackson, George Floyd Organizations: Black America Locations: Charlottesville

☆ Kamala Harris is racking up endorsements from key Democrats — and Trump is already on the attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWithin minutes of Joe Biden dropping out, the wheels were already in motion in both the Democratic and Republican parties. All of it centered on one person: Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden's endorsed heir apparent. The Trump campaign released a statement on Sunday criticizing Biden and Harris as Trump himself focused on mocking Biden. "Kamala Harris is just as much of joke as Biden is," the Trump campaign's statement said. AdvertisementBefore Biden's bombshell announcement, people familiar with the Trump campaign told The Guardian that Trump and his team wanted Biden to remain the nominee.

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☆ Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But if that suddenly changes, two dozen leading Democratic politicians and operatives told CNN, they can’t realistically see this ending any other way. Still, it’s an idea some Harris backers support, doubting that anyone serious would challenge her, as much chest puffing as there is behind the scenes. Multiple Democratic members of Congress who have called for Biden to go declined on Friday when asked by CNN if they were ready to say they want Harris to be the nominee. “I do believe it has to be the vice president. Biden’s hand would matterFew can conceive of Biden stepping aside and not tapping his running mate to take over.

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Washington CNN —President Joe Biden was bracing for a week of political onslaught. When gunshots rang out at a Donald Trump political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening, much of that appeared to change. He also addressed the nation from the Oval Office, calling for a lowering of the political temperature. “I think it should,” one close Biden ally told CNN when asked if that may end up being a result of Saturday’s attack. But those expected discussions were quickly eclipsed by the response to the assassination attempt on Biden’s predecessor and political opponent.

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Biden became the first Democrat to win Georgia since 1992, when he defeated Trump by less than 12,000 votes. A Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll released this week found 47% of Black voters said Biden should continue his campaign, compared to 49% who said he should cede the nomination to someone else. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that among Biden supporters, 58% of Black supporters said both Biden and Trump ought to be replaced, compared with 84% of Asian supporters, 74% of White supporters and 67% of Hispanic supporters. Support among Black voters has long been the make or break point for Democratic politicians. In 2008, Black voters helped Barack Obama win the Democratic nomination and their high voter turnout helped him carry states like Ohio and North Carolina.

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☆ Bernie Sanders urges Dems to 'stop the bickering' and back Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate," Sanders wrote. "And with an effective campaign that speaks to the needs of working families, he will not only defeat Mr. Trump but beat him badly." But "I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected," Sanders wrote. I know: Mr. Biden is old, is prone to gaffes, walks stiffly and had a disastrous debate with Mr. Trump. "Supporters of Mr. Biden can speak proudly about a good and decent Democratic president with a record of real accomplishment," he wrote.

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☆ Democrats felt 'gaslit' by the Biden campaign. Are lawmakers returning the favor now?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"The consensus is that President Biden's our nominee," Khanna said. One day they're like, '100 percent, he's in.' Now, Democrats in Congress — by suggesting that Biden hasn't made his decision after all — sure look like they're returning the favor. After a lull at the beginning of this week, the calls for Biden to step aside from Democratic lawmakers are growing once more. "House Democrats are engaged in conversations with House Democrats at this moment in time.

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☆ Democrats are still fretting about Biden’s disastrous debate. He’s ready to be done talking about it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Mj Lee | Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Aides to the president told CNN that not only are they no longer interested in discussing Biden’s on-stage fiasco last month, and there are simply no outstanding questions about the president’s political future to debate. “We’re done talking about the debate and focused on a singular mission: Defeating Donald Trump in November,” one Biden aide told CNN. Tuesday’s White House press briefing was once again dominated by questions about Biden’s health, mental fitness and the political fallout of the debate. “Jill and Valerie won’t let him go down in flames,” this adviser told CNN, referencing the president’s wife and sister by their first names. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Jon Tester of Montana all said they thought Biden cannot win the election, a source familiar told CNN.

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Washington CNN —After President Joe Biden’s reelection efforts spiraled into chaos following his debate fiasco last month, Democrats who have both stood by and abandoned Biden since then see Tuesday as a decisive day for the president’s political future. Jeffries listened as he was confronted with concerns and frustrations from all factions of the caucus during House Democrats’ Tuesday meeting. But instead of a united front, Democrats emerged from the meeting without consensus or a clear path forward. Even though a number of lawmakers expressed their support for Biden, the concerns stuck with many Democrats after the meeting. House Democrats gathered on Tuesday to discuss steps forward with Biden’s campaign.

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☆ So far, no Black lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called on Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee. Why it matters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewOn Sunday, President Joe Biden once again found himself in Philadelphia, a city that has played a crucial role in his political life. AdvertisementOn Sunday, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio told CNN's Eva McKend that Democratic lawmakers shouldn't turn against Biden. A huge "what if" for Biden is if a high-ranking Black lawmaker calls on him to exit the race. But will it help him with Black voters in the coming weeks and months? That November, Biden won 92% of the Black vote, compared to Trump's 8% support, according to the Pew Research Center.

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☆ Biden blasts ‘elites’ urging him to exit race in surprise interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden arrives to speak to supporters and volunteers during a campaign stop at a Biden-Harris campaign election office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. President Joe Biden defended his place at the top of the Democratic ticket Monday in a surprise television interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," after more lawmakers and donors came forward over the weekend with concerns about his reelection bid. "I'm getting so frustrated by the elites in the party" calling on him to step down, the president fumed. Biden insisted to hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that the concerns of his wealthy backers would not dictate his political future. "I want their support, but that's not the reason I'm running," Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Harris, I'm, Biden, Donald Trump, fumed, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, that's, Hakeem Jeffries, Adam Smith, Jerry Nadler, Mark Takano, Joe Morelle, Angie Craig, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Chuck Schumer, George Stephanopoulos, Sen, Chris Murphy, Conn Organizations: Biden, Democratic, Democrats, NBC News, N.Y, Trump, ABC News, NATO, Democratic Party Locations: Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, New York, Calif, Washington, D, Ukraine

☆ Biden's TV interview fails to quell re-election concerns among lawmakers, donors and strategists
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School on July 05, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. On Saturday, House Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., officially called on Biden to bow out of the presidential race. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Il., made his own announcement during an MSNBC interview Friday, just before the full ABC News 22-minute interview aired. They join a growing choir of Democratic lawmakers, donors and strategists losing faith in Biden's ability to wage a successful campaign against Trump. Earlier this week, former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., some of Biden's closest allies, publicly validated concerns about Biden's fitness for reelection.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Angie Craig, Biden, Craig, Mike Quigley, Lloyd Doggett, Grijalva, Seth Moulton, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Pelosi, Clyburn Organizations: Sherman Middle School, ABC, Democratic, Democrat, Biden, Trump, Reps Locations: Madison , Wisconsin

In this next term, I’m going to make sure we got to — straighten out the tax system. STEPHANOPOULOS: The number of Americans who think you’re too old to serve has doubled since 2020. STEPHANOPOULOS: I’ve — I’ve questioned him and his allies as persistently as any journalist has. We have — I mean, I’m not seen what you’re — you’re proposing. He may bring me down, he may.”STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. President, I’ve never seen a president 36 percent approval get re-elected.

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☆ Biden has a new plan: Stop doing events at night
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. He told the governors he just needs to get more sleep and stop holding events after 8 p.m., according to the outlets. Biden's campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider about the reports. Biden's campaign had previously chalked up the poor performance to a cold and jet lag from international trips he had taken days earlier. One representative told CNN anonymously that House lawmakers are giving Biden space to decide what to do next.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden —, he's, didn't, Biden's, Anita Dunn, Bob Bauer, Ron Klain, Wes Moore, they'd, Biden, Jim Clyburn, Kamala Harris, he'll, ABC's George Stephanopoulos Organizations: Service, Business, CNN, The New York Times, Trump, Politico, Biden Locations: Maryland

Plan B talks get louderThe Biden campaign’s attempts to soothe panicked Democrats and donors after the president’s calamitous debate appear to have cratered. One Democratic lawmaker has openly called on President Biden to withdraw from the race, while others are sharply criticizing his campaign’s response. And many party backers remain as nervous about sticking with him as they were last week — but also worry about the alternatives. The latest: Representative Lloyd Doggett of Texas became the first sitting Democrat to demand that Biden step aside. Democrats and foreign allies worry that Biden has increasingly seemed confused or listless, The Times reports.

Persons: Biden, Lloyd Doggett, Jim Clyburn, “, ” Barack Obama Organizations: Biden, Democratic, South Carolina, The Washington Post, Times Locations: Texas, South, NewsNation

☆ Vice President Kamala Harris' past donors privately strategize in case Biden drops out
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gives the commencement address at the commencement ceremony for graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., May 30, 2024. There's also discussion among Harris confidants about the need to begin scheduling meetings for the vice president with some of the biggest donors in the Democratic Party if Biden drops out, these people explained. A White House spokeswoman for Harris and Biden campaign representatives did not return requests for comment. "To be clear, Vice President Harris is a badass. PredicIt, which allows people to make bets on political events, now puts the vice president in a close second to Biden.

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☆ Democrats are ironically declaring their support for Kamala Harris on social media
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Related storiesA CNN poll released on Tuesday also found that Harris performed better than Biden in a hypothetical match-up with Trump. Hillary must be so mad — Mr. Chau (@Srirachachau) July 2, 2024For some newly minted Harris supporters, the feeling is genuine. Among them is Chi Ossé, a New York City Councilor who's called on Biden to drop out and posted a sizzle reel of Harris with the caption "coconut tree summer" on Wednesday. AdvertisementIn fact, many of the X users who are tweeting their support for Harris aren't exactly the vice president's biggest fans. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?'"

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