elizabeth-warren
Elon Musk was just named Times’ Person of the Year, and in response, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter to comment on how the award should have gone to someone who pays their taxes and not Musk, who she believes is “freeloading off everyone else.” Musk didn’t take too kindly to these comments and […]
On Monday, several Democrats, headlined by Senators Elizabeth Warren, as well as reps Pramila Jayapal (Washington) and Brendan Boyle (Pennsylvania), and co-sponsored by Bernie Sanders, proposed a new tax that would take 3 percent annually on wealth that surpasses $1 billion, in addition to a 2 percent tax of households and trusts with wealth valued between $50 million and […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren exited the 2020 presidential race on Thursday following the campaign’s poor showing on Super Tuesday. A senior campaign aide told NPR early Thursday that Warren, once discussed as a serious contender among Democrats, was dropping out. As noted by a litany of people after word of her campaign’s end started making the […]
Super Tuesday, the biggest night of the U.S. primaries, is in full swing. Tonight, the remaining Democratic presidential candidates will battle it out in 14 states and one territory, competing for more than one-third of the delegates for Democratic National Convention. The results will significantly impact the shape of the remaining primary race, as the […]
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former VP Joseph Biden Jr., former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at the Democratic debate at Las Vegas‘ Paris Theatre on Wednesday night and things got tense. A highlight from the evening featured Warren going after Bloomberg over […]
As the Democratic party becomes flooded with presidential candidates, former President Barack Obama decided to issue a warning to the party in hopes that it will be able to win this upcoming election. While speaking to potential donors on Friday, Obama applauded the party’s candidates for taking progressive steps with their policies. Yet, he cautioned them not to […]
Bill Gates isn’t thrilled about the prospect of an Elizabeth Warren presidency. While speaking at the New York Times Dealbook Conference on Wednesday, the Microsoft co-founder expressed concerns over the Massachusetts senator’s signature wealth tax. Gates told reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin he was open to raising taxes and was willing to pay tens of billions of dollars; but he has his limits. […]
There are a ton of things that can get political ads removed from Facebook. Outright lying isn’t one of them, however. A new report from BuzzFeed News found that over 150 ads had been removed for employing fake button graphics, leading to bad landing pages or containing profanity. “Facebook has removed more than 160 ads […]
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempts to include a question on the 2020 census form asking U.S. residents whether or not they are citizens. The court didn’t rule on whether or not including the citizenship question is unlawful but rather cited concerns over why the president’s administration wanted to include it in the first place. In […]
Donald Trump is tuning into the first 2020 Democratic presidential debates tonight. But he’s not exactly happy about it. Hours before the debate’s live broadcast, POTUS told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo he intends to watch the event on Air Force One, as he makes his way to the G-20 summit in Japan. Though you’d expect him to be interested […]
