×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement“There’s a difference between lip service and actually being committed every single day to the issues you say you’re fighting for.”- Helen Brosnan, Justice DemocratsAdvertisementHelen Brosnan, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats’ independent spending arm, said the group sees Bowman, a Bronx middle school principal, as someone who would fight more passionately for the priorities that Engel has formally endorsed. She noted that Bowman, unlike Engel, is refusing to accept donations from corporate...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement“There’s a difference between lip service and actually being committed every single day to the issues you say you’re fighting for.”- Helen Brosnan, Justice DemocratsAdvertisementHelen Brosnan, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats’ independent spending arm, said the group sees Bowman, a Bronx middle school principal, as someone who would fight more passionately for the priorities that Engel has formally endorsed. She noted that Bowman, unlike Engel, is refusing to accept donations from corporate...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×New York election officials are poised to remove Sen. (I-Vt.) from the state’s primary ballot on Monday, thanks to an obscure provision in the enacted by Gov. (D) earlier this month.The provision empowers the state’s election officials to remove from the ballot any candidate who has announced they have stopped running and is thus “” to win the nomination.AdvertisementNew York’s two Democratic election officials, Board of Elections Co-Chair Douglas Kellner and Commissioner Andrew Spano, are due to meet on...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×New York election officials are poised to remove Sen. (I-Vt.) from the state’s primary ballot on Monday, thanks to an obscure provision in the enacted by Gov. (D) earlier this month.The provision empowers the state’s election officials to remove from the ballot any candidate who has announced they have stopped running and is thus “” to win the nomination.AdvertisementNew York’s two Democratic election officials, Board of Elections Co-Chair Douglas Kellner and Commissioner Andrew Spano, are due to meet on...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Common Defense, a group representing progressive military veterans, that it is issuing a co-endorsement of the presidential campaigns of Sens. (D-Mass.) and (I-Vt.).The group cited the two senators’ decision to sign its pledge to “.” The pledge calls for Congress to re-assert its authority over U.S. foreign policy and take measures to bring the country’s open-ended conflicts to a close, particularly in the Middle East. The group said the other major contenders in the Democratic presidential primary ― former...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Common Defense, a group representing progressive military veterans, that it is issuing a co-endorsement of the presidential campaigns of Sens. (D-Mass.) and (I-Vt.).The group cited the two senators’ decision to sign its pledge to “.” The pledge calls for Congress to re-assert its authority over U.S. foreign policy and take measures to bring the country’s open-ended conflicts to a close, particularly in the Middle East. The group said the other major contenders in the Democratic presidential primary ― former...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×’s presidential campaign unveiled a $280-million advertising blitz on Wednesday that it says will keep the presumptive Democratic nominee “on offense” in 15 states, including Republican-leaning states where have not seriously competed in decades.The advertising effort consists of $220 million in television ads and $60 million in digital ads. The campaign would not say how much it is spending in each state, but it is planning to advertise in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona,...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×’s presidential campaign unveiled a $280-million advertising blitz on Wednesday that it says will keep the presumptive Democratic nominee “on offense” in 15 states, including Republican-leaning states where have not seriously competed in decades.The advertising effort consists of $220 million in television ads and $60 million in digital ads. The campaign would not say how much it is spending in each state, but it is planning to advertise in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona,...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×The White House pointed on Tuesday to the chaos of June’s congressional primary elections in the New York City metropolitan area to raise doubts about the viability of mail-in ballots for the general election.Due to the unprecedented number of absentee ballots cast, a number of contentious primary races are unresolved more than three weeks after in-person voting took place on June 23.AdvertisementWhite House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who called the elections an at her Tuesday press conference, also...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×The White House pointed on Tuesday to the chaos of June’s congressional primary elections in the New York City metropolitan area to raise doubts about the viability of mail-in ballots for the general election.Due to the unprecedented number of absentee ballots cast, a number of contentious primary races are unresolved more than three weeks after in-person voting took place on June 23.AdvertisementWhite House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who called the elections an at her Tuesday press conference, also...WW…

Part of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.When , the Minneapolis attorney challenging Rep. in Minnesota’s Aug. 11 Democratic primary, discusses his legal career, he tends to focus on his current role as founder of a . It’s a line of work that he credits with inspiring his conciliatory disposition ― a contrast with the that he says has characterized Omar’s tenure in Washington.But as a partner at the notorious anti-union law firm Jackson Lewis, from 2010 to 2013, Melton-Meaux was no stranger to conflict. In at least three cases, he represented large companies...…Part of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.When , the Minneapolis attorney challenging Rep. in Minnesota’s Aug. 11 Democratic primary, discusses his legal career, he tends to focus on his current role as founder of a . It’s a line of work that he credits with inspiring his conciliatory disposition ― a contrast with the that he says has characterized Omar’s tenure in Washington.But as a partner at the notorious anti-union law firm Jackson Lewis, from 2010 to 2013, Melton-Meaux was no stranger to conflict. In at least three cases, he represented large companies...WW…

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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Expanding the , an increasingly popular reform among some progressive activists, is not politically costly for , according to an commissioned by a group that supports the idea.The documented reactions to the idea among 2,400 Democrats, and independents from the political swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It was conducted by political scientist Aaron Belkin from San Francisco State University and James Druckman of Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research....…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Expanding the , an increasingly popular reform among some progressive activists, is not politically costly for , according to an commissioned by a group that supports the idea.The documented reactions to the idea among 2,400 Democrats, and independents from the political swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It was conducted by political scientist Aaron Belkin from San Francisco State University and James Druckman of Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research....WW…

×U.K. editionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.President has a colorful imagination when it comes to the fictitious specter of “voter fraud.”Although actual cases of people impersonating a registered voter in order to artificially alter vote totals are , Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that mail-in voting, which states have made more available this election cycle due to COVID-19, is a magnet for AdvertisementBut to the extent that “voter fraud” is a problem this year, Trump might want to take a closer look at his own supporters.Robert R....…×U.K. editionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.President has a colorful imagination when it comes to the fictitious specter of “voter fraud.”Although actual cases of people impersonating a registered voter in order to artificially alter vote totals are , Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that mail-in voting, which states have made more available this election cycle due to COVID-19, is a magnet for AdvertisementBut to the extent that “voter fraud” is a problem this year, Trump might want to take a closer look at his own supporters.Robert R....WW…

From 2018 to 2020, the activist left experienced something of an electoral renaissance. It started, of course, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then an obscure primary challenger, ousted Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), the chair of the House Democratic Caucus. The scope of the change was most evident, though, in how her win ― and the victories of the other left-wing candidates who would jointly come to be known as “The Squad” ― pushed many mainstream Democrats, including President Joe Biden, to the left. That ideological shift was, in turn, all the more remarkable because it was propelled by...…From 2018 to 2020, the activist left experienced something of an electoral renaissance. It started, of course, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then an obscure primary challenger, ousted Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), the chair of the House Democratic Caucus. The scope of the change was most evident, though, in how her win ― and the victories of the other left-wing candidates who would jointly come to be known as “The Squad” ― pushed many mainstream Democrats, including President Joe Biden, to the left. That ideological shift was, in turn, all the more remarkable because it was propelled by...WW…