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McKibben, Cohen Pound Platform Democratic platform drafting committee member Bill McKibben slams draft platform in Politico Magazine oped: "Amendments against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and backing Medicare for all failed, with all the Clinton...

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Clinton and Warren Head to Ohio Clinton and Warren stump together today in Ohio. NYT: "The joint Ohio event comes as the campaign enters the final stretch before the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, where Mr. Sanders has vowed to take his liberal agenda to the...

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UK Votes "Leave," Global Economy Shaken UK votes to leave EU 52%-48%. BBC: "Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October ... UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailed it as the UK's 'independence day' ... Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was...

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Election 2016 Bernie Sanders Admits ‘It Doesn’t Appear’ That He’ll Be the Nominee: New York Times: “Senator Bernie Sanders came one step closer to accepting defeat on Wednesday, telling C-SPAN in an hourlong interview that he most likely would not be the Democratic...

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Clinton To Detail Economic Vision Clinton to talk economy in NC speech today. Bloomberg: "'She will talk both about how we drive more growth and how we drive more fairness,' senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan said ... Clinton is not expected to unveil new policy...

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Burning Issues: Taking On ISIS Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, says in this Burning Issues video that in order to eliminate the threat of ISIS, the United States has to support eliminating the conditions that have led people in Syria and...

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