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The coronavirus could change how Americans vote in 2020 and beyond. How?
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Israel stunned as rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz join forces in an "emergency government"
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Bernie Sanders's campaign says he'll participate in an April debate if one is announced
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White House, US Senate agree to $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package
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A twitter thread about the UK's response to Covid-19 and the Nudge Unit
@sophie_e_hill: Got a lot of angry replies to this one so here's a more in-depth thread about why the Behavioural Insights Team irritates me so much... https://t.co/dPk9CVPCc1
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Time’s Up said it could not fund a #metoo allegation against Joe Biden
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The coronavirus is the worst intelligence failure in US history
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The US has been fighting the wrong war
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The Trump-Fox & Friends feedback loop explained
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How asymmetrical polarization has changed American politics
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The coder and the dictator
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How might the economy and coronavirus affect Trump's re-election chances?
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Too big to fail
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A majority of Americans approve of Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus
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This isn't the first time a crisis has come during election year. So how have we dealt with things like this before?
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Democratic voters underestimate just how many voters are coming to them this election
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Coronavirus stimulus package worth $84 billion passed without objection by Australian Parliament
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Nigeria has Chloroquine poisonings after Trump praised drug
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Swedish PM Stefan Löfven warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy – health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people'
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LA, other SoCal cities cracking down on crowds at parks, beaches to stem spread of COVID-19
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2020 elections: an expert on why you should be worried about your vote in 2020
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Trump outlines National Guard activations for New York, California and Washington
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Caesar's Funeral (44 B.C.E.)
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Coronavirus could reshape global order
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Brazilians protest against Bolsonaro's muddled coronavirus response
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Mexican president passes coronavirus buck to allies, rivals, business
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How India runs the world's largest election
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Stop the coronavirus corporate coup
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What commitments could progressives get from Joe Biden?
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Americans' opinions on the coronavirus are changing fast
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Senator Richard Burr dumped up to $1.6 million of stock after reassuring public about coronavirus preparedness
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Why Donald Trump's presidency is first and foremost about being white
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"What should Bernie do when he drops out? Are there any potential drawbacks to doing so now?"
From the NY times Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was reassessing the future of his presidential bid on Wednesday after a crushing round of primary losses left him with no realistic path to the...
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was reassessing the future of his presidential bid on Wednesday after a crushing round of primary losses left him with no realistic path to the Democratic nomination and the 2020 race itself looked increasingly dormant because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Mr. Sanders’s campaign has stopped actively advertising on Facebook and its campaign manager sent an email to supporters without asking for donations — the kind of steps that other candidates have taken before ending their campaigns. Mr. Sanders’s aides said he is not suspending his campaign at this point, even as some Democrats have become increasingly vocal that he should consider leaving the race.
Even among Democrats who view Mr. Biden’s eventual triumph as inevitable, there is a belief that contested primaries are good for the party, making some of them reluctant to call for Mr. Sanders to withdraw. In Wisconsin, Democratic officials worry that if Mr. Sanders drops out before the state’s planned April 7 primary, it could dampen his supporters’ enthusiasm, depress turnout and hurt progressive candidates for state and local offices.
Mr. Sanders also views the coronavirus crisis as a moment when the progressive agenda he has championed for years is especially vital, and he is eager to leverage his influence for good at a time when issues like health care and economic inequity are so resonant, some allies say.
And top advisers see potential for him to continue to shape the narrative around how the country should be responding to the crisis and are holding out hope that they can harness existing virtual infrastructure to allow him to get his message out and keep his supporters engaged — a tacit admission that the campaign is no longer trying to win.
The above paragraphs show that yes, Sanders knows his electoral situation is done for, despite never clearly indicating if he is dropping out.
Some suggested Mr. Sanders should declare a moral victory — Democrats have moved broadly toward his progressive policy platform since he began his first presidential campaign — and throw his support to Mr. Biden.
“It’s time to throw in the towel knowing that he has won the battle of issues,” said Wilbur Colom, a D.N.C. member from Mississippi. “The Democratic Party has moved within inches of his revolution on all major issues. We all are feeling the Bern.”
From the Star
Charles Chamberlain, chairman of the progressive group Democracy for America, said Sanders can play a potentially “critical” role in unifying the party by continuing his campaign.
“Bernie has already made it clear that he will 100% support the Democratic nominee and that he’s going to campaign for Joe Biden if that’s who it is,” Chamberlain said. “The reality is, that’s not 100% true for all Bernie Sanders supporters. So there is a real value to Bernie staying in the race as long as possible to bring those people into the party deeper.“
That underscores the sensitivity of how Sanders proceeds. Justin Bamberg, a South Carolina state representative and Sanders supporter, said it’s wrong to assume that, if the senator quickly drops out, his backers would unite behind Biden.
“It’s a mistake for the party, regardless of whether the nominee is Biden or Bernie, to think that beating Donald Trump in and of itself will be enough motivation for the average person living their day-to-day life to come out and be excited about voting in November,” Bamberg said.
I agree. Biden needs to emphasize that he can be trusted to keep his promises of endorsing and then carrying out Warren's plan despite their controversies and that the bernie or bust folks won't gain nothing from a Biden presidency.
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Trump’s call with governors shows confusion in US virus fight
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Tulsi Gabbard suspends US election campaign, endorses Joe Biden
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How Joe Biden can win over Bernie Sanders voters
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Joe Biden adopts part of a tuition-free public college proposal as a nod to US progressives
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The Trump administration drove him back to China, where he invented a fast coronavirus test
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The alarming scope of Presidential power during an emergency
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Bernie Sanders says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for forty years" - Mostly false
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Inside the pro-Donald Trump Facebook group where first responders call coronavirus a hoax
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Ohio Department of Health will order polls closed Tuesday as health emergency
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Republicans adopt Andrew Yang’s cause. He isn’t celebrating
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Joe Biden’s effort to heal the breach with Elizabeth Warren on bankruptcy, explained
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White House pushes for quick, direct payments to Americans in response to coronavirus
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China bans journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal in retaliation for state media restrictions by the Donald Trump administration
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What if Andrew Yang was right? Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of voices calling for all Americans to receive free money directly from the government
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Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir wants to introduce a well-being economy – GDP becomes merely one of thirty-nine indicators of national progress
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Is voter turnout up in 2020 US elections? Yeah, but not all that much
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