FEC: Cruz campaign didn't violate rules with fundraising letter labeled ‘summons’

    The Federal Election Commission (FEC) said Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing sags after Floyd protests GOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police MORE’s (R-Texas) re-election campaign did not violate any regulations when it sent out a…

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      House battlefield expands as ad wars hit new peak

      Voters across the country are being deluged by an onslaught of television advertising as candidates and big-spending outside groups dump millions of dollars on a growing battleground that stretches from the North Maine Woods to the posh suburbs of San Diego. The two sides and their outside allies have already spent or reserved nearly a…

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        Cramer rebukes 'Me Too:' 'You’re just supposed to believe somebody because they said it happened'

        Rep. Kevin CramerKevin John CramerRepublicans prepare to punt on next COVID-19 relief bill GOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police Trump tweets spark fresh headache for Republicans MORE (R-N.D.) rebuked the “Me Too” movement, dismissing the idea that people are “just supposed to believe” those who accuse others of sexual misconduct and calling it…

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          Quoting Dr. Seuss, Court Throws Out Pipeline Permit and Implores Forest Service to 'Speak for the Trees' Instead of Corporate Polluters

          A federal appeals court rebuked the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for allowing an energy corporation to move ahead with its plan to build a pipeline that would cut across two national forests and the Appalachian Trail—arguing that the agency put two energy companies’ profits ahead of its own stated mission of protecting the nation’s forests….

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            'We Are All Here Together': Demanding Charter Network Use Vast Resources for Better Pay, First of Its Kind Teacher Strike in Chicago

            Days after learning that their charter school network’s refusal to give cost-of-living raises comes amid a cash windfall for the organization, about 550 teachers and staff members from Chicago’s Acero Charter Schools went on strike Tuesday, forming picket lines and demanding fair wages and resources in the country’s first charter school walkout. Classes were canceled…

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              Welcome to 'The New Abnormal': Apocalypse Still Looms as Doomsday Clock Stays at 2 Minutes to Midnight

              Thanks to world leaders’ failures to adequately address the threats posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis—in spite of mounting public pressure for bold action on both fronts—the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Thursday that the Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight, “the closest it has ever been to apocalypse.” Click…

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                Nurses Union Demands All 2020 Candidates Establish Strong Sexual Harassment, Pay Equity Policies

                Responding to allegations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment from some people who worked on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign, National Nurses United (NNU)—which endorsed the senator’s bid for president—is calling on all candidates in the 2020 race “to establish strong, mandatory rules to protect staffers and volunteers from all forms of sexual…

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