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Autumn's JournalPressley is latest 'squad' member to back Turner in Ohio special election
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Tuesday threw her support behind former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) in her bid to represent the Ohio's 11th Congressional District.
Pressey said Turner, who previously served as a national co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, has been unapologetic in her advocacy and her vision for the communities in her district.
As Ive always said, policy is my love language, and I know Nina shares my belief in what we can accomplish when we create policies intentionally and in deep partnership with the community. Im proud to endorse her candidacy, and look forward to working with her in Congress, she added in a statement obtained by The Hill.
The endorsement makes Pressley the latest member of the progressive group of female congresswomen which also includes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) to back Turner in the race.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/560802-pressley-is-latest-squad-member-to-endorse-nina-turner-for-congress?fbclid=IwAR1KPCA74jJQo2_K2UErIVt3CP2XFuitnoryZHeu-OgR8EkcCOAXH9mJFIc
With nearly all the 11th Congressional District candidates in one room Wednesday, Nina Turner
showed why shes the front-runner: analysis
CLEVELAND, Ohio The 11th Congressional District special election has a surplus of candidates.
Through numerous forums and in-depth interviews, its become increasingly clear that only a handful of the 13 who will be in the Aug. 3 ballot have any real policy chops. Tariq Shabazz, the 27-year-old Navy veteran and activist is definitely a wonk and conceivably has a political future. Former City Councilman Jeff Johnson also has shown a high level of understanding and detail when discussing issues like criminal justice reform and economics. Their problem, however, is they havent been able to crystallize that policy knowledge into a message that reverberates.
Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, whom many thought would be in a dogfight with Turner just seven months ago, has slipped tremendously. She figured to have all the establishment help she could ask for when she first announced, but the necessary gusto hasnt seemed to coalesce.
It was evident during the editorial board interview, with many of her answers sounding repetitious. Talking points are important to a campaign, but being unable or unwilling to deviate from those talking points simply isnt going to win over voters.
The fact of the matter is, based on interviews, public appearances, fundraising, endorsements and most other metrics, former state Sen. Nina Turner looks like shes running away in the race. It certainly looked that way at the Editorial Board interview (Note: I am not a member of the Editorial Board, nor do I know who they will endorse).
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2021/06/with-nearly-all-the-11th-congressional-district-candidates-in-one-room-wednesday-nina-turner-showed-why-shes-the-front-runner-analysis.html
Joe Manchin was one of the co sponsers of the For the People Act of 2019
back in March of 2019.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/949/cosponsors?searchResultViewType=expanded&fbclid=IwAR3K5eGKoR3PKwnyHqfDHL9Yi498diMj0Mg3dzwF81wiqK3ZrrkJ_0bu9bQ
Now he can't support it. Hmm.
Rep. Nadler tweet on the House Judiciary letter sent to the JD on decision to protect Donald Trump
spending taxpayer dollars to do so. I agree with Rep Nadler. It is very misguided and I applaud all the signers.
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1402420347257896960
Poll shows Nina Turner leads Democratic party in race for Ohio's 11th Congressional District
with support from 50% of likely voters
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/nina-turner-leads-poll-11th-congressional-district-race/95-5842fe8f-4824-4185-8020-c0f16a47da96
Notably, the poll shows Nina Turner with a sizable lead with support from 50% of likely voters, her campaign said in a press release. Across every demographic, Turner is the favorite to serve as OH-11s next Congressperson.
Since launching her campaign in December, Turner has also received numerous endorsements including support from various politicians, organizations and celebrities.
https://twitter.com/ninaturner/status/1399710667679096833
Politico: GOP seizes on women's sports as unlikely wedge issue
GOP seizes on women's sports as unlikely wedge issueRepublicans from former President Donald Trump on down are couching their opposition to expanding transgender rights as a defense of girls' and women's sports.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/gop-transgender-rights-women-sports-473746
Republicans are laying claim to an unlikely mantle: the party of womens sports.
This issue will help [the] GOP win midterms, said Stephen Miller, the former Trump White House aide who helped write his CPAC speech.
Eager to find a winning culture war issue, former President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders are increasingly touting themselves as champions of women in sports by pushing back against President Joe Biden's efforts to expand transgender rights.
The effort which critics call transphobic and likely to backfire extends from the roughly 20 Republican-controlled states where legislators are advancing bills to keep transgender women from participating in interscholastic sports, to Trump himself, who told attendees this past weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida that it was so important to protect womens sports.
Poll: Majority of West Virginians support $15 federal minimum wage
W.Va (WDTV) - A new poll out in February by the One Fair Wage Coalition claims that 63% of West Virginians support raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
The federal minimum wage stands at $7.25. The last increase was in 2009. Many small businesses feel a $15 minimum wage could put them out of business. Jayaraman says that small businesses actually fair better in states with higher wages.
Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Minnesota all have had higher small business growth rates and job growth and restaurant industry sales prior to the pandemic than West Virginia, said Jayaraman.
On Thursday, a group of lawmakers, including West Virginias Senator Shelly Moore-Capito (Republican) came out in favor of a phased in $10 federal wage increase. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin says he would support an $11 minimum wage.
https://www.wdtv.com/2021/02/25/poll-majority-of-west-virginians-support-15-federal-minimum-wage/
AOC on passing the minimum wage bill.
I agree with her. This is something that must be done. People can not live on $7-8 an hour. If it isn't raised it may well cost us in the next election
https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/1366448676365869065
https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/1366455562553147394
In between how Trump has energized and is a force in the Republican party I caught this
little nugget on the morning news and nothing more. The Biden administration will be charging reporters $170 for Covid testing, just that at the end of the Trump lick, nothing more. I had to look it up.
The media will prop up that SOB no matter what. Anyone tells you that bastard is done they are a liar.
WASHINGTON The White House is imposing a new $170 COVID-19 testing fee on reporters who want to access the West Wing, in what critics say is the latest step that constrains press coverage of President Biden.
The Biden administration already imposed sweeping restrictions, including capping at 80 the number of pre-approved journalists who are able to access White House grounds on a given day each of whom must take a COVID-19 rapid test before 1 p.m.
Under former President Donald Trump, any reporter with a hard pass was able to breeze past the White House gates at any time and without taking a coronavirus test. But few abused the privilege due to peer pressure to limit visits.
The latest restrictions were announced in an on-the-record email from White House Correspondents Association President Zeke Miller, who is a reporter for The Associated Press.
https://nypost.com/2021/02/27/white-house-imposes-covid-19-testing-fee-on-reporters/
IMO this is not a smart thing to do.
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