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DailyClout has created an at-a-glance guide to the people running for President in 2020.

Edith Wharton’s Summer is a radical feminist manifesto novella, though it is rarely perceived this way. Wharton herself – due to her status as an affluent woman from a genteel New York family – is often misread as a ‘proper lady novelist’. But she is a secret renegade. In the character of Charity Royall, Wharton constructs …

First up we cover bipartisan support for red-flag laws, which allow judges to remove guns from individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others. Then, we discuss partisan tension around expanded background check bill HB-8—pressures are high from democrats to pass the bill in the senate, but pressure from …

The Amazon is burning. Nearly 75,000 fires have started in the iconic Brazilian rainforest this year to date, an 84 percent increase from the year before. Since August 10, a spate of intentionally set fireshave been raging in the Amazon. But Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, who took office in January, let them …

Sgt. 1st Class Lance Amsden, platoon sergeant for the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, watches as CH-47 Chinook Helicopters circle above during a dust storm at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, July 17, during preparation for an air-assault …

For those that don’t know, recidivism is when a former criminal offender commits an additional crime and returns to incarceration.  That said, even though it’s easy to define recidivism, figuring out its cause is a much bigger problem. This is one of the most difficult questions to answer because recidivism …

DailyClout breaks down what the various candidates for President say that they will do. What does having a “platform” matter? What saves policy and accountability from being gibberish? Watch our video series for insight into the 2020 election! https://youtu.be/HOqdmP3ULXg https://youtu.be/-R4ROBVY97o https://youtu.be/ufbm_DAqst8 https://youtu.be/oG1e7Oe9t9c  

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August is our birthday month, and we’re  inviting veterans, family members, and civilian allies to a special event honoring NYC’s military heritage since 1776. Join us Sunday, August 25th for the Battle of Brooklyn Ruck March for Veterans & Families! REGISTER HERE Walk in the footsteps of Continental soldiers in the …

Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has effectuated 600 unilateral changes in immigration policy, more than any president in recent memory. Pursuant to its “zero tolerance policy,” the administration arrested undocumented immigrants who crossed the border, took thousands of their children away, put them in cages and then lost track of them, in violation of the Constitution’s Due Process Clause …

A racist president enabled by a callous Speaker is attacking the voices in U.S. Congress who best represent our values. This is what Washington Post Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah had to say: You are responding in a big way to these attacks – last week was our biggest fundraising …

Published July 10, 2019 First up: Does adding a citizenship question to the US census create a constitutional problem? The Trump administration has been trying to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form for months now, even though it was blocked by the Supreme Court. A problem with …

DailyClout Readers, Our fight is with Trump and his criminal administration, as well as its GOP enablers in the House and Senate. Sadly, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the present Democratic Party leadership stand with them—and against the American people and our principles—on too many issues. Speaker Pelosi refuses to impeach, …

I’m excited to officially announce that I’m running for Congress in New York’s 1st District. As an educator, scientist, and mother who’s built my life in Suffolk County, I can’t stay on the sidelines when D.C. politicians like our current representative, Lee Zeldin, push an agenda that hurts the place …

For many years in the San Francisco Bay Area—even now—you would see bumper stickers declaring “Barbara Lee Speaks for Me.” It’s one of the most enduring political memes, and for good reason. Representative Lee in 2001 was the only member of Congress—House or Senate—to oppose the military authorization that gave …

Kamala Harris is rising in the polls after dramatically confronting Joe Biden during the Democratic primary debate about his opposition to federally mandated busing for desegregation. The following week, however, Harris backed away from saying that busing should always be federally mandated, calling it just one “tool that is in the toolbox” …

Published June 30, 2019 A bipartisan bill designed to help kids detained at the border sounds cheer-worthy, right? But the real numbers are staggering and there are middlemen involved. Who else might be benefiting from the BILLIONS redirected to kids in this crisis? Watch this video to find out! <iframe src=’https://billcam.dailyclout.io/bills/OPcUNCTe4H/widget’ width=’770′ …

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), sponsor of H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, today introduced the Honoring Harriet Tubman Act, bipartisan legislation to place a statue of Harriet Tubman in the U.S. Capitol. “Harriet Tubman dedicated her entire life to fighting for freedom and the disenfranchised. …

In a surprise decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the four liberal members of the Supreme Court — Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — halted the Trump administration’s plans, at least temporarily, to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Court thought …

Published June 25, 2019 First up, we cover a number joint resolutions the Senate passed in response to President Trump’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Next, we unpack the Senate’s disapproval of applying the Authority to Use Military Force (AUMF) against Iran, which could have an extreme impact on the middle …