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Beto Says He Has "No Fears" About Bernie's Fitness for Office: "There Isn't a More Energized, Energetic Candidate"

'Look a Dying Man in the Eyes': Activist Ady Barkan Wants Joe Biden to Sit Down and Talk About Medicare for All

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Activist Ady Barkan asked former Vice President Joe Biden to meet with him on Wednesday.

"Look a dying man in the eyes and tell me how we fix this country."

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Cowardly Democratic Senator Coons Attacks Beto for Standing Up to NRA

Common Dreams staff

O'Rourke: "But the time for letting status quo politics determine how far we...

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Despite GOP Death Threat, Beto Doubles Down on "We're Going to Take Your AR-15" Promise

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center on September 12, 2019 in Houston.

"Hell yeah, we're going to take your AR-15 and your AK-47."

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Jimmy Aldaoud, in an undated video from Iraq, died on Tuesday after being deported to the Middle Eastern country.

Detroit Man Who Suffered From Mental Illness and Diabetes That Trump Deported to Iraq—a Country He Had Never Even Been To—Found Dead

Two mounted police officers in Galveston, Texas lead a handcuffed black man through the streets on a leash.

'Racism at Work': Texas Mounted Police Lead Handcuffed Black Man Through Streets on a Rope

Beto O'Rourke Rips Media for Failing to Connect Trump Rhetoric to El Paso: 'You Know the Sh*t He's Been Saying...Members of the Press, What the F*ck?'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reported a $24 million haul for his presidential campaign in the second quarter, $18 million of which came from small dollar donations.

Bernie Sanders Dominates as Analyses of Fundraising Data Show Vermont Senator With Widespread Support Across Nation

Beto O'Rourke at a CNN town hall Tuesday evening.

'Absolutely Nothing to Offer': Beto's Answer on Medicare For All at CNN Town Hall Angers Progressives

Supporters Credit 'Relentless' Campaigning of Sunrise Movement as Beto Signs No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge

Climate Groups Applaud Beto for New Proposal, But Warn Action Plan Would Be 'Too Little, Too Late'

For First Time, Major National Poll Shows Bernie Sanders at Top of 2020 Democratic Pack

'Political Reptilian Brains': Cuomo Blasts Democrats and the Left

Beto O'Rourke speaks to supporters.

'Illuminating Exchange on Health Care' Reveals Beto Doesn't Think Insurance Industry Motivated by Greed

Born to Run? As Beto Enters 2020 Race, Progressives Still Unclear Where Texas Democrat Stands on Key Priorities

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'Operation Divide the Left': Analysis Shows 2020 Online Disinformation Campaign Already Well Underway

Newswire

Greenpeace

Bernie Soars and Biden Stumbles in New Greenpeace Ranking of 2020 Candidates’ Climate Platforms

Greenpeace

‘Climate Candidate’ Inslee Steps Up With New Clean Energy Plan

Sunrise Movement

Sunrise Movement Says Beto's Climate Plan Is Out of Line With Science and Green New Deal...

Greenpeace

Beto Surprises in New Climate Plan

National Nurses United

National Nurses United Endorses Beto O’Rourke in Texas U.S. Senate Race

Free Press

Thirty House Members Call for Real Net Neutrality Protections on both the Wired and Wireless Internet

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Michael Winship

Democratic Debate's Top Ten in Texas

Ryan Cooper

The First Democratic Debate Was a Circus

Eugene Robinson

We Don’t Need 23 Presidential Candidates. There’s Another Important Role to Fill

Robert P. Alvarez

Let Prison Inmates Vote

Alan MacLeod

For Democrats, So-Called ‘Purity Tests’ Can Be a Good Thing

Roger Kimmel Smith

With Biden Now Officially in the Running, A Look at the Democrats' Do-Si-Do

Alan MacLeod

‘Purity Tests’: How Corporate Media Describe Progressives Standing Up for Principles

Naomi LaChance

Ignoring Lessons of #Metoo, Media Scrutinize Biden’s Accusers

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies

War and Peace and the 2020 Presidential Candidates

Norman Solomon

Reinventing Beto: How a GOP Accessory Became a Top Democratic Contender for 2020