Primary Ride Home
By Primary Ride Home
Primary Ride HomeJun 26, 2019
Wed. 07/24 – Biden’s Criminal Justice Plan
An update on that Buttigieg country music interview, Biden’s criminal justice reform plan, Ginsburg weighs in on candidates’ proposals to increase the number of Supreme Court justices, some unexpected things the candidates paid for in Q2, and a brief history of presidential candidates staying in people’s homes while campaigning.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Another country radio host to interview Pete Buttigieg after Cumulus spiked earlier sit-down (Fox News)
- The Biden Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice [plan text] (Biden for President)
- The Biden Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice (YouTube/Joe Biden)
- Subtweet by Booker re Biden’s criminal justice plan (Twitter/Cory Booker)
- Biden, Scrutinized for Crime Bill, Unveils Plan to Reduce Mass Incarceration (NYT)
- Biden announces criminal justice policy sharply at odds with his ’94 crime law (WaPo)
- Justice Ginsburg: 'I Am Very Much Alive' (NPR)
- $12,075 on paella and 32 other wacky things the candidates bought (Politico)
- Candidate Sleepovers Mean Tight Quarters, Wet Towels and ‘Surreal’ Family-Room Chats (WSJ)
Tue. 07/23 – Sanders Organizers Will Earn $15 an Hour
Sanders campaign workers reach a deal on wages, listen to part of Buttigieg’s country music radio interview that never aired, people are already projecting electoral maps for 2020, Booker goes on Seth Myers, and Biden is starting to see just a tad less cable media coverage.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Sanders union renegotiation early info (Twitter/Sean Sullivan)
- Pete Buttigieg sat for an interview with a popular country radio host. But now it won’t air. (WaPo)
- Blair Garner interview with Mayor Pete Buttigieg (SoundCloud/Blair Garner)
- Popular Country Music Radio Station Killed A Buttigieg Interview Under False Pretenses (Talking Points Memo)
- Twitter thread about Priorities USA maps (Twitter/Dave Levinthal)
- Electoral Vote Map dot com (Taegan Goddard)
- Sen. Cory Booker on Civility in Politics and Working with Mitch McConnell (YouTube/Late Night with Seth Myers)
- Is Biden’s Media Monopoly Coming To An End? (FiveThirtyEight)
Mon. 07/22 – Polling for September Heats Up
Klobuchar reaches the polling threshold for September’s debates, Delaney denies report that his staffers asked him to drop out, Booker’s plan to close immigration detention centers using only executive orders, Bennet posts a nice nature video, and Warren reflects on 8 years of the CFPB.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Klobuchar tweet about reaching the September debate polling threshold (Twitter/Amy Klobuchar)
- Twitter thread on Klobuchar/other CBS polling results (Twitter/Aron Goldman)
- The CNN poll itself (CBS News)
- Google Sheet tracking current polling results and fundraising (Politico)
- DNC rules for third debate qualification (DNC)
- Scoop: John Delaney’s staffers have asked him to drop out (Axios)
- Booker Immigration Plan [PDF] (Politico)
- Cory Booker Proposes Drastic Changes to Immigration Detention System (NYT)
- Sen. Cory Booker unveils plan to use executive action to shut down in humane immigrant detection centers (WaPo)
- How Cory Booker would ‘virtually eliminate’ immigration detention (Politico)
- Bennet tweet re nature and distraction (Twitter/Michael Bennet)
- Warren tweet re CFPB (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
Fri. 07/19 – The Draw
The results of CNN’s ridiculous event The Draw, how to watch the July debates, Ohio moves its primary...to Saint Patrick’s Day, and the big divide on Medicare for All versus a public option.
Sponsors:
Links:
- How to watch CNN's live debate drawing [includes details of the three groups] (CNN)
- CNN Polling Data (SSRS)
- RCP Polling Averages for 2020 Candidates (RCP)
- Ohio 2020 Presidential Primary Moved To St. Patrick's Day (WXVU)
- The Ohio legislature set the 2020 primary election for St. Patrick’s Day, and that could be a problem for Cleveland (Cleveland dot com)
- Bennet AARP/M4Aclip (Twitter/CaraKorte)
- Sanders clip on M4A (Twitter/Bernie Sanders)
- Full video of Sanders speech (RealClearPolitics)
- Abolish private insurance? It depends. (Vox)
- Kamala Harris’s Medicare for All Plan Makes No Sense (NY Mag)
- Bulletpoint: Bernie Sanders is Running Ahead of the Pack of Health Care (FiveThirtyEight)
Thu. 07/18 – DNC Warns Campaigns About FaceApp
How I define a “major” candidate, what happens when you get a “page not found” error on candidates’ websites, Steyer signs the no-fossil-fuel pledge, and the DNC warns 2020 campaigns not to use FaceApp.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Here’s How We’re Defining A ‘Major’ Presidential Candidate (FiveThirtyEight)
- Why We’re Not Treating Tom Steyer As A ‘Major’ Candidate (Yet) (FiveThirtyEight)
- How Joe Sestak Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)
- Every 2020 candidate's 404 error page, ranked (Mashable)
- No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge: Presidential Candidate Signers (No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge)
- Steyer tweet/video showing proof of signature (Twitter/Tom Steyer)
- DNC warns 2020 campaigns not to use FaceApp 'developed by Russians' (CNN)
Wed. 07/17 – July Debates Take Shape
Who's in the July debates, how the candidates spent their Q2 money, will Democrats benefit from high turnout in 2020?, Harris's plan for domestic workers, Trump gets another possible primary challenger, Bullock makes his pitch on Hardball, and a few important dates to mark on your calendar.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Who Will Make The Second Democratic Debate? (FiveThirtyEight)
- How Democratic Candidates Are Spending All That Money (FiveThirtyEight)
- Gabbard tweet with current donor count (Twitter/Tulsi Gabbard)
- Facebook Ad Library (Facebook)
- Huge Turnout Is Expected in 2020. So Which Party Would Benefit? (NYT)
- High Turnout May Not Help Democrats in 2020 (NY Mag)
- Bill of Rights press release (National Domestic Workers Alliance)
- Bill of Rights one-pager (Harris Senate Site)
- Summary of National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (Harris Senate Site)
- S.2112 - A bill to enhance the rights of domestic workers, and for other purposes. (US Congress)
- H.R.3760 - To enhance the rights of domestic workers, and for other purposes. (US Congress)
- Mark Sanford, SC Republican, former US Rep, considers presidential run against Trump (Post and Courier)
- Hardball tweet/video with Bullock (Twitter/Hardball)
- Dark Money (2018 Documentary) (Kimberly Reed)
- Apollo 11 Moon Launch 50th Anniversary | CBS News Special Coverage, live stream (YouTube/CBS News)
Tue. 07/16 – Show Me the Money, Q2 Edition
All the Q2 fundraising numbers are in, Biden suggests a push-up contest against Trump, an update on that whole climate debate thing, and an update on who’s already in the September debates.
Sponsors:
Links:
- The Money [cash on hand/Q2 graphs] (Politico)
- Candidate-by-candidate analysis, with links, of FEC reports (Twitter/Zach Montellaro)
- Beto O'Rourke's fundraising plummets to $3.6 million in 2019's second quarter (CNN)
- FEC Candidates for president data explorer (FEC)
- Joe Biden: I’ll challenge Trump to do push-ups on stage if he makes fun of my age or mental state (WaPo)
- The Energy 202: How a bizarre blog post is undermining a 2020 climate forum (WaPo)
- The Energy 202: DNC will consider holding a climate debate amid protests (WaPo)
- DNC opts against climate change debate, Inslee says (Politico)
- Why We’re Challenging the 2020 Democrats to a Climate Summit (Gizmodo)
- Update on Our 2020 Climate Summit (Gizmodo)
- It Won’t Be Easy For Many Democrats To Make The September Debate (FiveThirtyEight)
Mon. 07/15 – BidenCare
Biden releases his healthcare policy, Delaney goes on Firing Line, the current state of the July debates, and Gabbard takes the weekend off—for a very good reason.
Sponsors:
Links:
- The Biden Plan to Protect and Build on the Affordable Care Act (Biden for President)
- Biden: We Have to Protect & Build on Obamacare | Joe Biden For President (YouTube/Joe Biden)
- Joe Biden unveils his health care plan (Axios)
- Biden unveils health care plan: Affordable Care Act 2.0 [includes citation for $750 billion figure] (Politico)
- Firing Line tweet re Delaney and bipartisan bills (Twitter/Firing Line with Margaret Hoover)
- Delaney pledges sole focus on ‘bipartisan proposals’ in first 100 days of presidency (The Hill)
- Firing Line tweet re Delaney and immigration policy (Twitter/Firing Line with Margaret Hoover)
- Here are the candidates who have qualified for the 2020 Democratic debates (CBS News)
- Gravel tweet re: the debates (Twitter/Mike Gravel)
- The roster for the second Democratic debate will be determined this week (Vox)
Fri. 07/12 – White Privilege and Black Coffee
Yang releases his Q2 numbers (and I’ll actually tell you about them this time), Gillibrand explains white privilege in her own words, Sanders visits BET’s Black Coffee, Gravel launches a live donor-count website, and some exciting podcast news you’ll want to stick around for.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Andrew Yang raises $2.8 million in second quarter (Politico)
- Yang fundraising history (itemized, by date) (FEC)
- Gillibrand tweet with video of her remarks (Twitter/Kirsten Gillibrand)
- Amanda Golden tweet [original viral bit; images only] (Twitter/Amanda Golden)
- Gillibrand remarks rough transcript (Sara Carter)
- Bernie Sanders Breaks Down Targeted Policies For Black America | Black Coffee (YouTube/Black Coffee)
- Bernie Sanders Talks Reparations, Student Debt And How His Policies Would Help The Black Community [includes partial transcript] (BET)
- We Can’t End Mass Incarceration Without Ending Money Bail (ACLU)
- Gravel Donor Count website
- Mike Gravel to Run First Anti-Biden Attack Ad During MSNBC Show (The Daily Beast)
- Marianne Williamson helped a protest candidate get a surge of campaign donations to aid him in qualifying for the next debates (Business Insider)
Thu. 07/11 – The Buttigieg Plans
More about Biden’s taxes, Buttigieg’s national service plan, and Buttigieg’s Douglass plan. (NOTE: The intro claims that this episode has a story with Yang's Q2 numbers, but Chris goofed—they'll be in the show on Friday!)
Sponsors:
Links:
- Joe Biden Used Tax-Code Loophole Obama Tried to Plug (WSJ)
- A New Call to Service: Policy Proposal (Pete for America)
- Buttigieg introduces national service plan (Politico)
- Buttigieg says plan to expand national service will unify US (AP News)
- The Douglass Plan: A Comprehensive Investment in the Empowerment of Black America (Pete for America)
- Buttigieg Proposes Broad Plan To Counter Racial Inequality (NPR)
- Andrew Yang raises $2.8 million in second quarter (Politico)
Wed. 07/10 – Houston, We Have a Debate
A few more details emerge about the September debates, rumors abound that Amash may enter the race as a third-party challenger, a look at Biden’s new campaign strategy, Yang’s plan to revitalize American malls, Biden releases yet more tax returns, and McGrath rakes in record money in her Kentucky Senate race.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Third Democratic primary debate will be in Houston (Politico)
- Democratic presidential primary debate (September 12-13, 2019) (BallotPedia)
- Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That’s why I’m leaving the GOP. (WaPo)
- The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet (The Atlantic)
- Rep. Justin Amash sounds like a guy who might just run for president (WaPo)
- Embattled Biden ditches Rose Garden strategy (Politico)
- Yang, Andrew. The War on Normal People (p. 32). Hachette Books. Kindle Edition.
- Andrew Yang Wants to Save Your Dying Mall (CityLab)
- Yang tweet/video at the Columbia Place mall (Twitter/Andrew Yang)
- American Mall Act (Yang 2020)
- Financial Disclosures & Tax Returns (Biden for President)
- Joe and Jill Biden made more than $15 million in two years after leaving the White House, tax returns show (CNBC)
- McGrath raises a record $2.5 million on first day of Senate campaign (NBC News)
Tue. 07/09 – Steyer is Running
Steyer is running, Swalwell drops out, Warren releases her Q2 numbers, an update on Gravel’s fundraising, and the LGBTQ Victory Fund endorses Buttigieg.
Sponsors:
Links:
- “Fundamental Change.” [Steyer campaign launch video] (YouTube/Tom Steyer)
- Steyer YouTube channel (YouTube/Tom Steyer)
- Billionaire Tom Steyer says he is willing to run for president in 2020 in SC visit (Post and Courier)
- Billionaire activist Tom Steyer won't run for president, he announces in Des Moines (Des Moines Register)
- Eric Swalwell ends White House bid, citing low polling, fundraising (Politico)
- Congressman Eric Swalwell withdraws from 2020 presidential race | ABC News (YouTube/ABC News)
- Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race (The Intercept)
- Twitter thread re: Warren numbers (Twitter/Alex Thompson)
- Warren puts Sanders on notice with $19 million fundraising haul (Politico)
- Gravel tweet with “clarification” on donor numbers (Twitter/Sen. Mike Gravel)
- Gravel tweet explaining current donor numbers (Twitter/Sen. Mike Gravel)
- LGBTQ Victory Fund Endorses Mayor Pete Buttigieg for President of the United States on 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Uprising (LGBTQ Victory Fund)
Mon. 07/08 – We Can All Agree on Soccer
Harris releases her Q2 numbers, Bullock releases his Q2 numbers, Williamson encourages her donors to help out Gravel, CNN will televise the lineup draw for the July debates, Biden apologizes for his remarks about segregationists, the candidates shout out the big USWNT win—and call for equal pay, Eric Swalwell makes a big announcement, Julián Castro makes a big announcement, and we have rumors of yet another Democratic primary candidate.
Sponsors:
Links:
- Kamala Harris Raised Close to $12 Million in 3 Months, Lagging Top Rivals (NYT)
- Steve Bullock raises over $2 million for White House campaign despite late entry (CBS News)
- Marianne Williamson campaign uses fundraising email to help rival 2020 Democratic candidate (The Hill)
- CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup (CNN)
- Joe Biden to defend record on race [video] (YouTube/Washington Post)
- Biden Apologizes for the ‘Pain’ and ‘Misconception’ of Segregationist Comments (NY Mag)
- Biden says he regrets remarks about working with segregationists, but stands by his record on issues of race (WaPo)
- Biden's post-debate South Carolina support: Strong — but not certain (NBC News)
- US World Cup win proves female players deserve equal pay, team says (CNN)
- U.S. wins World Cup with a final four-star performance (WaPo)
- USWNT tweets: [see transcript; list too long for this platform]
- Leo tweet re: wanting tweets (Leo)
- Politics1 tweet re: Swalwell’s NH cancellation (Politics1)
- Swalwell tweet re: Nelson (Swalwell)
- Pat Ward tweet re Castro fundraising (Pat Ward)
- Tom Steyer reconsiders 2020 and plans to enter the race (Politico)
Transcript: Transcript for Primary Ride Home Podcast: Mon. 07/08 – We Can All Agree on Soccer.
Thu. 07/04 – Primary Websites Don't Work for People with Disabilities
Many campaign websites are not accessible to people with disabilities, an update on Biden's Q2 fundraising, and which candidates have already qualified for the September debates.
Sponsors:
- Skillshare (http://skillshare.com/prh)
Links:
- Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind (Vox)
- Brian McNeilly on accessible candidate websites…in 2018 (Twitter/Brian McNeilly)
- Matt May on Twitter (Twitter/Matt May)
- Web Accessibility Statement (Warren campaign site)
- axe: Accessibility for Development Teams (Deque)
- WCAG 2.0 conformance levels (University of California)
- DOJ Places Website Rulemaking on the “Inactive” List [context for why the ADA doesn’t currently cover government website accessibility] (ADA Title III)
- "Access" [Chris's short film about accessibility] (Chris Higgins)
- Biden reports big fundraising number despite recent stumbles (Politico)
- Here Are the Democrats at Risk of Not Making the July Debates (NYT)
- Yang meets donor requirement for third and fourth debates (The Hill)
Transcript: Transcript for Primary Ride Home Podcast, Thursday 07/04 – Primary Websites Don’t Work for People with Disabilities.
Wed. 07/03 – Biden, By the Numbers
New post-debate polling shows mixed results, Biden releases his Q2 numbers, Hickenlooper's campaign loses key staffers, and Bennet releases his Q2 numbers.
Sponsors:
- Skillshare (http://skillshare.com/prh)
Links:
- July 2, 2019 - Harris Gets Big Debate Bounce While Biden Sinks Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Despite Drop, Biden Still Seen As Best Bet Against Trump (Quinnipiac University)
- Quinnipiac trends (shows polling back to March 2019) (Quinnipiac University)
- Harris scores in debate performance while electability keeps Biden in front (ABC News)
- National 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Polls (FiveThirtyEight)
- Nate Cohn on trends (Twitter/Nate Cohn)
- Joe Biden raised $21.5 million in second quarter for 2020 presidential race (CNBC)
- Hickenlooper campaign in shambles (Politico)
- Hickenlooper responds to reports of staff upheaval: It wasn't 'the right team' [includes video of MSNBC interview] (The Hill)
- Bennet raised $2.8 million to start presidential campaign (Politico)
Tue. 07/02 – Sanders, Gabbard, and Warren
Sanders releases his Q2 fundraising numbers, highlights from Gabbard’s appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, and Warren’s plan to secure federal elections.
Sponsors:
- Skillshare (http://skillshare.com/prh)
Links:
- Bernie Sanders' campaign says it raised $18 million in Q2 (Axios)
- Sanders campaign says Buttigieg likely raised more money last quarter (CBS News)
- Tulsi Gabbard | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) (YouTube/Real Time with Bill Maher)
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Re-introduces the Securing America’s Elections Act (Gabbard House Site)
- Which Candidates and Topics Got the Most Time During the Democratic Debate [includes Gabbard talk time figure for debates] (NYT)
- My Plan to Strengthen Our Democracy (Medium/Team Warren)
- Elizabeth Warren Wants To Transform American Elections (HuffPost)
- Election Assistance Commission (Wikipedia)
Mon. 07/01 – Show Me the Money
Harris faces false “birther” style attacks, an update on the viewer numbers for last week’s debates, thoughts on when candidates will begin dropping out, and Buttigieg raises a boatload of money in Q2.
Sponsors:
- Skillshare (http://skillshare.com/prh)
Links:
- Don Jr.’s now-deleted birther-style retweet about Kamala Harris, explained (Vox)
- FEC fundraising to date [only includes Q1 and prior for now] (FEC)
- FEC2019 Quarterly reports [key dates for fundraising] (FEC)
- Tweet with final Nielsen numbers (Twitter/Gerry Smith)
- Record 18.1 million viewers tune into Democratic debate (The Hill)
- Democratic Candidates, Please Drop Out on Our Show! | Full Frontal on TBS (YouTube/Full Frontal with Samantha Bee)
- Pete Buttigieg's campaign raised $24.8 million in the second quarter (Politico)
Fri. 06/28 – Food Fight in Miami
The big picture on what we saw last night, how the Harris/Biden exchange represents so many issues in this primary, Buttigieg’s comments on policing in South Bend, some notable closing remarks, and the ratings for these debates actually broke records.
Links:
- Democratic Presidential Debate - June 27 (Full) (YouTube/NBC News)
- Full Transcript: Night 2 of the Democratic Presidential Debates (NYT)
- Women candidates, on average, spoke more than men in the first Democratic debate [updated for night 2: still true!] (Vox)
- Breakdown of time spent per night from Washington Post (Twitter/Post Graphics)
- Andrew Yang had less than 3 minutes of debating. Here’s what he’d say if he had more. (Miami Herald)
- Kamala Harris Says She Actually Wouldn’t Abolish Private Health Insurance (NY Mag)
- Harris tweet showing photo of herself as a child (re: bussing) (Twitter/Kamala Harris)
- Kamala Harris was the Democrat you could imagine taking on Trump (Vox)
- Biden’s Bad Night Exposed Some Dangerous Weaknesses (NY Mag)
- More than 15 million viewers tuned into the first Democratic debate of the 2020 race (CNN)
- Harris, Biden face-off is highest-rated Democratic primary debate in history (CNN)
- First Democratic debate draws over 15 million live viewers [2015] (CNN)
Thu. 06/27 – The Math, After
The big picture about what we saw and did not see last night, Warren and the show of hands about health insurance, Castro’s breakout moments, Gabbard’s breakout moments, and Debate Bingo for Thursday night.
Links:
- Primary Ride Home DEBATE BINGO!
- Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) (YouTube/NBC News)
- Full Transcript: Night 1 of the Democratic Presidential Debates (NYT)
- Women candidates, on average, spoke more than men in the first Democratic debate (Vox)
- The First Debate-Night Lesson: This Race Is Not All About Joe Biden (NY Mag)
- Who won the first Democratic presidential debate? (NBC News)
- Julián Castro Is an Underrated Candidate (NY Mag/The Cut)
- Julián Castro had a very good night at the first Democratic debate (Vox)
- Beto O'Rourke has tough outing in 2020 debate debut (Texas Tribune)
Wed. 06/26 – Debate Prep 102
Moulton's plan to sneak into the debates, President Trump weighs in on whether he's going to watch, a look at the candidates' polling numbers for each night, one reporter's read on who has to do what in the debates, and a quick look at the 51 for 51 effort to make DC a state.
Links:
- Primary Ride Home DEBATE BINGO!
- Seth Moulton Buys TV Ads to Make Appearance in Democratic Debates (WSJ)
- Rebecca Ballhaus tweet re Trump (Twitter/Rebecca Ballhaus)
- What We’re Watching For In The First Democratic Debates (FiveThirtyEight)
- Polling chart for the two nights (Twitter/FiveThirtyEight)
- Who Needs to Do What in the First Democratic Debate of 2020 (NY Mag)
- Twitter account for 51 for 51 (Twitter)
- 51 for 51 website
- H.R.51 - Washington, D.C. Admission Act (Congress.gov)
Tue. 06/25 – Debate Prep 101
What to expect at Wednesday’s debate, Sanders releases his plan to eliminate all student debt in the US, and more about Buttigieg’s policing problems on South Bend.
Links:
- Primary Ride Home DEBATE BINGO!
- ‘That’s Hell’: Democrats’ Debate Prep Gets Real (NY Mag)
- Democratic 2020 First Debate Lineup, Schedule: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden Will Go Head-to-Head (Newsweek)
- Tweet showing the debate stage (Twitter/Savannah Guthrie)
- DNC ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR THE FIRST TWO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES (DNC)
- Bernie Sanders Unveils Education Plan to Eliminate Student Loan Debt (NYT)
- Sen. Sanders and Rep. Lee Introduce Inclusive Prosperity Act to Curb Wall Street Greed (Sanders Senate Site)
- Bernie Sanders unveils plan to cancel all $1.6 trillion of student loan debt (CNN)
- Bernie Sanders’s student loan plan is the most expansive of the 2020 field [contains analysis comparing to other candidates’ plans] (WaPo)
- DJ Judd tweet re Buttigieg and protest/petition (Twitter/DJ Judd)
- Keith Boykin tweet with video of Buttigieg from CNN (Twitter/Keith Boykin)
- CNN clip (more context for Boykin clip above) (YouTube/CNN)
- A fatal police shooting has upended Mayor Pete Buttigieg's campaign. Here's what you need to know. (Indianapolis Star)
- ‘We don’t trust you!’: After fatal police shooting, black residents confront Buttigieg (WaPo)
- Timeline of events that escalated police tension in South Bend (South Bend Tribune)
- Buttigieg faces tense town hall on South Bend police shooting (Axios)
- How Badly Did Pete Buttigieg Mishandle a Police Shooting? (NY Mag)
Mon. 06/24 – Sestak is Running
Joe Sestak joins the field, two key moments from the Planned Parenthood Forum in South Carolina, and Primary Debate Bingo is here!
Links:
- Primary Ride Home DEBATE BINGO! (Primary Ride Home)
- Video: Presidential Announcement [includes scripted remarks, close to a transcript] (Joe Sestak for President)
- Joe Sestak, Former Pennsylvania Congressman, Becomes the 24th Democratic Candidate for President (NYT)
- Former congressman Joe Sestak enters 2020 White House race (WaPo)
- Planned Parenthood Candidates Forum, Part 1 (C-SPAN)
- Planned Parenthood Candidates Forum, Part 2 [BIDEN CLIP starts around 9 minutes] (C-SPAN)
- Planned Parenthood Candidates Forum, Part 3 [BOOKER CLIP starts around 47 minutes] (C-SPAN)
Fri. 06/21 – "I Have No Comfort Food"
An update on Harris’s HIV prevention bill, Warren’s Refund Equality Act, online reaction to the candidates’ comfort foods, and good news about streaming the debates.
Links:
- Harris Introduces Bill to Dramatically Expand Access to PrEP (Harris Senate Site)
- Senate bill 1926 - A bill to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV FULL TEXT (PDF) (Harris Senate Site)
- Proposed Bill Could Provide Same-Sex Couples $67M [sic] in Tax Refunds (NBC News, 2017)
- Warren introduces bill to unlock millions in tax refunds denied to gay couples (NBC News, 2019)
- Warren tweet re: House action on Refund Equality Act (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- 18 Questions. 21 Democrats. Here’s What They Said. (NYT)
- What is your comfort food on the campaign trail? (NYT)
- Tweet listing candidate comfort foods (Twitter/Behind 2020)
- Twitter thread involving Adams, Darth, Walsh, and Harris’s fries (Twitter/Lily Adams)
- Twitter thread re Harris’s use of multiple oils, etc. (Twitter/Darth)
- Which 2020 Candidate’s Comfort Food Is the Most Haunting? (The Cut)
- Jake Tapper tweet re: veggies (Twitter/Jake Tapper)
- Booker tweet re: Vonda’s Kitchen Brussels sprouts (Twitter/Cory Booker)
- All of the Democratic primary debates will be live-streamed (CNN)
Thu. 06/20 – PrEP, Guns, Housing, and Merch
Harris introduces a bill aimed at preventing the spread of HIV, Swalwell releases his gun control plan, a look at parts two and three of Castro’s housing plan, and a listener question about buying merchandise from a campaign.
Links:
- How Kamala Harris would prevent the spread of HIV (Politico)
- Sen. Kamala Harris Introducing Bill to Mandate PrEP Coverage (The Advocate)
- A National Framework to End Gun Violence (Swalwell for America)
- Our Comprehensive Plan To END GUN VIOLENCE! (YouTube/Eric Swalwell)
- Democratic presidential candidate Eric Swalwell releases gun control plan (NBC News)
- Rep. Eric Swalwell rolls out gun control plan (Washington Examiner)
- People First Housing Part II (Julián for the Future)
- People First Housing Part III (Julián for the Future)
- Julian Castro calls for surge in federal spending to end homelessness (LA Times)
- Kathryn Henry tweet re: campaign merchandise and fundraising (Twitter/Kathryn Henry)
- FEC rules: “Proceeds from sales” (FEC)
- FEC: Current receipts and disbursements for 2020 election for president (FEC)
- Andrew Yang Disbursements—look for “Merchandise,” “Printing,” etc. (FEC)
Corrections:
- In the first segment (about PrEP), this episode mistakenly says that Truvada used as PrEP requires twice-daily dosing. In fact, it is only taken once per day. Thanks to Kenneth Berger for spotting this.
Wed. 06/19 – Biden's Remarks on Civility
Who gets center stage at the debates, Primary Ride Home Debate Bingo is coming, how Bullock plans to spend debate night, Biden’s remarks at a fundraiser spur a big debate of their own, and Buttigieg responds to an officer-involved shooting in South Bend.
Links:
- Biden/Sanders, Warren/O'Rourke to be center stage at first debate (NBC News)
- Warren, Beto, Biden, and Bernie Get Center-Stage Positions at First Democratic Debates (NY Mag)
- Steve Bullock makes other plans for debate night (Politico)
- Poll: Democrats shrug at debate complaints (Politico)
- Joe Biden, Recalling ‘Civility’ in Senate, Invokes Two Segregationist Senators (NYT)
- ‘We got things done’: Biden recalls ‘civility’ with segregationist senators (WaPo)
- Buttigieg issues police body camera direction after South Bend shooting (Axios)
- Music licensed via AudioBlocks
Tue. 06/18 – Castro's Housing Policy
Castro rolls out his housing policy, Bullock qualifies for the second debates, a brief look at the Republican presidential primary—surprise!, Biden reveals his Q2 fundraising numbers…maybe not intentionally, and Klobuchar releases policy plans for her first 100 days.
Links:
- People First Housing – Part 1 (Julián for the Future)
- Julian Castro calls for surge in federal spending to end homelessness (LA Times)
- Tweet confirming Bullock’s qualification for July debates (Twitter/Kendall Karson)
- Weld predicts he’ll beat Trump in Utah (Utah Policy)
- Bill Weld: I’m in GOP primary to beat Trump, not just weaken him (Politico)
- Rep. Amash stokes talk of campaign against Trump (The Hill)
- Rep. Justin Amash, lone-wolf GOP Trump critic, leaves House Freedom Caucus (WaPo)
- Biden suggests he has raised nearly $20 million for his White House bid (WaPo)
- Senator Amy Klobuchar Releases Plan of More Than 100 Actions for Her First 100 Days as President (Medium/Amy for America)
- Klobuchar details raft of policy plans for first 100 days (Politico)
- Amy Klobuchar Needs a Plan to Enact Her 137 Plans (NY Mag)
Mon. 06/17 – The Warren Surge
Buttigieg raised a boatload of money in April, an analysis of which candidates are on which nights of the debates and how much it matters, a look at what’s driving media coverage of Warren, and Booker talks about being vegan on the BET show Black Coffee.
Links:
- Pete Buttigieg raised staggering $7 million in April alone (Politico)
- Fundraising totals for 2020 as reported so far—currently Q1 (and prior) only (FEC)
- April Quarterly/Monthly report notice for presidential committees (2019) (FEC)
- Pete Buttigieg makes star turn in town hall spotlight (CNN)
- 4 of the 5 Top-Polling Democrats Land on Same Primary-Debate Night (NY Mag)
- 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination (RCP)
- The Democratic Debate Lineups Are Set. Here’s What to Expect. (NYT)
- California Democratic 2020 presidential primary is a wide-open race, poll finds (LA Times)
- Release #2019-02: California’s Democratic Presidential Primary Race A Wide Open Affair. Biden holds slim lead; Kamala Harris currently running fourth in her home state. (DiCamillo, Mark)
- Why Elizabeth Warren is surging (Paul Waldman)
- Democrats Are Reviving an Old Populist Tradition (NY Mag)
- Grassroots Not Grass-Fed: The US Might Be Getting Its First Vegan President (Forbes)
- Cory Booker On Reparations, Why He’d Choose A Female VP & Being Vegan | Black Coffee (Youtube/BETNetworks)
- Primary Ride Home on Facebook
Fri. 06/14 – Debate Details and Castro’s Town Hall
The DNC confirms its list of candidates for the first debates, plus a list of which candidates will appear on which nights, key moments from Julián Castro’s Fox News town hall, Schultz takes a break from his independent run, and a profile of Gabbard’s childhood.
Links:
- Tweet confirming list of June debate candidates (Twitter/The Democrats)
- Here’s How the Candidates Will Be Divided for the Democratic Debates (NYT)
- Back surgery sidelines Howard Schultz’s exploratory campaign (Politico)
- Julián Castro in Fox News town hall: Let’s talk about me, not Hillary (Politico)
- Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 1 (YouTube/Fox News)
- Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 2 (YouTube/Fox News)
- Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 3 (YouTube/Fox News)
- People First Policing (Julián for the Future)
- Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood (NY Mag)
Thu. 06/13 – Sanders Defines Democratic Socialism
How McDonald’s workers are shaping the primary, Sanders defines “Democratic Socialism” and recalls FDR’s New Deal, and the DNC releases the official list of who’s in and who’s out of the debates...after our press deadline.
Links:
- Bernie Sanders Marches with Striking McDonald’s Workers to Dem Event (Iowa Starting Line)
- Democratic presidential candidates to join striking workers in early nominating states (NBC News)
- 2020 Candidates Call Out McDonald's Over Sexual Harassment (Fortune)
- McDonald's sexual harassment claims: 2020 candidates urge firm to act (Axios)
- Presidential hopefuls to lead SC workers march (The State)
- Full Video of Sanders Speech (CBS News)
- ABC News clip of video of Sanders speech (Twitter/ABC News)
- Bernie Sanders’s definition of democratic socialism, explained (Vox)
- Bernie Sanders Defines Democratic Socialism, Says When The 99% Stand Up Against the 1% We Can Transform Society [includes full text of prepared remarks] (RealClearPolitics)
- Bernie Sanders Calls His Brand of Socialism a Pathway to Beating Trump (NYT)
- Bernie Sanders Delivers Formal Address On Democratic Socialism (NPR)
- The First Democratic Debate Deadline Is Almost Here: Who’s In And Who’s Out (FiveThirtyEight)
- Dems institute rule to prevent 'undercard' debate in June (Politico)
- The first Democratic debate qualification rules — and controversies — explained (Vox)
Wed. 06/12 – Democrats Take the Lead and Get the Lead Out
A new poll shows Democrats beating Trump in hypothetical elections, The Young Turks propose a progressive pledge, Biden joins the call for a climate-focused debate, an examination of the candidates’ walk-up songs, and Castro releases a plan to eliminate lead poisoning nationwide.
Links:
- Top Dems Lead Trump in Head-to-head Matchups, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Democratic Primary Race Narrows as Biden Goes Flat (Quinnipiac University)
- More brutal 2020 poll numbers for Trump(WaPo)
- Progressive Economic Pledge: 5 Pillars (The Young Turks)
- The Progressive Pledge [introduction speech by Cenk Uygur] (Facebook/The Young Turks)
- TYT Unveils Progressive Pledge [includes Delaney clip] (Facebook/The Young Turks)
- The Daily 202: Here’s the soundtrack of 2020. What presidential candidates’ walk-up songs say about them. (WaPo)
- Biden joins the call for a Democratic candidates’ debate on climate change (WaPo)
- People First Plan to Eliminate Lead Exposure (Julián for the Future)
- Julián Castro Is First 2020 Presidential Candidate To Visit Flint (HuffPo)
- Twitter thread analyzing the Castro lead policy (Twitter/Save Roe Spice)
Tue. 06/11 – The Lottery at 30 Rock
NBC reveals the moderators for the first debates, the DNC will hold a lottery at 30 Rock to determine candidate placement in those debates, FiveThirtyEight explains how Mike Gravel could win this whole thing, and a few more lesser-heard voices from Sunday’s Iowa event.
Links:
- NBC announces five moderators for first Democratic debate (NBC News)
- Democratic debate lottery to be held at NBC’s 30 Rock (The Hill)
- DNC boss says candidates to be involved in debate lottery (The Hill)
- How Mike Gravel Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)
- Full speech: Bill de Blasio | Iowa Democrat’s Hall of Fame event (17/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
- Full speech: John Hickenlooper | Iowa Democrat’s Hall of Fame event (14/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
- Hickenlooper booed for saying socialism isn’t the answer (CNN)
- Full speech: Jay Inslee | Iowa Democrat’s Hall of Fame event (8/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
Mon. 06/10 – In Their Own Words
Key moments from the Iowa Hall of Fame Celebration, a handy calendar of all the key election dates and times, and organizers warn that candidates are ignoring Latinx communities.
Links:
- Gillibrand tweet announcing 65,000 donors (Twitter/Kirsten Gillibrand)
- In Iowa, 19 Democrats times 5 minutes equals 2020 campaign ‘speed-dating’ (LA Times)
- 2020: Key dates on the presidential election calendar (LA Times)
- Full speech: Tulsi Gabbard | Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event (4/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
- Full speech: Andrew Yang | Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event (11/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
- Full speech: Marianne Williamson | Iowa Democrat's Hall of Fame event (12/19) (YouTube/DMRegister)
- All the Iowa Hall of Fame speeches (YouTube/DMRegister)
- Robbin, A. (1999). The problematic status of statistics on race and ethnicity: An "imperfect representation of reality." Journal of Government Information, 26(5), 467- 483 (Elsevier Science Ltd)
- Latino leaders sound alarms over Trump reelection in 2020 (Politico)
Fri. 06/07 – Biden and Mr. Hyde
Biden reverses his position on the Hyde Amendment, Moulton wants to retroactively improve the discharge status for gay veterans, Warren’s campaign unionizes, and a DNC rule clarification means bad news for Bullock.
Links:
- What Is the Hyde Amendment? A Look at Its Impact and History (NYT)
- Access Denied: Origins of the Hyde Amendment and Other Restrictions on Public Funding for Abortion (ACLU)
- Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises (NBC News)
- Can Senator Elizabeth Warren Turn The Rust Belt Blue? | All In | MSNBC (YouTube/MSNBC)
- Mike Memoli tweet re: Hyde and new Biden remarks (Twitter/Mike Memoli)
- Joe Biden on Hyde Amendment: I can no longer support it (YouTube/11Alive)
- Joe Biden reverses position on federal funding of abortion after Democratic outcry (WaPo)
- Doing Right By Our LGBTQ Servicemembers (Seth Moulton 2020)
- Seth Moulton unveils plan to review discharge statuses of gay and lesbian veterans (CNN)
- Correcting Military Service Records (National Archives) [includes links to correct your own status and records]
- Julián Castro’s Campaign Staff Unionizes (The Daily Beast)
- Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign unionizes (Politico)
- Warren tweet re IBEW unionization (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- The Democratic Debate Lineup Gets Shuffled (And Some Good News For Mike Gravel) (FiveThirtyEight)
- Who’s in — and out — of the first Democratic debates (Politico)
- Google Sheets view of who’s in and out of the debates…as far as we know (Politico)
- Cory Booker takes to social media to help find staffers' lost dog, kicking off search to #FindGumbo (Yahoo Lifestyle)
Thu. 06/06 – The Climate Change Debate
The DNC refuses a climate-change debate, O’Rourke calls for term limits in Congress and the Supreme Court, a look at Booker’s plan for affordable housing, and Gillibrand wants to legalize marijuana nationwide.
Links:
- DNC opts against climate change debate, Inslee says (Politico)
- Inslee Twitter thread on DNC decision (Twitter/Jay Inslee)
- Warren agrees on Twitter (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- Tom Perez thread explaining why no climate debate on Twitter (Twitter/Tom Perez)
- Al Gore tweet re climate debate (Twitter/Al Gore)
- Women’s March tweet re climate debate (Twitter/Women’s March)
- US Youth Climate Strike tweet (Twitter/US Youth Climate Strike)
- Inslee on CNN w/Erin Burnett (Twitter/Jay Inslee)
- 2015 DNC Debate Schedule and Topics (Wikipedia)
- The 2016 presidential debates all but ignored climate change (Grist)
- Voting Rights (Beto for America)
- Beto O’Rourke Wants Term Limits For Congress And The Supreme Court (BuzzFeed News)
- Cory’s Plan To Provide Safe, Affordable Housing For All Americans (Medium/Cory Booker)
- Cory Booker’s Housing Plan Offers Tax Credit to Millions of Renters (NYT)
- How Cory Booker plans to tackle housing affordability (Politico)
- It’s time to legalize marijuana nationwide. Here’s my plan to do it. (Medium/Kirsten Gillibrand)
- Find Gumbo! (Twitter/Cory Booker)
Wed. 06/05 – “Economic Patriotism” and 15 Supreme Court Justices
A look at Buttigieg’s plan to change the Supreme Court, Warren’s plan for “Economic Patriotism,” and Biden releases his climate plan.
Links:
- Inside Pete Buttigieg's plan to overhaul the Supreme Court (NBC News)
- Supreme Court – Size of the court (Wikipedia)
- 7 Things You Might Not Know About the U.S. Supreme Court (History)
- Pete Buttigieg Pitches Supreme Court Reform to Chris Wallace (YouTube/Contemptor/Fox News)
- 4TR Presidential hopeful Buttigieg wants to overhaul Supreme Court (YouTube/Local 4 New WHBF)
- A Plan For Economic Patriotism (Medium/Team Warren)
- Elizabeth Warren Proposes ‘Aggressive Intervention’ to Create Jobs (NYT)
- Warren’s ‘Economic Patriotism’ Plan Beats Trump at His Own Game (NY Mag)
- Jeff Stein quote summarizing Biden climate plan (Twitter/Jeff Stein)
- Climate Change Takes Center Stage as Biden and Warren Release Plans (NYT)
- Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution & Environmental Justice Video (YouTube/Joe Biden)
- Joe’s Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice (Joe Biden for President)
- Joe Biden’s campaign acknowledges lifting language from other groups for its policy plans (WaPo)
Tue. 06/04 – Everybody Gets a Town Hall!
Moulton, Ryan, and Swalwell hold CNN Town Halls; Bennet meets the polling criteria for the debates…becoming the 21stcandidate to do so; and how Booker and Warren are betting big on Iowa.
Links:
- 9 takeaways from Seth Moulton, Tim Ryan and Eric Swalwell's CNN town halls (CNN) [NOTE: has serious typo in quote form Ryan re: Medicare for All]
- Moulton on systemic racism (Twitter/Seth Moulton)
- Ryan on job automation (Twitter/LiberalTed)
- Swalwell town hall, including response/clarification on Medicare for All (around 18:30) (YouTube/”CNN Politics” unofficial account)
- Swalwell response to Camara on impeachment (YouTube/CNN)
- Bennet meets polling criteria for first Democratic debates (Politico)
- Ipsos/Reuters Poll (PDF) (May 15, 2019)
- Democratic Primary Candidates Who Have Qualified for the First Debates (Ballotpedia)
- Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren Are Making Massive Bets on Iowa (NY Mag)
Mon. 06/03 – Harris and the Protestor
A protestor interrupts Harris onstage at the MoveOn Big Ideas Forum, Sanders holds a grassroots fundraiser at a San Francisco nightclub, and what happened at the California Democratic Party convention.
Links:
- Video clip of Harris protestor incident (Twitter/Face the Nation)
- Full Video of Harris’s remarks (YouTube/MoveOn)
- Christopher Cadelago tweet re: protestor (Twitter/Christopher Cadelago)
- Joy Reid tweet (Twitter/Joy Reid)
- People have rightfully not gotten over a man storming Kamala Harris’s stage (Mashable)
- Kyung Lah tweet (Twitter/Kyung Lah)
- Douglas Emhoff tweet (Twitter/Douglass Emhoff)
- More MoveOn videos (including many candidates at the Big Ideas Forum) (YouTube/MoveOn)
- Bernie Sanders After Dark: Inside His First ‘Grass-Roots Fund-Raiser’ (NYT)
- Meet the 2020 Candidate: Bernie Sanders (The Mezzanine)
- Ticket prices for Sanders June 1 event (ActBlue)
- California Is Now an ‘Early Primary State.’ Democrats Are Grappling With How to Compete. (NYT)
- A Democratic 2020 contender denounces socialism — and gets booed (WaPo)
- Elizabeth Warren speech (MSN)
- Beto O’Rourke speech (MSN)
- Buttigieg speech (MSN)
Fri. 05/31 – Younger Voters Keep Voting
A look at how Millennials, Gen X, and Gen Z voters turned out in 2018, Warren releases a child care cost calculator, Greenpeace releases a scorecard on the candidates’ climate positions, and the new DNC debate requirements are really not going over great with some campaigns.
Links:
- Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms (Pew Research)
- Generational graph showing midterm turnout (Pew Research)
- Young Americans Outvoted Baby Boomers in 2018 Midterm Elections. Millennials Doubled 2014 Turnout (Newsweek)
- Gen Zers, Millennials and Gen Xers outvoted Boomers and older generations in 2016 election (Pew Research)
- Poverty Guidelines (Department of Health & Human Services)
- Universal Child Care Calculator (Warren for President)
- Cancel My Student Debt Calculator (Warren for President)
- Warren tweet announcing calculator (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- Nick Klensch tweet responding to calculator (Twitter/Nick Klensch)
- My plan for Universal Child Care (Medium/Elizabeth Warren)
- Where’s Your 2020 Candidate on Climate? (Greenpeace USA)
- Greenpeace USA #Climate2020 Scorecard - How Our Ranking and Research Works (Google Docs/Greenpeace USA)
- Jay Inslee tops Greenpeace climate grades, Joe Biden gets a D- (NBC News)
- New Democratic Debate Rules Will Distort Priorities, Some Campaigns Say (NYT)
- Silver Bulletpoints: Who’s In Danger Of Missing The Third Debate? (FiveThirtyEight)
- Exclusive: DNC Requires Female Moderators At Every 2020 Debate (Refinery29)
Thu. 05/30 – Julián Castro’s Immigration Plan
A look at Julián Castro’s immigration plan, what we learned from the documentary Running with Beto, and how the candidates are preparing for June’s debates.
Links:
- Putting people first (Medium/Julián Castro)
- People First Immigration: Immigration Plan Summary (Julián for the Future)
- Other (philosophy) (Wikipedia)
- Julián Castro wants to radically restrict immigration enforcement (Vox)
- Julián Castro Talks About Barack Obama, Ben Carson and Immigration (NBC/Late Night with Seth Meyers)
- O’Rourke tweet from listener Maddie (Maddie/Twitter)
- Running with Beto (HBO)
- No One Knows How to Prepare for the Democratic Debates (NY Mag)
- Twitter @LedPast (Twitter/WaPo)
Wed. 05/29 – Harris’s Town Hall
The DNC increases its qualifying requirements for the third set of debates, key moments from Harris’s MSNBC Town Hall, a brief glimpse at Republican primary polling four years ago today, and a look at how close presidential elections have become since the late 80s.
Links:
- DNC to raise qualifying threshold for third presidential debate (NBC News)
- Democrats up requirements for 2nd round of primary debates (AP)
- Reproductive Rights Act: Blocking Dangerous and Deadly Abortion Restrictions Before They Take Effect (Kamala Harris for the People)
- Sen. Kamala Harris wants to require laws that threaten Roe v. Wade undergo DoJ approval (MSNBC/The Last Word)
- The 3 most interesting moments from Kamala Harris’s MSNBC town hall (Vox)
- The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (MSNBC)
- Kamala Harris (Twitter)
- Health care system not 'fair or just': 5 takeaways from MSNBC Town Hall with Kamala Harris (Greenville News)
- Neil Stevens tweet re: May 29, 2015 Republican primary poll average (Twitter/Neil Stevens)
- Are Blowout Presidential Elections A Thing Of The Past? (FiveThirtyEight)
Tue. 05/28 – Candidates Spar Over Bone Spurs
On Memorial Day, Buttigieg and Moulton accuse Trump of dodging the draft; an update on who’s in and who’s probably out for the debates; and how the Hispanic vote might be key for the primaries.
Links:
- Buttigieg Doubles Down On Trump’s Vietnam Deferment: He Faked ‘Disabled Status’ (Talking Points Memo)
- The Daily 202: Veterans running for the Democratic nomination call Trump a draft dodger as he travels overseas (WaPo)
- Trump received ‘bone spurs’ diagnosis as a ‘favor,’ doctor’s daughters allege (WaPo)
- Anderson Cooper 360: Rep. Moulton: Trump is ‘fundamentally unpatriotic’ (Facebook/AC360)
- Rep. Seth Moulton slams President: 'I have never seen a weaker commander in chief in American history' (MSNBC/Kasie Hunt)
- Mike Gravel tweet re: donor count (Twitter/Mike Gravel)
- Jay Inslee hits 65,000-donor threshold to make the Democratic debates (Politico)
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2020—Who has qualified? (Ballotpedia)
- 2020 Democratic Polls (Google Sheets, Author Not Listed)
- 2020 Dem primary calendar may boost Hispanic voter clout (AP)
Fri. 05/24 – I’m Lovin’ the McDonald’s Strike
Primary candidates rally with McDonald’s workers, Marianne Williamson will be in the DNC debates, a look at Warren’s campaign right now, and Sanders and Gillibrand propose a tax on financial trading.
Links:
- Fight for $15 and a Union
- McDonald’s Workers Are Striking, and 2020 Candidates Are Paying Attention (NY Mag)
- Bernie Sanders: Fight for $15 Town Hall at McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting (Facebook)
- Political positions of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary candidates (Wikipedia)
- Buttigieg tweet (Twitter/Pete Buttigieg)
- Bullock tweet (Twitter/Steve Bullock)
- Joe Biden and the $15 Question (WSJ)
- Spirituality guru Marianne Williamson locks in 2020 debate spot (Politico)
- Slowly and Persistently, Elizabeth Warren Is on the Rise (NY Mag)
- The State of the Democratic Primary (Morning Consult)
- How high-frequency trading hit a speed bump (FT)
- Sen. Sanders and Rep. Lee Introduce Inclusive Prosperity Act to Curb Wall Street Greed (Sanders Senate Site)
- Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2019 (Bill Text, Sanders Senate Site)
Thu. 05/23 – Gillibrand Proposes a Family Bill of Rights
Gillibrand introduces a Family Bill of Rights, two candidates are now accepting cryptocurrency donations, how Buttigieg’s comments on Jefferson and Jackson have played in the media, and Nevada is poised to join states in sidestepping the Electoral College.
Links:
- The Family Bill of Rights: a new economic policy for my first 100 days in office (Medium/Kirsten Gillibrand)
- How Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would address maternal and child health (Politico)
- Rep. Eric Swalwell Is Accepting Crypto Donations in Bid for US Presidency (CoinDesk)
- Crypto/Digital Asset Regulation and Consumer Protection (Yang 2020)
- Andrew Yang Says Blockchain ‘Needs to Be a Big Part of Our Future’ (Bloomberg)
- 2020 Presidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Says Regulators ‘Owe’ Clarity on Rules for Crypto Industry (CoinDesk)
- Republican Senate Candidate Accepts The Largest Single Bitcoin Donation in Federal Election (CCN)
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg On Biography, Policy and Politics (Hugh Hewitt)
- Daily Caller tweet showing original headline in main tweet text (Twitter/The Daily Caller)
- Hugh Hewitt tweet thread responding to Daily Caller (Twitter/Hugh Hewitt)
- Democrats Say the Craziest Things (Karl Rove, WSJ)
- Republicans Keep Lying About Pete Buttigieg and Thomas Jefferson (NY Mag)
- Nevada could become 15th state to buck Electoral College in favor of popular vote (CBS News)
- United States Electoral College (Wikipedia)
- National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Wed. 05/22 – Early Polling Attempts to Gauge Popularity
A new poll shows who registered voters like most—and least, eight primary candidates want a climate-focused debate, Booker proposes a “White House Office of Reproductive Freedom,” and a summary of O’Rourke’s CNN town hall.
Links:
- New poll reveals the least liked Democrat running for president (NBC News)
- May 21, 2019 - Good Feelings On Economy Don't Help Trump, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Biden Is Only Contender With Positive Score (Quinnipiac University)
- US Youth Climate Strike (Twitter)
- Warren climate change debate tweet (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- How I Will Take Immediate Action to Protect Reproductive Rights as President (Medium/Cory Booker)
- Cory Booker Vows to Create a White House Office for Reproductive Freedom (The Daily Beast)
- O'Rourke unveils plan to protect and expand women's reproductive rights and health care (CNN)
- Beto busts out at CNN town hall (Politico)
- Six takeaways from Beto O'Rourke's CNN town hall (CNN)
- Protect Reproductive Rights | CNN Town Hall (YouTube/Beto O’Rourke)
- Impeachment | CNN Town Hall (YouTube/Beto O’Rourke)
- Beto O'Rourke takes questions at CNN town hall (CNN)
Tue. 05/21 – Summer is Coming
How the field will winnow, according to Charlie Cook; Buttigieg releases policy proposals (sort of); and the hidden value of Inslee’s climate plans.
Links:
- It Won't Take Long for the Deep Dem Field to Start Thinning (Cook Political Report)
- Week-By-Week Look at Google Searches of 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates (Cook Political Report)
- Issues: It’s time to reclaim the values that drive our policy decisions (Pete for America)
- Pete Buttigieg unveils first list of policy proposals (Axios)
- National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (Wikipedia)
- Yang 2020 – Policy — Make Election Day a Holiday (Yang 2020)
- Green New Deal (PDF, 116th Congress)
- An Evergreen Economy for America (Jay Inslee)
- Jay Inslee is writing the climate plan the next president should adopt (Vox)
- WATCH: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces 2020 presidential bid (PBS NewsHour)
Mon. 05/20 – Buttigieg Bashes Fox News While on Fox News
Buttigieg criticizes Fox News during his Fox News Town Hall, Harris has a plan to close the gender wage gap, and Biden holds his campaign kickoff event in Philadelphia.
Links:
- Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg | Part 1 (YouTube/Fox News)
- Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg | Part 2 (YouTube/Fox News)
- Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg | Part 3 (YouTube/Fox News)
- Town Hall with Pete Buttigieg | Part 4 (YouTube/Fox News)
- 'I don't care': Buttigieg draws applause at Fox News town hall for dismissing Trump's tweets (USA Today)
- Pete Buttigieg Fox News Town Hall: Live Analysis (NYT)
- Holding Corporations Accountable for Pay Inequality in America (Kamala Harris for the People)
- Kamala Harris proposes equal pay measure to close gender gap (Reuters)
- Kamala Harris Announces Plan to Close the Gender Pay Gap (NYT)
- Joe Biden uses his campaign kickoff to argue Americans want unity (Vox)
- Watch Live: Joe Biden holds official campaign kickoff rally in Philadelphia (YouTube/NBC News)
- Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally in Philadelphia (YouTube/6abc Philadelphia)
- Biden rejects Democrats’ anger in call for national unity (AP)
- Biden Delivers Call for National Unity at Philadelphia Rally (NYT)
- Transcript: Biden Rally (CNN)
Fri. 05/17 – Warren's Plan for Choice
Warren calls on Congress to act on abortion rights, a grab bag of media appearances by the candidates, Rachel Maddow's rise as a must-visit primary show, and do Americans really care if a given candidate is over 70 years old?
Links:
- Warren video tweet re abortion (Twitter/Elizabeth Warren)
- Congressional Action to Protect Choice (Medium/Team Warren)
- Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Save Abortion Rights (Sarah Jones)
- Sen. Michael Bennet’s Own Daughters Mock Him for Being "Mild-Mannered" (YouTube/Late Night with Seth Meyers)
- Yang tweet, MSNBC video re: penny (Twitter/Andrew Yang)
- De Blasio tweet re: “Con Don” (Twitter/Bill de Blasio)
- Beto O’Rourke livestreamed his haircut. Yes, his haircut. (Mashable)
- The Memo: 2020 Dems line up for Maddow primary (The Hill)
- A Lot Of Americans Say They Don’t Want A President Who Is Over 70. Really? (FiveThirtyEight)
Thu. 05/16 – Bill de Blasio is Running
Bill de Blasio is running, Pennsylvania polling looks good for Democrats, and Warren proposes a climate change plan for the US military.
Links:
- Working People First | Bill de Blasio 2020 (YouTube/Bill de Blasio)
- Yashar Ali thread regarding de Blasio and his city vehicle (Yashar Ali/Twitter)
- Who Hasn’t Told Bill de Blasio That He Shouldn’t Run for President? (NY Mag)
- Mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio has had three different legal names, court records show (NY Daily News)
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce presidential bid (NBC News)
- De Blasio to kick off presidential campaign with trips to Iowa and South Carolina this weekend (NY Daily News)
- Sure, Bill de Blasio, Why Not? (The Atlantic)
- Ryan Struyk tweet re Pennsylvania Quinnipiac poll (Twitter)
- Electoral Vote Map (Taegan Goddard)
- Our military can help lead the fight in combating climate change (Elizabeth Warren/Medium)
Wed. 05/15 – Biden Believes in Consensus
O’Rourke reintroduces his campaign, we check in on Joe Biden, and what the primary candidates think about daily press briefings.
Links:
- Beto O’Rourke plans ‘reintroduction’ as 2020 buzz fizzles (AP)
- A Beto Reboot Is in the Works, As His Campaign Sags (NY Mag)
- “Public Service Announcement” by Jay-Z (Genius)
- O’Rourke: I need to ‘do a better job … of talking to a national audience’ (Politico)
- CNN to host Beto O'Rourke town hall May 21 (CNN)
- RACHEL MADDOW ONE-ON-ONE WITH BETO O’ROURKE (MSNBC)
- Trump Can’t Stop Attacking Biden. G.O.P. Strategists Wish He Would. (NYT)
- Biden Is (Still) Leading Cable News Coverage (FiveThirtyEight)
- Biden’s Early Dominance Tests the Strength of Democratic Left (Bloomberg)
- Twitter Isn’t Real Life (if You’re a Democrat) (NYT)
- The Hill tweet re: Biden (VIDEO) (Twitter)
Tue. 05/14 – Bullock is Running and the 2020 Senate Race Looks Rough
Steve Bullock is running, the importance of the Senate in 2020 and beyond, and Warren gives Fox News a hard pass in a Twitter thread for the ages.
Links:
- Fair Shot (Steve Bullock/YouTube)
- Una Oportunidad Para Todos (subtítulos en español) (Steve Bullock/YouTube)
- My biggest supporters. (Steve Bullock/YouTube)
- Clean And Fair Elections (Montana DOJ)
- Montana Gov. Steve Bullock jumps into crowded 2020 presidential race (WaPo)
- Brian Tylor Cohen thread (Twitter)
- 2021 Could Be a Nightmare for Democrats — Even If Trump Loses (NY Mag)
- Democrats May Need a Big Presidential Win to Flip the Senate in 2020 (NY Mag)
- Elizabeth Warren tweets about Fox News town halls (Twitter)