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Kamala Harris Endorses Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) endorsed Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s reelection bid on Monday, saying she is proud to stand with the mayor who made national headlines last month when she tipped off illegal immigrants of potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

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NH Poll: Trump Approval Ratings Rising

Never Trumpers like Ohio Governor John Kasich and outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) are hoping they can derail President Donald Trump in New Hampshire in 2020, but Trump’s approval ratings are on the rise in the Granite State.

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Poll: ‘Tepid’ Support from Young Voters, Minorities Could Cost Dems Midterms

The legacy media have been trying to spin the narrative that young voters in favor of gun control and minorities opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies will power the blue wave Resistance in November. But a new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that young voters and people of color are not that enthusiastic about voting in November’s midterm elections.

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Bernie Sanders: Rejoining TPP ‘Betrayal of American Workers’

After Never Trump Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) revealed on Thursday that President Donald Trump is exploring rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said doing so would “be a betrayal of American workers.”

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***Live Updates*** Round Two: Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today after testifying before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees yesterday. Just nine of the 55 members on the Committee have not received any donations from Facebook. Though the legacy media want the focus of the hearing to be about privacy, the bigger issue is whether Facebook is working to blunt the influence of right-of-center news outlets and personalities while propping up establishment outlets and those in good standing with them.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a House Energy and Commerce hearing

***Live Updates*** Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today after testifying before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees yesterday. Just nine of the 55 members on the Committee have not received any donations from Facebook or groups associated with it. Though the legacy media want the focus of the hearing to be about privacy, the bigger issue is whether Facebook is working to blunt the influence of right-of-center news outlets and personalities while propping up establishment outlets and those in good standing with them. Breitbart Tech reported this week that since Facebook’s algorithm alteration, legacy media outlets like CNN have seen “remarkable” increases in engagement on the social-media platform while non-legacy outlets on the right have seen the biggest drops.

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David Hogg Will Skip Year of College to Focus on ’18 Elections After UC Irvine Offers Admission

UC Irvine (UCI) reportedly offered admission to David Hogg, but the Parkland activist has decided to take a year off from college to focus on the 2018 midterm elections. Hogg recently told NBC News reporter Kerry Sanders that his boycott fight with Ingraham was just a “practice round” for the bigger battle against the right, the National Rifle Association (NRA), and pro-Second Amendment politicians.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Student David Hogg addresses the March for Our Lives

Report: Saudi Crown Prince Purged, Tortured Rivals After Jared Kushner Gave Him Classified ‘Enemies’ List

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) reportedly boasted that Jared Kushner gave him top-secret classified information that he used to conduct a purge of his political enemies last year. If Kushner gave the classified information to MBS without President Donald Trump’s approval, “he may have violated federal laws around the sharing of classified intelligence.”

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SF Mayor Pushing for City to Host 2020 Dem. Convention

San Francisco interim Mayor Mark Farrell is making a push to get his city to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Farrell recently wrote a letter to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Tom Perez in which he reportedly pitched that San Francisco would serve as the perfect foil to President Donald Trump and his policies.

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CA Poll: Plurality Disapprove of Pelosi Job Performance

A plurality of Californians disapprove of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) job performance, according to a new Survey USA poll of the liberal Golden State. Even in Pelosi’s Bay Area, 42% disapproved while just 39% approved.

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2020: CNN Declares Joe Biden Dem. Frontrunner

CNN on Thursday declared former Vice President Joe Biden is the early 2020 frontrunner for the Democrats. Biden’s first presidential run was derailed by a plagiarism scandal, and the former vice president will face much more scrutiny after the publication of Breitbart News Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer’s blockbuster new book, Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.

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