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Early in this election cycle, Democratic Party candidates have raised the possibility of expanding Medicare for all, reparations and student loan forgiveness as part of their 2020 campaign vision for America. While those proposals may get out the vote for

The first two Democrat Primary debates are slated to kick off Wednesday and Thursday night, and while debate rules have made their debut, no official topics have been released. There are, though, a number of specific questions that could help voters on both sides of the aisle get a better feel for the presidential hopefuls.

In a recent interview with reporter Nicholas Ballasy, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) signaled her support for reparations for descendants of American slaves, saying “I support any opportunity for restorative justice.”

In a Tuesday interview with The Root, 2020 White House hopeful and former Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-TX) argued all Americans must learn the history of slavery before reparations can become a reality.

Reparations are gaining steam again, as the House of Representatives has scheduled the first hearing on the subject in over a decade for Wednesday, June 19. The hearing is supposed to consider the “continuing impact” of slavery, which was abolished over 150 years ago, and ponder the concept of “restorative justice,” which means penalizing people who had nothing to do with it.

Members of the Project 21 black leadership network say reparations for descendants of slaves is a “sham” that will hurt race relations.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that would allow same-sex couples to amend past tax returns.

Daytime TV star and radio host Steve Harvey ripped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R- KY) over his dismissal of reparations Wednesday, calling him a “hillbilly.”

Burgess Owens linked “every bad thing that’s happened to [blacks] over the years” to the Democrat Party while considering reparations.

At the top of his Wednesday nationally syndicated radio broadcast, conservative talker Mark Levin, author of “Unfreedom of the Press,” castigated Democrats pushing the position of reparations to be paid out for America’s past sin of slavery.

Democrats  – including Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory – are ripping former Oakland Raider Burgess Owens after he called out the Democrat Party for its role in slavery, segregation, and black oppression during testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee Wednesday.

Testifying Wednesday before a House subcommittee on reparations for slavery, 2020 White Houe hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that the United States has thus far failed to adequately address the “white supremacy that tainted this country’s founding.”

Hollywood actor and left-wing activist Danny Glover on Wednesday testified before Congress that instituting a national policy on reparations for descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States is a “moral, democratic, and economic imperative.”

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties holds a hearing about reparations for slave descendants on Wednesday.

Addressing the media on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) explained his opposition to reparations for slavery, stating “no one currently alive was responsible for that.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more than a decade with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover set to testify before a House panel.

A House Judiciary subcommittee will hold hearings on reparations next Wednesday, marking the first time in more than a decade that the House will discuss potentially compensating the descendants of slaves.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of “The Case for Reparations,” praised Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in the New Yorker on Monday as a 2020 Democrat who is not just giving “lip service on reparations,” revealing that Warren had asked him about five years ago to have a conversation with her about his reparations piece.

Appearing Monday on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah, longshot 2020 White House hopeful Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) endorsed creating a committee on reparations for African-American communities to address what he described as the United States’ “original sin of slavery.”

Democrat 2020 candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke at MoveOn.org’s “Big Ideas” forum in San Francisco Saturday and called for the implementation of a “Family Bill of Rights.”

Socialist leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has backed suggestions that the UK should pay reparations to former colonies of the British Empire.

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s culture minister says the country is returning to Namibia a centuries-old stone cross, even though it was originally of European origin, as a gesture of reconciliation.

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg took a jab at President Trump on Monday while delivering a speech in South Carolina, saying America’s past “was never as great as advertised.”

Cambridge University, formerly a distinguished seat of learning, is funding two grievance archaeologists to go through its archives in order to discover how guilty it needs to feel about slavery — and how much it owes in compensation.

Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams believes there is a “credible political path” for reparations for African Americans and Native Americans.

Georgetown University students voted this week in favor of a resolution that will force them to pay an annual slavery reparations fee.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reintroduced the Medicare for All Act on Wednesday, with four of his 2020 competitors cosponsoring the bill.

Victor Davis Hanson said Democrats’ push for “reparations” is rooted in their fear that President Donald Trump is “making inroads” with black voters.

Democrats have given President Donald Trump an advantage on the issue of race relations after spending the week pandering to Al Sharpton and promising to take up the issue of reparations for slavery if elected.

Appearing Friday on the Fox News Channel, Michael Meyers, Executive Director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition and former ACLU Board Member, blasted 2020 Democrat presidential candidates for expressing support for reparations at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Convention this week. 

Sharpton asked whether Hickenlooper would sign such a bill as president, and when he began to equivocate, the crowd became agitated, with one audience member crying out: “Yes or no!”

Failed Texas Senate candidate and 2020 contender Robert “Beto” O’Rourke connected the Electoral College to slavery Monday and called for its abolition.

The European Parliament has demanded bloc-wide action including “reparations” to fight “structural racism” which manifests in people of African descent in Europe getting lower school grades and increased police scrutiny, according to Brussels.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) again dodged a question on Monday evening about whether the descendants of slaves should receive financial payments as a form of reparations.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Sunday said that reparations for the descendants of slaves do not have to be in the form of direct financial payments.

Saturday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) participated in a segment featuring a discussion about reparations for the enslavement of those of African descent in American. Jackson Lee explained her legislation, which begins a “long overdue” discussion