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Paul Blest
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News editor, Splinter

Warren and de Blasio say they’d abolish private insurance. Read more

While we’re talking about labor, a bunch of these candidates answered our questionnaire on it earlier this month. Read more

Bill de Blasio going higher with every line like he’s expecting the crowd to be like “yeah....Yeah...YEAH!!!!” Read more

Tulsi Gabbard wins the Rudy Giuliani Award in Excellence for Mentioning 9/11 First Read more

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Cory Booker in 2019 is a world away from Cory Booker in 2012. Remember this guy?

This debate is “Canadian style,” meaning every candidate needs to respond in both English and French Read more

“Senator Klobuchar, are your opponents all, to be blunt, bad?” Read more

solid answer by Warren to that dumbass question Read more

We remembered Swiss, we just left it off as a diss because we all agreed it sucks and is bullshit. Read more

It’s not a matter of “favorite famous people,” though. I would probably rather have Hegar than O’Rourke in the Senate, all things considered. It’s about the fact that O’Rourke, Abrams, Bullock, and the like have proven they have the ability to win in these states that might be getting a bit more liberal but are still Read more

I mentioned the DSCC in this blog, so I know Cortez Masto’s the chair. But if you’ve been following the reporting on the Democrats’ recruiting effort, Schumer has taken the lead in recruiting efforts, and has been meeting with people like Abrams, Josh Stein in NC (who’s running for re-election as AG), O’Rourke, Read more

That was tongue-in-cheek. I know Putin isn’t a socialist. Read more

Oof, just fixed, thanks for pointing that out. Read more