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Subscribe Advertisement 3/6/20 6:30 PM 4 Barf Bag 3/6/20 Barf Bag 3/6/20 Barf Bag Somehow Television News Missed That Swastika at a Bernie Sanders Rally Ashley Reese 221 4 A Bernie Sanders rally in Phoenix, Arizona Thursday night was interrupted by an unidentified man shouting Heil Hitler” and unfurling a massive flag depicting a swastika. Buzzfeed News reports that the man was also performing Hitler salutes as Sanders—a Jewish guy, in case anyone has forgotten—was giving a speech in … 3/6/20 12:26 PM 2 Read on 3/6/20 Read on 3/6/20 News Black Voters Are the Most Influential Voting Bloc in the Country. Their Generational and Regional Differences Are Worth Exploring Anne Branigin 106 2 The immediate wake of Super Tuesday went more or less as predicted: some jubilation, some anger, and a lot of punditry on overdrive as those invested in the Democratic presidential nomination collectively recalibrated where the race now stands. 3/6/20 11:00 AM 4 3/6/20 Universal Childcare Would Have Changed My Mom’s Life Joan Summers 97 4 Earlier this week, when I was talking to my mom on the phone, she told me a secret. For the past three months, she has been waking up around 4am to drive to Whole Foods, nearly an hour away from her house, to deliver groceries for Amazon customers. 3/5/20 9:34 PM 3 3/5/20 Bill Clinton Had An Affair to "Manage [His] Anxiety" Justice Namaste 127 3 There’s a new biographical docuseries coming out about Hillary Clinton—and of course, it mentions the emails . Not only is the existence of this series further fuel onto the fire of my conspiracy theory that we’re somehow still living in 2016 and the last four years have just been an extended fever dream, it’s also … Advertisement 3/5/20 1:50 PM 1 3/5/20 They Were There All Along Stassa Edwards 129 1 MINNEAPOLIS, MN— This was supposed to be a story about the women who had decided to cast their vote for Amy Klobuchar. The college-educated, largely suburban white women who kept Klobuchar in the race, who created her so-called Klobmentum in New Hampshire, and who, according to hundreds of pundits, are staunch … 3/5/20 11:40 AM 2 Elections 3/5/20 Elections 3/5/20 Elections Elizabeth Warren’s Watch Is Over Ashley Reese 505 2 Senator Elizabeth Warren has decided to drop out of the presidential primary, following a race built on a strong set of progressive policy proposals and an optimistic start from a politician known for her ability to hold power accountable. The New York Times reports that Warren informed her staffers of her plans … 3/4/20 6:32 PM 1 Barf Bag 3/4/20 Barf Bag 3/4/20 Barf Bag They Are Trying To Kill Us Ashley Reese 165 1 Today has been sobering, to say the least. Joe Biden had a stellar Super Tuesday, winning, scooping up a slew of southern states and a barrage of voters who made up their mind in the last couple of days. And while Bernie Sanders won a few states, including the night’s crown jewel—California—and is still gathering the … 3/4/20 2:02 PM 1 Elections 3/4/20 Elections 3/4/20 Elections Here Come the Meaningless, Mandatory Celebrity Endorsements Ashley Reese 48 1 Celebrity political endorsements mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things: If Beyonce’s 11th-hour endorsement of Beto O’Rourke couldn’t nab him the senate race in 2018, then how powerful can any of the plebian ones be, really? 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