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Kerry Eleveld's Profile
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Kerry Eleveld is the author of "Don't Tell Me To Wait: How the fight for gay rights changed America and transformed Obama's presidency," published October 2015 to critical acclaim by the NYT, Kirkus Reviews, and others.
Groups: Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos, 50 State Strategy Project
Home Page: kerryeleveld.com
Twitter: @kerryeleveld
Diaries published: 2871 (0 days since last diary on Wed Nov 01, 2017 at 12:07 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Good news: 'Trump's unpopularity has been massively underplayed in the media', 368 comments, 504 recommends
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This is rich: Republicans are catching on to the fact that raising the tax rate on the lowest income earners doesn't look good when you're lowering the tax rate on the highest incoming earners. The Hill writes:
Under the framework Republicans are...
by Kerry Eleveld
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While then-candidate Donald Trump didn't quash the idea of meeting with Vladimir Putin when it surfaced at a national security campaign meeting last year, Jeff Sessions did. At least, that's the version of events someone wants us to...
by Kerry Eleveld
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Billionaire Adelson launches 'Middle Class' ad campaign to mask the real winners of Trump's tax plan If you had any doubt about who really stands to benefit from the Republican tax cuts, Axios has an answer from the 45Committee, the non-profit arm of Future 45, a PAC whose biggest donor is billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
One of the...
by Kerry Eleveld
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Donald Trump's got another winner on tap for the top science post at the Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis. At first, we thought his only credential was that he hasn't cracked a science book since middle school biology. Silly us! Clovis is so much...
by Kerry Eleveld
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Following up on White House chief of staff John Kelly’s disconcerting assertion Monday that a willingness to “compromise” could have averted the Civil War, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked Tuesday if she would simply...
by Kerry Eleveld
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After special counsel Robert Mueller delivered an air-tight but collusion-free legal indictment Monday of Donald Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort, Trump offered his verdict via Twitter in all caps, see, "there is NO...
by Kerry Eleveld
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- Corey Stewart nearly became Virginia’s Republican nominee for governor, and now he’s gearing up a Senate run for 2018. At a recent get-out-the-vote rally for this year’s Republican ticket, Mother Jones’ Tim Murphy reports that Stewart showed off...114 comments 88 Recs
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- CNN is reporting that the first charges have been filed and approved by a grand jury in Washington, D.C. Special counsel Mueller is on the move. The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone...1032 comments 404 Recs
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