Close race in NJ among the top 3. Bad showing for Booker in his home state in a home state poll.

NEW JERSEY DEM PRIMARY POLL: Early #2020Dem preference:
26% @JoeBiden
20% @EWarren
18% @BernieSanders
9% @CoryBooker
6% @PeteButtigieg
6% @KamalaHarris

13 others earn 2% or less#NJPrimaryhttps://t.co/LmiOv1VbOS

— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) September 19, 2019

Cilizza is the worst of the worst.

https://www.uttyler.edu/politicalscience/files/pollingcenter/UT-Tyler-Poll-Sept19-Toplines-RV-in-Texas.pdf

Biden 26
Beto 20
Bernie 18
Warren 11

The big question is where does that Beto support go to when the race comes down to the top three nationally

Oh and here’s a now rare pro Bernie diary at DK. It’s on the Rec list and any support would be great

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/19/1886517/-GM-shows-why-Bernie-Sanders-is-right-about-Medicare-for-All?utm_campaign=trending

“Good” gay Mayor Pete attacks gay media

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/9/19/mayor-pete-buttigieg-says-he-doesnt-read-lgbtq-media

Pete Buttigieg may perpetually be at the center of LGBTQ news coverage. But he’s not reading any of it.

The out presidential candidate brushed aside an interview question Wednesday about discu…

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Mayor Pete attacks Warren. He’s right but he’s using right wing framing. I’ve noticed that MP has suddenly become centrist aggressive going after Beto on guns and Warren and Bernie on M4A.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/462244-buttigieg-calls-warren-evasive-on-medicare-for-all-and

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Thurs…

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LOL. Here’s an example in which Politico’s irresistible urge to shit stir Dems helps Bernie by pointing out the difference with Warren

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/19/bernie-sanders-1-million-donors-1504970

Though he did not mention Elizabeth Warren by name, Shakir’s statement could be interpreted as an effort to contrast the Ver…

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Is there a climate event going on the same time as the LGBTQ forum?

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/19/sanders-new-york-voter-registration-deadline-1503359

Bernie Sanders supporters complained in 2016 that New York’s strict party registration deadline locked many of them out of the presidential primary, because state voters must be signed on as Democrats six months before Election Day in order to p…

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/04/bernie-sanders-burlington-vermont-activist-1970s

In 1972, a few weeks into my first job as a reporter at the Burlington Free Press, I was sent to check out reports of a demonstration in one of the city’s poorer neighborhoods.

The scene was somewhat chaotic. Three or four people were highly e…

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Not happy with this at all. Hope the conflict was something really important.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/462147-sanders-yang-to-miss-cnns-town-hall-on-lgbtq

Presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and entrepreneur Andrew Yang have declined an upcoming CNN town hall on LGBTQ issues, citing “scheduling conflicts,”…

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/19/applause-federal-court-blocks-unconstitutional-south-dakota-law-would-hit-pipeline

Environmentalists celebrated Wednesday after a federal court temporarily blocked enforcement of a recently enacted South Dakota law that aims to hit pipeline protesters with fines and up to 25 years in prison.

Legal…

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Ask Joe to sit down with me: https://t.co/azfrl1VTRY

— Ady Barkan🔥🌹 (@AdyBarkan) September 18, 2019

I wonder if Harris will step up attacks on Warren

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/462073-harris-support-fades-at-critical-stage

The biggest problem for Kamala Harris right now is people are asking what does Kamala Harris stand for,” Democratic strategist Andrew Feldman told The Hill.

“And that is not a good question for people to…

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/middleeast/iran-zarif-saudi-intl/index.html

Iran’s foreign minister has raised the specter of “all-out war” in the event of US or Saudi military strikes and that Saudi Arabia would have to fight “to the last American soldier.”

Javad Zarif told CNN that Iran hoped to avoid conflict, adding that the country was…

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Buttigieg happily using Republican talking points.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/politics/pete-buttigieg-health-care-plan/index.html

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled his health care plan on Thursday, outlining a middle-of-the-road approach that allows people to opt into a government-backed health insurance option…

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/462106-orourke-many-democrats-complicit-in-gun-problem

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke (D), who is facing criticism from both sides of the aisle for proposing a mandatory buyback program for assault-style weapons, said in an interview late Wednesday that many Democrats “are complicit in what we see r…

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/opinion/iran-saudi.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

We need not be Saudi Arabia’s guard dog, or lap dog. Yes, Iran is a threat to international security — but so is Saudi Arabia. It is Saudi Arabia that kidnapped Lebanon’s prime minister, caused a schism with Qatar and created the world…

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/462110-orourke-unveils-plan-to-legalize-marijuana-end-war-on-drugs

President hopeful Beto O’Rourke on Thursday unveiled a plan to legalize marijuana and end the war on drugs.

The former Texas congressman would grant clemency to those currently serving sentences for marijuana possession, establish a model…

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I do

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/462109-schumer-i-dont-know-of-any-other-democrat-who-agrees-with-orourke-on-gun

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday told reporters that he doesn’t “know of any other Democrat who agrees” with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s proposal to confiscate automatic…

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