Evan McMorris-Santoro
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Sanders Team Wanted DNC To Pay For Private Plane For Fall
An internal “End Game” memo left in a Los Angeles hotel restaurant details extraordinary demands considered by the Sanders campaign ahead of the Democrats’ unity event. → Read More
Sanders Aide Apologizes To Clinton Staffer For Bernie Bros' Trolling
Bernie Sanders' campaign is trying to rein in his unruly online men. Live by the Redditors, die by the Redditors. → Read More
As They Back Clinton, Activists Hope For A Revolution In Abortion Politics
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton agree on abortion policy. But the movement’s lined up behind Clinton for the most part — and they say that’s because they’re more excited by what she says, and ha... → Read More
Meet The Ex-Convict President Obama Will Host At The State Of The Union
Obama’s last State of the Union will feature talk of criminal justice, prison and reducing recidivism rates. → Read More
Bernie Sanders Looks For A New Democratic Pipeline Divide In New Hampshire
Sanders — and senior Granite State politicians on both sides — oppose the Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline. Hillary Clinton has not publicly weighed in on the issue. → Read More
Sanders Claims CBS Canceled Agriculture Interview Because Monsanto Was "Threatening To Sue"
Asked for more details, his campaign did not immediately provide more more information about the claim. → Read More
You Don't Have To Wait In Line For "Star Wars" Tickets If You Just Give This Congressman A $250 Donation
The biggest Star Wars fan in Congress is holding a secret screening of Star Wars the day before it officially opens. Tickets are $250 each, unless you're a corporation. Then they're $750. → Read More
Every Presidential Candidate Wants To Prosecute Edward Snowden
From Rand Paul to Bernie Sanders, everyone wants to the world’s most famous leaker to face prosecutors. → Read More
Sanders Camp Silent On Kim Davis-Pope Francis Meeting
No candidate has mentioned the pope more on the campaign trail than Bernie Sanders. "The senator made clear in interviews and comments last week that there are areas where he has differences w... → Read More
Bernie Sanders: Me And The Pope Are Tight Like *This*
The independent senator from Vermont says he and the pope are on the same page. → Read More
Democrats Make A $15 National Minimum Wage An Establishment Principle
Progressives stealthily push the Democratic Party to the left of Hillary Clinton on a key issue for the economic left. → Read More
Online And In Person, Bernie Sanders’ White Supporters Advance A Black Lives Matter Conspiracy
Someone’s pulling the strings, some upset white Sanders supporters tell each other. Black activists say the persistent criticism (and theories, racism, and misogyny) from the Bernie faithful proves... → Read More
Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Adds Young Black Woman As New Public Face
After meeting with Bernie Sanders about criminal justice and Black Lives Matter, Bernie Sanders has hired Symone Sanders as national press secretary. Meanwhile: more protests in Seattle. → Read More
Bernie Sanders Discovers His Inner #BlackLivesMatter
The man who put up a defensive front against black protesters at Netroots has discovered he has a record that appeals directly to their issues. → Read More
Why Patrick Leahy Is Wary Of A Big, Bipartisan Breakthrough On Criminal Justice
Washington seems ready to seriously consider reducing mandatory minimum drug sentences, but Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy has been here before and says all mandatory minimum sentences needs to go. → Read More
DOJ: You Don't Need Mandatory Minimums To Prosecute Big Drug Crime
In an interview with BuzzFeed News, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates makes the case for why the biggest change to federal sentencing laws will improve — rather than unravel — the system tha... → Read More
Boehner Backs Bill That Would Change Sentencing For Non-Violent Drug Crimes
"We've got a lot of people in prison, frankly, that don't really in my view need to be there," House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday. → Read More
Martin O'Malley Launches Major Post-Charleston Gun Control Push With "I'm Pissed"
The former Maryland governor wants to be the campaign's leading voice on gun control. → Read More
Martin O'Malley: Rand's Patriot Act Moves Could Make America Less Safe
Some progressives have signed on to Rand Paul's nuclear assault on the Patriot act. Martin O'Malley is not one of them. → Read More
Drug War Opponents Plan To Make The DEA Nomination Into A Fight
The war on the war on drugs the White House would rather not have. → Read More