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How progressives are plotting to stop Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 run.

Progressive activists around the country are mobilizing to halt the momentum of Pete Buttigieg, who they increasingly view as a formidable threat to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Top liberal leaders from multiple organizations are independently crafting strategies that center around…

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Bernie Sanders’ campaign parts ways with homophobic staffer.

Bernie Sanders‘ campaign has parted ways with a newly hired staffer after a conservative website unearthed a series of tweets allegedly from the staffer that contained anti-Semitic and homophobic language.Darius Khalil Gordon announced Wednesday that he had taken a job with…

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LGBT advocates slam Buttigieg for Salvation Army bell ringing.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is facing criticism online from some members of the LGBTQ+ community and gay rights advocates after images of the South Bend, Ind., mayor volunteering with the Salvation Army resurfaced online Tuesday. LGBTQ+ publication “Out” published…

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Could Pete Buttigieg win the Democratic nomination?

The latest national Democratic polls reflect an increasingly muddled national race with former Vice President Joe Biden trailed closely by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. But polls and recent reporting show a very different picture emerging in Iowa, the state that formally…