This week @EWarren is on the cover of @TIME. Here's the first look pic.twitter.com/iTFSL6xpyT
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 9, 2019
Since you guys are only hanging around here until the next Site Revamp post shows up, I’m gonna indulge myself…
CNN reporter, eavesdropping on the Dulles shuttle bus:
Ok this Gate 35X bus ride has legit turned into a mini town hall. Man wants to know why she’s going to Kermit, W Va. She says she has a new opioids bill out, and wants to hold big pharma execs liable pic.twitter.com/FwOXRsfDeV
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) May 9, 2019
Today, Rep. Cummings & I—along with 80+ cosponsors—are rolling out the CARE Act, a comprehensive plan to end the opioid crisis by providing states & communities $100 billion over the next 10 years to ensure every single person gets the treatment they need. https://t.co/aNQkKWqKFf
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 8, 2019
This is stunning. @ewarren leads off her talk on the opioid crisis here in Kermit, WV asking who knows someone who’s “been caught in the grips of addiction.” Dozens instantly raise their hands. pic.twitter.com/4y4ENA36vY
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) May 10, 2019
New: Elizabeth Warren is also calling for the Sackler name to be removed from any & all Harvard buildings & museums, a Warren aide tells CNN. Warren, an ex-Harvard law professor, released an opioid epidemic plan this morning and excoriated the Sackler family (of Purdue Pharma).
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) May 8, 2019
Warren in OH, as she did in WV, asks the audience if they know anyone who’s struggled or died from addiction: pic.twitter.com/hrkuVLZAam
— Greg Krieg (@GregJKrieg) May 10, 2019
Vanity Fair, “Elizabeth Warren Continues to Clobber Her Opponents in the War for Big Ticket, Eat-the-Rich Policies”:
… Her proposals have been notable not just for their degree of detail—her plan to erase student-loan debt included a personalized online calculator—but also for their boldness. She’s staked out clear positions on an array of issues, including some that are controversial even within her own party. For instance, while Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats have shied away from impeachment talk, Warren has called for the president to be held accountable for the misdeeds outlined in Robert Mueller’s report. “This is not about politics,” she said on the Senate floor Tuesday, after calling for Trump’s impeachment on Twitter. “This is about the Constitution.”…
Warren’s unambiguous positions haven’t helped her much in the polls so far, and may not track with establishment Democrats’ desires to play it safe against Trump by tacking to the center. But her relatively low polling could change once she has the chance to lay out her plans on the debate stage, particularly if her colleagues’ allergy to specifics come to seem like a crutch. There’s also an argument to be made that the candidate with the best shot at beating Trump isn’t the one who seems most “electable”, but the one who runs on a bold, unapologetic platform—and can back it up. Perhaps the best way to beat a president who draws out his policies with a damn crayon is to put forth someone with clear ideas. Of course, she’s not totally alone: Kamala Harris has a plan to increase teachers’ pay; Julian Castro released a sweeping immigration proposal; and Beto O’Rourke has his $5 trillion plan to combat climate change. But Warren is unquestionably leading the pack. You may not like her ideas, but at least you know what they are.
— Connor Jenkins (@oopsaboutit) May 9, 2019
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