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Ferguson Prepared America For This Moment |
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Progressive challenger Cori Bush defeated Rep. William Lacy Clay in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, adding to the activist left’s winning streak. The primary win in one of the most Democratic House seats in the country assures Bush’s spot in the next Congress.
In remarks to supporters late Tuesday night, Bush characterized her win as the culmination of activist work that began when a white police officer killed Black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014.
“It is historic that this year of all years, we’re sending a Black, working-class single mother … all the way to the halls of Congress!” she said over cheers and chants of “good trouble.”
Bush’s success follows an attempt to unseat Clay in 2018, when he won by nearly 20 percentage points.
Though Bush received more endorsements and spent more on ads against Clay this time around, her victory is the culmination of efforts by protesters who laid the groundwork for the current movement. As HuffPost reporter Ryan Reilly examines in the link below, Ferguson not only prepared Missouri for this moment, but the entire country. |
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 | WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING | One of Joe Biden’s strongest pitches to voters as he seeks the presidency is his breadth of foreign policy experience, from his time as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to his extensive diplomacy as vice president. But a new letter that’s being circulated among delegates to the Democratic National Convention is raising alarm bells about the circle of advisers who would likely form Biden’s foreign policy team if he becomes president. | |
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Almost half a million Missourians will become eligible for health care coverage as voters in this conservative state bucked the Republican Party and approved an amendment to the state’s constitution to expand Medicaid on Tuesday. The final vote was 52% in favor of the amendment, according to figures from The Associated Press, which called the election for supporters of Medicaid expansion late Tuesday. | |
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WNBA players want Atlanta Dream co-owner Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) out of their league ― and out of the Senate. Players are wearing “Vote Warnock” T-shirts to games this week to support the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who is challenging the Georgia Republican for her Senate seat in November. Loeffler has publicly objected to the basketball league’s support of Black Lives Matter. | |
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