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AUGUST 7, 2019: Pete Buttigieg and Jay Inslee released plans to address domestic terrorism. Mike Gravel suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Bernie Sanders.

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“Elizabeth Warren just has a gigantic campaign [in Nevada]. There are counties all over rural areas where some campaigns are just doing tours, but she has staff there. And that was a strategy President Obama had in 2008 when he won Nevada.”

– Laura Martin, executive director of Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

“One of [Kamala] Harris’ biggest assets is geography. Not only is California next door, Democrats and union members from the state are frequently imported into Nevada to help political campaigns there. Harris’ campaign, an adviser acknowledged, wants to run a ‘two-state strategy’ that takes advantage of the kinship between the two states and the fact that absentee voting in California’s March 3 primary will be going on during Nevada’s caucus, which ends Feb. 22.”

– Marc Caputo, _Politico _reporter

 
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The Iowa State Fair ([link removed]) begins Thursday and most of the Democratic field is scheduled to speak at the Soapbox in the next week. JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) and STEVE BULLOCK ([link removed]) will kick off the campaign speeches on Thursday.

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BILL DE BLASIO ([link removed]) will be the first 2020 Democratic candidate to appear ([link removed]) on Fox News’ Hannity Wednesday.

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Roughly 60 CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) campaign staffers have unionized ([link removed]) with representation from Teamsters Local 238.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) unveiled a $1 billion plan to combat domestic terrorism ([link removed]) and radicalization, which would expand the FBI’s domestic counterterrorism field staff, target online hate speech with software tools, and include new gun legislation on background checks and magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition, among other policy proposals.

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JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) continues ([link removed]) his six-day swing through Iowa.

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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND ([link removed]) begins ([link removed]) her “Kitchen Table Tour” of Iowa, traveling across the state with her family in an RV.

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MIKE GRAVEL ([link removed]) suspended ([link removed]) his presidential campaign and endorsed Bernie Sanders ([link removed]) .

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_Politico_ compared ([link removed]) the size, location, and preparation of KAMALA HARRIS ([link removed]) ’ and ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) ’s field operations in Nevada and other campaigns.

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JOHN HICKENLOOPER ([link removed]) has not ruled out a potential bid ([link removed]) for U.S. Senate in Colorado. He spoke with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about a possible run last week. "He is still in the race for president, but he hasn't closed the door to anything,” said Hickenlooper’s communications director.

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JAY INSLEE ([link removed]) released ([link removed]) a 10-point plan to address gun violence connected to white nationalism. His proposals included increasing federal funding for de-radicalization programs, spending more resources on joint federal-state investigations of white nationalists, and using extreme risk protection orders.

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AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) issued her farming communities ([link removed]) platform, which includes expanding federal commodity price supports and federal crop insurance programs, tariff review, loan forgiveness for agricultural students, increasing the use of ethanol, and infrastructure improvements.

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SETH MOULTON ([link removed]) said ([link removed]) he would remain in the race despite not qualifying for the first two primary debates. He toured ([link removed]) two defense contractor manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts Tuesday.

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SANDERS appeared ([link removed]) on _The Joe Rogan Experience_, discussing primary politics, healthcare, pharmaceutical costs, and marijuana.

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In an interview ([link removed]) with CBS News, JOE SESTAK ([link removed]) discussed U.S.-North Korea relations.

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In an interview ([link removed]) on _The Daily Show_, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) spoke about the debates, campaign finance, healthcare, vaccines, and antidepressants.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) sued ([link removed]) California, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income tax returns in order to appear on the ballot.

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TRUMP will visit ([link removed]) El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, to meet Wednesday with the communities affected by the weekend’s mass shootings.

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CBS News: 2020 Daily Trail Markers: Inside the Iowa ground game ahead of the State Fair ([link removed])

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NBC News: Fried food and stump speeches: The Iowa State Fair is back ([link removed])

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Roll Call: Small dollars a big deal as GOP sees untapped potential in Trump supporters ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: AUGUST 7, 2015

Marco Rubio said ([link removed]) he did not support abortion or exceptions in the case of rape or incest, clarifying a position he took in the previous night’s debate.
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