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JUNE 19, 2020: Donald Trump is requesting a fourth general election debate with Joe Biden. Amy Klobuchar removed herself from consideration for Democratic vice presidential nominee.

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PETE KAVANAUGH is a Democratic staffer with experience in campaign strategy and political organizing. Kavanaugh graduated with a B.A. in government from Georgetown University.
PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN WORK:

* 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, Virginia senior advisor
* 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, New Hampshire state director
* 2009 Jody Wagner lieutenant gubernatorial campaign, advisor
* 2009 Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial campaign, advisor 
* 2008 Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign, field director  
* 2008 John Edwards presidential campaign, New Hampshire deputy field director
* 2006 Missouri Democratic Coordinated Campaign, deputy director  
* 2005 Scott Lang mayoral campaign, field director
* 2004 Jim Stork congressional campaign, political director
* 2004 John Edwards presidential campaign, New Hampshire political assistant

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

* 2013-2019: Revolution Field Strategies, president 
* 2009-2019: Hilltop Public Solutions, partner

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“David Becker, director of the [Center for Election Innovation and Research], said in such an unprecedented election climate, it’s difficult to predict how the COVID-19 setbacks will hurt or help both candidates’ ground games.

Voter-registration drives may not be as instrumental as the changing nature of voting itself, how voters respond to expanded mail-in options spurred by COVID-19 social-distancing efforts, and the anticipated high voter enthusiasm for participating in this presidential election with so many contentious news events shaping it, he said. 

Becker pointed to Georgia’s June 9 primary, which was postponed from March. Absentee ballots were sent to every voter, with 1.1 million returned. Total Democratic turnout surpassed the previous record of 1.06 million in the 2008 primary, when Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton in a landslide.”

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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) will accept the Democratic presidential nomination in Milwaukee ([link removed]) , CNN reported. Democratic officials are in the process of organizing smaller events in battleground states. Since the convention will be primarily virtual, CNN said the “overarching goal now is to produce several hours of compelling programming each night that would be carried by the major TV networks.”

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In response to the Supreme Court decision blocking the Trump administration from ending the DACA program ([link removed]) due to procedural issues, BIDEN said he would make DACA permanent on his first day in office.

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Sen. AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) (Minn.) removed herself from consideration ([link removed]) to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee on Thursday night. She said, “This is a historic moment, and America must seize on this moment. And I truly believe as, I actually told the vice president last night when I called him, that I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket.”

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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) is seeking a fourth general election debate ([link removed]) with BIDEN. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leading the push. Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield rejected ([link removed]) the idea. The Trump campaign is also requesting the debates begin before early voting.

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Facebook removed ([link removed]) a TRUMP campaign ad targeting Antifa on Thursday because it featured a red triangle associated with Nazism. A Facebook spokesperson said, “Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group's symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.” Trump communications director Tim Murtaugh said the symbol was used by Antifa. He continued, “We would note that Facebook still has an inverted red triangle emoji in use, which looks exactly the same, so it's curious that they would target only this ad."

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CNBC: Kamala Harris would bring anti-Trump energy to a Joe Biden ticket, but her law enforcement record poses risks ([link removed])

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The New York Times: Bernie Sanders Predicted Revolution, Just Not This One ([link removed])

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RealClearPolitics: Trump Restarts Rallies, as COVID Upends Voter Registration ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: JUNE 19, 2016

The California Democratic Party passed a resolution ([link removed]) calling for limiting superdelegates to Democratic National Committee members, eliminating caucuses, and revising the primary calendar.
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