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JULY 23, 2019: Joe Biden released his criminal justice platform on Tuesday. Kamala Harris introduced two bills on water infrastructure and marijuana-related offenses.

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“Since entering the presidential race, Ms. Warren has taken pictures with more than 38,000 people, her campaign estimates. Ms. Warren says the photos are part of her effort to build what she likes to call a ‘grass-roots movement.’ ...

Other Democratic candidates also take pictures with voters, even if they lack the well-orchestrated selfie line that Ms. Warren employs. Senator Bernie Sanders recently started forming a selfie line at his events. Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has promised photos to people who spring for $500 or $1,000 tickets to some grass-roots fund-raisers. …

In a primary race where Democrats have two dozen candidates to choose from, a personal moment with the candidate can make a difference.”

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson endorsed ([link removed]) JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) Monday, becoming the sixth member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so. 

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BIDEN issued his criminal justice ([link removed]) platform Tuesday. He proposes treating rather than incarcerating addicts, increasing funding for drug courts, eliminating sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine cases, and ending the use of private prisons at the federal level. His plan also calls for decriminalizing marijuana, expunging marijuana-related offenses, and categorizing marijuana as a schedule II drug.

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BILL DE BLASIO ([link removed]) criticized ([link removed]) Con Edison’s handling of the heatwave in New York City following outages over the past two weekends. He said its response “would be absolutely unacceptable if it were a public entity.”

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In an interview ([link removed]) on Late Night with Seth Meyers, CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) spoke about today’s political climate and the U.S. Senate.

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STEVE BULLOCK ([link removed]) launched ([link removed]) his official campaign merchandise shop.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG ([link removed]) proposed ([link removed]) raising the maximum annual earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax from $132,900 to $250,000 to keep the program solvent.

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JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) participated ([link removed]) in the “20 Questions for 2020” series on_ NowThisNews_, discussing climate change, unions, and Trump’s businesses.

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In an interview ([link removed]) on _The View_, TULSI GABBARD ([link removed]) discussed Puerto Rico and her concern with decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings.

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In response ([link removed]) to a report in _The New Yorker _about Sen. Al Franken, KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND ([link removed]) said she did not regret calling for Franken’s resignation following sexual misconduct allegations.

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KAMALA HARRIS ([link removed]) introduced ([link removed]) the Water Justice Act Monday, which would call for $250 billion to be spent on water infrastructure and clean and safe drinking water programs.

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HARRIS will also introduce the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act Tuesday to decriminalize marijuana ([link removed]) , expunge past marijuana-related convictions, and bar the deportation of immigrants based on a marijuana charge.

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JOHN HICKENLOOPER ([link removed]) posted a digital ad ([link removed]) highlighting his experience owning a brewery and serving as governor of Colorado.

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JAY INSLEE ([link removed]) attended ([link removed]) a forum hosted by several Democratic clubs in Palisades, California.

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In a _Washington Post Live_ interview ([link removed]) , AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) discussed the Affordable Care Act, climate change, and immigration.

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SETH MOULTON ([link removed]) spoke ([link removed]) about national security and election security, climate change, and cyber issues in an interview on the _Evening Beat_.

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BETO O'ROURKE ([link removed]) toured ([link removed]) Ellis Island and hosted a “Bands with Beto” campaign event in New York Monday.

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The Associated Press profiled ([link removed]) the communications network BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) has created as an alternative to traditional media.

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JOE SESTAK ([link removed]) campaigned in Iowa ([link removed]) , speaking to the Clarke County Democrats Monday.

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) spoke ([link removed]) about his policy priorities, diplomatic ties, gun violence, and other issues on WBUR’s _Foresight_.

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In a post to Medium, ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) predicted an economic crisis ([link removed]) would develop unless the U.S. took several preventive steps. She called for reducing household debt, enforcing leveraged lending guidance, strengthening manufacturing by investing in green research, and eliminating or automatically raising the debt ceiling. 

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) discussed ([link removed]) establishing a Department of Peace during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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In his plan for veterans, ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) proposed ([link removed]) allowing veterans to receive relevant civilian certifications without additional licensing and providing in-state tuition at any public school in any state. Yang also called for increasing funding for veterans crisis lines and changing the Veterans Affairs healthcare network.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) ’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is writing a book ([link removed]) titled _Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us_. It will be released on November 5, 2019, roughly one year before the 2020 presidential election.

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BILL WELD ([link removed]) continued to campaign in New Hampshire ([link removed]) , speaking at the Manchester Rotary Monday.

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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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FiveThirtyEight: Is Biden's Media Monopoly Coming To An End? ([link removed])

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The New York Times: The Only Democrat in America Not Running for President ([link removed])

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Politico: $12,075 on paella and 32 other wacky things the candidates bought ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: JULY 23, 2015

Donald Trump toured ([link removed]) the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.
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