Jacob Weindling

While many have used this revelation to attack the supposed generosity of unemployment benefits, in reality it exposes how 50 years of stagnant wages have created a perverse incentive system.

Apr 28, 2020

The Trump campaign is enraged by an NRSC memo imploring GOP Senators up for reelection to “Don’t defend Trump, other than the China Travel Ban — attack China.”

Apr 28, 2020

In response to widespread criticism that their municipal bond buying program was too narrow in its scope, the Fed announced an expansion that will allow over 800% more cities and counties to access it.

Apr 28, 2020

The coalitions of U.S. states have major implications for how the nation will govern itself moving forward.

Apr 28, 2020

The primary proves that young voters overwhelmingly want a progressive like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to be the face of the party, which leaves Joe Biden in a bit of a strange position.

Apr 27, 2020

In an interview with MSNBC, the Speaker of the House shifted her stance on UBI and said “others have suggested a minimum income—a guaranteed income for people—is that worthy of attention now? Perhaps so.”

Apr 27, 2020

The so-called “No PR Act” would prohibit using federal funds towards anything that promotes Trump or Vice President Mike Pence’s signatures.

Apr 27, 2020

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., endorsed 20 down-ballot women Democratic candidates on Wednesday, but who she did not endorse stands out as much as who she did.

Apr 24, 2020

Donald Reed Herring, the oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., died Tuesday night in Norman, Oklahoma after testing positive for the coronavirus three weeks ago.

Apr 23, 2020

The CARES Act issued a 120-day ban on evictions, and while all but five states are imposing this moratorium, investigations by The American Prospect and BuzzFeed News find that landlords are still evicting their tenants in direct violation of the law.

Apr 23, 2020

Amazon told Congress last year that “we don’t use individual seller data directly to compete” with businesses on their platform, but a WSJ report proves that to be untrue.

Apr 23, 2020

Scientific officials have faced recrimination from President Trump this week for contradicting the White House's official line on the coronavirus.

Apr 23, 2020

A new ACLU study finds that current projections for total COVID-19 deaths in America does not include jail populations and once factored in to the models, it finds that the actual death rate could double current projections.

Apr 22, 2020

Rep. Donna Shalala was appointed to an oversight panel for the $500B big business lending program despite no reported interest in the gig, and she admitted that she made a "mistake" in not publicly reporting stock sales in violation of the STOCK Act.

Apr 22, 2020

Two-thirds of Americans hold a negative view of China versus just 26% with a favorable view of the country where the coronavirus originated. Like most political subjects in America these days, there is a partisan split at the heart of these figures.

Apr 21, 2020

Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity reveal that health officials at the Department of Health and Human Services expect over 300,000 Americans to die from COVID-19 if social distancing measures are abandoned, far larger than the White House's initial stated goal of 100,000 deaths and Dr. Anthony Fauci's revised projection of 60,000 deaths this past week.

Apr 21, 2020

In a new WaPo/University of Maryland poll that follows the same trend as multiple others taken in the past weeks, President Trump receives poor marks for his handling of the coronavirus crisis, while respondents rate their governor's handling of the crisis nearly 30 points better on average.

Apr 21, 2020

In an e-mail sent out on Sunday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., asked his supporters to split a three-way donation between Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who comprise most of the self-proclaimed “Squad.”

Apr 20, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said protests to reopen the economy will "backfire" and delay it further.

Apr 20, 2020

While conventional wisdom and her performance in the Democratic primary led to the belief that Elizabeth Warren's progressive positions would hurt her chances in the Midwest, a new poll from Wisconsin and Michigan forcefully pushes back against that notion.

Apr 17, 2020

Biden is also considering elevating the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the global health security pandemic office, and a separate climate change office to cabinet-level importance.

Apr 17, 2020

In 2018, the Democrats scored a historic landslide victory across the country with a large assist from their online donor platform which raised $1.6 billion, and in response the Republicans have made their online donation platform available for candidates up and down the ballot.

Apr 17, 2020

Newly declassified footnotes from the DOJ's Inspector General Report on the Russian investigation reveal that the F.B.I. was concerned that portions of the famed Steele dossier were the product of an intentional misinformation campaign led by the Kremlin, including the famed "pee tape" portion of the dossier.

Apr 16, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has proven to be a lightning rod for controversy and a thorn in the side of Wall Street during her first term in Congress, and she will be facing a primary challenge on June 23rd from a former CNBC anchor who is backed by major financial interests on Wall Street.

Apr 16, 2020

Latinos con Biden will be a coordinated effort with the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee, and provide digital infrastructure to Latinos who want to organize in their communities but are unable to do so thanks to social distancing practices.

Apr 16, 2020

USAA, one of the nation’s largest banks that serves military veterans, took $3,400 in stimulus payments from the family of a disabled veteran, according to a new report in The American Prospect.

Apr 16, 2020

In a conference call with the media, Democrats criticized the Trump Administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic and unveiled a $30 billion nationwide program to test and track individuals to try to stem the outbreak of the virus.

Apr 15, 2020

The Brookings Institution studied the Fed's new $500B municipal bond program and found that it leaves out the 35 cities with the largest black populations, but that this was not due to any racist intent, but unintended consequences from trying to push aid to cities and states as quickly as possible.

Apr 15, 2020

A new report from a coalition of cities representing 93 million Americans highlights the massive budget shortfalls faced by cities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the insufficiency of the $150 billion in federal aid provided to states.

Apr 14, 2020