By Lauren Rearick Starting November 22, you could notice fewer political posts on your Twitter timeline — or, at the very least, fewer political posts folks are paying for. On Wednesday (October 30), Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey mentioned via tweet thread that Twitter would no longer accept political advertisements. According to him, agency assists the idea of earning political reach, ..

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By Jessica Suriano Georgia has lawmakers who have attempted to push through some of the most repressive anti-abortion legislation in the nation, a governor accused of undermining voter access, along with a history of fear-inducing anti-immigration policies — however it also has Park Cannon. While in her first term because the youngest woman and youngest Democrat to serve the state..

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By Zaron Burnett III The “land of the free” has never been so for the 2.3 million Residents of the United States currently in prison. The United States boasts the highest prison population rate in the world with 10.6 million jail admissions per year, and nearly one third of working-age Residents of the United States having to navigate life with a rap sheet of some kind. As a resu..

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The World Economic Forum in Davos, the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention, and Game 5 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals have at least one thing in common: They don't give President Donald Trump a particularly warm welcome. Trump may have been expecting cracker jacks and peanuts at the game at Nationals Park on Sunday (October ..

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What do the majority of young people and the majority of federal lawmakers have in usual? They support a impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. “I think for several young people, we are asking ourselves what we aspire to look back on at this moment. [We want to] know that we did everything we may to take responsibility for our nation, for our lives, for our futures,” An..

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Witch hunt. Hoax. Treason. Coup. Scam. These are just some of the words President Donald Trump has used attempt to discredit the  impeachment inquiry against him. None of these have been accurate — and that hasn’t stopped him from adding another word into the lexicon of inappropriate terms that misrepresent the case at hand. On October 22, Trump asked Republicans to come to his..

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You can’t escape it. Whether you frequent Twitter, Reddit, and QAnon, or are more of a New York Times browser, the race for journalists and residence sleuths alike to reveal the identity in back of the White Home whistleblowers has enveloped much of The world wide web. And, honestly, I get it: the statistics these whistleblowers revealed could end Donald Trump’s presidency, land p..

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Rep. Elijah Cummings, who represented Maryland's 7th district for over 20 years, died on Thursday (October 17). He was 68 years old. According to The Baltimore Sun, his hometown newspaper, the Congressman had been experiencing a few health complications for some time. He underwent heart surgery in 2017 and more recently took time off to address other health concerns. The Sun notes ..

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By Lauren Rearick Me Also founder Tarana Burke wants 2020 presidential candidates to remember to include survivors of sexual violence in their policies. And she wants to remind those millions of Americans to vote, too. On Tuesday (Oct. 16), Burke announced #MeTooVoter, a social media hashtag created to remind candidates of America’s ongoing supply problem of sexual violence and se..

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Welcome to Got Issues?, MTV News’s candidate-by-candidate breakdown of your biggest concerns and questions about the 2020 race. Despite what buzzy headlines might tell you, abortion isn’t all that divisive an issue; the vast majority of Residents of the U.S. Support Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled a person is entitled to have an abortion before a fetus r..

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Soon after a short-term hiatus from any and all debate-related memes, we’re back. Tuesday (October 15)  marked the latest installment on this seemingly endless road to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Between unexpected sparring and plenty of waiting for candidates to finally address reproductive healthcare, there was definitely a lot to keep tabs on. In the even..

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By Lauren Rearick Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke and Mayor Pete Buttigieg are facing off on stricter gun control laws. As O’Rourke previously explained, if elected president, he intends to integrate a law that would force Residents of the United States to return semi-automatic weapons to the government so they would be destroyed. Throughout the Democratic presidential primar..

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