Articles by James Varney
"The aim is to oust Trump and the Republican Senate majority, defend the Democratic House majority, and break the GOP domination of governorships and state legislatures," CPUSA Chairman John Bachtell said.
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June 23, 2019
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One of the Communist revolutionary's eternal problems -- making a living while also pursuing the socialist dream -- was thrown into relief at the party's national convention during a spirited discussion over the Green New Deal.
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June 22, 2019
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One of the questions confronting the American Communists gathered here this weekend is whether they should be running their own Party candidates in elections or helping push along the left-wing currents already ascendant within the Democratic Party.
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June 22, 2019
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With an early morning tour of the Haymarket and a series of rousing speeches, the Communist Party of the USA kicked off its 3-day annual conference here Friday with a mix of vigor and age, as party faithful were cheered by Democrats warmly embracing more radically socialist aims, but roused to anger by U.S. support for opposition leaders working to push Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro from power.
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June 22, 2019
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Controversial jurist Roy Moore, who lost Alabama's Senate special election in 2017, announced a bid Thursday to try to win the seat in 2020.
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June 20, 2019
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The Communist Party of the USA will celebrate its 100th birthday this weekend in Chicago, at a conference replete with questions about what the future holds for the organization when national Democrats already embrace some of its most coveted goals.
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June 19, 2019
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Life outside the White House has been sweet for former President Barack Obama, with perhaps the most difficult thing being the one he does best: politics.
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June 17, 2019
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As he dips his toe into politics, former big-time college football coach Tommy Tuberville has at least one element politicians covet: name recognition.
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June 13, 2019
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Alabama shocked the political world in 2017 when it elected a Democrat to the Senate in one of the most chaotic contests of recent years. The 2020 race is shaping up to be a repeat.
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June 12, 2019
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A federal judge this week cleared the way for former President Barack Obama to begin building his presidential center on Chicago's South Side, overruling the objections of community groups who said they were being steamrolled.
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June 12, 2019
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, the lone Democratic chief executive in the Deep South, normally would be close to a dead man walking as he eyes reelection in November.
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June 10, 2019
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Age and time are doing to veterans what the violence of war could not, and as the veterans die, so too do their recollections.
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June 5, 2019
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The city of San Antonio's decision to bar Chick-fil-A restaurants from its new airport continues to reverberate, now through a state attorney general's investigation and others.
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June 3, 2019
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To bring a new and improved Tyndall to life would cost at least $4.25 billion, Pentagon officials say, and that money isn't close to being available. Air Force officials are looking to reduce the costs and size of the base.
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June 2, 2019
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Louisiana's legislature gave final approval Thursday to a GOP-crafted alternative to Obamacare, leaving Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in a pickle as he faces reelection this fall.
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May 31, 2019
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Partisans may squabble over what impact Russian meddling had on the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but scholars are convinced other foreign actors are meddling, too.
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May 27, 2019
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President Trump and his Cabinet are speaking rarely at this year's college graduations, even as the annually lopsided measure of liberal versus conservative commencement speakers seems more balanced than usual.
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May 21, 2019
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Tecalpulco stands as a reminder of a generation of men drained from the land -- and a warning to Central American countries, which have replaced Mexico in the past few years as the largest source of illegal border crossers.
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May 19, 2019
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If the states are the laboratories of democracy, then the Republican Party has an Obamacare alternative in a test tube wending its way toward the governor's desk in Louisiana.
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May 7, 2019
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Fortune 100 companies are among the most aggressive at lobbying Washington -- and collect nearly $100 billion a year in federal contracts and grants, according to a watchdog report that suggests taxpayers are feeding the bottom line.
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May 6, 2019
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