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NEWS: Warren tells me she’s running for re-election in 2024.That and much more in an interview about her new book, her relationship w/ Bernie, and the 2020 primaryhttps://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/08/warren-will-run-for-reelection-202

NEWS: AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Katie Porter, Raúl Grijalva, and 39 left-wing groups already drawing battle lines on Biden admin personnel, signing a letter arguing that no C-suite level corporate execs

NEW: Why are right-wing FB pages so popular?A Facebook exec argues the msg is just more visceral: "Right wing populism is always more engaging...Nation, protection, the other, anger, fear. That

NEW: Inside “Uncle Joe’s” mission to prove Obama wrong & the complicated relationship Biden “oftentimes felt that that loyalty was not being rewarded” by Obama, says Leon Panetta. + why

NEWS: Earlier this month, pollster Stan Greenberg briefed Biden's inner circle on 2 battleground polls. The slide presentation, obtained by POLITICO, made a blunt conclusion on the best VP choice

asked if she thinks covid-19 has made voters more receptive to her agenda that voters didn't embrace in the primary, Warren tells @davidaxelrod: "Yes. I think the political moment has

NEW: Biden camp leaders are clashing on path forward for digital: to hire the Bloomberg-backed firm Hawkfish or to build operation in-house. The digital team is about 25 ppl compared

Stacey Abrams on VP: “I would be an excellent running mate. I have the capacity to attract voters by motivating typically ignored communities. I have a strong history of executive

The one thing an early VP pick would likely help Biden with is $$$, which he needs even more of now given the convention is a month later, COVID-19, etc..Given

New Pete ad in Iowa taking aim at Warren and Bernie over college affordability/debt (but not by name), arguing they’d alienate half the country by insisting it be “free even