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Breaking: Harold Ford Jr. Decides Against Senate Bid

The New York Times reports:

Under intense pressure from Democratic Party officials,
Harold E. Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman, has
decided not to challenge Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand in the
primary this fall, according to two people told of his plans.

He has told friends that, while he is convinced he could
prevail against Ms. Gillibrand, he feared the winner of the
primary would have little money and

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Meeting Gillibrand, The Public Option, and Medicare For All

Despite much rhetoric to the contrary, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is quite charming in person, far more so than I had originally assumed prior to meeting her last Wednesday evening. I met her at a fundraiser scheduled by Young Professionals for Gillibrand, which was held at The Gates, a club on the West Side. As barely a young professional myself, I saw it as a unique opportunity to go there and, as our friend Joe Biden likes to say, “test her… Read More

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Harold Ford, Jr. On Meet The Press

Former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. has been considering running for U.S. Senate in the special election against Gillibrand here in New York. There has been a lot of discussion about whether Ford is a New Yorker, what his positions really are, and whether he would be a good Senator from New York. Gillibrand’s campaign and the Ford camp have already been trading barbs. Both Ford and Gillibrand have also been courting donors.

Ford recently told… Read More

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Replacing McNuggets With Grilled Chicken

“On a typical school lunch [today] you might have chicken nuggets, a couple slices of bread, Doritos and some canned fruit cocktail,” said Gillibrand. “That would be a typical lunch. Under this new plan you could actually have grilled chicken breast on a seven-grain roll, steamed broccoli and then a fruit cup of melons and strawberries and grapes, and some milk.”

Junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is on a mission to ban transfats from school lunches. She wants to increase… Read More

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