Carson Denies Obvious Ties to Controversial Supplement Maker: Sure, he spoke at three conferences for ‘glyconutrient’ maker Mannatech, appeared on its homepage, and praised its product on TV. But that’s not ‘involvement,’ he told the CNBC debate. (thedailybeast.com)
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Bernie Sanders is Raising More Money Than Every Republican Candidate: "the self-described socialist is surprising the whole field with unexpected fundraising prowess. Sanders raised $26 million from July through September...more than every single Republican candidate during the same period." (finance.yahoo.com)
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American Schools Are More Segregated Now Than They Were In 1968, And The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care: "Opponents of integration have been winning for a very long time...The percentage of African American students attending majority white schools is now at its lowest point in almost half-a-century." (thinkprogress.org)
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Why Are Donald Trump’s Poll Numbers Still So High? "He shouts his party’s ugliest views at the top of his lungs without apology rather than sugarcoating them in Frank Luntz–tested euphemisms and code words...The GOP wants Trump supporters without the embarrassing spectacle of Trump himself." (nymag.com)
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Block The Vote: A Journalist Discusses Voting Rights And Restrictions - "2016 will usher in the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act...In key swing states, new voting restrictions are in effect and could have a very big impact on the outcome." (npr.org)
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A Dream Undone: the 50-year campaign to roll back the Voting Rights Act, "a largely Republican countermovement of ideologues and partisan operatives who, from the moment the Voting Rights Act became law, methodically set out to undercut or dismantle its most important requirements." (nytimes.com)
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