Democratic presidential primary

It can be an arduous task to defeat the incumbent president in an American presidential primary. Yet, that is the task Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has taken upon himself. Kennedy is planning to announce his candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in an April 19 speech in Boston, Massachusetts. An April 7-9 Morning Consult poll puts support for Kennedy among likely Democratic presidential primary and caucus voters at 10 percent. This is far behind the 70 percent support for President Joe Biden in the poll.

Political pundits were closely watching last night's special election in Montana for two reasons: to see if there is an anti-Trump sentiment shift in this hard-line republican state, and whether the "body slamming" scandal that sent shockwaves just one day prior would cost Republican frontrunner Greg Gianforte the election.

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

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Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is confusing her stance on campaign contributions from big oil and other fossil fuel companies, and opposition attacks on candidates who accept such monies, according to unconfirmed video evidence. The former Secretary of State recently blew her top at an environmental activist who had dared ask if she would stop taking money from oil and other fossil fuel companies. “I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.