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Sanders endorses progressive lightning rod Chicago DA
Bernie Sanders is throwing his weight behind Kim Foxx, the Cook County state’s attorney who is facing several primary challengers after a first term that has been simultaneously celebrated by progressives and come under fire nationally for her handling of actor Jussie Smollett’s case.
Sanders’ campaign told POLITICO he is also endorsing Kane County, Ill. state’s attorney candidate Junaid Afeef, Travis County, Texas, district attorney candidate Jose Garza, and Harris County, Texas, district attorney candidate Audia Jones.
The endorsements are in keeping with the Vermont senator’s attempts to position himself as the most progressive presidential candidate on criminal justice policy, with a platform that includes banning cash bail, legalizing marijuana, and permitting “safe injection sites” where people can use illegal drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. In October, he endorsed now-San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who campaigned on getting rid of cash bail.
“I’m proud to endorse these progressive leaders for the important offices of state and district attorney,” Sanders said in a statement. “Now is the moment to fundamentally transform our racist and broken criminal justice system by ending mass incarceration, the failed war on drugs and the criminalization of poverty, and that’s exactly what they’ll do.”
The moves come two weeks before South Carolina’s primary, where black voters will cast a majority of ballots. Nearly nine out of 10 African-American adults say the criminal justice system is racially biased, according to the Pew Research Center.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/sanders-endorses-kim-foxx-chicago-da-114857
Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 13, 2020
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Adam L. Braverman, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice Roger T. Benitez, retired.
John W. Holcomb, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Dean D. Pregerson, retired.
Knut Sveinbjorn Johnson, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice John A. Houston, retired.
Steve Kim, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Beverly Reid O'Connell, deceased.
Sandy Nunes Leal, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Christina A. Snyder, retired.
R. Shireen Matthews, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice Barry Ted Moskowitz, retired.
Michelle M. Pettit, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice Michael M. Anello, retired.
Rick Lloyd Richmond, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Manuel L. Real, retired.
Todd Wallace Robinson, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice Marilyn L. Huff, retired.
Jeremy B. Rosen, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Margaret M. Morrow, retired.
Jennifer P. Togliatti, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, vice James C. Mahan, retired.
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-eleven-nominations-sent-to-the-senate-1841667294
A Week to Remember!~
LMAO. . . Federal and state officials working together is ILLEGAL!
https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1228040600232103937