Showing posts with label Klobuchar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Klobuchar. Show all posts

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Democracy Champions Reintroduce Freedom to Vote Act to Ensure All Citizens Can Make Their Voices Heard

Today, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Joe Morelle (D-NY), and Terri Sewell (D-AL) reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, legislation to restore national voting standards and reverse voter suppression laws passed by GOP-led state legislatures. The Freedom to Vote Act would require states to enact secure automatic, same-day, and online voter registration; guarantee access to early and mail-in voting; and stop the extreme partisan gerrymandering that lets politicians pick their voters instead of the other way around.
 https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/democracy-champions-reintroduce-freedom-to-vote-act-to-ensure-all-citizens-can-make-their-voices-heard


Freedom to Vote Act Would Blunt Multi-Pronged Attacks on Democracy

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, which would set commonsense standards for safe, convenient practices like early voting, automatic voter registration, and vote-by-mail, and add safeguards against election sabotage. It would also ban gerrymandering and shine a light on secret political spending. Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of Public Citizen, released the following statement…


Sunday, September 11, 2022

Ted Cruz blows up Congress’ plan to save journalism by making Big Tech pay up | Ars Technica

In an effort to help save local journalism from extinction, Klobuchar joined with Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) and Representatives David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Ken Buck (R-N.Y.) to introduce the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. The goal was to push ad dollars back to news organizations by forcing Google and Meta to pay publishers for aggregation...


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Thursday, April 22, 2021

The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster (Reveal podcast)

Sixteen-year-old Myon Burrell was sent to prison for life after a stray bullet killed an 11-year-old girl in Minneapolis in 2002. Amy Klobuchar, who was Minneapolis’ top prosecutor, brought first-degree murder charges as part of a national crackdown on gang violence – a crackdown that engulfed young men of color.

Burrell maintained his innocence for 18 years in prison. Associated Press reporter Robin McDowell spent a year looking into his case and found that multiple people had lied about Burrell’s involvement in the shooting and that police didn’t talk to his alibi witnesses. In December 2020, the state commuted Burrell’s sentence, allowing him to walk free.

This end to a prison sentence is rare: Burrell’s case was the first time in at least 28 years that Minnesota commuted a sentence for a violent crime case. But the factors that put Burrell in prison are not rare at all. According to The Sentencing Project, over 10,000 people are serving life sentences in the U.S. for crimes committed when they were juveniles. Half of them are Black. Burrell’s long shot reveals just how difficult it is to right a wrong in our criminal justice system. How many others like Burrell are there?
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

One-on-One with Amy Klobuchar | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

U.S. Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joins Bill on the heels of her strong performance in the New Hampshire primary election.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/YwVe6XEKbps

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Amy Klobuchar full interview | Pod Save America

Senator Amy Klobuchar talks to Dan about health care, William Barr's hearing, her strategy to beat Trump in 2020, and more on Pod Save America.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/k-kLTnaoEQY

Thursday, May 2, 2019

WATCH: Sen. Klobuchar pushes back on Barr’s conclusion against Trump obstruction of justice

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., pushed back against Attorney General William Barr’s conclusion that President Donald Trump’s actions as detailed in the Mueller report did not constitute obstruction of justice. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Barr explained why he did not think several of the instances outlined in the Mueller report constituted obstruction. Sen. Klobuchar, a 2020 presidential candidate, also asked Barr to work with senators on a bill that aims to prevent Russian interference in the 2020 elections. Barr said he would look into the proposal. ....
https://youtu.be/7Y3YDwD-u3Q

Sunday, February 24, 2019

2020 Candidate Close-Ups: Sanders Joins The Race, Klobuchar's Presidential Bid (On Point)

Bernie Sanders announces his 2020 bid. Plus, a close look at Amy Klobuchar’s path to becoming a 2020 presidential candidate, from her Minnesota roots, to her prosecutorial career, and then to the Senate.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/02/19/amy-klobuchar-2020-presidency-minnesota-senator








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