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November 7, 2019

Sessions to Run for Old Senate Seat; Pressley Endorses Warren
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In election news, the San Francisco district attorney race remains too
close to call, although latest results show interim District Attorney
Suzy Loftus pulling ahead of public defender Chesa Boudin. Boudin is the
child of Weather Underground activists Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert
and ran on a platform of ending cash bail and dismantling the war on
drugs. Some San Francisco leaders have accused the Police Officers
Association of trying to buy the district attorney race, accusing the
officers' association of spending up to $650,000 on ads attacking
Boudin.

Meanwhile, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is slated to announce
today that he's planning to run for his old Alabama Senate seat. The
primary race would likely pit Sessions against accused sexual predator
Roy Moore, who lost to Democrat Doug Jones after several women came
forward accusing Moore of sexually abusing them when they were underage.

In Massachusetts, Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has backed
Senator Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign. Pressley becomes the
only member of the so-called Squad of four young progressive
congresswomen to endorse Warren. The other three - Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of
Michigan - have all endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders.

Meanwhile, Warren is continuing to come under fire from billionaires. On
Wednesday, Bill Gates implied he was worried about how much money he
would have left over under Warren's tax plan. The Microsoft founder has
over $100 billion. In response, Warren tweeted at Gates, offering to sit
down with him and explain exactly how much he'd pay under her proposed
6% tax on the richest Americans.

On Friday, Democracy Now! will be broadcasting the first-ever
Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice at South Carolina State
University in Orangeburg. Candidates taking part include Senators
Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker and businessman Tom Steyer. The forum
begins at 6 p.m. Eastern. Amy Goodman will be moderating with former EPA
official Mustafa Ali, and we'll be live-streaming at democracynow.org.
We'll also be broadcasting on stations across the country.


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