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April 13, 2021

Schumer disagrees with Tlaib's controversial call to end policing in the US, calls for Dem legislative reforms

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seemed to disagree with Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., after the House member said on Twitter that policing in the U.S. "can't be reformed" and should be eliminated altogether.

April 13, 2021

Rashida Tlaib takes heat for 'no more policing' comment after Daunte Wright shooting

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., faced intense criticism this week after calling for "no more policing" in the wake of Daunte Wright's death.

April 12, 2021

Squad member calls for end of US policing, which she says is 'intentionally racist'

Squad member and progressive Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib alleged in a Twitter post on Monday that the death of Daunte Wright “wasn’t an accident” as she appeared to call for an end of policing.

March 30, 2021

Tlaib condemns former consultant amid sexual harassment accusations against him

Five women made accusations of sexual harassment against one of Rep. Rashida Tlaib's 2018 campaign consultants.

March 24, 2021

Tlaib bill would give everyone $2G a month during pandemic, including illegal immigrants

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is pushing a bill that would give everyone in the U.S., including undocumented immigrants, $2,000 a month during the coronavirus crisis.

March 10, 2021

Biden infuriates progressives after denying entry to thousands still affected by Trump's travel ban

President Biden reversed his predecessor's controversial travel ban on his first day in office, but is still denying entry to thousands of people affected by it, infuriating progressive lawmakers who have decried the position as "unacceptable."

March 6, 2021

House Progressive leader breaks silence about Senate COVID bill changes

The head of the House Progressive Caucus Saturday offered a statement of support in favor of the Senate version of the coronavirus legislation despite the weakening of some provisions that House liberals had fought for.

February 10, 2021

Tlaib backing left-wing DA candidate who wants 20-year sentence cap, says prosecution 'inherently harmful'

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is backing a Manhattan district attorney candidate who favors a slew of left-wing proposals, including capping sentences at 20 years and refusing, without exceptions, to prosecute a host of lower-level offenses.

February 4, 2021

Capitol riot: AOC leads House progressives in 'special order' hour reciting 'lived experiences'

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a special order hour Thursday night to give a number of her fellow House members a chance to “re-live” the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to record their accounts in the Congressional Record.

February 3, 2021

Rep. Omar fundraising off GOP effort to strip her from committee assignments

Rep. Ilhan Omar's congressional campaign is raising money to fight back against a GOP effort to strip her of congressional committees for her past inflammatory statements as Democrats push for similar action against embattled Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.