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Elizabeth Warren's Sprawling Progressive Platform
From calling for the end of the electoral college to universal childcare to breaking up Facebook, Elizabeth Warren has been churning out a progressive policy platform.
Alyssa Mastromonaco, former assistant to President Obama, co-host of Crooked Media's Hysteria Podcast, and author of So Here's the Thing . . . Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut Twelve (March 5, 2019), and Perry Bacon Jr., senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, tick through Warren's progressive platform, and take calls from supporters and skeptics.