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O’Rourke announces $5 trillion plan to combat climate change   April 30, 2019: Bernie Sanders and John Hickenlooper released their trade platforms. Beto O’Rourke announced his climate change policy. Share the latest from the campaign trail.         Notable Quote of the Day “Washington is in post-dealmaking mode. The last tiny remaining vestiges of that world ended with the rise of social media and Trump, and skill at ‘grand bargains’ is about as relevant to modern politics as skill with a physical Rolodex.” – Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project Democrats Supermajority, a new group founded by former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, and National Domestic Workers Alliance executive director Ai-jen Poo, will seek to train and mobilize two million women in advance of the 2020 election. Joe Biden has hired data science software and consulting company Civis Analytics to try to improve his performance with younger voters and small donors. Several other presidential candidates have worked with the company, which is backed by former Google chairman Eric Schmidt. Cory Booker discussed criminal justice as a central issue of his campaign during an interview on PBS NewsHour. Vogue profiled Pete Buttigieg Monday with a focus on his campaigning style, personal history, and marriage. Buttigieg also met with Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss black voter outreach. During a segment on WMUR’s “Conversations with the Candidate” series, Julián Castro his personal history and gun legislation. “I support universal background checks, limiting the capacity of magazines and also an updated assault weapons ban," Castro said. John Delaney will participate in a candidate forum in Iowa organized by St. Ambrose, the Quad-City Times, and the Quad-Cities Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Mike Gravel announced Monday that he was no longer running just to reach the debate stage. “I am running to win. Just as much as Seth Moulton, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, Tim Ryan, or Eric Swalwell are,” he said. Kamala Harris hired Jim Margolis, who worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, as her media adviser. In his trade platform released Tuesday, John Hickenlooper called for enforcing fair labor and safety standards, protecting the intellectual property of American companies, enforcing environmental and climate standards, ensuring U.S. companies have comparable investment rights abroad, and assisting U.S. workers affected by job displacement from trade. Vox profiled Amy Klobuchar’s plan for improving the criminal justice and clemency systems. Wayne Messam campaigned in Iowa and held a town hall in Des Moines. Seth Moulton discussed his credentials to be commander in chief and national security issues in an interview with Task & Purpose. Beto O'Rourke released his climate change proposal to invest $5 trillion over a decade on infrastructure, innovation, and community development to fight climate change. He also set a goal for the U.S. to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Tim Ryan released 10 years of tax returns, showing he and his wife earned $220,754 and paid $31,440 in taxes, for an effective tax rate of 14.2 percent in 2018. Ryan also discussed education during an interview on TMZ Live. Bernie Sanders released his trade platform, calling for a renegotiation of U.S. trade deals, labeling China a currency manipulator, barring federal contracts to companies that outsource jobs, and not appointing a trade representative who worked on Wall Street. Elizabeth Warren wrote an op-ed in Essence about addressing maternal mortality rates among black mothers. Republicans Former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle is joining Donald Trump’s campaign as a senior adviser. On the Cusp: Tracking Potential Candidates Stacey Abrams said she would not run for U.S. Senate in Georgia. “I’m going to continue to watch how the national conversation around the presidency unfolds,” Abrams said in an interview. “I’m not taking myself out of that conversation, but I’m not ready to make a determination, and I don’t think one is necessary at this moment.” What We’re Reading Axios: 1 big thing: Youthful minorities will drive elections Center for Responsive Politics: Who are women donors putting their money behind? Not just the women. Medium: The Democratic Presidential Primary is really a race to have 500 delegates by Super Tuesday Flashback: April 30, 2015 CBS News reported on the early efforts of Donald Trump’s exploratory presidential campaign in an article questioning whether he would officially join the race or not.