The GOP has long prided itself as the party of fiscal responsibility, but it’s important to keep one thing in mind as conservative lawmakers continue to scold Democrats over the cost of Biden’s infrastructure plan: They’re completely full of shit. There are countless glaring examples of the party’s hypocrisy on …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce a resolution on Thursday aimed at blocking a planned $735 million sale of precision-guided weapons from the U.S. to Israel. And Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mark Pocan and Rashida Tlaib, introduced a similar measure in the House on Wednesday. According to a draft of the …
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CNN Anchor Jim Acosta called out the “toxic” denial of systemic racism by Fox News hosts and Republican lawmakers alike. During a Saturday afternoon monologue, Acosta singled out Laura Ingraham, calling her an expert in telling lies, and Tucker Carlson, labeling him “Fox’s chief white power correspondent.” Acosta played a …
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The Biden administration imposed tough new sanctions on Russia to hold the country accountable for its interference in the 2020 U.S. election, cyberattacks against both federal agencies and private companies, as well as its ongoing occupation in Crimea. The wide-ranging measures announced on Thursday, include sanctions against six Russian companies, …
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President Joe Biden announced that 90 percent of American adults will be eligible to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in the next three weeks. While he had originally encouraged states to make all adults eligible by May 1, Biden moved up the deadline to mid-April based on the progress many …
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Republican Senator Ron Johnson, a staunch Trump sycophant, let his racist flag fly high when he said that he was unafraid of the insurrectionists on January 6 because they were not members of Black Lives Matter or antifa. Johnson made the remarks during a Thursday interview on conservative radio host …
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WASHINGTON —Six weeks into Joe Biden‘s presidency, there are new signs filibuster reform might happen. After a marathon overnight voting session last week, the Senate voted along party lines to pass the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill supported by Biden. The American Recovery Plan Act of 2021 now heads to …
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WASHINGTON —There is one and only one person who would qualify as the star witness in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. That person is Mike Pence. To call the former vice president a key figure in the events preceding and during the deadly January 6th insurrection …
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Related: The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence Mike Pence sowed the wind on July 15th, 2016, signing on to become the running mate of a man manifestly unfit to sit in the White House. On January 6th 2021, he reaped the whirlwind. More than any other Republican, Michael R. Pence …
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President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn the presidential election suffered another blow Monday as the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, rejected Trump’s lawsuit. This was the court’s fourth ruling within 10 days against the president, and each ruling was 4-3 — an uncomfortably narrow margin when the health …
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