Cramer

On the day when Republicans lost control of the US Senate, Mitch McConnell is being warned that he could be voted out as Republican leader if he votes to convict former President Trump during the impeachment trial. Republicans who know McConnell well believe he will take the temperature of the Senate...

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  • January 21, 2021

MSNBC Hallie Jackson did not allow Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to get away with seeding misinformation about the Joe Biden win. Hallie Jackson destroys enabling senator's rhetoric x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Early on, it was clear that Hallie Jackson would not take any spin from Senator Kevin Cramer,...

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  • November 24, 2020

Kudos to Tommy Christopher at Mediaite for highlighting this: President Donald Trump has taken to attacking Joe Biden and the World Health Organization over the coronavirus and China, but a thorough review of Trump’s very recent record of public comments is very damning for him — especially when compared with Biden’s. In the space...

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  • April 19, 2020

I’m not a lawyer nor a constitutional scholar, but the Media has not being doing its job when it comes to covering the upcoming Senate trial of Trump.  I know.  “A real shocker there Merlin.  Have you thought about auditioning for the role of Captain Obvious?” Hear me out for...

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  • January 19, 2020

There is some conflicting information about what how low Senate Republicans will go to defend Trump during his impeachment trial in the Senate.  I know.  Getting ahead of yourself there Merlin, but I think it is reasonable to assume that the House will impeach Trump.  I believe most on Daily Kos...

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  • November 13, 2019

Nothing like reading the online version of “Where Politics and Business Meet.”  It shines a little light on what the patricians are thinking.   First up, Harris’s wealthy donors are really not happy with her most recent debate performance: Going into the Democratic primary debate in Houston, Harris’ closest supporters privately...

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  • September 15, 2019

On Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer noted that he’s been hearing a lot of doom and gloom from Wall Street executives over the possibility that Elizabeth Warren could — gasp! — actually win the presidency: “Look, I’ve got to tell you, when you get off the desk and you talk to executives,...

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  • September 12, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is surging, and Wall Street is noticing. During a recent discussion about Wall Street’s take on Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy, Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, said executives are absolutely terrified at the prospect of a Warren presidency: “Look, I’ve got to tell you, when you get...

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  • September 10, 2019

http://www.washingtonpost.com/… The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump has repeated and personally tried to have the US Corps of Engineers award contracts to build his southern border wall to a major Republican donor. In phone calls, White House meetings and conversations aboard Air Force One during the past several...

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  • May 24, 2019

Wait, there’s a limit to the absurdities Republican senators will accept when it comes to Donald Trump’s “presidency”? I’d assumed they’d confirm the entire cast and crew of Duck Dynasty to Cabinet positions if Trump asked them to. Politico: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said in a C-SPAN “Newsmakers” interview with...

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  • April 11, 2019

It’s starting to sink in: Republican Sen. Cory Gardner helped mastermind the GOP’s midterm strategy of pushing Senate candidates closer to President Donald Trump. But heading into his own 2020 re-election bid in Colorado, he’s allowing more distance with the not-so-popular president. And he’s not alone. Sen. Thom Tillis of...

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  • January 22, 2019

I know I am picking at a fresh wound here, but NPR had an interview with a soybean farmer — Josh Gackle – in North Dakota who sits on the American Soybean Association’s board of directors about the effect of Trump’s tariffs on soybeans.  You could tell that Gackle didn’t want to...

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  • December 8, 2018

Yes: x YouTube Video As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faced senators Thursday about an alleged sexual assault, North Dakota Democrats are criticizing Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer for his comments about those allegations and other remarks relating to women. The North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party is launching a new digital ad Thursday...

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  • September 28, 2018

If you may or may not have heard, this asshole said this last week: Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) blasted professor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as “absurd” because they were merely drunken teenagers at the time. Besides, Cramer added, it was “supposedly...

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  • September 25, 2018

This is an important story by Cameron Joseph of TPM about the Senate race in North Dakota:   Top GOP Senate Nominee: Kavanaugh Accusations ‘Absurd’ Because ‘They Were Teenagers,’ Assault ‘Never Went Anywhere’ I recommend that this story gets published far and wide.  The money quote: “This case is even more...

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  • September 22, 2018

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT) in support of his colleagues, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D. WI) & Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaigns: Sen. Tina Smith (D. MN)   Kevin Cramer, the Republican candidate in a top-tier U.S. Senate race had a pretty dire...

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  • September 20, 2018

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s (D. ND) re-election campaign: My friend and fellow Democrat, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, needs our help. National Republicans desperately want to win her seat, and they are coming at Heidi with everything they've got, namely...

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  • September 18, 2018

FAIL! The top Senate candidate’s website is replete with Getty stock images from around the globe, from Serbia to Indonesia, Hungary to the United Kingdom, to illustrate his made-in-America political views. One notable shot: Cramer, a staunch ally of Trump who has campaigned heavily on a border-security crackdown, uses a stock...

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  • August 10, 2018