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Like ALEC writing legislation for a lazy GOP, Heritage Action is providing the same “song sheets” for state legislatures trying...
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Look, this is popcorn time. Orange man thinks he is so big and bad with a mouth that runs 90...
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Here’s the latest news today out of Pennsylvania: Sean Parnell, a staunch support of former President Donald Trump who narrowly...
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Yesterday was a very busy day for me so I’m playing catch up today. Received this e-mail yesterday from former...
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From The Daily Beast: Josh Mandel—the far-right, former Ohio state representative now running for Senate—has recently joined the chorus of...
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D. GA) in support of his colleague, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock’s...
From Politico: Rep. Conor Lamb has begun telling some donors and supporters in recent days that he is likely to...
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Received this e-mail from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign: xWe don't need some hedge fund millionaire like...
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D. CO) in support of U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan’s (D. NH)...
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If the previous guy doesn’t run, the 2024 POTUS field seems “wide-open” with dark horses, stalking horses, mudders, and nags....
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Tweedledum and Tweedledipshit are at it again, and this time (or, rather, once again) real people’s lives are on the line....
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Anand Giridharadas wrote a piece for The Atlantic asserting that Biden has been moving leftward. This may only be a...
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Received this e-mail yesterday from former Presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), on behalf of his organization, Powered by...
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Two stories posted on Political Wire near each other (probably deliberately) caught my attention. First: Republicans pray for truce after...
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OK, Moscow Mitch may have lost a bit of his edge lately, pulling lame stunts like biting the corporate hand...
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Like mafia bosses, GOP tells donors they'll tell Trump they are defectors if they don't give monthly
It is hard to believe the depths to which the Republican Party headed by Donald Trump would go to. Now...
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Sometimes the New York Times gets it right: How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations During the 2020 campaign, Trump...
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Remember that the Trump pardon will not protect Steve Bannon from NY prosecution on his multimillion-dollar border wall grift. Investigators...
Friendly reminder: retiring U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R. PA) is still an asshole and will not be missed: Republican Sen....
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Some big news this week out of Missouri: A Missouri Democrat who works at an organization that fights corporate monopolies...
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Letting a cabal like Council for National Policies choose the tropes: "Buy Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head because it's the...
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Texas really is full of dumb GOP fuckers: xNEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton left the state during the deadly power...
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Incitement to insurrection is still a federal crime regardless of the Senate vote. Doj Do your stuff
McConnell kicks the Trump prosecution elsewhere as Senate lets Trump off on a technicality. A disingenuous Mitch McConnell apparently agreed...
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This is a short diary written from having watched Moscow Mitch live a few minutes ago. He spoke for perhaps...
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A disingenuous Mitch McConnell apparently agreed with the sentiment “Hang Mike Pence” and gave cover to the turtle logic of...
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Playing some more catch up here. Received this e-mail yesterday from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH): Cleveland.com: “Former Ohio...
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Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Pennsylvania Supreme Court candidate, Superior Court Justice Maria McLaughlin (D. PA)...
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I like to study potential presidential nominees AND their running mates. I believed correctly Obama/Biden before President Obama picked Biden. I...
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“Trump advisers were privately reckoning with his loss even as the former president and many of his supporters engaged in...
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Received this e-mail today from former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D. MA): We’re ready. We’ve put so much time, energy,...
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CNN is reporting on behind-the-scenes efforts to line up enough Senators to convict Trump in next week’s impeachment trial: McConnell...
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On the day when Republicans lost control of the US Senate, Mitch McConnell is being warned that he could be voted...
While I didn’t plan on getting back to posting election diaries until after today, I figured it was important to...
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As Steve Bannon is pardoned for scamming border wall money, he’s likely the new operative for a Trump political party to...
Mitch McConnell did not hold back as he threw Donald Trump under the bus for the unpatriotic seditious insurrection on...
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Grabbing goop everywhere. When you’re a star they let you do it. xAssociates who've spoken with Trump say he's used...
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Now those are some tough fighting words: Pennsylvania Lt. Governor John Fetterman is a verified Shakespeare when it comes to...
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As Admiral Akbar sez: “It’s a Trap”. This stunt will fail but the Trumpian GOP base will want to give...
Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) gave every Democrat a clinic on how to use Fox News to attack &...
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Trump’s up late again, fantasizing things about Georgia’s Secretary of State. Trump is obviously unhappy with Brad R. xThe person,...
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This continues the diary of two days ago. Nostalgia is a coping mechanism at the place known for its association...
Chris Hayes deconstructs the fraud that is the Donald Trump election and defense fundraising machine. He all but rips off...
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As with most faculty politics, there is a subtext to the story of a professor fired for specious reasons. Garrett...
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Any Trumpist demonstrations will be easier to monitor and control even if the Proud Boys aren’t wearing their tacky uniforms...
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Received this e-mail today from Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) & Rev. Raphael Warnock’s...
Rep. Katie Porter did not mince her words as she called Mitch McConnell a liar who is solely fighting for...
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Received this e-mail today from Democracy For America: Have you signed up to text Georgia voters yet? On Friday, at...
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Received two e-mails from former President Barack Obama. The first one is in support of Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S....
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This has been a busy post-election week for me at work and I have a lot more diaries I want...
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With a Biden lead of nearly 15,000 ballots, 180 have been challenged in Arizona and a claim of postal interference in...
