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Before 2016 if you told most Americans that Donald Trump would become president, they would…
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Roland Martin has a wake-up call one hopes that the Democratic Party heeds sooner than…
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The Big Lie continues and the Big Liar remains powerful. GQP spent 3 years on a…
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Those committed to truth and facts must fight five times harder than the Republicans and their lies.
It depresses me to acknowledge this, but the Republicans’ commitment to blatant and serial lying, and Orwellian…
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Yesterday was a very busy day for me so I’m playing catch up today. Received…
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal’s (D. CT) re-election campaign: Last week,…
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Anand Giridharadas wrote a piece for The Atlantic asserting that Biden has been moving leftward. …
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The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that Chuck Schumer may be able to use budget reconciliation…
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I wanted to make sure you all saw this: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday called on…
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Pundit A.B. Stoddard believes that if Democrats decide to abolish the filibuster it will hurt…
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The mainstream media once again is allowing the Right to dictate the message. Jen Psaki…
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In September of 2013, Republicans attempted to curtail full funding of the Affordable Care Act…
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GOP strategist has filibuster advice for Democrats. This police brutality case needs visibility. The mainstream…
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Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D. MD) re-election campaign: The last…
GOP strategist Susan Del Percio said Democrats should kill the filibuster and notes McConnell knows…
Friendly reminder: retiring U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R. PA) is still an asshole and will…
Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy evoked lynching at Anti-Asian American violence at the hearing. Activist…
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Mitch McConnell is threatening Democrats with scorched-earth GOP policies they have already done if they…
McConnell must be scared as he threatened Democrats about filibuster in stark terms. GOP’s pilfering…
In case you missed this: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) erupted Tuesday on the House floor,…
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Organizing allowed Progressives in Nevada to take control of the Democratic Party. Natalia Cornelio proves…
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Big news today out Nevada: x Mitch McConnell is determined to exploit the filibuster and…
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Like It Or Not with Benjamin Dixon & Rebecca Azor discussed Senator Joe Manchin. Texas…
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Both Jake Tapper & Martha Raddatz grilled Joe Manchin on why a Senator from a…
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Chuck Todd schools a willfully naive Senator Joe Manchin about the filibuster. He reminded the…
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We discuss the Neanderthals that are harming their citizen. Additionally, we examine Democratic insanity. Is…
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I watched Republican Senator Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) yesterday on CNN’s State of the Union, and…
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen’s (D. MD) re-election campaign: Americans…
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Are we not distracted enough by bombing targets in Syria to know that the White…
I’ve seen general pieces about the filibuster and its history, and so let me be specific…
FYI: Kelly also said he supported the need for a federal $15 hourly minimum wage,…
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“What we saw in that Senate today was a cowardly group of Republicans who apparently…
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Received this e-mail today from the progressive organization, Indivisible: When we woke up this morning,…
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Lat week was my birthday and I took most of the week and weekend off…
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These past Dispatches were obviously a Trump-era commentary. Maybe I need to to come up…
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I was watching Rachel’s taped interview with Chuck Schumer, and she asked him what he…
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It really has little to do with most legislation. Hell, he might not even whip…
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The Senate is already a very undemocratic body. The filibuster makes it near exponentially worse….
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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), on behalf…
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NY-Sen: Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D), “House will send impeachment article to Senate on Monday”
From CNN: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the House's article of impeachment will…
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Let me begin by saying that I am strongly for eliminating the legislative filibuster entirely….
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A senior Biden climate team transition official alerted E&E News that the damage Trump and his…
Americans are in pain as most of the media devote most of their time to…
This MSNBC reporter told an inconvenient truth that one wonders if the Donald Trump Republican…
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Watching the depressing and alarming spectacle of 17 Republican states joining Texas’s bad faith, frivolous…
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I’m all in for this: President-elect Joe Biden will join the lineup of influential Democrats…
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Just a quick reminder about something I see largely left out of the coverage of…
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Yes, Donald Trump is a breathtaking, dumpster fire of a President. And I could spend…
The Biden/Harris campaign must not answer any court-packing questions. Their answer should always be they…
