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Is Lindsey Graham for real? No, that’s a serious question. Because he looks like a Rankin-Bass Claymation character to me. Lindsey, the misfit Christmas elf who never liked to make toys and forgot to show up for elf practice because his real dream was to loofah Donald Trump’s hide so he’d stop looking...

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  • March 2, 2021

Anna Ramirez Crawford, board chair for the Women;s Lobby of Colorado has a good op-ed piece out in the Denver Post that goes after U.S. Senator Cory Gardner’s (R. CO) abysmal record on women’s health and reproductive rights: It’s no secret that state and local politicians across the country, emboldened...

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  • August 23, 2020

High speed attack on peaceful protesters in Seattle on Interstate 5. Cops have caught the suspect. Car ran barriers and swerved to hit people. TRIGGER WARNING x #seattleprotests Please pray for the victims of this cowardly and senseless attack. They were peaceful protesters. This is terrible. pic.twitter.com/wMpAuna50Z— Larry Subramanian (@LarrySubramania) July...

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  • July 4, 2020

Asshole: If a Supreme Court vacancy opens up this year, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says the Senate has a “responsibility” to consider a nomination from President Donald Trump. But in 2016, Cornyn joined the GOP in refusing to consider any Obama nominees because “the presidential election is well underway.” With 87-year-old Justice Ruth Bader...

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  • May 8, 2020

Fucking idiot: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) deemed a potential national shelter-in-place order amid the COVID-19 pandemic an “overreaction” on Thursday. An increasing number of public health experts have recommended residents be ordered to stay home in an effort to help contain the rapid U.S. spread of the virus. Cornyn argued...

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  • April 4, 2020

This fucking idiot is making Ted Cruz look like the smart one: x Sen. John Cornyn: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats & snakes & dogs & things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has...

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  • March 19, 2020

Seriously, what a fucking moron: x Be smart; don’t panic. We will get us through this #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/SyvOAWXItK— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) March 14, 2020 Texas Senator John Cornyn was in a bar enjoying a cold Corona over the weekend as the spread of CORVID-19 intensified and the country began shutting...

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  • March 17, 2020

I’m liking this: Last month, a Fox News reporter trumpeted a “SCOOP” on Twitter — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “withholding” $250,000 in dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Ocasio-Cortez confirmed the report: “DCCC made clear that they will blacklist any org that helps progressive candidates like me. I can choose not to fund...

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  • February 22, 2020

Received this e-mail today from ALS & Medicare For All activist, Ady Barkan, in support of Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: Hi, I’m Ady Barkan. Earlier this week, I was proud to give my endorsement for Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez. I have spent my entire career building organizations & movements...

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  • February 21, 2020

Some more big news today out of Texas: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, is endorsing Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez in the crowded Democratic race to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, providing one of the biggest endorsements yet in the primary. “To replace [Cornyn], we need someone who understands the Texas of...

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  • February 18, 2020

Here’s some more news out of Texas: On Wednesday, Texas Lyceum released results from its 14th annual poll, identifying Texans' views on the 2020 elections and primaries. Pollsters surveyed 1,000 adults from Texas via telephone. The results show former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are essentially tied to win the Democratic presidential nomination among...

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  • January 30, 2020

The Nation has a great piece out right now in which Steve Phillips lists 12 states that he believes that Democrats have a great shot at flipping in this year’s election to give them a Senate Majority: The impeachment trial in the US Senate is clearly a constitutional and moral moment of...

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  • January 25, 2020

Received this e-mail from actor Alec Baldwin in support of Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: Hi, You may know me as Alec Baldwin the actor — but today I’m reaching out to you as Alec Baldwin — a fellow, proud member of Team Cristina. I want to share with...

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  • December 28, 2019

Some big news today out of Texas: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Monday endorsed MJ Hegar for Senate, picking the former Air Force helicopter pilot over four other major contenders in the crowded Texas primary field. “Texas has emerged as a battleground opportunity for Democrats up and down the ballot,...

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  • December 16, 2019

First off, I hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving break. I was back in Pittsburgh this past week (currently in San Diego visiting relatives, heading back to Los Angeles tonight) to welcome my newest baby niece into the world. So that’s why I went dark this past week. I’m...

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  • December 1, 2019

In case you missed this: A handful of Republican-held House seats in the Texas suburbs represent fertile ground for competitive races in 2020, according to recent Democratic polling. The surveys in six GOP districts, shared first with CQ Roll Call, are a sign that Democratic outside groups are willing to...

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  • October 2, 2019

Received this e-mail today from Rep. Adam Schiff (D. CA-28) in support of Sara Gideon’s (D. ME) U.S. Senate campaign: Rep. Adam Schiff (D. CA-28) Brett Kavanaugh should not have been confirmed to the Supreme Court. Almost one year ago, we heard the courageous and gut-wrenching testimony of Dr. Christine...

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  • September 17, 2019

Received this e-mail today from Sarah Riggs Amico’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Team — I wasn’t serving in the U.S. Senate when Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. If I had been, I would have voted against his nomination. The sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh...

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  • September 17, 2019

So remember Brett “Bart O’Kavanaugh” Kavanaugh? He’s on the Supreme Court now because he screamed a lot at one of his hearings and the FBI did at most a 1/16th-ass investigation of the sexual assault and attempted rape claims against him. Today, in a feature on Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez, who...

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  • September 15, 2019

Here’s the latest news out of Texas today courtesy of Univision News-University of Houston poll: In the Texas U.S. Senate race, Senator John Cornyn, a Republican, held an advantage of one percentage point among Texas voters over any Democratic candidate. Forty-one percent of Texas voters said they planned to vote for Cornyn...

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  • September 11, 2019

Of course he would: U.S. Senator John Cornyn positioned himself at the forefront of the resistance to the Green New Deal on Wednesday in Houston, touting a conservative think tank’s new study that claims the legislation would raise the average Texas family’s annual electricity bill by more than $12,000 over...

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  • August 30, 2019

He’s so fucking stupid: In recent years, the Democrats have become the party of combating climate change, while some Republicans willingly deny the effect. This includes Donald Trump. When the Midwest experienced a 60 degree day in January, the President tweeted, “What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please...

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  • August 19, 2019

They’re just waking up, I know just what they’ll do. Their mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the boobs down in Trumpville will all cry boo-hoo. Below is just a small sampling of Twitter reactions from taxpayers who expected a bigger refund following the passage of the GOP...

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  • February 5, 2019

Democrats vs Republicans. Not exactly new or novel, the two have been duking it out politically for more than a century and a half. Sometimes the Republicans win, and sometimes the Democrats win. And as political analysts become increasingly happy to remind us as we near yet another midterm election,...

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  • October 8, 2018

The Truth Is Out There   The X-Files Good afternoon Senators. I’d like to begin my opening statement with a question. Do you people have any idea of who I am? I’m Brett fucking Kavanaugh! I was so pure in high school that my name was put forward for sainthood...

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  • October 1, 2018

Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: 11 Republican male senators, lit on fire by Lindsey Graham and fanned by Ted Cruz, disrespected women this week and told millions of women who have been sexually assaulted...

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  • October 1, 2018

CNN reports that the FBI has interviewed Deborah Ramirez about Kavanaugh’s exposing himself to her.  Matt Shuham of TPM says of this report that Ramirez has supplied the FBI with names of witnesses to this incident: Deborah Ramirez spoke to the FBI and provided the bureau with the names of...

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  • September 30, 2018

NBC News White House counsel Don McGahn, who has shepherded Kavanaugh's nomination since president Trump chose him for the high court on July 9, is taking the lead for the White House in dealing with the FBI on the investigation, those involved in the process told NBC News. “A U.S....

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  • September 29, 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

UPDATE: And BOOM goes the dynamite. The story is here: www.newyorker.com/… And here’s an excerpt: Ramirez said that she felt confident enough of her recollections to say that she remembers Kavanaugh had exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it...

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  • September 23, 2018

I can’t think of a way to sum up everything wrong with our country right now than this one story.  Cynthia Tisdale’s husband lost the healthcare lottery: he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He is housebound.  Therefore, although retirement age, she was forced to work two jobs, both as a...

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  • May 24, 2018