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The GQP declares it’s all about the violence. The Second Amendment was discussed (as well as the host’s invocation of “semiotics”) by @shannonrwatts and  @DavidJollyFL on All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris, but it also applies to 14th Amendment solutions. Denying Trump the ability to run for federal office under Article 3 would...

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  • February 24, 2021

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) in support of U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock’s (D. GA) re-election campaign: Sen. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) It wasn’t all that long ago I asked you to pitch in toward Senator Raphael Warnock’s runoff election in Georgia. Well, I need...

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  • February 18, 2021

Oh barf: Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue took the first steps toward a potential comeback bid by filing campaign paperwork on Monday to explore a challenge against Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock. The Republican’s aides say he still hasn’t decided whether to challenge Warnock next year, though the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported...

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  • February 16, 2021

This may be nothing more than a clever trolling exercise, but I’m curious to see what becomes of it. x .@williamlegate and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it.— David Hogg...

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  • February 4, 2021

Everyone deserves a legal defense, even if in this case, all that will be advanced is a Big Lie about election fraud, and the supermajority “jury” result will be denied by 45 GOP senators. David Schoen represented Roger Stone for sentencing and appeal… David Schoen has now advised a notorious...

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  • February 1, 2021

Republicans have been walking back their deeply held principles for years in the wake of Donald Trump’s massive … boat parades. All the same folks who once called me a traitor and an appeaser because of my strong opposition to the Iraq war are now suddenly against our “forever wars” and...

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  • December 29, 2020

From The Intercept: IF SEN. DAVID PERDUE wins reelection in Georgia’s runoff in January, the Republican Party will almost certainly maintain its Senate majority. Perdue, an outspoken climate denier, urged President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords; voted against a Senate resolution that affirmed that climate change is real and that...

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  • November 14, 2020

Here’s some good news today out of Georgia courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff gained national acclaim in the spring of 2017, when he came shy of the 50 percent threshold to flip a reliably red congressional seat in the first competitive special election of Donald...

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  • November 2, 2020

Here’s the latest news today out of Georgia courtesy of CBS News’ latest poll: The Georgia Senate race is nearly tied now, with Republican Senator David Perdue ahead of Democrat Jon Ossoff by just one point. Ossoff has shored up support with Democrats and liberals since September, but he's also...

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  • October 25, 2020

From The Daily Beast: x An internal poll from Ossoff’s camp, conducted by Garin Hart Yang Research Group on Oct. 11-14 and shared with The Daily Beast, found that in a head-to-head race, Ossoff met the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff, with Perdue at 45 percent https://t.co/mrp54kSeAh— The...

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  • October 21, 2020

#Debate2020 was a train wreck, says Dr. David Campt. Several analysts are deconstructing the real meaning. Thinking Republicans are fleeing Trump. And Russia? David Campt & Steve Schmidt pierce Debate2020 x x YouTube Video Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254...

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  • September 30, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Georgia: x Georgia Senate GE:Ossoff (D) 49% (+1)Perdue (R-inc) 48%@GBAOStrategies/@ReverendWarnock (D) Internal Poll, LV, 9/14-16— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 23, 2020 That’s different from the Monmouth poll posted to day: x GEORGIA VOTER POLL: #GeneralElection US Senate raceRegistered voters:48% @SenDavidPerdue (49% in July)42% Jon...

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  • September 23, 2020

Last night and this morning, I felt like crawling into a hole for the next 40 days or so. And not a deep hole. I didn’t have the energy or joie de vivre for a deep hole. It would have been a shallow hole. Barely a hole at all. Really,...

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  • September 19, 2020

From CNN: Senate Majority PAC, the top Democratic Super PAC involved in Senate races, will spend $7.2 million on ads in September aimed at defeating Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, as his race against Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff has turned into one of the most competitive in the country....

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  • August 26, 2020

Some very encouraging news today out of Georgia: x Georgia Senate GE:Ossoff (D) 48% (+2)Perdue (R-inc) 46% Garin-Hart-Yang/@ossoff (D) Internal Poll 8/10-13— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 19, 2020 I’ll add more info once it’s available but this is very encouraging, even if it’s an internal poll. P.S. Perdue is feeling...

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  • August 19, 2020

Some good news today out of Georgia courtesy of PPP’s latest poll conducted on behalf of MoveOn.org: x NEW @ppppolls show Trump’s handling of @USPS deeply unpopular among Georgia voters & majority believe he is intentionally damaging #USPS to secure reelection in Nov. https://t.co/NxOMMF2Q6t Attn: @sendavidperdue #gapols #SaveThePostOffice— MoveOn (@MoveOn)...

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  • August 18, 2020

Add him to the list: U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s latest ad opens with a direct-to-camera assertion from the Republican: “Health insurance should always cover pre-existing conditions for anyone. Period.” It’s his latest attempt to play to the middle of the electorate in a tight race against Democrat Jon Ossoff. Libertarian...

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  • August 13, 2020

From Salon: x YouTube Video Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, a Republican up for re-election this fall, recently introduced a bill called the ''Safely Creating Healthy Opening Options Locally Act'' (the SCHOOL Act), which would give Education Secretary Betsy DeVos control over $50 billion in federal relief grants to local...

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  • August 12, 2020

Some good news today out of Georgia: x GEORGIABiden 44% (+4)Trump 40%.#GAsen:Ossoff (D) 42% (+3)Perdue (R-inc) 39% HIT Strategies/Education Reform Now Advocacy (D), RV, 7/23-31— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 10, 2020 Click here for the full results. Let’s keep up the momentum to flip Georgia Blue. Click below to donate...

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  • August 10, 2020

From Roll Call: The Senate map has expanded in Democrats’ favor heading into the fall, and that’s bad news for Republican incumbents. Eight Republicans now rank among the most vulnerable senators as the GOP defends its majority in the Senate, with Georgia’s David Perdue once again making the list. Georgia...

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  • August 7, 2020

Received this e-mail today from Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: We knew this public health and economic crisis would last well beyond July. So, as millions of Georgians have filed jobless claims, what is Sen. David Perdue doing? He is calling for *CUTS* to expanded unemployment insurance. Perdue...

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  • August 5, 2020

Disgusting: Sen. David Perdue of Georgia deleted a Facebook ad targeting his Jewish election opponent, Jon Ossoff, that appeared to have been altered to make Ossoff’s nose bigger. The ad called for donations to Perdue, a Republican, by claiming that “Democrats are trying to buy Georgia.” It uses black-and-white photos...

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  • July 28, 2020

So U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R. AZ) was busted doing this: x YouTube Video Sen. Martha McSally has a new campaign ad featuring a cancer survivor who talks about how her “path collided” with McSally, whom she describes as a champion for protecting those with pre-existing medical conditions. The emotional...

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  • July 25, 2020

Some very encouraging news today out of Georgia: x New GEORGIA polling from @ossoff, conducted by Dem firm Garin-Hart-Yang: Ossoff (D) 45Perdue (R) 44 Trump 43Biden 47 (July 9-15, 800 LVs, MoE 3.5%)https://t.co/DAjwdAA7xE— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) July 22, 2020 Here’s some more info: Between July 9and 15, Garin–Hart–Yang interviewed a...

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  • July 22, 2020

First Moscow Mitch hints that he’ll skip the Republican National Convention, and now this? Looks like Sen. David Perdue is fast becoming Sen. David Perdon’t. x Breaking: @sendavidperdue has undergone surgery to separate himself from Trump and is now airing ads in Georgia that don’t even MENTION Trump. No one has...

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  • July 10, 2020

Remember that inviting the Taliban to Camp David in September 2019 was designed to draw attention from the looming problem of the Ukraine aid shake-down that led to impeachment. It was also to help cover-up any issue of the Russian bounty, because the vig would just be increased. Russia, Russia, Russia....

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  • July 1, 2020

Received this e-mail yesterday from Jon Ossoff’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: In the midst of an out-of-control pandemic, insurance industry-backed GOP officials just filed legal briefs asking the Supreme Court to DISMANTLE the Affordable Care Act. This would END health care protections for women, young people, and tens of...

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  • June 27, 2020

Some very good news today out of Georgia: https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1272915472267259904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Click here to read the full results. Let’s flip Georgia Blue this year. Click below to donate and get get involved with Ossoff, Biden, Rev. Raphael Warnock (D. GA) and their fellow Georgia Democrats campaigns: Jon Ossoff Raphael Warnock Joe Biden...

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  • June 16, 2020

Wow: On a recent call with local business leaders, Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) defended Georgia’s reopening process by comparing the risks of contracting Covid-19 to those of driving a car, indicating that calculating risk amounts to personal responsibility, according to a recording of the call obtained by Vox. “We get in an automobile, we...

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  • May 20, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Georgia: 🚨GEORGIA POLL🚨 A new poll from a GOP firm finds Georgia a true toss-up, both for President and for BOTH Senate races: Joe Biden – 47%Donald Trump – 46%#GASen David Perdue – 43%Jon Ossoff (not yet the nominee) – 41%https://t.co/uuJLnYoU3H pic.twitter.com/qFgpvzxNVf — TrumpsTaxes...

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  • May 13, 2020

Kudos to Josh Israel at The American Prospect for catching this: Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) defended a provision in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that allowed banks to take billions in fees from the fund to save small businesses and protect their employee’s jobs. Asked about the...

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  • April 26, 2020

I have some more suggested reading for you all. The Jewish Insider released a piece late last week profiling the upcoming U.S. Senate race in South Carolina between incumbent U.S. Senator, Leningrad Lindsey Graham (R. SC), and former South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman, Jaime Harrison (D. SC). The race is...

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  • April 14, 2020

And I thought Ivanka Trump’s faux camping trip with her kids in her posh living room was the most tone-deaf thing I’d see during the coronavirus crisis. x Under the new coronavirus relief act, Geffen qualifies for a bailout for his cruise ship. https://t.co/kUVIa0iaDo— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 28, 2020...

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  • March 28, 2020

David Brooks did not hold back as he excoriated the president's narcissistic behavior and his failure to lead in the coronavirus pandemic. David Brooks clearly thinks the president is a failure. x x YouTube Video Yesterday’s Politics Done Right episode here. “You know, David Brooks, I want to — this was...

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  • March 18, 2020

Here’s the latest news out of Georgia: Democrat Jon Ossoff will report raising more than $1 million for his U.S. Senate bid over the last three months as he races to establish himself as the frontrunner in a contest with three other well-known contenders competing to challenge Republican David Perdue....

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  • January 6, 2020

The report is out on Donald Trump’s tax cut and it is not pretty. Just as we expected it helped corporations and not the people. David Cay Johnston said the tax cut scam was nothing but a future tax increase with interest. He was unequivocal in the clip below as he slammed...

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  • December 27, 2019

Greg Sargent has an excellent piece on disinformation in WaPo, reminding us how the GOP continues to traffic in disinformation as the Senate impeachment trial approaches. Two new developments attest to this point: a remarkable pair of revelatory tweets from Giuliani, and a tour de force of reporting in The Post, which reveals...

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  • December 6, 2019

Here’s the latest news today out of Georgia courtesy of Survey USA’s latest poll: 40% of Georgians likely to vote in the November 2020 general election for US Senator say they are certain to back incumbent Republican David Perdue, according to research conducted by SurveyUSA exclusively for WXIA-TV in Atlanta....

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  • November 21, 2019

It’s getting harder and harder for GOPsters to defend the ocher abomination, and the latest round of testimony is a case in point. According to a source who spoke to CNN, Republican legislators were “shaken” by the recent testimony of State Department official David Holmes, who described overhearing a potentially...

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  • November 19, 2019

  White House stonewalling and foot-dragging will be addressed by this resolution responding to the GOP stunts and whining about process. Procedures for assembling the articles for impeachment will be derived as well as the evidence that will correspond to the now 55% that favors impeachment and removal. A Thursday...

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  • October 28, 2019

http://www.ajc.com/… Jon Ossoff who gained fame as a 2017 candidate for a special election in Georgia’s 6th congressional district where he came within four percent of winning is now taking a new challenge in running against Republican Senator David Perdue. The 32-year-old announced his Senate run in tandem with the highest-profile...

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  • September 10, 2019

whom I realize is not a favorite of many here.  He was a speechwriter for a Bush, and if you did not know, was once involved in the Presidential campaign of one former mayor of NYC named Rudy. He is, however, one of the more prominent among the conservative intellectuals...

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  • May 19, 2019

I can’t wait to go after this asshole in 2020: U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., sent out his recorded message last night, at 10:30 p.m. or so, on behalf of Brad Raffensperger, the state House member running against former congressman John Barrow, the Democrat, for secretary of state. Said Perdue:...

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  • December 4, 2018