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8 years
people have lost their damn minds
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wait are you kidding me
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this is what happens when we ban conversations about LGBT people in schools
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Sign game at Gorsuch rally in DC
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thinking about this
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Hatch voted against Kagan and Sotomayor, and then said Garland shouldn't get a hearing.
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ABC News
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Sen. Orrin Hatch: "Seems strange that every time a Supreme Court nominee comes from the Republicans, there's every reason in the world not to confirm that nominee in the eyes of the current Democrats."
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Rick Perry's first day at the office.
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A brief debate about Nickelback on the floor of the House this afternoon.
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Stephen Miller was that guy in your American history class who said, "actually, the Civil War was about agriculture."
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Kevin McCarthy, who last week voted against a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill is complaining that Democrats aren't prioritizing COVID relief.
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Please take 5 minutes and watch @AOC explain our broken political system and why #HR1 is so important.
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You know, if Susan Collins was concerned about "dark money groups," she could've been the 60th vote for the DISCLOSE Act in 2010, which would have ensured its passage. But guess what!
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Sahil Kapur
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Susan Collins says she hasn’t decided if she’ll run for re-election in 2020, and blames β€œunceasing attacks by dark money groups” for her eroding popularity at home in Maine. Via @StevenTDennis .
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I just saw a guy out walking his dog, wearing a terrycloth robe and smoking pot. That’s a Sunday morning.
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@kyledcheney
Kyle Cheney
4 years
NEW: Vindman's twin brother β€” who was not an impeachment witness β€” also appears to have been removed from the White House, where he was a top NSC lawyer. Story w/ @NatashaBertrand @caitlinoprysko
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β€œIs it me? Am I the drama?”
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I mashed up Michael Flynn's perp walk with audio of him leading a "lock her up" chant.
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What a sentence.
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The Hill
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Senate to get election security briefing despite pushback from McConnell
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Republicans when they see pronouns in a bio:
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Americans of a certain age in their homes right now
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2 years
I get the β€œI bet Susan Collins is concerned” tweets today but the thing is, she knew what she was doing all along and is just a liar about this stuff.
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6 years
Wow. Brett Kavanaugh's opinion that would open the door to foreign spending in our elections is being used by a Russian company indicted as part of the Mueller investigation. Kavanaugh needs to answer for this decision at his hearing.
@KlasfeldReports
Adam Klasfeld
6 years
In the case of troll farm tied to the man known as "Putin's chef," the company's attorneys begin their motion to dismiss with a pull-quote from this opinion by none other than Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. ICYMI: Filed yesterday.
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@newtgingrich
Newt Gingrich
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Is President Biden literally out of touch with reality? Why would he take Christianity’s Holiest Day, Easter, and declare it to be β€œTransgender day of Visibility ”? We would be irritated whenever he did it but doing it on Easter is an obscene insult to every Christian.
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pretty weird that the biggest news today wasn’t that the commerce secretary may have stolen $120 million from people
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Five years ago today we got PokΓ©mon Go to the polls.
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Wow. Mick Mulvaney told a bunch of bankers today that he and members of Congress are corrupt.
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4 years
β€œcan we get a clarification on the president’s views on sex with demons” has real 2020 energy, that’s for sure
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7 years
"I'm sorry we can't afford Meals on Wheels," Trump will say aboard Air Force One as he makes his fifth trip to Mar-a-Lago since inauguration
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3 years
Is there another issue science has a strong consensus on that deserves government action?
@therecount
The Recount
3 years
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says on Senate floor that "all the science, all of it, points" to sending kids back to in-person schooling.
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7 years
Haha. After flying home, McConnell refused to go through the terminal so he could avoid protesters, while Yarmuth walked through to cheers.
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5 years
Perfect timing on this one guys! Nailed it!
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Heritage Foundation
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A disturbing trend is emerging from the political left: When their candidates lose elections, rather than accept lawful defeat, they denounce the election itself.
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Adam Smith
4 years
β€œRepublicans don’t want you to vote by mail unless you vote for Republicans” is actually a good summary of their position on this.
@samstein
Sam Stein
4 years
How ridiculous had the anti-vote by mail push gotten? A reader sends along this from a South Carolina State Senate candidate saying he opposed vote by mail but wants you to vote absentee if you need to.
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5 years
A defense contractor that gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
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Jonathan Allen
5 years
In any other administration, it would be newsworthy that the new defense secretary is a defense contractor.
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5 years
Leak the White House visitor logs next.
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7 years
Nothing says "I'm not influenced by campaign money" then telling people to buy stuff from a super PAC donor's company.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Thank you to Linda Bean of L.L.Bean for your great support and courage. People will support you even more now. Buy L.L.Bean. @LBPerfectMaine
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5 years
Rodney Davis actually kept talking about his love of Nickelback for another 40 seconds or so when it was his turn to speak again.
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4 years
Jesus these quotes from GOP staffers.
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7 years
We pay Trump's social media director $179,000 a year.
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...says a former elected official who took an illegal donation from Trump and then refused to investigate fraud at his "university."
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Aaron Rupar
4 years
Up is down. Trump has always been against corruption.
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5 years
What if - and hear me out - they are knowingly doing exactly what they want to be doing.
@thehill
The Hill
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John Kasich: "Members of the Republican Party are in a coma right now"
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8 years
This is so dangerous.
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6 years
All these Senators getting mad at protesters is a pretty good symbol of how they’ve gotten used to facing little public accountability for their actions.
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Interesting that an independent super PAC that isn’t supposed to coordinate with members of Congress comes to an agreement to benefit a specific member of Congress.
@PunchbowlNews
Punchbowl News
1 year
Breaking in @PunchbowlNews PM: The Club for Growth and the Congressional Leadership Fund have cut a major agreement that paves the way for the Club to drop its opposition to Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid CLF has agreed to not spend money in open primaries in safe GOP districts.
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7 years
Trump, last night in Louisville: "We believe in two simple rules: Buy American and hire American."
@PoliticsReid
Reid Wilson
7 years
Trump Winery files application to hire 29 foreign workers to pick grapes this season -
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4 years
Why is Bill Barr launching half-baked investigations about fraud in Pennsylvania? Well:
@ABC
ABC News
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BREAKING: Joe Biden leads Pres. Trump 54-45% among likely voters in Pennsylvania, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds, thanks in large part to a 2-1 lead in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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7 years
A pretty lively "Paul Ryan sucks" chant starting at WH protest.
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5 years
My favorite thing about Linda McMahon was she got a cabinet job after being the biggest donor to Trump’s family foundation following an election in which Republicans pretended to care about family foundation ethics.
@politico
POLITICO
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Linda McMahon, the head of the Small Business Administration, is planning to announce as soon as Friday that she’s stepping down
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2 years
watching Britain’s politics while working in US politics
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@chrisgeidner I hid their screen name because it’s not their fault our system failed them
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2 years
What a difference a year makes.
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8 years
"Yes, Mr. Trump. I'm preparing the suit now."
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@realDonaldTrump 5 weeks ago today you said you'd release a plan to deal with your biz conflicts. Where is it?
@realDonaldTrump
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I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my ...
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9 months
Incredible quote from the guys who were in charge of scheduling the election.
@joingles
Jo Ingles
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Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) is conceding defeat. He said there wasn’t enough time to plan the campaign.
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7 years
Wait until someone tells him about "Under God" and the pledge of allegiance.
@christinawilkie
Christina Wilkie
7 years
Stephen Miller angrily saying the Emma Lazarus poem carved on the Statue of Liberty is meaningless because it was added later.
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4 years
I usually hate the "if a Democrat..." set-ups but man, could you imagine what the right-wing media would do with this quote if it weren't Trump?
@KatyTurNBC
Katy Tur
4 years
Trump encourages North Carolina residents to try to commit voter fraud by voting twice to test mail-in system
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7 years
When you hate drama but you actually love drama.
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6 years
Justice Kennedy’s belief in Citizens United that independent groups can’t be corrupting because they’re independent continues to hold up well.
@mkraju
Manu Raju
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Pence tonight speaking at a big donor event for McConnell’s super PAC at the Trump hotel in Washington
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4 years
Utah, where Mike Pence just criticized "universal vote-by-mail," votes entirely by mail.
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Republicans coming up with their policy platform:
@NoContextGolden
Golden Girls Out Of Context
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Fun fact about potential White House chief of staff Newt Gingrich: his presidential campaign is nearly $4.6M in debt and he has no plans to ever pay those vendors back.
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6 years
The tax bill continues to do the job it was intended for.
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hmm gay marriage has been law for hours and I’m still single
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The perfect Marco Rubio anecdote.
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4 years
They only gave $500,000 to his inauguration and their CEO got to be Secretary of State.
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ExxonMobil
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We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened.
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6 years
Another banner day for Kris Kobach's voter fraud experts.
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3 years
March 1, 2020 / March 1, 2021
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Don Jr in your backyard:
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Aaron Rupar
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"These guys better fight for Trump. Because if they're not --Guess what? I'm gonna be in your backyard in a couple of months" -- Donald Trump Jr
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The fact that they're bragging to wealthy donors about making it harder for people to vote speaks to why HR 1 takes on both big money and voting rights: they're the same fight about who has power in our democracy.
@AriBerman
Ari Berman
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SCOOP from me & @NickSurgey : In new leaked video dark money group Heritage Action brags to top donors about writing β€œmodel legislation” making it harder to vote in GA TX IA FL AZ. This is proof of massive coordinated right-wing voter suppression campaign
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ok this is spooky tho
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Graham "has spent 25 years in Congress taking millions from special interests like big drug companies, then voted against lowering drug prices."
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@realDonaldTrump You spelled teleprompter wrong.
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3 years
Union soldiers voted by mail in the Civil War. 31 million people voted by mail in the 2018 election. These people are liars and Stanford should be embarrassed.
@NikkiMcR
nikki mccann ramΓ­rez
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Stanford Fellow claims we'd never heard of this "new concept of early voting and mail-in balloting." Real weird considering Davis Hanson specializes in military history.
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Just a reminder House Republicans with jurisdiction over the environment held a press conference where they ate hamburgers to make fun of the Green New Deal.
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The thing is, this whole town is full of people who drink a lot and succeed professionally.
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4 years
What will be the demographics of the neighborhoods Republicans send these "poll watchers" to, you think?
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β€œI don’t often carry cash, but when I doβ€”I carry it in sheets.”
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8 years
Life comes at you fast.
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same energy
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β€œShould ballots be counted?” is not a both sides argument and the media have to be willing to address that.
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Betsy DeVos' hearing is tomorrow at 5 pm and her ethics office paperwork is still missing.
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4 years
A dozen whiny rich people getting A1 stories because they dislike a presidential candidate sort of just confirms Elizabeth Warren's message that rich people have too much power, imo.
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8 years
This photo from Orlando tonight
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Welp.
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The Vermont Secretary of State had to respond to false information in Kavanaugh's Wisconsin opinion.
@VermontSOS
Vermont Secretary of State’s Office
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@srl @AmberMcReynolds Mailing every voter a ballot by 10/1 factored into our decision to stick with an election day receipt deadline instead of postmark. We also authorized ballot processing 30 days out. Those are our VT specific solutions, but other states needs are different. Count. Every. Vote.
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"Campaign-finance experts said Mr. Cohen’s payment, even if he footed the bill, likely violated election rules because it wasn’t reported to the Federal Election Commission."
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4 years
This website can be good.
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It is, and it is EXHAUSTING.
@JasonSCampbell
Jason S. Campbell
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Newsmax host complains that "being gay, I mean, it's almost like a full-time job" for Pete Buttigieg
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Adam Smith
5 years
Weird that with so much money they weren’t able to return Steve Wynn’s donation.
@RonnaMcDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
5 years
There's already so much enthusiasm and support for President Trump's re-election. We're investing in our expansive field program to put @realDonaldTrump and Republicans in prime-position for another historic election night in 2020!
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Barack Obama reads Donald Trump interview transcripts is a Late Show segment I'd watch.
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3 years
what is going on with these people
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7 years
Weakening ethics oversight at night without public debate is not a good start to the new Congress, @SpeakerRyan . Shameful.
@deirdrekwalsh
Deirdre Walsh
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News: House GOP passed rules change moving independent Office of Government Ethics -- will now be part of Ethics Committee -weakens OCE
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7 years
Wow.
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Anyway, I added the wicked witch theme over Trump’s weekend golf cart ride.
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4 years
Exxon did donate $500,000 to his inauguration, though.
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3 years
Don’t like Fiona? That’s a HIPPO violation.
@CincinnatiZoo
Cincinnati Zoo
3 years
Happy Friday Fiona! #TeamFiona #FionaFriday
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4 years
This is wild.
@DNCWarRoom
DNC War Room
4 years
The RNC comes out hard against [checks notes] all people being created equal.
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