"A poisonous lie that the election was illegitimate and should be overturned inspired so called 'patriots' to share common cause with white supremacists, neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists to attack the seat of American government."
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AOC calls for Cruz and Hawley to resign: "If you do not, the Senate should move for your expulsion"
41 Democrats abandoned Bernie Sanders and joined with Mitch McConnell to advance a $740 Billion Pentagon bill ... Democratic senators in fact provided the majority of the votes for the measure that lets the defense bill proceed without a vote on the $2,000 checks."
“I think nationally there’s going to be a huge focus on absentee voting and election integrity,” said Michael Whatley, North Carolina's GOP chair. “There has to be a significant tightening of the rules around absentee balloting, and we need to have that conversation with state legislatures all around the country.”
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No one, especially no Republican politician, sincerely believes that Trump was the "real" winner of the 2020 election, or that there's any evidence whatsoever of voter fraud or election irregularities …
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Briahna Joy Gray on why forcing Pelosi into a floor vote is one important part of a broader strategy for building progressive power.
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Sources familiar with Feinstein's situation [said] that it has been "evident for several years" that Feinstein is "seriously struggling." [Her] "short-term memory has grown so poor that she often forgets she has been briefed on a topic, accusing her staff of failing to do so just after they have. They describe Feinstein as forgetting what she has said and getting upset when she can't keep up."
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Former Republican lawmaker Charlie Dent told CNN on Thursday that he was in disbelief that President Donald Trump’s allies are now openly calling for implementing martial law to keep him in power.
Donald Trump could easily have won re-election … The only thing that stopped Trump from reaching a second term was Trump himself. "Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't … He's shown no interest in putting in the work … no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves."
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“Instead of focusing on helping Americans during this devastating public health crisis, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Republicans only care about confirming more anti-choice, anti-healthcare Trump judges.”
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Other democracies looking on will be horrified; dictators will find vindication in Republicans’ refusal to accept the results of the election."
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The decision comes after the second debate produced viral clips of Ossoff condemning Perdue as a "crook."
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“Senior CDC staff found out about the appointments the week before they happened, according to a CDC official who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal agency affairs. They had no office, and no one knew their role.”
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A CNN panel couldn't help but notice the hypocrisy from Republicans saying that judges like Amy Coney Barrett shouldn't legislate from the bench …[while] demanding the Supreme Court do exactly that as they try to unmake the Affordable Care Act.
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Oliver walked through what Democrats can and should do if they take power in 2020. It’s time for fast and sweeping change, and they can’t wait around for “bipartisan” buy-in because they’ll never get it.
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Just because someone’s been around since the days when all those Poppy Bush types were running things doesn’t mean they must be benign compared to today’s culture warriors. That was a huge mistake, and no one has proved that more dramatically than Attorney General Bill Barr.
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Some moderate Democrats in close races or in more conservative districts are increasingly worried about appearing too progressive on issues of crime and punishment, according to Politico. They are already weathering accusations they are too soft on crime and that they want to defund police—even if the modest police reform bill they support does no such thing.
This was classic Congress. While Jon Stewart, ill veterans, their families including a widow, were pleading for Congress to aid troops sickened and dying from burn pits, they were literally drowned out at points by this 'Commitment to America' rally. No lawmakers stopped by after
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