GOP Fail: Almost Half a Million People Sign Up for Obamacare in First Week
Almost half a million people signed up for Obamacare in one week.
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A Sign Of Defeat? Mitch McConnell Forced To Loan His Reelection Campaign $1.8 Million
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was forced to personally loan his sputtering reelection campaign $1.8 million. Needless to say, candidates with lots of supporters don’t have to loan themselves money.
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Paul Ryan Admits That The GOP Plans To Win The Senate and Take Healthcare Away From Millions
In an interview Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted that the Republican plan is to win the Senate then begin work on taking health care away from the estimated 10.3 million people who have gotten coverage thanks to the ACA.
Texas GOP Turmoil: Greg Abbott Ignores Calls From Woman Owed $25,000 in Child Support
Greg Abbott is trying to fix the damage of his history of neglecting the needs of Texans now that he needs the votes of Texas women.
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Democrats Aggressively Gun to Clean House With ‘1 Million Votes for 2014’ Campaign
Democrats are getting organized in midterms. House Democrats are rolling out a campaign to lock down commitments from 1 million supporters to vote in November, according to the DCCC.
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House Republicans To Waste 3.3 Million Taxpayer Dollars On Special Benghazi Investigation
House Republicans claim that the nation can’t afford to spend money, but they are about to waste 3.3 million taxpayer dollars on their special Benghazi investigation.
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The Real Scandal: 258,000 Veterans Lack Healthcare Because Republicans Won’t Expand Medicaid
While Republicans are trying to blame the problems at the VA on President Obama, the real scandal is that the Republican refusal to expand Medicaid in 23 states has left 258,6000 veterans without healthcare.
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For The Millionth Time Elizabeth Warren Says She Is Not Running For President in 2016
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) made it crystal clear to CBS News. She is not running for president in 2016.
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ALEC and Paul Ryan Team Up to Convert Pensions Into Tax Cuts for Millionaires
Americans have not witnessed economic inequality favoring the richest 1% since the 1920s and it is about to get worse; much, much worse if the Koch brothers’ American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), State Policy Network, and their Republican facilitator Paul Ryan have their way.
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Obamacare Enrollment Continues To Surge As 5 Million Americans Have Now Signed Up
The Department of Health and Human Services broke the news on Monday that 5 million people have now signed up for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
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Wendy Davis Slams Greg Abbott for His Donors Getting $42 Million in Taxpayer Money
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s (R) murky past with taxpayer money while on the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is coming back to haunt him.
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Grimes Campaign Slams Millionaire Mitch McConnell for Name Dropping the Middle Class
The Alison Lundergan Grimes campaign hit Mitch McConnell for name dropping the middle class at CPAC, especially since he votes no on raising the minimum wage while his estimated worth increased 786% between 2004-2010.
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Republicans Have Thrown 2 Million People Off of Unemployment Benefits Since Dec 28
2 million and counting. That’s the number of people who’ve been kicked off their unemployment benefits after Republicans deliberately let the program expire.
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The Republican IRS Witch Hunt Cost Taxpayers $14 Million and Counting
According to an IRS letter just released, Darrell Issa and the Republicans’ manufactured IRS investigation/campaign ad has cost the taxpayers $14 million dollars and counting.
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New Republican Plot to Kill Obamacare Would Cost 1 Million Workers Their Health Insurance
According to the CBO, the latest Republican attempt to kill Obamacare through adding 10 more hours to the work week would cost 1 million workers their employer provided healthcare.
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Obamacare Is A Massive Success As 1.1 Million People Signed Up In The Month Of January
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the January enrollment numbers for the ACA and it can only be seen as good news.
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No, the CBO Report Does Not Say that Obamacare Will Kill 2 Million Jobs
Conservatives quickly jumped on it to report that Obamacare was going to cost the equivalent of 2 million jobs, but the report says that people will choose to work less.
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Nervous Republican Millionaires Form SuperPAC to Defeat Coke Snorting GOP Congressman
Wealthy donors have pooled together a million dollars to form a super-PAC to oust Florida GOP Congressman Trey Radel.
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Republicans Devastate The Lives of 1.3 Million Americans as the Media Stays Silent
The media is not about to damage Republicans’ electoral chances by telling Americans the real reason why they are in poverty, not finding good jobs, and losing their unemployment benefits.
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SHAME: Millions of Americans Are Going Hungry and Republicans Plan to Make Even Worse
While the wealthiest 1% of Americans’ fortunes increase dramatically, millions of Americans are going hungry and Republicans plan to make the hunger crisis much worse.
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Rick Perry Accuses Obama of Fraud While Denying 1 Million Texans Healthcare
Rick Perry accused President Obama of fraud today, at the same time that he is refusing to expand Medicaid and denying 1 million Texans healthcare.
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What the Media Won’t Tell You: Millions are Hurting as Red States Reject Medicaid Expansion
A number of right-wing states are leaving needy citizens without Medicaid coverage because their legislatures are rejecting expansion.
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The Koch Brothers Have Given Millions to Anti-Choice Organizations
The Koch brothers have given millions upon millions of dollars to anti-choice organizations using what is known as pass-through groups.
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Paul Ryan’s Ayn Rand Fantasy Is to Double Food Stamp Cuts and Starve Millions
As devastating as the food stamp cuts that took effect may be, they are just a preview of increased hunger 48 million Americans are going to face when Republicans led by Paul Ryan decimate SNAP.
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Republicans Set The Constitution Ablaze While Killing One Million American Jobs
Since 2009, Republicans have broken their oath of office repeatedly by deliberately undermining the government’s ability to function and creating as much economic damage by killing Americans’ jobs.
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Million Vet March Organizers Condemn Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, and the Tea Party
The tea party, Sarah Palin, and Ted Cruz tried to hijack the Million Vet March for political and personal gain, and event organizers condemned them for politicizing the march.
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Millionaires Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan Plan To Cut Off Food for 4 Million Americans
In September a bill pushed by Reps.Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor will if passed cut off food assistance to 2-4 million of America’s poorest citizens.
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As Republicans Make Millions Suffer, the Left’s Ideologues Obsess Over Edward Snowden
There is no doubt the people focusing on the plight of Snowden are sincere, but where is their compassion for millions of their fellow Americans victimized by GOP cuts in their own neighborhoods?
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Republicans Are Wearing Driving Millions Into Poverty as a Badge of Honor
One might be inclined to believe politicians would be repulsed that the richest nation in the history of the world is home to an impoverished underclass, but for Republicans it is a badge of honor
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Republicans Screw Over 37 Million by Blocking Bill Lowering Student Loan Interest Rates
Senate Republicans led a successful effort to screw over 37 million Americans today by blocking a bill that would have moved student loan interest rates back to 3.4%
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Paul Ryan Wants to Throw 1.8 Million People Off Of Food Stamps for Having a Car
One of the most outrageous components of the Farm Bill is that millionaire Rep. Paul Ryan wants to deny people food stamps if they own adequate transportation.
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Millionaire GOP Congressmen Are Trying to Cut $20 Billion In Food Stamps For the Poor
As 26 House Democrats take the Food Stamp Challenge, prominent millionaire Republican congressmen are poised to pass a bill that would cut $20 billion from the food stamp program.
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The Abject Failure of Republican Economic Policy Is Driving Millions Into Poverty
As economic stewards, Republicans have shown themselves to be abject failures on every front whether it is driving millions of Americans into poverty or creating hardship for businesses.
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House Republicans Are Planning to Eliminate Food Assistance for 13 Million Americans
House Republicans have a ten year plan to eliminate food assistance for 13 million more hungry working Americans and seniors in their version of common sense cuts.
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John Boehner Calls for Tax Fairness Via a $200,000 Tax Cut for Millionaires
Speaker of the House John Boehner showed who he really sympathizes with by calling for more ‘tax fairness’ for millionaires to the tune of a $200,000 tax cut.
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Louisiana Loses Track of $700 Million, GOP Sen Calls for Federal Oversight
Upon hearing that Louisiana lost track of $700 million dollars of federal money, the first thing a Republican Senator does is call for is more oversight.
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Rush Limbaugh Compares Marriage Equality for 9 Million Americans to Animal Marriage
Rush Limbaugh lived down to expectations today by claiming that the 14 Amendment doesn’t cover same sex or animal marriage.
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House Republicans Vote to Keep Millions in Poverty by Refusing to Raise the Minimum Wage
House Republicans effectively guaranteed that the working poor will continue falling deeper into poverty, and giant retailers will continue posting record profits.
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The Koch Brothers Are Spending Millions to Deny Poor Americans Healthcare
Charles and David Koch are spending money to deny poor Americans healthcare for no readily apparent reason except the Kochs are genuinely evil, immoral men
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While Boehner Takes Millions in Illegal Donations, Republicans Accuse Obama of Selling Access
The media has ignored the FEC complaint filed against a Boehner super PAC for taking $2.5 million in illegal donations, but they are trumpeting the baseless claim that Obama is selling access.
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Millions of America’s Gun Nuts Aren’t Hiding Their Yearning for Civil War
After years of manipulation and buying off elected officials, a large percentage of radical right-wingers are planning a civil war.
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Millions of jobs lost as corporations continue to set up overseas call centers
In calling in a missing paper report I was surprised to learn that my small newspaper used an overseas call center to respond to my concerns
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Obama’s Healthy Economic Path Would Create a Million More Jobs Than Romney 2013
Most Republicans would rather we completely forget how bad the economy was in 2008, yet have nominated someone who will repeat those policies, it is Obama who has America on a healthy economic path.
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With 8.8 Million Hits Romney Secret Video Annihilates Right Wing Super PACs
Romney’s 47% remarks have been viewed 8.8 million times, in contrast with a combination of the Romney and SuperPAC ‘Fine’ ads, which only got a combined 2.3 million views.
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Romney’s Worst Gaffe Yet: $250,000 a Year is Middle Income
Mitt Romney showed just how out of touch he is when he claimed today that people earning $200,000-$250,000 are middle income.
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Romney Bombs: Convention Speech Draws 13 Million Fewer Viewers than McCain in ’08
Mitt Romney’s convention speech was watched 25 million Americans, which is 13 million fewer viewers than watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination in 2008.
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As Fiscal Cliff Approaches Republicans Try to Kill 2 Million Jobs
With fiscal cliff in sight, Republicans will not accept anything less than austerity measures that guarantee to kill 2 million jobs in 2013.
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Obama Asks Romney How Many Teachers’ Jobs Are Worth Tax Cuts For Millionaires?
President Obama asked Mitt Romney the fundamental question of this election. Obama asked Romney. ‘How many teachers’ jobs are worth tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires?
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It’s a Big F**king Deal: Free Preventive Care for 47 Million Women Kicks in Today
Despite the fact that Republicans tried to block this portion of the ACA from kicking in, thanks to Obama and the Democrats, today is the start of free preventive care for women.
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Retroactively Retired Millionaire Robot Can’t Compute Being Called Out
Romney is having a hard time being called out on the very history he was campaigning on just a few months ago.
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Natural Born Job Killers: Republicans Obstruct over 4.2 million jobs
It is a travesty that Republicans hate Americans with such a passion that they deliberately obstructed over 4.2 million jobs.
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Watch Live: President Obama Calls for Killing the Bush Tax Cuts for Millionaires
Watch live as President Obama calls for an extension of the Bush tax cuts only for those making $250,000 or less.
Republicans Cut off Food Assistance to Millions of Americans who own a Car
The Republican plan eliminates categorical eligibility which means that a family living at or below the poverty line that owns a dependable car will be cut off of food assistance.
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Republicans Expose Themselves as Enemies of Millions of Americans Health and Well-being
Republicans are exposing themselves as enemies of the people they are elected to represent and provide an environment where all Americans are able to prosper in the pursuit of happiness.
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John Boehner Is Deliberately Killing 3 Million Construction Jobs
Americans should be irate that John Boehner and the House Republicans are deliberately killing 3 million jobs in order to enrich big oil.
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Under-Mom’d One Million Moms Throws Hissy Fit at GAP
After failing to terrorize JC Penney into submission, One Million Moms threatens to do the same to GAP for showing two men in one t-shirt
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As 50 Million Americans Starve, Republicans Seek to Cut Off Their Food Stamps
There is something wrong with Republicans who have become cold and heartless to advocate for more entitlements for the wealthy while the poorest of the poor are going to bed hungry.
Pay Us Back: Boehner and GOP Owe Taxpayers $124 Million for Bush Vacation Travel
President George W. Bush spent over 124 million taxpayer dollars on trips to his ranch in Crawford, TX, and using John Boehner’s logic we demand that the GOP pay us back.
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Republicans Use Threats And Pseudo Terrorism To Deny 30 Million Americans Healthcare
Republicans cannot come up with one legitimate reason for denying every American healthcare so they resorted to fear-mongering and threats that border on terrorism.
Republicans Refuse To Create 2.8 Million Jobs Unless They Get Their Death Panel
Republicans are willing to hold 2.8 million jobs hostage unless the insurance industry is rewarded with the legality to decline any health services.
In 400+ Days The GOP Has Created 0 And Tried To Kill 7.4 Million Jobs
In the over 400 days since Republicans took control of the House, the GOP hasn’t passed a single job creation bill, but has passed bills that would kill 7.4 million jobs.
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Mitt Romney Embraces Failure By Doubling Down On Bush’s Cuts For Millionaires
Mitt Romney’s tax proposal would double the size of the Bush cuts with no plan to fund the cuts other than capping spending on programs 99% of Americans depend on.
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A Tough 2010: Keith Olbermann’s Ratings Drop by 25%
The bad news keeps coming for MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. The 2010 ratings data is starting to trickle in, and the news is not so great for the Countdown host. In a down year for cable news where all three networks registered a decline in viewers, Keith Olbermann lost 11% of his total audience, but what is most troubling is that among the coveted age 25-54 demographic Olbermann lost 25% of his audience.
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Humbug: Glenn Beck Charges $125 A Ticket In Ohio Town With 15.8% Unemployment
In the spirit of Christmas, Glenn Beck will be bringing his radio and TV shows to economically devastated Wilmington, Ohio tomorrow, and he is even inviting residents to join him at his radio show taping. Of course, Beck being the populist that he is, will be charging the residents of a county where unemployment is at 15.8% $125 to attend.
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Fox News Combines Sex with Taxes to Sell Millionaire Propaganda
This morning on Fox & Friends, a Fox Cheerleader in a plunging neckline meant to distract the viewer from the obvious dishonesty in her argument sold propaganda about how the poor rich folks needed those tax cuts for the trickle down jobs. Not even Juan Williams could rein in his shock at the audacity of her talking points.
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At Least 250,000 Attend Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity
Everyone knew today’s Rally to Restore Sanity would be a hit, and if the independent estimates of crowd size are any indication, Jon Stewart’s rally was the most well attended of the year as it is estimated that at least 250,000 people attended. This number easily doubles and almost triples the attendance for Glenn Beck’s Rally to Restore Honor.
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The Weekly Round Up of the GOP Wing Nut Circus April 25, 2010
A weekly roundup of the Republican Wing Nut Circus, this week featuring the Ohio GOP telling women to get back to the kitchen, Sarah Palin blaming a hacked email account for losing the election in 2008, Rush Limbaugh claiming that Obama is going to repeal presidential term limits, and of course Rachel Maddow on Sue Lowden’s plan to barter chickens for health care.
The Shameful 10 Democratic Senators Who Voted to Protect Multimillionaires
Even though the unemployment rate rose from 8.1% to 8.4% over the past month last night the Senate passed a $250 billion amendment to slash the estate tax for multimillionaire estates. Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to add the amendment to the Obama budget. It is no shock that these 10 Dems are now trying to pretend like the vote didn’t happen.
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Joe Biden Is Delivering All Of Those Jobs That Trump Promised
Donald Trump promised to create 25 million jobs in the next decade. Joe Biden has done almost half of that in two years.
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Trump’s Golf Trips Cost Taxpayers 3 Times More Than Mueller Probe
Trump has spent 83 million taxpayer dollars on golf, while the special counsel Mueller investigation has only cost $25 million.
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Blow to workers as U.S. top court backs companies over class-action claims
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights of workers on Monday by allowing companies to require them to sign away their ability to bring class-action claims against management, agreements already in place for about 25 million employees.
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Just Look At The Reaction Of Chief Of Staff John Kelly To Trump’s UN Speech Disaster
Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly was captured with his head in his hands, as he listened to the President threaten to totally destroy 25 million people.
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9,000 Americans On Meals On Wheels Will Starve To Pay For Trump’s Florida Vacations
The money to cover the cost of President Trump’s vacations to his private resort in Florida has to come from somewhere, and according to those monitoring his travel the $25 million that Trump has spent going to Florida would pay for 9 thousand meals on wheels.
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Unlike Republicans, Senate Democrats Move To Help People With Pandemic Fraud Crackdown
As Senators introduced new legislation to address identity fraud as well as systemic fraud during the pandemic, Sen Wyden drew a contrast between the way Democrats and Republicans address fraud.
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Joe Biden To Raise More Money Tonight Than Trump Raised All Month
President Biden is set to raise more money for his campaign in one night ($25 million) than Trump raised for his campaign all month ($20.3 million). According to the Biden campaign, “The evening will begin with a virtual pre-program for grassroots supporters hosted by Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez and featuring a conversation with…
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Jamie Raskin Demands All The Info On Jared Kushner And The Saudis
House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says he wants all of the information on Jared Kushner’s business dealings with Saudi Arabia.
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Biden Turns The Tables On Marjorie Taylor Greene For Unintentionally Endorsing Him
President Biden noted that 40 million people watched his video in which Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) endorsed him.
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It Turns Out Clarence Thomas Lied About His Secret Donor Having Business Before The Court
Clarence Thomas has gotten himself caught in another lie as his secret Republican donor Harlan Crow did have business before the Supreme Court.
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Financial Disclosure Shows Trump’s Truth Social Is A Flop
Donald Trump declared more income from the Saudis than he did from his social media company Truth Social, which netted him little to no income.
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Roger Stone Blows A Gasket And Says Jared Kushner Has An IQ Of 70 And Ivanka Trump Is An Abortionist B*tch
Newly released documentary film footage appears to show Roger Stone losing it and calling Ivanka Trump an abortionist b*tch after her dad refused to give him another pardon.
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DOJ Subpoenas Docs from Trump’s Super PAC in Possible New Fraud Case
The FBI investigates crimes like this on a daily basis, it’s their bread and butter, fraud that crosses state lines.
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Steve Bannon Surrenders Himself to New York Prosecutors
The state of New York is expected to charge Steve Bannon today under the state crime mirroring the federal one for which he was convicted, only to be ultimately pardoned by Trump.
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Bernie Sanders Invites Jeff Bezos To Testify At Hearing About Amazon’s Anti-Union Activities
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) invited Jeff Bezos to testify at a hearing about Amazon’s anti-union activities.
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The GOP’s Cover Is Blown As Russian State TV Calls Donald Trump Their ‘Partner’
Russia listens to Trump’s pleas for their help, wants to help, does help, and views Trump as a partner in their genocide.
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Opinion: Republicans Are Confident the Media Will Help Trump Escape Prosecution
Republicans know that they can tell the media something is “politically-motivated” and the media will conflate that with the facts of why Trump is being prosecuted because “both sides” are equal to our modern-day media.
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Rachel Maddow Unloads Both Barrels Exposing Josh Hawley And The NRA’s Illegal Scheme
Rachel Maddow highlighted the Giffords lawsuit that accused the NRA of making $35 million in illegal contributions to Republicans like Josh Hawley and Trump.
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Biden Acts To Expand Funding For Rural COVID 19 Crisis
Even though rural America overwhelmingly voted for his opponent, President Biden is taking action to help rural communities with COVID 19.
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Sean Hannity: People Who Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck Just Need to Work Harder
Things cost much more these days then they did back in the 1980’s or 1990’s. As prices have inflated, though, salaries haven’t. In 2018, the Pew Research Center found that for most workers, real wages have been stagnant for decades. The GOP has played a big role in this. Republicans have been fighting a minimum…
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Biden Estimated To Have Saved 279,000 Lives After Trump Killed 600,000
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund estimates that President Biden and Democrats saved 279,000 lives with a rapid vaccination plan that Republicans voted against funding.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz’s Extortion Story Just Completely Fell Apart
Rep. Gaetz is trying to muddy the waters, but his claims of extortion, are unrelated to the federal investigation of Gaetz’s potential sex crimes.
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Republicans Have No Good Reason for Voting No On Life Saving Covid Aid
Over 520,000 people have died due to Covid-19, but every single member of the self-styled “pro-life” party has so far voted against the Covid relief bill. What could they object to that would justify the imminent, ongoing destruction of our country? In fact, a majority of economists polled by Reuters said they expect President Biden’s…
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There Are No Democrats In Disarray Just 2020 Corporate Media Failure
The following is a PoliticusUSA editorial by Editor in Chief Sarah Jones. President-elect Joe Biden received more votes than any other presidential candidate in history, but Democrats didn’t expand the House as predicted or take back the Senate (pending Georgia run offs). This has led to endless “Democrats in disarray” hot takes. Yes, we have…
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Trump Confesses To Felony Bribery At Arizona Rally
Trump virtually bragged in Arizona that he is selling presidential favors in exchange for contributions to his campaign.
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17 Times More People Have Already Voted Early In 2020 Than Voted In 2016
Twenty five million votes have already been cast in 2020, which is seventeen times more turnout than at the same point in 2016.
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Funds flow to Biden and Democrats after debate, boosting cash advantage
Money cascaded into presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign and his Democratic Party on the heels of his rancorous debate with President Donald Trump, potentially widening Biden’s financial edge as the White House race enters its final month.
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Trump Says He Can “Call Rich People I Know” To Close Fundraising Gap Between Him and Biden
President Donald Trump claimed in an interview on “Fox and Friends” that he can “call rich people I know” to close the fundraising gap between him and Democrat Joe Biden. “Give me one day and a telephone, I could get all these rich people that I know very much to all put up millions of…
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Democrats Raised a Massive Amount of Money the Last Four Days
Conventions are meant to do many things for a party. They showcase the up and coming political talent. They attempt to sway voters who are undecided. They allow the party to pitch a unified message. But most importantly, conventions raise money. And these funds are used to boost candidates up and down the ticket. So…
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Steve Bannon Indicted and Taken into Custody on Fraud Charges
Steve Bannon is in federal custody in New York City facing charges of fraud and money laundering relating to a fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern U.S. border. Bannon was a key political adviser to President Donald Trump during the 2016 election and many see him as the architect of the Trump…
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Trump Brags He Told White House To Slow Down Coronavirus Testing
The White House claimed that he was joking, but Trump said that he told the administration to slow down coronavirus testing.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Mocks Trump University in Commencement Speech
Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held up a mock Trump University degree as part of a virtual commencement address to the graduating class of 2020. “You are celebrating that journey today, not just a piece of paper that you hang on the wall. This is nothing,†Schwarzenegger said as he held up the…
