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Federal Judge Warns of Tyranny After Trump’s Attacks on Judge’s Daughter

Federal Judge Warns of Tyranny After Trump’s Attacks on Judge’s Daughter

A sitting federal judge took the extraordinary step of warning of tyranny after Donald Trump's attacks on Judge Juan Merchan…

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Justice for Crystal Mason as Conviction for Illegal Voting is Finally Reversed

There is finally justice for Crystal Mason as her conviction for illegal voting was reversed, resulting in an acquittal, in…

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Senator Warns It’s Critical to Declassify Info on ‘Grave Counterintelligence Threat’ Paul Manafort

After news that former Trump campaign chairman and convicted felon Paul Manafort might rejoin Donald Trump's campaign, Senator Ron Wyden…

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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…

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Trump Chaos: Jeffrey Clark Floated Conspiracy Theory that ‘Smart Thermostats’ Manipulated Voting Machines

In a disciplinary proceeding that could result in the loss of Jeffrey Clark's license, witnesses testified to his belief that…

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GOP State Sen Faces Censure Resolution For Invoking a Colleague’s Name While Reading Graphic Rape Details

A resolution to censure a Nebraska Republican was filed Wednesday evening after he repeatedly inserted a colleague's name into a…

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Tabloids Falsely Accuse Harry and Meghan of Manipulating Images Like Kate Middleton Did

After trust in Kensington Palace was undermined due to Kate Middleton's photo manipulation scandal, tabloids tried to drag Prince Harry…

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White House Lays Out Biden’s Vision for Healthcare and Freedom Ahead Of SOTU

Ahead of the State of the Union, the White House laid out the President’s vision for protecting and enhancing affordable…

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Former Prime Minister Describes “Creepy” Trump Being In Awe Of Putin

“When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he’s like the 12-year-old boy that goes…

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President Biden Enrages Critics by Holding Ice Cream While Answering a Question about Ceasefire Deal

Believe it or not, conservatives and Republicans are enraged that: President Joe Biden would eat ice cream.

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Democrats Push Reality as Republicans Try to Gaslight Country About IVF

Democrats are not just sitting by as Republicans try to gaslight Americans about the inevitable consequences of their anti-abortion laws.

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Jake Sullivan Tells Fox News: Bill House GOP Are Ignoring Helps U.S. Troops Protect Americans

The Biden administration's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan took to Fox News to tell their viewers that actually, that National…

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Trump Branding Complete: CPAC Welcomes Nazis

Donald Trump has been a keynote speaker at CPAC since 2017, and increasingly since then it has modeled itself in…

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Republicans Are Using Impeachment Inquiry to Launder Foreign Disinformation

Rep. Jerry Nadler asked AG Garland to investigate former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady as he appears "to have been part…

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WH Reads House Republicans the Riot Act for Being on Vacation As They Harm National Security

Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Communications Adviser Andrew Bates read House Republicans the riot act for being on their 6th day…

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NSA Jake Sullivan Sounds Alarm: Aid to Ukraine is Needed for U.S. National Security Interests

After Speaker Johnson (R-LA) sent the U.S. House on a two week vacation without passing needed aid to Ukraine, the…

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Houston Chronicle Endorses Biden Citing His Experience and Remarkable Performance

The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board is endorsing President Joe Biden, citing the leadership “of the oldest and arguably the most…

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Biden-Harris WH Takes on China and Protect U.S. National Defense

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have come up with a way to take on China and protect our national…

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The Deliberate Attempt to Humiliate Fani Willis with Racist Stereotypes

The hearing into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been conducted in a way that is very familiar to…

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GOP Senator Says Republican Party Can’t Be Trusted to Negotiate Now

After Republicans scuttled the very bipartisan border bill they insisted on, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pointed out that it's…

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Project Veritas Forced to Admit Lies Trump Used To Try Overturn PA Election Were Baseless

Project Veritas and its founder James O'Keefe have been forced to admit their claims about 2020 election fraud in Erie,…

2 months ago

Hakeem Jeffries Highlights Mike Johnson’s Failure With Pelosi Comparison

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries pointed out that Speaker Emerita Pelosi had the exact same margins in the last Congress…

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Mike Johnson Throws House Republicans Under The Bus For His Failures

After a rather epic lesson in public humiliation due to his own forced errors, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blamed "the…

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GOP Senator Reminds His Party That Border Crossings Were High Under Trump, Too

Republican Senator James Lankford reminded his party's base that border crossings were also high under Trump due to gaps and…

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The Power of Women: Biden-Harris Push For Equal Pay on Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Anniversary

The Biden-Harris administration is marking the 15th anniversary of the very first bill of the Obama-Biden administration, the Lily Ledbetter…

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Self-Pitying Trump Thinks He’s Been Treated Worse Than Lincoln, Who Was Assassinated

Former president and current Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump excels at self-pity, and nothing demonstrated that more than when he…

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Big Win for E. Jean Carroll as Jury Awards Her $83.3 Million in Trump Defamation Suit

A Manhattan federal jury awarded E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in her Trump defamation suit on Friday.

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Judge Kaplan Shuts Down Alina Habba’s Attempt to Gaslight About Trump Being Found Liable for Rape

Judge Kaplan shut down Trump lawyer Alina Habba as she tried to gaslight about the established fact that E. Jean…

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Vivek Ramaswamy Never Had a Chance Even Though Elon Musk Pushed Him on X

Elon Musk tried to utilize the power of his social media platform to push Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy posting…

2 months ago

Congressional Expert Says House Democrats Should Introduce an Impeachment Resolution Against Judge Cannon

An impeachment resolution against Cannon would serve the same purpose as the impeachments of Donald Trump: A point of reference…

3 months ago

House GOP Walked Right Into Trap Set By Hunter Biden

GOP Representatives James Comer and Jim Jordan et al appear to have walked right into a rather clever trap set…

3 months ago

Trump Supporter Spreads Bonkers Conspiracy Theory that the Deep State is Making a Snow Storm to Hurt Trump

Trump supporter Laura Loomer thinks that the deep state has created the snow storm in Iowa to hurt Donald Trump…

3 months ago

Biden Heading to Allentown, PA to Tout Small Businesses Boom

President Joe Biden heads to Allentown to tout the small business boom, and a record has been set for new…

3 months ago

1/6 Defendant Gilbert Fonticoba Gets Four Years in Federal Prison

On Thursday, 1/6 defendant Gilbert Fonticoba was sentenced to four years in federal prison for his actions on January 6th…

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Nearly 40% of Infants Are On WIC But Republicans Won’t Fully Fund It

Republicans talk a lot about "babies". They use "babies" as an excuse to deny women and girls life saving healthcare.…

3 months ago

AOC Blasts Republicans For Submitting Falsified Evidence

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called out Chairman James Comer (R-KY) for having members at the hearing who've submitted falsified evidence…

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‘There’s Stuff There’ Republicans Say When Asked What Evidence They Have to Support Impeachment Inquiry

When asked about their case for impeachment of President Joe Biden, Republicans offered up the dog ate my homework, third…

3 months ago

Nancy Mace Mentions Hunter Biden’s Balls and MTG Justifies Pushing Revenge Porn on Americans

Two Southern Republican Representatives bizarrely focused on Hunter Biden as a sexual being during a House hearing, including Nancy Mace…

3 months ago

Trump Has A China Problem As Trump International Hotel Took Almost $200,000 from a Chinese-Owned State Airline

Republicans have been quick to dismiss the new report that claims Donald Trump's businesses took over $7.8 million from foreign…

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1/6 Defendant Proud Boy Christopher Worrell Gets Ten Years in Prison

Florida Proud Boy Christopher Worrell was sentenced to ten years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of assaulting police…

3 months ago

‘White House for Sale’: Trump Businesses Received at Least $7.8M from Foreign Governments

In what has become so predictable it mainstreamed "projection," a new investigation by Congressional Democrats revealed that during his presidency,…

3 months ago

Trump Is Trying to Get Jack Smith Held in ‘Contempt’ for Doing His Job

Special Counsel Jack Smith is doing his job, which means that former president Donald Trump is not happy. In a…

3 months ago

Trump’s Labor Secretary Once Cut Jeffrey Epstein a Sweetheart Deal Then Proposed Slashing Sex Trafficking Victim Funding By 79%

In 2007, then Miami U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who would later be appointed by then President Donald Trump to his…

3 months ago

House Republicans Pose an Increasing Threat to Women, Infant and Young Children Funding

Funding WIC should have been priority one for House Republicans, but instead, they're holding an impeachment inquiry based on Trump-driven…

4 months ago

Senate GOP Are Already Worried That House Republicans Will Be Seen as Crying Wolf On Impeachment

Senate Republicans are worried that House Republicans moving forward without evidence in their impeachment push against President Biden will be…

4 months ago

Opinion: The Kate Cox Tragedy Reveals Abortion Ban Exemptions as a Thin Sham

The tragic tale of medical torture deliberately being inflicted on a U.S. citizen by Republicans in Texas is gruesome, but…

4 months ago

The Media Is Ignoring The GOP’s Pro-Russia Stance On Ukraine

Republicans are putting democracy and Ukraine in danger again while helping Vladimir Putin, refusing to pass Ukraine aid in 2023.…

4 months ago

Subpoena Dodger Jim Jordan Says Hunter Biden Must Honor Subpoena

Republican Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer have issued a subpoena for Hunter Biden, but the problem is Jim Jordan…

4 months ago

White House Slams House GOP for Subservience to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Impeachment Priorities

You can imagine that this man, our President, is none too amused to see the House of Representatives run around…

4 months ago

White House Calls Out Speaker Johnson’s Impeachment Push After He Admitted Privately There Was No Evidence to Justify It

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) admitted privately that there is no justification for formal impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden, yet…

4 months ago

Donald Trump Attacks Robert De Niro for Standing Up for Democracy and Truth

Almost a week after Robert De Niro denounced the censorship of his planned anti-Trump speech, which he gave anyway, Republican…

4 months ago

Opinion: Taxpayer-Funded Elon Musk Plans to Use X to Push Hard Right Political Ads

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino's son Matt Madrazo is in charge of monetizing Twitter's hard-right turn with a hoped for $100…

4 months ago

Ad Execs Warn Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino to Resign Now to Save Her Reputation

Ad companies warned CEO Linda Yaccarino that instead of desperately trying to lure companies back to the platform even as…

4 months ago

Mike Johnson Projects Weakness With Empty Attack On Biden

Mike Johnson shows his own weakness as he accused by Biden of projecting weakness on China by meeting with Xi.

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White House Condemns Elon Musk’s Promotion of Antisemitic and Racist Hate

The White House has condemned Twitter owner Elon Musk's post amplifying the same antisemitic trope that motivated the Pittsburgh Tree…

4 months ago

Ron DeSantis Is Having His Secret Police Trained By Company Employing An Accused War Criminal

Governor Ron DeSantis' (R-Fla) administration has hired a company whose CEO supports the Governor's presidential campaigns and specializes in combat…

4 months ago

Congressional Correspondent Witnessed Ousted Former Speaker McCarthy Shoving Burchett

Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) told CNN that ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) elbowed him in the hallway, causing pain…

5 months ago

Democrats Flip Critical Pennsylvania County for First Time in Over 100 Years

Democrats flipped a critical Pennsylvania county commission for the first time in over 100 years. Dauphin County houses the state…

5 months ago

Opinion: Hope as Communities Come Together to Reject MAGA Hate of Moms for Liberty

Communities rejecting MAGA hate like Moms for Liberty suggests there might be hope for the United States, which is still…

5 months ago

Biden White House Gives Government 45 Days to Come Up with Ways to Improve Health Research Disparities for Women

Tick tock, the entire government has 45 days to come up with ways the Biden-Harris Administration can improve the way…

5 months ago

Matthew Dowd Says the Democratic Party Represents Center of the Country

Finally, at long last, it's being said. The Democratic Party isn't teeming with raging liberals running the show. The country…

5 months ago

Zero Republicans Cosponsored the Bill to Permanently Protect Pregnant Women in Detention

Democrats have introduced a bill to permanently protect pregnant and postpartum women in custody. It's cosponsored by a range of…

5 months ago

Freedom Firewall? Democrats Rush to Put Abortion Measures on Ballot in Battleground States

Democrats are rushing to put abortion measures on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada, and Florida in a strategy dubbed by…

5 months ago

The Senate Has Now Confirmed 50 Black Judges to Federal Bench Under Biden

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrated the milestone of the Senate having confirmed 50 Black judges to the federal…

5 months ago

Chris Christie Tries the ‘New’ Republican Strategy on Abortion and It Doesn’t Go Well

Hours after Republican strategists sent a memo warning Republicans how to frame abortion, Chris Christie tried it on Morning Joe…

5 months ago

Abortion Rights Win Big in Ohio as Issue One Passes and Republicans Fall on Their Faces

On top of girls and women winning the right to live and have freedom, which is something we shouldn't even…

5 months ago

Republican Who Rejected Election Lies is Called Best-Performing Statewide Republican in Kentucky

Good news for democracy as the race for Kentucky Secretary of State was called for a Republican who beat election…

5 months ago

Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Claims NY AG James Isn’t Very Bright and Doesn’t Have a Good Case

The circus continues as Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba told Newsmax that New York Attorney General Letitia James isn't very…

5 months ago

Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin Promises Republicans Will Steal Freedom from Women and Girls

The media loves to present Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin as a "moderate." He is not. He has never been. And…

5 months ago

Biden Taking Steps to Lower Prescription Costs and Protect Seniors from Healthcare Scams

The Biden-Harris administration announced proposals to protect the over 30 million on Medicare Advantage from predatory marketing, increase access to…

5 months ago

1/6 Officer Michael Fanone Presents Sedition Hunter with Handcuffs Used to Arrest the Trump Supporter Who Attacked Him

1/6 Officer Michael Fanone presented sedition hunter Forrest Rogers with the handcuffs used to arrest MAGA terrorist Danny Rodriguez, who…

5 months ago

Eric Swalwell Asks Why James Comer Is Hiding His Tax Returns and Bank Records

"What is James Comer hiding? Why won’t he release his tax returns and bank records?," Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell asked.

5 months ago

Donald Trump Tries to Justify His Plot to Steal the 2020 Election Before His Fraud Trial Testimony

Even fraud trial testimony didn't stop Donald Trump from spending Sunday evening spiraling on social media about how former Vice…

5 months ago

Top House Republicans Can’t Explain The GOP’s Deficit Hypocrisy

The best reason House Republican Leaders can come up with to justify why they stripped out aid to Ukraine and…

5 months ago

White House Calls Out Steve Scalise For Harming The Country With Election Denial Conspiracy

After Republican Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) refused to affirm the validity of the 2020 election - despite being asked 8…

5 months ago

Mike Johnson’s Wife Kelly Believes God Made Her Husband Speaker ‘It Was Biblical’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is weaponizing the U.S. House of Representatives against President Biden's child Hunter, thinks it's totally…

5 months ago

Biden Funds The Police That Trump Spent Years Trying To Defund

The Biden administration has announced new funding for law enforcement and the police, while Trump spent his presidency trying to…

5 months ago

Biden Announces $334 Million for Safer Schools, Community Policing, De-Escalation Training

The Biden administration announced more than $334 million in grants for community policing, including safer schools, crisis intervention teams, de-escalation…

5 months ago

Left Behind? Not Anymore, as President Biden Invests Over $5 Billion in Rural America

Today, President Biden announces over $5 billion in investments in rural communities, which he will do during a Rural America…

5 months ago

‘Tiny D’: Ron DeSantis is Probably Wearing Shoe Lifts and It Actually Matters

Ron DeSantis' height doesn't have anything to do with his qualifications for president, but his obvious path of democratic backsliding…

5 months ago

Trump’s Lawyers Paid $15k in Fines for His Violations of the Gag Order

Amid endless whining, Donald Trump's lawyers have paid the $15,000.00 in fines for his violations of the gag order.

5 months ago

Johnson Suggests They’ll Charge Ahead with Impeachment Even As Comer Expresses Doubts

A seemingly clueless Mike Johnson, now stupefyingly elevated to the position of Speaker with very little experience under his belt…

5 months ago

Republican Senators Don’t Want to Stop Tuberville’s Attack on U.S. National Security

Although Republican Senators make noise in public about being unhappy with Senator Tommy Tuberville's military holds that threaten U.S. national…

5 months ago

Maine Democrat Apologizes for Opposing Efforts to Ban Weapons of War and Calls on Congress to Do So Now

Representative Jared Golden of Maine who represents Lewiston asked for forgiveness while giving remarks that are what we deserve to…

5 months ago

Mike Johnson Bungles Maine Mass Shooting Response and Veers Off ‘Defense of Sanctity of Human Life’

“This is a dark time in America. …Prayer is appropriate in a time like this, that the evil can end…

5 months ago

After 3 Weeks of Paralyzed Government Mike Johnson Gives the House a Long Weekend

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has began his speakership in the wake of three weeks of inaction by his chamber…

5 months ago

Opinion: Mike Johnson’s Dehumanization of the Majority of Americans Is The Perfect Fit For The GOP

Mike Johnson doesn't treat the majority of Americans as human beings. He dehumanizes them in both policy efforts and rhetoric.…

5 months ago

Texas Attacks Freedom of Movement as Lubbock Texas Passes Abortion Travel Ban

Lubbock Texas passed a new law banning from people assisting anyone in or traveling through the county in getting an…

5 months ago

GOP Fear Is Growing That Some Republicans Will Want Speaker Deal With Democrats

Some Republicans are worried that their speaker candidates can't cross the 217 threshold and that if they don't make it,…

5 months ago

Trump Vetted Each of the Republican Speaker Candidates with Personal Calls

All of the eight new Republican speaker candidates were vetted by the former president in a process Rep. Pete Sessions…

5 months ago

Katherine Clark: We Want to Make Our Own Health Decisions with Our Doctors, Not Jim Jordan

Democratic Whip Katherine Clark hammered Rep. Jim Jordan in a House floor speech, during which she nominated Democratic Leader Hakeem…

5 months ago

White House: Biden is Busy Working While House Republicans Fight Among Themselves

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates pointed out that while President Biden has been working to advance bipartisan legislation and protect…

5 months ago

Top Jordan Ally Downplays Death Threats Against the Ohio Republican’s Opponents

Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) downplayed the threats being made against Republicans who oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, including threats being…

5 months ago

Big Speech Tonight: Biden to Give Second Formal Oval Office Speech of His Presidency

President Biden will give a big prime time speech tonight at 8 PM Eastern to discuss the U.S. response to…

5 months ago

Biden Administration Announces A ‘Tidal Wave’ of Clean Energy with Largest Ever Investment in America’s Grid

The Biden-Harris administration is announcing the largest ever investment in America's grid with $3.5 billion in funding for 58 projects…

5 months ago

Court Flags Trump Gag Order Appeal Because Lawyer is Not Member of Bar for DC Circuit

An appeals court clerk had to flag Donald Trump's gag order appeal because the lawyer is not a member of…

5 months ago

New Jersey Democrat Pummels Republican Incumbent for His Vote for Insurrectionist Jim Jordan

After House Republicans tried to get insurrectionist supporting and election denier Rep. Jim Jordan elected to Speaker, Jason Blazakis, a…

5 months ago

Opinion: Republicans Claim They’d Stand Up to Terrorists But They Can’t Even Stand Up to Trump

The leader of the Republican Party mocks US military and no one in that party can find the courage to…

5 months ago

Taylor Swift’s Box Office Domination Joins Barbie’s to Spell Cultural Trouble for Republicans

If the idea that people vote with their wallets before they vote with their ballots is true, then Taylor Swift's…

5 months ago

Every Vulnerable House Republican Will Have to Answer for Jim Jordan

If Republicans elect Jim Jordan to Speaker, it will leave vulnerable House Republicans to answer for Jordan's scandals, conspiracy theories,…

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