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Republicans Meltdown As Mark Pomerantz Stonewalls Jim Jordan’s Alvin Bragg Probe
Former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz complied with Jim Jordan’s subpoena in the Alvin Bragg investigation but gave Republicans no information.
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Darrell Issa: Democrats Are “Overplaying a Lot of Things, Including the Deaths of These People on Capitol Hill”
During an appearance on Fox, Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) downplayed the attempted coup last week by President Donald Trump‘s supporters, who at his behest sought to overturn the results of a free and fair election. After anchor Maria Bartiromo asked Issa if an impeachment trial––which would likely not take place until after President-elect Joe Biden…
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Darrell Issa Admits That Democrats Are Going To Win His House Seat
Everyone’s least likely to succeed Congressional Representative, Mr. Darrell Issa of the indicted for grand theft auto infamy and also the endless conspiracies infamy, told Fox News today that his California district will go to a Democrat tonight.
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Darrell Issa Hides On A Roof Because He Is Too Afraid To Face People Angry About Trumpcare
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) was so afraid of a group of protesters that he hid on the roof of his district office instead of listening to his constituents.
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Classless Rep. Darrell Issa Flips Off a Female Reporter When Asked About Comey Memo
Darrell Issa gave Rachel Bade of Politico the middle finger when she asked him about James Comey’s note, which as reported indicated that President Trump interfered in the investigation into his ties with Russia by asking Comey to stop investigating Flynn.
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Darrell Issa Calls for Special Prosecutor to Investigate Trump-Russia Contacts
Issa said Sessions must recuse himself: “You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee.”
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Donald Trump Is Winning (Republican House Seats For Democrats In California)
The cost to Republicans of having Trump at the top of the ticket is beginning to be felt in other races as four formerly thought to be safe California House Republicans are in danger of losing their seats because of Trump’s poor performance in the state.
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Rep. Darrell Issa Could Lose His Seat As Trump Takes Republican Criminals Down With Him
Donald Trump is accidentally making America great again in a way that he never intended as Republican Rep. Darrell Issa’s House seat has been moved into the toss-up category.
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CNN Busts Darrell Issa For Lying About Classified Hillary Clinton Emails
Wolf Blitzer busted Darrell Issa for lying about Hillary Clinton’s emails during an interview on CNN.
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Darrell Issa Throws A Tantrum After Getting Kicked Out Of Benghazi Deposition
Darrell Issa threw a tantrum today after he was escorted out of the room for trying to crash a closed-door deposition before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
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Darrell Issa Opened His Mouth And Shot Republicans In The Foot On Income Inequality
The wealthiest member of Congress, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has a message for America’s poor people. During an interview with CNN, Issa said that America’s poor are the envy of the world.
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Darrell Issa Humiliates Himself On CNN While Calling For Criminal Charges Against Hillary Clinton
During an interview on CNN, Rep. Darrell Issa embarrassed himself by first admitting that Hillary Clinton didn’t break a law for which there was a penalty, but he called for criminal charges against Clinton anyway.
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CNN Host Calls Out Darrell Issa For Defending Hateful and Demeaning Anti-Obama Comments
CNN State Of The Union host Gloria Borger called out Rep. Darrell Issa for defending the hateful and demeaning remarks that Rudy Giuliani made about President Obama.
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Darrell Issa’s Report Blows Up In His Face and Destroys The IRS Scandal
As one of his final acts as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) released a 226-page report that debunks his own claim that the White House was coordinating the IRS scandal.
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Conservatives Turn on McConnell And Anoint Ted Cruz The Leader Of Congress
The real conservatives look forward to Cruz’s plan to push “his” Republican-led Senate to be as conservative and confrontational as “his” Republican-led House.
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Darrell Issa’s Obama Bashing Backfires When He Uses a Weather App To Defeat Ebola On CNN
Rep. Darrell Issa humiliated himself on CNN today. While criticizing President Obama’s Ebola response, Issa held up his smartphone to show the world how easy it would be to monitor body temperatures on our phones. Unfortunately for him, the phone gave him the weather forecast, not his body temperature.
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Darrell Issa Begs President Obama To Send Adviser To Testify At Hearing
Rep. Darrell Issa is getting desperate. Today, he sent a letter to the White House offering to give administration adviser David Simas a second chance to testify after the Obama administration told the California Republican that Simas has executive branch immunity.
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The White House Smacks Down Darrell Issa By Refusing To Send Adviser To Testify
The White House is fighting back against Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) abuse of his subpoena power by refusing to send an administration adviser to testify at his hearing that is designed to drum up another Obama scandal. Issa has been claiming for days that the White House is misusing taxpayer funds for partisan political purposes….
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Darrell Issa Destroys His Obama Investigation With Admission That It’s Political Theater
Rep. Darrell Issa has managed sabotage his new allegation that the administration is using taxpayer dollars for political purposes by admitting in 2011 that a similar investigation was nothing but political theater.
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Darrell Issa Cracks Up and Compares His Witch Hunt To Obama Flying on Air Force One
Darrell Issa took another step in his voyage into madness on Fox News Sunday by comparing his deeply partisan IRS investigation to President Obama flying on Air Force One.
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Darrell Issa Tells Obama To Forget About Immigration Reform And Deport DREAMers
On Wednesday, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), released a letter to the press that he had sent to the White House earlier in the day. The letter demanded that Obama start deporting DREAMers.
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Darrell Issa Crashes and Burns When Pressed By CNN For The IRS Scandal Smoking Gun
On CNN’s State Of The Union, Rep. Darrell Issa’s IRS scandal disintegrated on national television when he couldn’t name a single piece of evidence that proved that IRS singled out and targeted conservative groups.
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Darrell Issa Throws a Temper Tantrum After Being Outsmarted By Obama’s White House
Rep. Darrell Issa put out a seething statement that reeked of a temper tantrum after Sec. of State John Kerry and the Obama administration outsmarted him, and forced the Republican to back off of having Kerry testify on Benghazi.
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Darrell Issa Declares War on John Boehner as Benghazi Investigation Turns Into a Circus
The big House Benghazi investigation has turned into a full blown circus, as John Boehner has lost control over Darrell Issa, who has gone rogue, and is trashing Boehner’s big plans.
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Disaster Strikes Republicans as Darrell Issa Sabotages Their Big Benghazi Investigation
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) completely sabotaged the House Republican Benghazi investigation today by discussing a White House memo that undermines a big part of the Republican conspiracy theory.
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Darrell Issa’s Benghazi Stunt Blows Up In His Face as Kerry Won’t Appear at Hearing
Darrell Issa’s subpoena of Sec. of State John Kerry has completely backfired, as the State Department announced that Kerry would not be testifying at next week’s Benghazi hearing, and Issa put the subpoena on hold.
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CNN Shoots Down Michele Bachmann With a Single Point About Benghazi and Jobs
Michele Bachmann tried to justify yet another Benghazi investigation by saying it’s what the people want, but Candy Crowley said the people want jobs.
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Led by Darrell Issa, House Republicans Are Taking America Back to McCarthyism
This week, Issa took a page straight out of McCarthy’s tactics and for the first time since the McCarthy era called for a vote to hold a witness in contempt for exercising her Constitutional 5th Amendment right.
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House Democrat Slams Darrell Issa For His Latest Benghazi Publicity Stunt
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) shredded Darrell Issa’s Benghazi subpoena of Sec. of State John Kerry by calling it a publicity stunt.
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Media Finally Catches On and Busts Darrell Issa’s Clinton/Obama Smear
Another day, another lie debunked. WaPo’s fact checker gave Darrell Issa’s stand down accusations against POTUS and Hillary Clinton Four Pinocchios.
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Darrell Issa Desperately Tries to Unite the GOP Against Obama’s ‘Imperial Presidency’
Darrell Issa claimed he wanted to “shape” the debate, and in doing so, urged Republicans to unify against President Obama’s “imperial presidency”
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Darrell Issa Is Raising Millions Of Dollars Off Of His Bogus Obama Investigations
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is one of the wealthiest members of Congress, but he is raising millions of dollars off of his bogus Obama investigations.
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Tell Darrell Issa to Stop The Politically Motivated Witch Hunts!!!
It is time for all Americans to take a stand against Rep. Issa’s out of control activities that are trying to find something to use to impeach President Obama. Send a message to Rep. Issa by signing our petition.
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Democrats File a Complaint Against Darrell Issa’s IRS Scandal Co-Conspirators
Democrats filed a formal complaint with the special watchdog council that questions J. Russell George’s independence because he met and conspired secretly with Darrell Issa last year to issue an inaccurate, and misleading report accusing the IRS of specifically targeting conservative groups
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Democrats Demand To Know How Much The Republican IRS Witch Hunts Are Costing Taxpayers
Democrats Sandy Levin and Elijah Cummings demanded to know how much Issa’s IRS ‘investigations’ are costing the taxpayers. They suggest the total is “well into the millions of dollars.”
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The Only Scandal In Washington Is Darrell Issa, and It Is Time He Gets Investigated
The only scandal in Washington is Darrell Issa, and it is high time he faces an investigation into why he instructed the inspector general for tax administration to investigate teabaggers with extra scrutiny, profit from the so-called IRS “scandal,” and waste untold taxpayer dollars
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Busted Republicans Try to Skulk Away from Their Fake IRS Scandal
Now that they are busted, Republicans urge Americans not to jump to conclusions about the fact that they deliberately wasted millions of your tax dollars pursuing something they knew was baloney.
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Darrell Issa’s Agenda Outed As He Is Labeled a Pure Enemy Of The U.S. Postal Service
Darrell Issa has been labeled “a pure enemy of the Postal Service” because he is on a crusade to destroy the agency and hand it to private industry.
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Darrell Issa Commits A Treasonous High Crime By Leaking Sensitive Obamacare Documents
According to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Darrell Issa has jeopardized the security of the ACA website by leaking sensitive Obamacare documents to unauthorized consultants.
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Darrell Issa Has Sleazy Plan to Restore Veterans’ Pensions By Privatizing the Post Office
Issa’s proposal informs that there is no bad Republican legislation that any Republican, cannot make worse to satisfy their dirty machinations to privatize the government, and kill Americans’ jobs.
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Fox News and Right Wing Media Attack Journalists For Reporting the Truth About Benghazi
Real journalists’ assessment of criticism of the reporter on the ground proves that Fox News’ hosts do not understand what real journalists do because they are not journalists; they are GOP hacks.
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Darrell Issa Hid The Truth About Benghazi For a Year While Attacking President Obama
Darrell Issa who has had the same information the New York Times reported for over a year and sat on his ass wasting taxpayer time and money pursuing Barack Obama.
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As the 2013 Political Year Disappears Into the Night, Little Light Appears on the Horizon
I’ve probably submitted 320 articles or so to this august, informative and objective progressive website. That’s no big whoop since Jason and Sarah seem to write that many in a week. Nonetheless, I feel like at least a 2nd cousin in the PoliticusUSA family. As such, I’m going to pipe up and share some…
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Poll: Who is the biggest Republican tool in the box?
It’s been a year of epic toolery in the GOP. From Ted Cruz’s government shutdown to the GOP’s endless ObamaCare concern trolling and from Darrell Issa’s witch hunts to John Boehner’s inability to lead his House into anything other than record breaking failure, the choices for biggest tool are almost endless. According to the Urban…
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With the ACA Succeeding Darrell Issa Threatens to Charge Kathleen Sebelius With a Crime
Rep. Darrell Issa’s endless abuse of his investigative powers hit a new low today, as he threatened to charge HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius with a crime.
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Top House Democrat Rips Darrell Issa For Spreading Lies About Healthcare.gov Website
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings is the top Democrat on the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, and he is not letting Rep. Darrell Issa get away with telling baseless lies about healthcare.gov.
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The GOP’s Benghazi Hoax Exposed
The Republican Party refuses to let go of their manufactured Benghazi scandal narrative. We saw just the other day that a Benghazi “witness” featured on 60 Minutes was in fact nowhere near the U.S. compound when terrorists attacked. Yet the GOP insists the testimony of this non-existent witness justifies further hearings on the subject. Have…
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Sleazy Mortgage Lenders Almost Destroy the Economy, Steal Billions and Stay Out of Prison
When the housing bubble hit and threatened the American economy, many low-level lenders went to jail, but not their bank presidents or CEOs.
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Darrell Issa, John Boehner, Clarence Thomas Lead the Republican Culture of Corruption
The level of political corruption in Republican and conservative ranks has gotten so blatant that they are finally being targeted for investigations.
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Darrell Issa Is Hot on the Trail of a New Bogus Obama ‘Scandal’
Darrell Issa and other Republicans are going after another agency in their unending battle of bogus to discredit Obama Administration
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It’s Time to Investigate Boehner, Issa, and the Republican Criminal Conspiracy
It is high time to demand an investigation into Republicans in Congress and take appropriate action to remove them from office.
Welcome to Derpica
You’ve probably seen the word “derp” floating around lately. You may wonder what it means … and why we seem to be living in Derpica.
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IRS Investigation Reveals Darrell Issa’s ‘Enemies List’
The Inspector General’s report didn’t mention the IRS targeting progressive groups for enhanced scrutiny, because Darrell Issa used the IG’s office to harass his own ‘Enemies List.’
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After GOP Tried to Get Him to Shut It, Darrell Issa Claims the White House Is Vilifying Him
Darrell Issa is whining about how mean President Obama is trying to vilify him (try not to laugh). And Republicans remain in complete denial about the path to destruction that they are on.
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GOP Rep. Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma Calls Obama Unfit and Biden Embarrassing
On Monday, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), forgot not only President Bush but his fellow ethically-challenged House Republicans, and excoriated President Barack Obama from the House floor.
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The White House Laughs Off His Accusations and Treats Darrell Issa Like A Joke
The White House responded to Rep. Darrell Issa’s latest accusations by treating them like the joke that they are.
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When Pressed for Evidence Obama Was Behind IRS Scandal Darrell Issa Has Nothing
When pressed for actual evidence that Obama is behind the IRS scandal, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) imploded and revealed that he has nothing.
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Darrell Issa Is Refusing to Allow Co-Chairs of Benghazi Review to Testify in Public
CNN has another exclusive on Benghazi, with a letter in which the co-chairs on the Benghazi review demand to be allowed to testify and for the American public to hear their testimony. What’s Issa so afraid of?
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Things go Badly for Darrell Issa When David Gregory Fails to Be a GOP Shill
Darrell Issa made a fool of himself as he tried to defend his Benghazi conspiracy. David Gregory pushed back hard, even bringing up the GOP’s defundig of security.
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The SEC Is In A Position to Deal a Major Blow to Citizens United
In what could be a major blow to the Citizens United decision, it appears it well may be the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that deals a body blow to secretive campaign donations
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Terrified of Hillary: Fox News and Darrell Issa Team Up for Bogus Clinton Benghazi Smear
The Republican Party is so afraid of Hillary Clinton that Fox News and Rep. Darrell Issa teamed up on a bogus Benghazi smear campaign designed to slow the momentum of the potential 2016 candidate.
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Tea Party Fantasies of Sending Obama to Prison for Benghazi
Tea Partiers indulge in wild fantasies of sending President Obama to prison since they haven’t managed to impeach him for Benghazi
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Democrat to GOP in Benghazi Hearing ‘If you want to know who is responsible in this town, buy yourself a mirror!’
A House Foreign Affairs hearing went wild today, resulting in Rep. Gary Ackerman calling the GOP out on their hypocrisy and cutting funding to the embassy security.
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While Investigating Obama Over Libya, Darrell Issa Puts Libyans’ Lives at Risk
Darrell Issa (R-CA) has placed several Libyans lives at risk, in the course of investigating the alleged security issues regarding the attacks in Libya.
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Despite all of Issa’s Fast & Furious rants, Eric Holder was telling the truth
The Inspector General of the Justice Department has issued a 471-page report on Fast & Furious. AG, Eric Holder, was telling the truth.
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GOP Rep and NRA Pet Trey Gowdy Finds Himself on the Wrong Side of a Gun
Sunday night, South Carolina Representative, Trey Gowdy was sitting in his car when a woman walked up and stuck a gun in his face.
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Tea Party Deadbeat Joe Walsh Tells Sandra Fluke to get a Job
Tea Party hero Joe Walsh told a diner full of old white folks that Sandra Fluke needs to get a job, equating healthcare with’entitlement
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When Underdog Democratic Candidates Don’t Fight Like Hell, Many Republican Candidates Benefit
Incumbent Congressional Representative, Trey Gowdy has a healthy lead over his Democratic opponent. He’s sending major money to help pals.
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From Paraguay to the U.S.: Learning from Gradual Corporate Coups
We as Americans should learn from the dramatic lessons of Paraguay just how powerful the unchecked hand of corporations can be.
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The Republicans’ Bad Day and What it Means for America
Yesterday was a bad day for the GOP but we should remember they’ve had many bad days recently and that its fun to watch their heads explode
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Even John Boehner Recognizes the Sham and Shame of Holding Holder in Contempt
Even John Boehner doesn’t buy the Eric Holder contempt craziness. He recognizes it for the sham and embarrassment that it is.
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The Anatomy of a Republican Propaganda Campaign
Unlike the test marketed talking points on health care and tax reform, the mythology from which GOP propaganda on fast and furious had comparatively more humble beginnings.
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Delusional Darrell Issa Predicts Democrats Will Vote to Hold Eric Holder in Contempt
Darrell Issa, Republican witch hunter extraordinaire went on Fox News Sunday to predict that House Democrats will vote with Republicans to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
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Fringy Fraud: Darrell Issa’s Fast and Furious Exposed
Way back in 2010, Darrell Issa was briefed on The Fast and Furious on the very same issues he is now trying to hold Attorney General Eric Holder accountable for.
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Behind Darrell Issa’s Witch Hunt Is an Ethics Challenged Partisan Hack
Rep. Darrell Issa has all of the cred of any person with an alleged criminal background, dirty conflicts of interest, and a history of abusing power for political and financial gain.
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Are Republican Contempt Allegations Payback For Eric Holder’s Defense of Voting Rights?
Only the gullible can’t see the link between Eric Holder’s aggressive persecution of voting abuses in Florida and what has happened to the Attorney General in the halls of Congress this week.
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California Dreamin’ of Big Campaign Dollars and a Democratic House
A turnover of as little as 5 or 6 house seats in California could mean that Democrats once again control the House of Representatives.
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Abortion: Religion-Based Bigotry Versus the World of Facts
The GOP stance on abortion hinges on religious dogma, not on science and even when science does enter the picture it is 18th century science
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The Consequences of Alaska’s Female Sexual Servitude Legislation
Alaska legislation proves that state-sponsored sexual servitude is alive and well. So much for the First Amendment, because all this is 100% religiously based
GOP Scam Artists Turn A Deaf Ear To Catholic Bishops When It Comes To Aid For The Poor
Republicans scammed the Catholic Bishops on birth control, and now they are ignoring the same Bishops’ pleas that programs that aid the poor not be cut.
