Another Trump-backed Senate candidate vows to vote against McConnell for leader
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Regardless of whether Republicans retake control of the upper chamber next year, the Republican caucus that emerges from the midterms will undoubtedly move to the right as GOP candidates across the country vie to out-MAGA each other in their primaries.
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Georgia GOP hoping to return to the good ol' days of Jim Crow as they continue killing voter rights
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Georgia Republicans are back to their old tricks, doing everything in their power to take control back from Black voters and Democrats—including a repeat of suppressive Jim Crow-era voting practices, such as replacing Black election board members with whit
Peter Doocy tries to bring the War on Christmas into White House press briefing—it doesn’t go well
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Every once in a while we like to check in on the strange self-flagellation of Fox News’ coat hanger Peter Doocy. Doocy is their White House reporter and is tasked to take the GOP and ultra-right-wing talking points into the press briefings held by White Hou
Jan. 6 prosecutions get a boost from judge’s ruling that ‘obstructing Congress’ charges are OK
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The wheels of justice turn slowly enough as it is, and when it comes to complex cases like the Jan. 6 insurrectionist prosecutions, the pace can be positively glacial, especially because evidence is still being gathered—and arrests are still being made—ne
Texts show Fox hosts and Trump Jr. begging Mark Meadows to get Trump to stop the insurgency
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On Monday evening, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 released some of the text it had collected in which people were desperately trying to connect with former chief of staff Mark Meadows as the assault on the Capitol was underway. The texts included Republ
Morning Digest: New Mexico passes new House map intended to elect three Democrats
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Contempt charge recommended against Mark Meadows
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The committee investigating the January 6th insurrection voted unanimously to recommend a criminal contempt charge against Mark Meadows:
Mark Meadows, the last White House chief of staff for President Donald J. Trump, played a far more substantial rol
News Roundup: 800,000 American pandemic deaths; Manchin's 'blind trust' coal money not so blind
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In the news today: At least 800,000 Americans have now died of COVID-19, and topping the 1 million mark now looks almost certain. Sen. Joe Manchin has long hidden behind claims that his coal wealth was tucked away in a «blind trust»; it now seems
Activists call Biden’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy expansion a ‘betrayal’ to the Latinx community
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This story was originally published at Prism.
President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end former President Donald Trump’s harmful “Remain in Mexico” policy was officially broken on Monday when the program was reinstated after a federal court
Anti-mandate GOP state senator is missing, weeks after hospitalization for COVID-19
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On Friday night, a series of devastating tornadoes ripped through parts of six states, killing at least 79 Americans. Once again, COVID-19 shrugged and said, “Hold my beer” before hastily interjecting, “Oh, shit, don’t drink it! I’ve got COVID-
In one of President Joe Biden’s most disappointing moves, it’s been yet again confirmed that the Biden administration is not extending federal student loan relief during an ongoing global pandemic, as reported by Forbes. Per a White House press briefing,
'First hot meal they’d had': José Andrés' World Central Kitchen is in Kentucky to aid in recovery
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The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that as of Sunday evening, more than 50,000 residents in Kentucky were without power following a massive tornado that hit the state on Friday. Among the first responders now helping in recovery efforts
Here's what you need to know about the No Surprises Act—and why there's a lawsuit to stop it
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One of the more uniquely American nightmares is not only surviving a life-threatening illness, disease, or accident, but surviving only to wake up to an enormous medical bill. Sometimes these bills aren’t even the result of an unlikely freak accident, eithe
'Fraud Alert': Republicans tout major investments from American Rescue Plan no Republican voted for
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Republicans will never stop singing the praises of the legislative accomplishments of President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats with one caveat: They'll also never mention Democrats while taking credit for those accomplishments.
Not even right-wi
The shenanigans around Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star scheme continue
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Three retired judges who have been overseeing the cases of a number of migrants arrested under extremist Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star scheme were dismissed last week, The Texas Tribune reports. What did all three state-appointed judges h
This series documents stories from the Herman Cain Awards subreddit tracking the COVID-19 mis- and disinformation on Facebook that is leading to so many deaths. Today I’ll be taking snippets from here and there.
Trump official broke the law with attempt to silence government scientists during pandemic
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A Trump administration political appointee broke the law with a gag order banning Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff from talking to the media, the Office of Special Counsel concluded. That gag order came from Michael Caputo, HHS assista
Time magazine names Elon Musk ‘Person Of The Year,’ the internet says nope
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On Monday, TIME magazine offered up a preview of its upcoming “Person of the Year” issue. Since the Meredith Corporation took control of the magazine, the cover has been graced by capital-J Journalists—including the assassinated Jamal Kha
Herschel Walker’s rabid right-winger kid mocked over gas rant video while wearing $1,295 shirt
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If you’ve been fortunate enough to have missed the desperate and noxious Twitter and Instagram rants from Christian Walker, son of retired NFL player and Georgia Senate contender Herschel Walker, consider yourself very lucky.
Saturday, Walker sh
800,000 Americans have now died of COVID-19, and the 1 million mark is all but assured
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The count of Americans who have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic's beginning continues to be more muddled than one might expect, but NBC News reports that by their count, the nation has just topped 800,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths. The New York
Video shows Herschel Walker's son complain about gas prices under Biden wearing a $1,295 sweatshirt
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If you’ve been fortunate enough to have missed the desperate and noxious Twitter and Instagram rants from Christian Walker, son of retired NFL player and Georgia Senate contender Herschel Walker, consider yourself very lucky.
Saturday, Walker sh
South Dakota teachers scramble for dollar bills during halftime at hockey game
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How much more dystopian can modern life get here in the United States? This question feels more than a little dangerous, given that Republicans continue to show us that they seem to have no boundaries—they’re willing to attack vulnerable trans youth, argu
Sen. Manchin's 'blind trust' isn't blinding him to a most lucrative asset: His family coal company
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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia apparently doesn't like being reminded that he killed a $150 billion climate change provision in President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill that could have directly impacted his personal fortune.
The Washington Post r
Extremist governor Ron DeSantis targets asylum-seeking children in so-called 'emergency' order
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Florida’s extremist governor continues to endanger the safety of children in his state, last week issuing a so-called “emergency” rule blocking the license renewals of federally funded facilities where asylum-seeking children in Health and Hum
Republican hypocrisy on disaster relief is a guide for how we should hear anything they say
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The tornado that tore through Kentucky, leaving 64 dead and more than 100 missing, is a disaster that will require significant emergency aid. Federal emergency assistance is already on the way, but the needs of a state that saw whole areas virtually flat
Teachers scramble to shove dollar bills into clothing during hockey game in order to fund classrooms
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How much more dystopian can modern life get here in the United States? This question feels more than a little dangerous, given that Republicans continue to show us that they seem to have no boundaries—they’re willing to attack vulnerable trans youth, argu
Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are reliable votes against disaster aid. Except when Kentucky's in need
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The tornado that tore through Kentucky, leaving 64 dead and more than 100 missing, is a disaster that will require significant emergency aid. Federal emergency assistance is already on the way, but the needs of a state that saw whole areas virtually flat
'Using children as pawns': Ron DeSantis issues 'emergency rule' targeting asylum-seeking kids
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Florida’s extremist governor continues to endanger the safety of children in his state, last week issuing a so-called “emergency” rule blocking the license renewals of federally funded facilities where asylum-seeking children in Health and Hum
Good news! Biden’s new executive order to streamline Social Security, passports, more
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President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order Monday that will make several government agencies more efficient and easier for Americans to navigate. The new order fast-forwards the nation into the digital age by cutting the time and vexation of federa
Live: Trial continues for cop who claims she grabbed gun instead of Taser to shoot Daunte Wright
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The trial of a white former police officer accused of manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright began last week and pressed on Monday with testimony from the local medical examiner. Lorren Jackson, of Hennepin County, testified to what
Biden to sign order making Social Security, passports, Medicare, and disaster aid easier to navigate
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President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order Monday that will make several government agencies more efficient and easier for Americans to navigate. The new order fast-forwards the nation into the digital age by cutting the time and vexation of federa
National Guard's Jan. 6 role was to 'protect pro Trump people,' Mark Meadows said
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The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will vote on holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt on Monday, with a full House vote likely on Tuesday. The committee has receipts, which it described Sunday night in a 51-page
Jan. 6 select committee plans vote to hold former Trump chief of staff in contempt of Congress
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The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will vote on holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt on Monday, with a full House vote likely on Tuesday. The committee has receipts, which it described Sunday night in a 51-page
Morning Digest: Why did Maryland Democrats go soft on redistricting? Here's who's to blame
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Uncertainty about the pandemic is not blocking confidence in mitigation
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BBC on UK prospects:
Omicron study suggests major wave in January
The number of deaths from the variant by the end of April could range from 25,000 to 75,000 depending on how well vaccines perform, they said.
But the experts behind the study said th
News Roundup: California to challenge Supreme Court absurdity; press yawns at new coup evidence
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In the news today: Responding to the transparent absurdity of the Supreme Court's stance on the Texas «bounty hunter»-premised state ban on abortions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he's calling the court's bluff, pushing for a similar bou
Joan McCarter on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: We cannot be complacent about American democracy
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Daily Kos senior political writer Joan McCarter joined Michelangelo Signorile on his show earlier this week, where they discussed why democracy in America is increasingly at risk—especially as we head toward 2024—and what’s happ
Kerry Eleveld on the Michelangelo Signorile Show: Repeal of Roe would be «like a bomb dropping»
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This week, Daily Kos senior political writer Kerry Eleveld joined Michelangelo Signorile on his show to talk about the fate of Roe v. Wade, the future of Georgia, and what Democrats can do after they pass President Biden’s Build Bac
Tucker Carlson declares war on the homeless over a tree
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Arson is bad. Arson is something no one wants in their community. I don’t wish it on anyone, and it should be handled accordingly. I also believe that homelessness is bad. Our refusal to really address the mental health issues faced by the unhoused matters.
