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HuffPostMajor Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate
Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods prominently backed Sinema, but he says she now needs to support getting rid of the filibuster.
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Internal DCCC Email Suggests Democratic Candidates Talk Less About Trump
In an email accidentally sent to reporters, a staffer wondered whether highlighting Trump's impeachment would backfire on Democrats and turn out the GOP base.
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Suggests Jan. 6 Riot Wasn't As Bad As Portrayed
Johnson turned blame for the insurrection away from Donald Trump, went after Anthony Fauci and suggested Black activists need to read more MLK speeches.
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Rep. Greg Pence Praises Brother's 'Heroism' After Vote Against Capitol Riot Commission
The congressman opposed investigating the Jan. 6 attack, even though his brother, former Vice President Mike Pence, was targeted.
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Mike Pence's Own Brother Opposes The Capitol Riot Commission
Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.) is against an independent panel to investigate the incident, where a mob was advocating hanging his brother.
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Can You Tell The Difference Between The Jan. 6 Riot And A Normal Day On Capitol Hill?
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) can't.
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Looking Back On 20 Years At War In Afghanistan
Veterans reflect on the mission that America ignored — and that many of them are still paying for.
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GOP Pushes Conspiracy Theory That Kamala Harris, Not Joe Biden, Runs The White House
Right-wing media figures have tried to suggest that the president is senile and Harris is the person actually pulling the strings.
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Liz Cheney Helped Create Donald Trump's GOP
The Wyoming representative is now standing up to the president's lies, but from flirting with birthers to pushing anti-Muslim rhetoric, she long stood with him.
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CNN Advertisers Silent On Rick Santorum's Racist Comments About Native Americans
Does anybody care about sharing airtime with a guy who said "nothing" existed in America before white colonizers arrived?
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Josh Hawley Claims Media Trying To Silence Him — During Event Hosted By Media Outlet
Someone who gets 30 minutes to promote their book in a live chat with The Washington Post is not being silenced or canceled.
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GOP Politicians Won’t Delete Tweets About Debunked Kamala Harris Story
Republicans delighted in a New York Post story claiming the vice president was profiting off of migrant kids at the border. But the piece was totally false.
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HUD Revokes Trump Rule Allowing Transgender Discrimination In Homeless Shelters
The Biden administration has withdrawn the proposed rule, which would have allowed single-sex shelters to turn away transgender people.
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George W. Bush Is Now Deeply Concerned About The Spread Of 'Untruths'
The president whose lies pushed the country into the Iraq War attempts to join the "reality-based community."
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Republicans Quietly Push 'Conversion Therapy' Bills In Anti-LGBTQ Fight
Many state legislatures are considering measures that would target transgender youth — and protect so-called conversion therapy.
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Jay Carney, Biden's Former Spokesman, Now Battling Unions As Amazon's Top PR Guy
The awkwardness shows how much the political grounds have shifted when it comes to the world's largest online retailer.
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Biden Team Launches Major Public Education Campaign Around COVID-19 Vaccinations
The centerpiece will be the COVID-19 Community Corps, a grassroots network of community leaders encouraging vaccination.
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Joe Biden Backs Moving MLB All-Star Game Out Of Georgia Over Voting Law
The president told ESPN he would support the athletes if they pushed to have the baseball game relocated.
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GOP Congressman 'Happy' To Tout COVID-19 Stimulus Funds That He Voted Against
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, like every other Republican in Congress, opposed the American Rescue Plan.
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The Challenges Of Refusing To Deport Children
President Joe Biden is committed to implementing a more humane system than his predecessor. But the logistics have proven daunting.