How in the world does a narcissistic wannabe authoritarian get away with inciting his followers to attack the seat of his own government? The answer to that question is first and foremost that well over 80 percent of Republican Senators will stand behind Donald Trump no matter what. Forget about …
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WASHINGTON — The screams of D.C. Police Officer Daniel Hodges as the MAGA mob nearly crushed the life out of him. The soundless security footage of Officer Eugene Goodman sprinting through the halls of the Capitol and pointing Senator Mitt Romney to safety. The sight of an angry mob member …
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On Monday, President Biden met with 10 supposedly moderate Republicans in the Oval Office to discuss their scaled-down $618 billion Covid-relief proposal. Even though the economy is still reeling from the pandemic and tens of millions of Americans are struggling to feed their families and put a roof over their …
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While most political pundits are expressing doubt that enough Senate Republicans will grow a spine to convict the president in the coming impeachment trial, one influential GOP strategist, Karl Rove, says if Trump uses Rudy Giuliani to lead his defense, the likelihood of a conviction only rises. When asked on …
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It didn’t take long after the MAGA-hat-wearing, Confederate-flag toting rioters were shooed out of the Senate Chamber for their suit-wearing counterparts with congressional pins to take their place and resume the conspiracy-fueled push to overthrow American democracy. When Congress reconvened a little after 8 p.m., eight Republican senators held strong …
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White House staffers have finally found the line they won’t cross when it comes to supporting President Trump. That line is helping ordinary Americans. The Washington Post‘s Jeff Stein reported that Trump told allies on a Thursday call that he wanted Covid-19 relief checks to be “at least” $1,200-2,000 per …
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One more nail is in the coffin of President Trump’s 2020 campaign. The Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the results of the presidential election in four states Biden won: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In an unsigned order, the court rejected the case brought by …
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This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Americans won’t be getting a Green New Deal as a late Christmas present, or even a carbon tax. Barring a Democratic sweep of a Senate runoff election in Georgia, Republicans will hold on …
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Randy Quaid has traveled a long, strange road since his beloved supporting turns in films like Christmas Vacation, Independence Day, and Kingpin. Somewhere along the line between then and now, it’s hard to tell exactly where, something, well … changed. In 2010, he and his wife fled to Canada to …
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According to Fox’s Geraldo Rivera, the 252,000 in America who have died from Covid-19 while the president mishandled the pandemic should be ignored, and instead, Trump should be celebrated by naming the coming virus vaccines: “The Trump.” Rivera’s devoted cult member-like notion came during a segment on the Trump uber-propaganda …
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