Tim Ryan has finally found a reason to yell. After listening to Republicans take aim at legislation that would help organized labor, the Ohio Democrat let them know on Tuesday that he’s had about enough of the party’s preoccupation with stoking inane culture wars while American workers are still suffering …
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Lawyers for both sides reached an agreement in Donald Trump‘s second impeachment trial not to call witnesses hours after the Senate had voted in favor of allowing them. The unexpected 55-45 vote to allow witnesses, which included five Republicans, was prompted when more details emerged about a January 6th call …
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Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have opened a criminal investigation into Trump’s January phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the New York Times first reported on Wednesday. During the call, the former president can be heard pressuring state officials to “find” enough votes to help him overturn …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is calling for a strong response to the attack on the Capitol that President Trump fueled. She wants Congress to act to remove Trump from office, bar him from holding federal office again, and block him from pardoning himself. She has also said Sens. Ted Cruz …
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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said House and Senate leaders have reached an agreement on a long-awaited Covid-19 relief bill. On Sunday evening, just hours ahead of a government shutdown deadline, McConnell made the announcement about the more than $900 billion deal on the Senate floor, finally telling the …
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The government’s top public health experts issued dire warnings to the American public in appearances on Sunday news shows as the country stands on the precipice of what may be one of its deadliest winters. Around the country, hospitalizations are at an all-time high. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump refuses to …
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Fox continued its internal battle with the truth on Thursday as they aired a Rudy Giuliani presser with the full knowledge that he would continue to lie about election fraud to anyone that will listen. But less than an hour after giving Trump’s lawyer a major platform to spread misinformation …
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Democratic Senate candidates may have underperformed in last week’s elections, but Republicans haven’t secured control of the chamber just yet. As it stands now, Republicans hold a 53-47-seat majority in the Senate. In the 2020 races that have already been called, Democrats netted a gain of one seat, which brings …
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In the latest socially distanced episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper analyze the Jeffrey Toobin story and come up with a few ways to pitch Joe Biden to undecided voters. They also discuss the Hunter Biden story from a few angles: the media coverage, …
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Freshly returned from Walter Reed hospital, President Trump ordered a halt to ongoing negotiations over another Covid-19 relief package. Instead, he directed Republican Senators to focus exclusively on confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court before Election Day. “I have asked Mitch McConnell not to delay, but to …
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