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Received this e-mail today from VoteVets:
Last week VoteVets launched a $500,000 ad buy targeting Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey in his re-election campaign.
We did it because Pat Toomey stood with extremists who held veterans' health care...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 26, 2016 at 07:31 AM PDT
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YES!!!
During a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-A) went after Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), who is engaged in a tough re-election fight against Democratic challenger Deborah...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 26, 2016 at 07:20 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee:
BREAKING POLITICO ALERT, 8:41PM: Panicking GOP makes major last-minute Senate investment
Politico just broke news that "Republicans, on the verge of losing the Senate,...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Oct 25, 2016 at 11:44 PM PDT
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I find it laughable that some people — I suppose among former supporters of Senator Sanders — have involved themselves in a sort of political cleansing as to who is a liberal. In fact, although he ran and governed as a moderate centrist, it was...
by jesuie
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on Tue Oct 25, 2016 at 07:41 PM PDT
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More great news out Nevada today:
Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto has taken a narrow lead in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race against Republican Rep. Joe Heck, according to a new KTNV-TV 13 Action News/Rasmussen Reports poll.
Cortez Masto leads Heck...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Oct 25, 2016 at 10:02 AM PDT
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http://thehill.com/blogs/
Trump, is showing no sign he'll tone down his attacks. Cataloguing all of Trump's insults over the years would be a herculean task. The real estate mogul and reality TV star has never pulled his punches, with many long...
by thinkingblue
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on Tue Oct 25, 2016 at 09:10 AM PDT
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Some very encouraging news today:
Cook Political Report's Senate analyst Jennifer Duffy wrote that it looks like Republicans have finally reached the point where they can no longer simply run their own races. They are being drowned out by their...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Oct 25, 2016 at 08:51 AM PDT
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The stupid, it hurts:
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Monday said he doesn’t think people should worry about finding solutions to climate change ― because historically, “civilization thrives” in warmer temperatures.
“Climate has already changed,...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Oct 24, 2016 at 02:44 PM PDT
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I was out for my brother’s wedding but I’m back now. Here’s the latest news out of North Carolina courtesy of PPP:
There's little that's better for a Governor's approval ratings than a Hurricane that voters perceive them to have handled well....
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Oct 24, 2016 at 01:41 PM PDT
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Much as they did with another unhinged clown who broadcasts moronic “theories” to the gullible masses, it seems that by and large, the mainstream media finds Alex Jones simply too ridiculous to take seriously.
As it was with Trump, this is a...
by antediluvian
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on Mon Oct 24, 2016 at 04:50 PM PDT
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So, it was about 13 months ago that the tea party wing of the House gave John Boehner an ultimatum:
Either resign the Speakership or we’ll file a motion to vacate the chair.
This morning, writing at Forbes, Stan Collender opines that Paul Ryan...
by Richard Cranium
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on Sun Oct 23, 2016 at 09:01 AM PDT
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I’ve long tracked the split of the GOP into its three warring factions—establishment, religious right, and Tea Party. It is the split that gifted us Donald Trump, and it’s the split that will continue giving headaches to Republicans for years to come,...
by kos
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on Thu Oct 20, 2016 at 08:46 AM PDT
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Latest news out of West Virginia courtesy of the latest MetroNews Poll:
Democratic Candidate Jim Justice leads Republican Candidate Bill Cole by an 11-point margin in the race for Governor of the state. The MetroNews West Virginia poll of 408...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 09:49 PM PDT
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The latest news out of Vermont:
Results from the first head-to-head poll of the 2016 race for governor have arrived. And the VPR Poll, conducted by the Castleton Polling Institute, shows Republican Phil Scott and Democrat Sue Minter locked in a...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 09:22 PM PDT
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More good news today out of Indiana:
A new poll shows John Gregg, the Democratic candidate for governor, leading in the race over Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb, but not by as wide of a margin as in another survey conducted this month.
Gregg is ahead of...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 08:49 PM PDT
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Latest news out of New Hampshire, Missouri and Pennsylvania courtesy of Emerson College’s last poll:
Four new polls by Emerson College show Hillary Clinton increasing her favorability and her support in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Missouri...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 08:25 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign:
Donald Trump's collapse is making a Democratic Senate majority possible, which is extremely bad news...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 02:23 PM PDT
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More good news out of Wisconsin:
A poll of Wisconsin voters conducted for End Citizens United by PPP shows Russ Feingold with a six-point lead over Ron Johnson in the race for U.S. Senate. Feingold leads with 47 percent to Johnson’s 41 percent.
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by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 02:12 PM PDT
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More good news today out of Wisconsin courtesy of Monmouth’s latest poll:
In the state's U.S. Senate election, Democrat Russ Feingold holds a sizable 52% to 44% lead over incumbent Ron Johnson, with 2% supporting Libertarian Phil Anderson. This...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 12:36 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from comedian Sarah Silverman in support of Russ Feingold’s (D. WI) U.S. Senate campaign:
Hi Angels! It's your friend, Sarah Silverman.
Lemme tell you a couple truths:
Russ Feingold is one of the very few totally...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 19, 2016 at 05:28 AM PDT
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