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While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to present the actual bill, he's started the legislative process and is ready to bring it to the floor by the end of June—without hearings, without public scrutiny, and without any...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 12:38 PM PDT
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Warriors, come out and play:
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling for President Trump to testify before congressional investigators about his interactions with fired FBI Director James Comey, after the former top cop testified before a Senate...
by poopdogcomedy
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 11:56 AM PDT
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So I guess Senator McCain has read the first reviews of his performance today such as these comments from his Facebook Page:
“There is a difference between the email investigation the Russian investigation you twit. Time to hang em up old fella”—...
by bitches4Hillary
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 11:57 AM PDT
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House Speaker Paul Ryan demonstrated two things Thursday: popular vote loser Donald Trump is not fit to be president, and Ryan is not fit for his own job. While fired FBI Director James Comey was delivering his blistering testimony regarding the...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 11:01 AM PDT
with 74 Recommends
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I know the Comey hearing is the dominate story but I wanted to take a moment and highlight this:
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, the "country’s most prominent pro-life Democrat," wants his constituents to know why that distinction doesn't bar...
by poopdogcomedy
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 10:47 AM PDT
with 4 Recommends
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This morning’s hearing was hyped so much that many (including me) worried that not only would it not live up to expectations but would fall flat. From the beginning it was compelling and remained so pretty much throughout. Even those Senators...
by dsnottselliott
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 10:13 AM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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Listening to the testimony and stunned by McCain’s rambling questions. It’s unfair that Hilary’s campaign isn’t also under investigation for collusion? When all the intelligence indicates the hack was done to defeat her? Somehow her campaign...
by LDubLegal
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 09:46 AM PDT
with 185 Recommends
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) just pulled Vice President Mike Pence into the heart of the Russia investigation, asking former FBI Director James Comey whether Pence was aware of the concerns about Mike Flynn's Russia connections both prior to and during his...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 08:38 AM PDT
with 88 Recommends
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) asked former FBI Director James Comey how he perceived popular vote loser Donald Trump’s “request about Mike Flynn,” whether he “perceived it as an order, given the setting, the position and some of the circumstances,” Comey was...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 08:14 AM PDT
with 85 Recommends
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James Comey just dropped another mysterious bombshell in the Senate Intelligence hearing into his firing as FBI director by popular vote loser Donald Trump—he confirmed the veracity of the infamous "Steele dossier" by telling Chairman Richard Burr he...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 07:44 AM PDT
with 155 Recommends
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Unless you live in New England, you may not be aware that a generation ago Vermont was a staunchly Republican State. Even today, exurban Vermonters tend to vote Republican, a legacy extending back to the Civil War where Vermont lost many citizen...
by Greg form Vermont
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 05:46 AM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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Unfortunately, convicting Trump in the court of public opinion won't get him out of the White House, but he is now under criminal investigation, regardless … Leaking to the NYTimes, oh that Comey...
"It's fair to say a storm is coming," one...
by annieli
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 09:50 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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Feel the Bern!
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tore into one of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Wednesday for saying that Islam is “a deficient theology” and that Muslims “stand condemned” for rejecting Jesus Christ.
Sanders went after...
by poopdogcomedy
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 10:39 PM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World in support of U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D. NM) & Jon Tester’s (D. MT) re-election campaigns:
The attacks have already begun.
Council-endorsed Senators Martin Heinrich...
by poopdogcomedy
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 08:12 PM PDT
with 5 Recommends
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On today's BradCast, it's great to be back live at our flagship Los Angeles affiliate station, KPFK on the Pacifica Radio Network in Los Angeles after their recent fund drive. So we throw open the phones to listeners in celebration after several...
by TheBradBlog
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 06:03 PM PDT
with 0 Recommends
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by brooklynpaul
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 05:17 PM PDT
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Here’s another big fight to get ready for:
President Donald Trump threw his weight behind a proposal to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system on Monday, and a White House adviser called the multibillion dollar effort “low-hanging...
by poopdogcomedy
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 05:06 PM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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This was just incredible:
A Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday morning devolved into a heated back and forth between Democratic senators and the leaders of the NSA, FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence, after those...
by poopdogcomedy
on Wed Jun 07, 2017 at 03:16 PM PDT
with 22 Recommends
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Campaign Action
"Moderate" Republicans being what they are—Republicans—are going to be pretty easily bought off when it comes to Trumpcare. A handful of them—including the two in this story—have been making a lot of noise about protecting the...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 06:42 AM PDT
with 56 Recommends
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Campaign Action
Let's count the people that the House Trumpcare bill, which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is fast-tracking in the Senate with some changes, will screw. There's the disabled, the children, and even the people with employer-provided...
by Joan McCarter
on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 06:42 AM PDT
with 76 Recommends
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