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Leading Off
● MT-Sen: Republican Ryan Zinke was widely expected to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in 2018, but Trump threw a huge wrench in Team Red's plans when he picked the congressman to lead the Department of the Interior in December....
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Fri Jun 02, 2017 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Bernie stepped up to lead the response to Hillary’s then-impending glide path to the nomination,
after the following people (and every other leading Progressive voice) chose not to run (each with goo
by emorej a Hong Kong
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on Mon Feb 29, 2016 at 07:48 PM PST
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Our ongoing project to calculate statewide election results according to congressional and legislative districts returns to Colorado for a look at the 2014 elections. This new data set joins our ...
by Jeff Singer
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on Tue Jan 19, 2016 at 11:43 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Tammy Duckworth's (D. IL) U.S. Senate campaign and I had to pass this along:
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Jul 31, 2015 at 11:46 AM PDT
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Ohio State Senate by current membership (map ...
by Jeff Singer
17 comments
on Wed Dec 17, 2014 at 05:00 AM PST
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On Thursday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will debate and vote on an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against ISIS. The committee will likely consider AUMF provisions ...
by Robert Naiman
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on Wed Dec 10, 2014 at 04:00 PM PST
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Senator Mark Udall blasted the CIA for lying in a speech Wednesday, probably his last in the Senate.
In what will probably be his last Senate speech, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall blasted the Central ...
by Meteor Blades
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on Wed Dec 10, 2014 at 09:59 AM PST
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"Time Is Running Out on the CIA Torture Report," the National Journal reports :
Backroom negotiations over the release of a long-delayed Senate report on the George W. Bush administration's use of ...
by Robert Naiman
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on Tue Nov 25, 2014 at 11:23 AM PST
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Sen. Mark Udall
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough met with Senate Democrats Thursday to provide a briefing on President Obama's immigration plans. But once the ...
by Joan McCarter
188 comments
on Fri Nov 21, 2014 at 09:18 AM PST
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On Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested that there was ...
by Joan McCarter
38 comments
on Thu Nov 20, 2014 at 09:15 AM PST
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One of the few issues that Mark Udall was proud of during his one-term as a Blue Dog, Fiscal Conservative Senator was his principled stand against the CIA's use of torture and the NSA's vast spy ...
by Zappatero
4 comments
on Thu Nov 20, 2014 at 07:23 AM PST
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As reported by Dan Froomkin in the Intercept :
Soon-to-be ex-Senator Mark Udall is being urged to follow Mike Gravel's Pentagon Papers example, by using the
absolute free-speech right for members ...
by emorej a Hong Kong
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on Sun Nov 16, 2014 at 10:56 AM PST
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There’s a rough consensus about why Democrats were pulverized in the midterm elections: losing Democratic candidates didn’t have a succinct positive message. To understand this problem, it’s ...
by bobburnett
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on Fri Nov 14, 2014 at 06:06 AM PST
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The 2014 campaign brought us more than its share of ads. Most are quite forgettable, but plenty were notable in one way or another. Some managed to present an interesting and compelling case for ...
by Jeff Singer
45 comments
on Sun Nov 16, 2014 at 09:29 AM PST
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I am a big fan of the show Survivor. I have watched it since it's beginning. I have always found it an interesting study of the psychology of team building and success. Step over the orange roughie ...
by Dovie
30 comments
on Fri Nov 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM PST
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by Egberto Willies
24 comments
on Sat Nov 08, 2014 at 12:23 AM PST
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I meant to write this diary a couple of weeks ago, but my personal life has been crazy (in a good way) and my spare time has been spent working on Udall's campaign. I want to share a specific story ...
by RichM
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on Wed Nov 05, 2014 at 09:03 AM PST
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by poopdogcomedy
5 comments
on Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 11:38 AM PST
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Here's another example of Tea Party Rep. Cory Gardner's (R. CO) extremism:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/03/3587914/cory-gardner-radical-environmentalists/
by poopdogcomedy
4 comments
on Mon Nov 03, 2014 at 05:24 PM PST
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Democratic Sen. Mark ...
by Jeff Singer
68 comments
on Tue Nov 04, 2014 at 05:00 AM PST
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