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Yet Another Russia Meeting from the Campaign
Steven L. Taylor · 6 CommentsAdd another example of an undisclosed Russia-linked meeting and Team Trump.
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A Solid June Jobs Report Signals Bounce Back From Slump In May
Doug Mataconis · 25 CommentsThe June Jobs Report was significantly better than what we saw in May but on the whole not different from what we’ve seen for the last three years or so.
Democrats Battling Over Party’s Future
Doug Mataconis · 122 CommentsAfter seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.
GOP Senators Facing Health Care Blowback At Home
Doug Mataconis · 40 CommentsSenate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.
North Korea Launches Another Ballistic Missile Test
More provocation from Pyongyang.
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Anthony Kennedy Drops A Big Hint About Potential Retirement in 2018
Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.
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States Resist Giving Data To Trump’s ‘Voter Integrity’ Commission
More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
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Progress towards Peace in Colombia
The FARC have disarmed. Now to the hard part.
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Republican Health Care Chaos
The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.
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Sarah Palin Sues The New York Times For Defamation
Sarah Palin has filed a defamation suit against The New York Times alleging defamation in an Editorial linking her to the January 2011 shooting of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. From the facts alleged, she appears to have a good case.
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It’s Part of the Job…
Being a public servant, especially serving as President or in the White House in general, means you are going to be criticized, lampooned, ridiculed, and even “attacked.”
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Supreme Court Reaffirms Obergefell, Orders Gay Couples Be Treated Equally On Birth Certificates
On the second anniversary of its decision in Obergefell, the Supreme Court struck another blow in favor of LGBT rights.
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Another Deplorable Trump Twitter Tirade
Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.
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Federal Government Ends Effort To Strip Redskins Of Their Trademarks
In light of a recent Supreme Court decision, the Federal Government is ending its defense of an effort to revoke the trademarks of the Washington Redskins.
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Rex Tillerson Clashing With White House Over Personnel And Other Issues
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is apparently chafing under a White House that isn’t letting him do his job.
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Trump’s Job Approval Numbers Are Historically Bad And Only Likely To Get Worse
Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.
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Supreme Court Accepts New Jersey’s Challenge To Federal Law Barring Sports Betting
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.
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Most Americans Oppose The Senate’s Obamacare Replacement Bill
The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.
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Trump Golf Courses Displaying Fake Time Magazine Cover Featuring Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.
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Senate GOP Delays Vote On Health Care Reform
A big setback for Republican efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.
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Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of Baker Who Refused To Bake Cake For Same-Sex Wedding
The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a Colorado baker in a case that will determine if claims of religious liberty and free expression outweigh the application of generally applicable laws against discrimination.
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CBO Score Casts Even More Doubt On Senate Health Care Reform Bill
Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.
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Supreme Court Declines To Accept Yet Another Second Amendment Case
The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Bar On Secular Aid To Church-Run Schools
The Supreme Court ruled today that states may not exclude church-run schools from an aid program with a wholly secular purpose.
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Supreme Court Partly Upholds, Partly Lifts, Stay On Muslim Travel Ban
In a decision that hands a victory to both sides, the Supreme Court has partly upheld, and partly lifted, the stay on President Trump’s Executive Order that banned travel from six majority-Muslim nations.
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Senate GOP Health Care Bill Faces Crucial Week, And Many Doubts
The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.
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The 140 Character POTUS
Twitter is, in some way, the most vacuous and simplistic of all social media, and it also appears to be the President’s main intellectual outlet.
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