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Courtesy of Donald J. Trump, as of Saturday morning at 12:01 a.m. we have a government shutdown due to lack of funding. You might think the first job of any government is to keep the government operating, but apparently that’s not the case. There...
by bmethven
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on Sat Jan 20, 2018 at 05:50 PM PST
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Headlines this morning seem to all be questioning how a party that controls both houses of Congress and the executive branch could not avert a government shutdown. There is much talk about legislative incompetence. Trump is being labeled an ineffective...
by dailynooze
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on Sat Jan 20, 2018 at 09:33 AM PST
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Every Democratic Caucus member, which includes every Democrat plus Independents Bernie Sanders and Angus King, signed on to co-sponsor Sen. Dick Durbin’s bill, S.2328 - A bill making continuing appropriations for military pay and death benefits in the...
by The Lipsticked Pig
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on Sat Jan 20, 2018 at 07:55 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:
The defining characteristic of Trump's first year in office has been chaos and dysfunction.
He's lied to the American people over and over again. He...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sat Jan 20, 2018 at 07:40 AM PST
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Guest: Barbara Arnwine of the new Nat'l Commission for Voter Justice...
On today's BradCast, we're still fighting for the right to vote and to have that vote counted, 60 years after MLK's "Give Us the Ballot" speech, 50 years after the passage of...
by TheBradBlog
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 06:52 PM PST
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After a long day of essentially no forward progress, we are two hours away from a government shutdown and nobody seems to in charge. Particularly not this guy, who bigfooted his way in about half an hour before the supposedly scheduled vote on the...
by Joan McCarter
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 07:12 PM PST
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Jacky Rosen’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign:
Hi – we can’t believe we’re saying this, but Dean Heller is right. In an interview with NBC News last year, he said: "There will be no excuses and nobody...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 05:20 PM PST
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It is unusual for a sitting United States senator to publicize their intent speak about a member of their own party in a less than flattering manner, but these are unusual times with an unusually ...
by Rmuse
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on Sat Jan 20, 2018 at 09:00 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) in support of U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s (D. IN) re-election campaign:
Last year, I had the privilege of traveling to Indiana with my good friend and colleague...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 01:58 PM PST
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine’s (D. VA) re-election campaign:
It's been nearly a week since we last emailed you about our offshore drilling concerns, and we have nothing to report.
That's right, we've gotten...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 08:50 AM PST
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Republicans—with the help of complicit media—intent on blaming Democrats for GOP government shutdown Please stop, Washington Post. "House approves bill to keep government open as Senate Democrats take heat for threatening to block it"? From whom, exactly, are Senate Democrats taking heat? Polling shows voters will blame Republicans for a shutdown, as...
by Laura Clawson
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 05:48 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Jacky Rosen’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign:
Nevadans and millions of Americans in states across the country have voted to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana. The jobs created, millions of dollars in...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 07:44 PM PST
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Plus: Our own 'Fake News' awards! And 2017 breaks heat records...
On today's BradCast, Republicans have returned to form, via government by hostage taking. Vote our way or the kids get it it! [Audio link to show follows below.]
The chaos in...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 05:49 PM PST
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Received this e-mail today from Gisele Fetterman on behalf of her husband, Braddock Mayor John Fetterman’s (D. PA) Lt. Governor campaign:
If you've ever wondered if you know a DREAMer, you do. I am a DREAMer.
By the time I was eight, the fear...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 03:06 PM PST
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We'll get the facts out of the way first. The Republicans, who control Congress, the Senate, and the White House with varying degrees of ineptitude, cannot agree on anything. Unless it has to do with the military or tax giveaways to their donors,...
by Sarkazein
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 01:52 PM PST
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‘The system is broken!’ Jorge Garcia and his family speak out about Trump's devastating ICE policies “We tried to fix his status, and the system failed us. It’s a broken immigration system, and it needs to be fixed.”
Cindy Garcia is not taking Monday’s deportation of her husband, Jorge, sitting down. The Garcias, along with their daughter Soleil...
by JessicaSutherland
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on Fri Jan 19, 2018 at 07:37 AM PST
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PA-Sen: Sen. Ed Markey (D. MA) Helps Fellow net Neutrality Champ Bob Casey (D) Get Ready For Victory Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D. MA) in support of U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr.’s (D. PA) re-election campaign:
I wanted to talk to you today about my friend and colleague, Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania.
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by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 02:28 PM PST
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This is a genuine news lede in America today. Don Blankenship, who got out of prison last year after his violations of federal mine safety standards killed 29 West Virginia coal miners, is running for the Senate. As, of course, a Republican.
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by Hunter
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on Thu Jan 18, 2018 at 11:25 AM PST
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BOOM!
Monday evening, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared a pro-border wall opinion piece on Twitter and this comment: "Ask El Paso, Texas (now one of America's safest cities) across the border from Juarez, Mexico...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jan 17, 2018 at 11:57 PM PST
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D. NV) in support of Reps. Jacky Rosen (D. NV) and Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaigns:
We're just days away from the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jan 17, 2018 at 11:34 PM PST
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Time to rebrand that shithole in Florida to better reflect its occupant and his activities
