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2014 Donald Trump Landed a Sick Burn on 2017 Donald Trump
Update, May 4, 2017: This is relevant AGAIN because today, May 4, is also a Thursday and the GOP is again supposed to vote for the American Health Care Act. FAST FACTS ABOUT TODAY, MARCH 23, 2017: 1) Congressional Republicans are supposed to vote on the American Health Care Act…
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President Obama Just Surprised Joe Biden With the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama just awarded Vice-President Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Though he knew Obama was going to honor him, Biden apparently didn't know he was going to receive the nation's highest civilian honor. You can watch the whole event here:
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Donald Trump Will Make His Son-In-Law A Senior White House Advisor, Which May Be Illegal
In November, Kevin Drum warned that liberals needed to start paying more attention to Jared Kushner . Looks like he was right: BREAKING: Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will be named Senior Advisor to the President, per senior transition official. @NBCNews — Peter Alexander…
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White Nationalist Leader Doubles Down on Support for Donald Trump
Last May, William Johnson stepped down as a delegate for Donald Trump to the GOP national convention after Mother Jones revealed him to be the leader of the white nationalist American Freedom Party. Reluctant to draw negative attention to Trump, Johnson has largely receded from…
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Michelle Obama Just Gave A Speech In Virginia and Hit Donald Trump Hard
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One Perfect Tweet That Shows How Ridiculous Fox News' Latest Scandal Is
Roger Ailes used to be the head of Fox News but left after it was revealed that he was subjecting countless female employees to sexual harassment. The thing that got the whole thing moving was a lawsuit from former Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson. When Ailes officially left…
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Senate Democrats Just Began A Filibuster To Demand New Gun Laws
There is something dramatic happening at the US Senate, per Politico . Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) launched a talking filibuster on the Senate floor — which was quickly joined by fellow Democrats — in an effort to pressure Republicans to accept legislation that would deny…
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Elizabeth Warren Just Endorsed Hillary Clinton
In an interview with the Boston Globe this evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren formally endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton: “I’m ready,” said Warren in an interview with The Globe Thursday evening. “I’m ready to jump in this fight and make sure that…
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Donald Trump Selected a White Nationalist as a Delegate in California. Here's His Campaign's Reponse.
Mother Jones ' Josh Harkinson reported earlier today that the Trump campaign selected white nationalist leader William Johnson as a delegate in California . Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks just issued this statement about it to the Washington Post : Yesterday the Trump…
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We Thought We Could Not Be Shocked by Donald Trump. Then He Tweeted This.
Today is Cinco de Mayo, and here's what presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump tweeted to celebrate the occasion: Happy #CincoDeMayo ! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI — Donald J. Trump…
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Here's How Unprecedented Carly Fiorina's Nomination Would Be
Ted Cruz may be mathematically eliminated from clinching the Republican presidential nomination before the convention, but that didn't stop the Texas senator from announcing a running mate on Wednesday: Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Fiorina, who dropped out…
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Bernie Sanders Is Laying Off Hundreds of Campaign Staffers
A day after losing to Hillary Clinton in four of five primaries in the Northeast, Bernie Sanders announced his campaign will soon start laying off "hundreds" of its staff members, the New York Times reports. "We have had a very large staff, which was designed to deal with 50…
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Ted Cruz Will Announce Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate, According to Reports
In an announcement scheduled for later this afternoon, Sen. Ted Cruz will name former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate if he secures the Republican nomination, multiple outlets are reporting. This is a breaking news post. We will update with more as…
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This Guy Had the Worst Idea for How to Spend $13 Million
State Sen. Jamie Raskin won Tuesday's Democratic primary in Maryland's eighth congressional district. But the bigger story is who lost—that would be David Trone, a wine retailer who spent $12.7 million of his own money in the hopes of winning the seat. Trone, running in a…
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Donald Trump Celebrates Five-State Sweep: "I Consider Myself the Presumptive Nominee"
Donald Trump dominated all five states in Tuesday's East Coast Republican primaries, a sweep that brought him at least 105 delegates and pushes him further along his path to securing the Republican presidential nomination and avoid a contested convention. The Republican…
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Kansas Becomes the Latest State to Freak Out Over Syrian Refugees
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced on Tuesday that Kansas is withdrawing from the federal government's refugee resettlement program over concerns that Syrian refugees could be security threats. "Because the federal government has failed to provide adequate assurances regarding…
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Congressional Republicans Found the Most Useless Way to Combat Race and Sex Discrimination
Republicans in Congress are trying to end race and sex discrimination—in the womb. The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) would ban abortion on the basis of the race or sex of the fetus. Republicans say the measure is necessary to protect the civil rights of African…
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Ted Cruz Launches Anti-Transgender Attack: It's Like Donald Trump Dressing Up as Hillary Clinton
Sen. Ted Cruz has dived into the controversy surrounding the growing number of anti-transgender bills popping up around the country, arguing that in the absence of such ordinances people are vulnerable to sexual "predators." "There is no greater evil than predators," Cruz said…
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The John Kasich-Ted Cruz Alliance Is Already Unraveling
On Sunday night, it finally happened. Just before 11 p.m., the campaigns of Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz released matching statements promising to work together to stop Donald Trump from clinching the Republican nomination before the convention. The agreement…
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A Frame-by-Frame Analysis of the Worst Campaign Ad of 2016
Mike Pape is a Republican running for Congress in Kentucky's first district. On Wednesday, he released the worst ad of the 2016 campaign. For similar reasons, it might also be the best ad of the 2016 campaign. Pape's prospective district gave a combined 75 percent of the vote to…