Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of only seven Republican senators who voted to impeach the former president, is not backing down, even after his state’s Republican party voted to censure him following the impeachment trial. The state’s party unanimous censure vote came shortly after Trump was acquitted on Saturday. “The …
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WASHINGTON — It was a ritual of the modern Republican Party. House and Senate hopefuls locked in a tough reelection fight, outside consultants who wanted to refill their campaign coffers, presidential wannabes who dreamt of being the next commander-in-chief — they all made the pilgrimage to Las Vegas, and specifically …
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A number of Republican congressional elected officials announced their intent to vote against certifying the results of the Electoral College on January 6th. While this will not change the results of the election, it will lengthen the process of certifying them. The group of Republicans who released a joint statement …
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While street parties sprung up across the nation in celebration of the presidential election being called in favor of Joe Biden on Saturday, Trump supporters are mostly hanging on to the president’s false claims that he was robbed. Using similar false arguments as Trump and his surrogates, the president’s distraught …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by investigative journalist David Sirota. For the “Republicans Suck” segment, Matt and Katie cover every angle of the story on everyone’s mind, Donald Trump vs. Covid-19. This includes a play-by-play of Trump’s, according to …
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Barack Obama helps young voters formulate an Election Day plan in a new video the former president uploaded in partnership with Vote Save America. “Over the last few months, I’ve learned a thing or two from the young people in our country,” Obama tweeted, adding he learned how to do …
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Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally is asking supporters to “fast a meal” and pass along the savings to her campaign. According to an Arizona CBS local affiliate, McSally made the callous pitch at a recent event in northern Arizona. “We’re doing our part to catch up, you know, to get …
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In his going-on four years in office, President Trump has tapped a swamp’s worth of loathsomefigures to fill high-ranking federal positions. But unfortunately for his determination to ensure the government is stocked with as many racists, loyalists, incompetents (or all of the above) as possible, many of these nominees are …
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When asked about President Trump’s recent untrue statement that he has done more for the Black community than any other president in history, Ben Carson would not refute Trump’s claim and instead talked around it. On Sunday, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson was shown a video …
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Editor’s note: This story was originally published in October 2014, in the wake of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to death. Weeks of protests ensued, in which destruction of property was called a “violent” act by those on the right. In the …
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