Elizabeth Warren Astrid Riecken / Getty Images While Republicans keep on struggling to repeal Obamacare, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has decided it’s time to move beyond the stale fight over our current system and get a newer, better system: single payer. If you haven’t been tracking Warren’s statements closely, you might be surprised to learn […]
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Is Eric Trump Copying Richard Spencer’s “Fashy” Haircut?
White nationalist Richard Spencer’s “fashy.” Eric Trump just debuted a similar summer style. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images In urgent fashion questions: Is that a deliberate “fashy” on Eric Trump’s head, or did he just accidentally trip into Richard Spencer’s favorite haircut? .@EricTrump rocking a new hair cut. pic.twitter.com/wEpuQ5z5iQ— andrew kaczynski 🤔 (@KFILE) June 25, […]
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Barack Obama on Trumpcare: “This Bill Will Do You Harm”
President Barack Obama has weighed in on the Senate’s anti-woman, anti-elderly, anti-decency, anti-life bill. Steffi Loos / Getty Nobody sums up the Senate’s version of Trumpcare better than Barry O: “Simply put, if there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family—this bill will do you harm.” If you’ve already called […]
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Four Republican Senators Oppose the Horrendous New Trumpcare Bill, For Now
Senator Ted Cruz is among the villains who are opportunistically opposed to the Senate’s version of the “American Health Care Act.” Alex Wong / Getty Republicans can only afford to lose two Senators on their quest to pass their version of Trumpcare, which is as bad if not worse than the House’s version of the […]
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Check Out the Guy Running Against Paul Ryan
Randy Bryce is running against @SpeakerRyan in 2018. He was genetically engineered from Bruce Springsteen songs. pic.twitter.com/XD9bOEeOkl — Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) June 20, 2017 That’s some good political advertising right there. The last time a Speaker of the House lost their reelection bid? Washington State’s own Tom Foley, way back in 1995. The time before […]
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Trump Is Under Investigation for Obstruction of Justice
According to the Washington Post, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is looking at Trump for obstruction and Trump associates for “possible financial crimes.” T.J. Kirkpatrick / Getty Happy birthday, Mr. President. In his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI director James Comey said the bureau wasn’t investigating Trump personally, at least not […]
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Live: Let’s All Watch Jeff Sessions Get Grilled Together!
Testifying in public today for the first time since January 10. Win McNamee / Getty Images As Attorney General Jeff Sessions begins his public testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee (at 11:30 am Pacific, streaming here and everywhere), let’s review a few things. Sessions was supposed to testify publicly before two other Congressional committees that […]
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You Must Read James Comey’s Prepared Testimony
It’s the fullest accounting so far of what went down between President Trump and his fired FBI director.
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More People Now Want Trump Impeached Than Support His Job Performance
Ratings down, rantings up. Win McNamee / Getty Images Newsweek reports that “support for Donald Trump’s impeachment is now higher than his approval rating.” Virtually every single poll tracking President Donald Trump’s approval rating showed the figure plummeting Monday morning, well below the margin of error compared to the rising level of support for impeachment. […]
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A Joy Reid Tweetstorm You Should Read
Gathered together here for your convenience… Let’s stop and review for a moment what the president of the United States has done regarding Russia in his first 4 months in office…— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 1, 2017 Thus far, Donald Trump has:– Invited the Russian foreign minister and a probable Russian spy/recruiter into the Oval […]
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Twitter Founder “Sorry” If He Helped Put Trump in Office
Not laughing so much now that Twitter played a role in “a very bad thing.” David Paul Morris / Getty This has been kicking around for a couple days, but in case you missed it due to beautiful Portland weather interrupting obsessive device-checking: Evan Williams, the guy who owns Twitter and Medium, is sorry about […]
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Federal Judge Says Jeff Sessions Can’t Block Northwest Immigrant Rights Project From Doing Its Work (For Now)
The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project has provided legal help to people like Daniel Ramirez Medina, the 23-year-old DACA-recipient formerly detained in Tacoma by immigration officials. HG A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday said the Department of Justice cannot block attorneys from assisting immigrants they aren’t formally representing, freeing lawyers across the nation to continue […]