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If anyone doubts that Trump and his sycophants have given up on Democracy, just listen to these speakers at CPAC. They say what they mean. and it’s explicitly against Democracy. MAGA and the GOP do not believe in democracy. Watch Politics Done Right...
by Egberto Willies
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 02:03 PM PST
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This is something of a sequel to “Trump Can’t Count to Six.” But I think this series might rival the Marvel Cinematic Universe in numbers of entries in the series before too long. And he does just forget family’s names in one venue … but two! Both at...
by Permanent Majority
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on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 05:33 PM PST
with 34 Recommends
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Trump’s weekend at CPAC was a tour de force of bigotry and incompetence The conference had everything: lies, odd statements, racism, multiple Trump speeches, and neo-Nazis! GOP billionaires try to stop one of their worst candidates from making a...
by Kaili Joy Gray
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on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 12:23 PM PST
with 139 Recommends
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Last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference and its associated activities provided a showcase for Donald Trump as he was given the chance to deliver multiple speeches, mix with Nazis , ...
by Mark Sumner
133 comments
on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 09:14 AM PST
with 294 Recommends
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Hundreds of conservatives gathered in Washington, D.C. over�the weekend, but not for the Trumpalooza clown-car event known as the Conservative Political Action Conference, or�CPAC. Instead, at the ...
by Charles Jay
108 comments
on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 01:46 PM PST
with 306 Recommends
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Could the 2024 CPAC conference be even more toxic, paranoid, hateful and undermining of the actual values of our nation’s Founders? I don’t think so. An Alabama judge who is happy to appear on a QAnon nutcase’s show has abandoned any pretense of...
by HJCV
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on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 05:57 AM PST
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Ah, CPAC. The 2024 conference has been, as Jimmy Kimmel put it, “a who’s who of who won’t accept the results of the election.” But that doesn’t mean Donald Trump didn’t go there to shine like a lazy diamond, and shine he did—for more than an hour on...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
118 comments
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 03:19 PM PST
with 361 Recommends
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Clown Shtick Trump tells the crowd that the only thing standing between the country and complete obliteration is him. Trump compares migrants to Hannibal Lecter Trump on migrants: "They are terrorists ... it'll be the largest deportation in the history...
by annieli
114 comments
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 01:04 PM PST
with 342 Recommends
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I know I’m simply cross-posting, and do not want to steal the original author’s thunder, but I felt this HAD to be shared so we can amplify how horrible this is. Please follow the original links to read further so folks get credit for their posts. An...
by itwasniceknowingyouamerica
20 comments
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 02:21 PM PST
with 29 Recommends
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Rep. Matt Gaetz spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference�on Friday and used his time to attack his enemies—most of whom are fellow Republicans . After criticizing�President Biden’s ...
by Walter Einenkel
52 comments
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 02:30 PM PST
with 120 Recommends
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On Friday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and qualifier on Donald Trump’s VP shortlist used her speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference known as CPAC to do what she does best: lie about her state’s profoundly irresponsible response to...
by Walter Einenkel
103 comments
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 12:30 PM PST
with 97 Recommends
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It’s time to retire the phrase “saying the quiet part out loud.” Because Republicans have canned the whole idea of a quiet part. Whether it’s throwing in their lot with Vladimir Putin or ...
by Mark Sumner
156 comments
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 04:30 PM PST
with 363 Recommends
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CPAC, aside from its leader’s sexual abuse scandal will have Trump’s proported Veep “shortlist” Zoom in: You will also see it just outside D.C., where the speaker list for the Conservative Political Action Conference has most of the names on Trump's...
by annieli
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on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 05:16 PM PST
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The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, got under way on Thursday. One of the big names on the stage was none other than Donald Trump’s sycophant daughter-in-...
by Walter Einenkel
130 comments
on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 02:30 PM PST
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Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara is both a famous singer and a noted dog lover . Soon enough, she’ll also add a new title: co-chair of the ...
by Mark Sumner
155 comments
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 02:00 PM PST
with 253 Recommends
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The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, kicked off Thursday outside Washington, D.C. Here is a sampling of the many speakers on tap at this year’s gathering of right-wing operatives and officials: Embarrassment to brain...
by Walter Einenkel
67 comments
on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 12:29 PM PST
with 119 Recommends
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By John Patrick Leary for Economic Hardship Reporting Project This column is supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The evergreen questions raised by the label “conservative” are: conserving what and from whom?...
by Economic Hardship Reporting Project
194 comments
on Sat Feb 10, 2024 at 09:20 AM PST
with 149 Recommends
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Want to know what Republicans have in mind for America’s future? Just visit Hungary. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was meeting with President Biden this week to ask our help defending his democracy against the brutal, violent aggression...
by thomhartmann
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on Fri Dec 15, 2023 at 08:10 AM PST
with 95 Recommends
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You can read more great Ukraine coverage by both staff and community members here . With the next Ukraine funding authorization effort stalled by House Republicans, Hungary’s pro-Russian quasi-...
by kos
90 comments
on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 11:15 AM PST
with 359 Recommends
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For years, the Conservative Political Action Conference has drawn conservative administration members, top think-tankers and lobbyists, a stream of presidential candidates, and the seditionist Donald Trump. In early times, it was a hub for somewhat...
by Hunter
176 comments
on Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 07:00 AM PST
with 569 Recommends
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