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Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the one-time presidential candidate whose love life stirred interest on the campaign trail, became engaged to be married on Saturday, he announced on social media. Scott popped the question to now-fiancé Mindy Noce at South...
by MTmofo
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on Sun Jan 21, 2024 at 10:05 PM PST
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According to End the Bribe System, “A ‘corporate democrat’ is a term used to describe a politician or political candidate who is associated with the Democratic Party in the United States and who is perceived to be more aligned with corporate interests...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 10:31 AM PDT
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Now that Dianne Feinstein has passed, here’s something I’ve been thinking about for a couple months in case Feinstein passed before her term was up. California governor Newsom has said if Feinstein passed before her term was up, instead of meddling in...
by Prairiecrat
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on Fri Sep 29, 2023 at 07:19 AM PDT
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by UserNumber4096
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on Thu Aug 10, 2023 at 09:23 PM PDT
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During a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing partly focused on the DEA budget, Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said, “Without the people of America, Mexico, figuratively speaking, would be eating cat food out of a can and living in a...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri May 19, 2023 at 01:21 PM PDT
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I don't even know what to make of this. Ars Technica has an article on a bill introduced by a female Idaho Senator and a Congresswoman that would make administering mRNA vaccines (like the COVID-19 vaccine and several others) a misdemeanor, punishable...
by Sarkazein
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 08:46 PM PST
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Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) publicly announced that in December he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He says “that I have an excellent prognosis” and that he plans to continue working in the Senate despite upcoming surgery and treatments. His...
by The Katwoman
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on Thu Jan 05, 2023 at 06:27 PM PST
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Lots of hoopla is already being made about Democrats having such a challenging slate of races they need to defend in 2024, 8 in total. And it’s mostly right on point. That’s simply the natural consequence of a big wave year like 2018. Six years later,...
by AntiFaction
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 03:23 PM PST
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It’s easy enough to cover the numerous lies, missteps, and total chaos of the Herschel Walker campaign—and we’ve covered much of it. But, what gets lost in highlighting the candidate who’s clearly ill-prepared for the job is the incredible job the...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 10:26 AM PDT
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Dr. Mehmet Oz was busted again. Not for trying to hawk diet supplements, but this time for forgetting to mention that he owns a condo in New Jersey. Oz and his wife also own a mansion overlooking the Hudson River. The issue? Oz failed to disclose the...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Wed Jul 27, 2022 at 03:17 PM PDT
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I have a new hero. Her name is Mallory McMorrow, and she's a state senator in Michigan. The video below is about four minutes long. In it McMorrow gives a master class in toughness, poise, empowerment, and how Democrats should be dealing with the...
by RickElia
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on Sun May 01, 2022 at 07:36 AM PDT
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One of North Dakota’s most powerful lawmakers announced his plans to resign Monday after reportedly exchanging texts with a jailed man facing child pornography charges. According to the Associated Press, the Republican senator identified as Ray...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Mon Apr 25, 2022 at 01:45 PM PDT
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After three decades serving as the senator from California, a serious conversation is brewing about whether or not Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is capable of continuing in her role. Feinstein’s hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle, reported...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Thu Apr 14, 2022 at 08:57 AM PDT
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Georgians have two choices for the Senate seat in this year’s midterms. One is the incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock. He’s the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, a Democrat, the first Black senator serving on the Agriculture, Nutrition...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Wed Mar 16, 2022 at 05:51 AM PDT
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New Jake (Jacob Scarborough) from 3Dor2D.com is the perfect choice of a West Virginian to replace Joe Manchin, he is for Build Back Better, John R. Lewis voting rights act and reforming the filibuster and has been Fully Vaccinated for COVID forever ago...
by Kaizar
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on Thu Jan 20, 2022 at 01:38 PM PST
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Eric Greitens, ex-Governor of Missouri, has a glittering resume (he’s an medal-winning Navy SEAL and Rhodes scholar, with an Oxford doctorate) And a devil may care attitude to campaign finance — when he is not committing adultery and possibly false...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Thu Oct 28, 2021 at 03:12 PM PDT
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Despite the increasing awareness of language and what is offensive and wrong to say, some individuals seem to be out of the loop. While everyone should be aware of the language they use, politicians—especially some GOP individuals—don’t seem to care....
by Aysha Qamar
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on Wed Oct 27, 2021 at 12:22 PM PDT
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Only in America are the rules so skewed in favor of some people, while others never catch a break. State Sen. Gene Suellentrop, a Wichita, Kansas, Republican is one of those lucky few Americans who dodged a legal bullet thanks to the color of his skin...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Tue Oct 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Five of the 20 veterans who’ve served on Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s advisory council since 2019 wrote a blistering letter to her today—one she is not likely to soon forget. The five resigned and indicted Sinema for “hanging your constituents out to...
by Rebekah Sager
154 comments
on Thu Oct 21, 2021 at 09:43 AM PDT
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On Tuesday, former White House press secretary and top Trump aide Stephanie Grisham released her tell-all book, something something something blah blah blah. Early leaks from the book gave a very believable account of the insecurities, the arrogance,...
by Walter Einenkel
81 comments
on Thu Oct 07, 2021 at 12:53 PM PDT
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