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I read the excerpt from Romney’s book, and it confirmed a lot of things that I already knew about Republican senators. However, there is a section where Romney recalls at least one Republican senator switched his vote during Trump’s second impeachment...
by Merlin196360
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on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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The U.S. could hit the debt limit as soon as June 1 . It's time to take a stand for fiscal responsibility and expose House Republicans' cynical tactics for what they are:� a blatant attempt to hold ...
by msouza
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on Sun May 07, 2023 at 01:30 PM PDT
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Mental health is (unfortunately) an extremely stigmatized subject here in the United States. For far too long, folks have written off serious health conditions like depression and anxiety as people being whiny or lazy. In reality, mental health can...
by Marissa Higgins
127 comments
on Thu Feb 16, 2023 at 01:14 PM PST
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In the article “Senators 'alarmed' as DOJ continues to block Congress' access to Mar-a-Lago classified files” by Rodric Hurdle-Bradford, written on December 23, 2022, Hurdle-Bradford writes about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s lack of access to...
by Obiwan711
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on Fri Dec 23, 2022 at 10:33 AM PST
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UPDATE: Wednesday, Dec 21, 2022 · 9:07:18 PM +00:00 · boblite I am using the latest release of Adobe Reader 2022.003.20282 64 bit. It will not allow me to search or excerpt from this particular State of New Jersey government document. I have been able...
by boblite
80 comments
on Wed Dec 21, 2022 at 11:47 AM PST
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Green has suggested a divorce between red and blue states. While this suggestion has some merit, it has the great disadvantage of leaving Democrats and Republicans together in one state. And this gives rise to a...
by Old Verger
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on Mon Jan 17, 2022 at 09:18 AM PST
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The following is my rant/email to Kyrsten Sinema and a list of links to all of the Democratic Senators. � All you have to do to go directly to the email page of the Senator is click on the link.
by bluemaninaredstate
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on Sun Jan 16, 2022 at 06:55 AM PST
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Moral turpitude and craven self-dealing as the despicable Manchin/Sinema twins torpedo voting rights In the face of a literal democracy emergency, Manchin and Sinema doubled down on their cynical, willful denial of what’s at stake: “Nothing to see here folks---we fully favor passing both voting ...
by FeministFireFuryandDarkChocolate
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on Fri Jan 14, 2022 at 02:00 PM PST
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This is the entirety of the story. A man was shot and killed while waiting in line at a Louisiana gas station on Friday, police said. Gas supplies are low and long lines common at gas stations after Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday. More...
by SninkyPoo
24 comments
on Sun Sep 05, 2021 at 12:21 PM PDT
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I wrote Sen. Kyrsten “Manchin” Sinema at her campaign office and on her form on the Senate page to tell her of my displeasure and my decision to never volunteer for her campaign again. You might want to do the same. Senator Kyrsten "Manchin" Sinema: I...
by sbd
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on Sat Jun 12, 2021 at 11:53 AM PDT
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There are expectations that a vote to convict or acquit Donald John Trump will come as early as today. There are reports no witnesses will be called, although there are also reports that several people could give damning testimony about what Trump...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Feb 13, 2021 at 07:04 AM PST
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I don’t believe allegience to Trump, being shunned by their party, or even being primaried by a competitor is the primary driving force behind many of the Republican senators voting pattern. Sure, those are deterrants, much like the...
by PA Voter
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on Fri Feb 12, 2021 at 12:49 PM PST
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15 Democratic Senators are from states with Republican governors. 4 of them aren’t an issue as, by state law, replacements must be of the same party: AZ (Sinema-Kelly) and MD (Cardin-Van Hollen). That leaves 11 senators who could...
by bcknynj
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on Fri Jan 15, 2021 at 04:13 PM PST
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Mitt Romney did not mince his words as he made it clear that Republican Senators should stop Electoral College objections and tell constituents the truth. Mitt Romney said the right thing See full episodes here. Mitt Romney had some prescient...
by Egberto Willies
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on Wed Jan 06, 2021 at 08:42 PM PST
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Carl Bernstein: “This is something far worse than occurred in Watergate”. So what has changed so much that the Republican members of Congress won’t now force Trump’s resignation, the same way they did Nixon’s? What brings Congressional...
by hughwill
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on Sun Jan 03, 2021 at 11:59 PM PST
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi did not mince her words. Most importantly, she necessarily assigned blame and pointed out the immorality of GOP Senators. Nancy Pelosi defines GOP Senator's immorality See full episodes here. Speaker of the...
by Egberto Willies
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on Wed Dec 30, 2020 at 09:24 AM PST
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So these new (Northern) California and New Nevada statists (and throw in Oregon and Idaho secessionists) want to create new states? The political calculus being that you get 2 new senators for each new state. Well. I see your new state senators...
by fugitive
15 comments
on Sat Dec 12, 2020 at 07:13 AM PST
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Trump’s Stranglehold on the Republicans is a National Security Problem - even after he leaves office Presidents although they have enormous power have limits as to what they can do and cannot do. The constitution empowers the three branches of government −the legislative, the executive, and the judicial−to provide checks and balances on the functions...
by melshim
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on Tue Nov 24, 2020 at 04:33 AM PST
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I don't quite understand the logic that folks follow the ongoing situation. Stop Trump by contact his lawyers, contact advertisers, and harass the news. Stopping Trump’s attempt to usurp the election requires one thing, going to the folks...
by lyleoross
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on Tue Nov 10, 2020 at 10:17 AM PST
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▓ GA runoffs for US Senate on Jan 5th 🔶 ■ Diary List ■ Members ■ Profile/mission statement: Group founded by M247 - Nov 6, 2020 — Dedicated to elect Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to US Senate on Jan 5th. . If...
by mettle fatigue
3 comments
on Tue Nov 10, 2020 at 11:01 AM PST
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