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Campaign Action Congress appropriated money for a new middle school at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell. Then, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s help, Donald Trump took that money to build his border wall, leaving kids in McConnell’s home state...
by Laura Clawson
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Yes, it's too early to tell much from head-to-head polling, anything can happen, Democrats can't get too comfortable, and all the other requisite caveats assumed. That said, CNN's Harry Enten examined pre-election polling extending all the way back to...
by Kerry Eleveld
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This is what happens when you make a septic spleen president of the United States. Donald Trump was reportedly so enraged at China after the country announced $75 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods back in August that he wanted to double existing tariffs...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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Raised in Boston, I’m all too familiar with the enormous power the Catholic Church wields over local politicians. Even after the 2002 Boston Globe’s Spotlight reporting exposed the Church’s disgusting cover-up of the wide-spread sexual abuse scandal,...
by scamperdo
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How many representatives from so-called “think tanks” appear regularly on newscasts? It’s very, very difficult to tell. Because think tank representatives from groups like the American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, the Competitive...
by Mark Sumner
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This is the First Part of a series of diaries I’m doing that will scrutinize the allegations against former U.S. Senator Al Franken
by Andy1116
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Trump PTSD Trump PTSD is the WMD of psychological warfare, so methodically it afflicts, so many dear friends and family and people we thought we knew. They're living on a different planet, shellshocked into aversion to conflict, driven to avoidance of...
by Kochbusters
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Without a doubt, police violence is a pervasive issue across the entire nation. While police brutality can impact anyone, it’s especially harmful in communities of color (especially black men), sex workers, and Indigenous populations. Critiques of...
by Marissa Higgins
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Write no one off, count no one out, take no one for granted. This is a familiar refrain in Beto’s speeches to anyone who has followed him for a while, but the words took on new meaning this week when Beto returned to the campaign trail after taking 10...
by tobie
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Campaign Action Opening with a voice and the title, “A 10 Hour Bus Ride,” the new campaign video from Kentucky Democratic candidate for Senate Amy McGrath, calls out Sen. Mitch McConnell for being the true enemy of coal miners and workers in his state...
by Walter Einenkel
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