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Joan McCarter's Profile
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A lifelong Blue girl in a Red state, I'm now Senior Political Writer for Daily Kos. On any given day, I'd rather be horseback, but there's more demand for political writers than cowgirls.
Groups: Daily Kos Elections, Daily Kos, Saturday Evening Geek Out, Social Security Defenders, Social Security, Comics, Daily Kos Labor, VirtuallySpeaking, Transcripts and Documents, Daily Kos Economics, Five Questions, Daily Kos Virtual Events
Twitter: @joanmccarter
Diaries published: 16039 (0 days since last diary on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 10:04 AM PST)
Comments posted: 37552 (0 days since last comment on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 10:04 AM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
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Most Recommended Diary: Koch brothers freak out in response to Rolling Stone expose, 548 comments, 1129 recommends
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It's been 182 days since the House passed the $3 trillion HEROES Act, and 46 days since the House passed a compromise $2.2 trillion bill, both of which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to take up for a vote. As of right now,...
by Joan McCarter
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Here's how two-time popular vote-losing impeached lame duck Donald Trump fared in his election lawsuits on Monday: The plaintiffs—Republican voters represented by James Bopp Jr. of the right-wing True the Vote group—dropped their suits claiming general...
by Joan McCarter
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on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 07:32 AM PST
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It's been 184 days since the House passed the $3 trillion HEROES Act, and 45 days since the House passed their compromise $2.2 trillion bill, both of which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to take up. On Dec. 11, the continuing...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Nov 16, 2020 at 11:53 AM PST
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In the middle of the Trump pandemic, in which untold millions of people who survive the disease could end up disabled for life, the Trump administration announced Friday that it's finalizing rules meant to do nothing but make it harder for...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Nov 16, 2020 at 10:22 AM PST
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"Once burned, twice shy" really fits chickenshit Republican Sen. David Perdue, who got absolutely roasted in a pre-election debate by Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff. It was so bad for Perdue, he chickened out on the next debate, leaving Georgians...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Nov 16, 2020 at 08:20 AM PST
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As the days drag on and Biden racks up a bigger lead in state after state, the Trump campaign is still fighting in court in numerous states, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. It's Pennsylvania's 20...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Nov 16, 2020 at 07:24 AM PST
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