Adam Smith
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this is what happens when we ban conversations about LGBT people in schools
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Hatch voted against Kagan and Sotomayor, and then said Garland shouldn't get a hearing.
Sen. Orrin Hatch: "Seems strange that every time a Supreme Court nominee comes from the Republicans, there's every reason in the world not to confirm that nominee in the eyes of the current Democrats."
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A brief debate about Nickelback on the floor of the House this afternoon.
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Stephen Miller was that guy in your American history class who said, "actually, the Civil War was about agriculture.".
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Kevin McCarthy, who last week voted against a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill is complaining that Democrats aren't prioritizing COVID relief.
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You know, if Susan Collins was concerned about "dark money groups," she could've been the 60th vote for the DISCLOSE Act in 2010, which would have ensured its passage. But guess what!.
Susan Collins says she hasn’t decided if she’ll run for re-election in 2020, and blames “unceasing attacks by dark money groups” for her eroding popularity at home in Maine. Via @StevenTDennis.
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I just saw a guy out walking his dog, wearing a terrycloth robe and smoking pot. That’s a Sunday morning.
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NEW: Vindman's twin brother — who was not an impeachment witness — also appears to have been removed from the White House, where he was a top NSC lawyer. Story w/ @NatashaBertrand @caitlinoprysko .
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I mashed up Michael Flynn's perp walk with audio of him leading a "lock her up" chant.
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I get the “I bet Susan Collins is concerned” tweets today but the thing is, she knew what she was doing all along and is just a liar about this stuff.
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Wow. Brett Kavanaugh's opinion that would open the door to foreign spending in our elections is being used by a Russian company indicted as part of the Mueller investigation. Kavanaugh needs to answer for this decision at his hearing.
In the case of troll farm tied to the man known as "Putin's chef," the company's attorneys begin their motion to dismiss with a pull-quote from this opinion by none other than Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. ICYMI: Filed yesterday.
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Is President Biden literally out of touch with reality? Why would he take Christianity’s Holiest Day, Easter, and declare it to be “Transgender day of Visibility ”? We would be irritated whenever he did it but doing it on Easter is an obscene insult to every Christian.
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pretty weird that the biggest news today wasn’t that the commerce secretary may have stolen $120 million from people.
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feel like it wasn’t that complicated
*MUSK DONATES TO TRUMP, TAPPING VAST FORTUNE TO SWING 2024 RACE, @business reports.
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Wow. Mick Mulvaney told a bunch of bankers today that he and members of Congress are corrupt.
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“can we get a clarification on the president’s views on sex with demons” has real 2020 energy, that’s for sure.
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"I'm sorry we can't afford Meals on Wheels," Trump will say aboard Air Force One as he makes his fifth trip to Mar-a-Lago since inauguration.
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Haha. After flying home, McConnell refused to go through the terminal so he could avoid protesters, while Yarmuth walked through to cheers.
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Is there another issue science has a strong consensus on that deserves government action?.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says on Senate floor that "all the science, all of it, points" to sending kids back to in-person schooling.
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“Republicans don’t want you to vote by mail unless you vote for Republicans” is actually a good summary of their position on this.
How ridiculous had the anti-vote by mail push gotten? A reader sends along this from a South Carolina State Senate candidate saying he opposed vote by mail but wants you to vote absentee if you need to.
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A defense contractor that gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
In any other administration, it would be newsworthy that the new defense secretary is a defense contractor.
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Nothing says "I'm not influenced by campaign money" then telling people to buy stuff from a super PAC donor's company.
Thank you to Linda Bean of L.L.Bean for your great support and courage. People will support you even more now. Buy L.L.Bean. @LBPerfectMaine.
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Rodney Davis actually kept talking about his love of Nickelback for another 40 seconds or so when it was his turn to speak again.
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Hey everyone! Donald Trump is $1,000,000,000+ in debt to 150 different institutions!
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All these Senators getting mad at protesters is a pretty good symbol of how they’ve gotten used to facing little public accountability for their actions.
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Interesting that an independent super PAC that isn’t supposed to coordinate with members of Congress comes to an agreement to benefit a specific member of Congress.
Breaking in @PunchbowlNews PM: The Club for Growth and the Congressional Leadership Fund have cut a major agreement that paves the way for the Club to drop its opposition to Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid. CLF has agreed to not spend money in open primaries in safe GOP districts.
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Trump, last night in Louisville: "We believe in two simple rules: Buy American and hire American."
Trump Winery files application to hire 29 foreign workers to pick grapes this season -
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Why is Bill Barr launching half-baked investigations about fraud in Pennsylvania? Well:.
BREAKING: Joe Biden leads Pres. Trump 54-45% among likely voters in Pennsylvania, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds, thanks in large part to a 2-1 lead in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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A pretty lively "Paul Ryan sucks" chant starting at WH protest.
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My favorite thing about Linda McMahon was she got a cabinet job after being the biggest donor to Trump’s family foundation following an election in which Republicans pretended to care about family foundation ethics.
Linda McMahon, the head of the Small Business Administration, is planning to announce as soon as Friday that she’s stepping down
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@realDonaldTrump 5 weeks ago today you said you'd release a plan to deal with your biz conflicts. Where is it?
I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my . .
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Wait until someone tells him about "Under God" and the pledge of allegiance.
Stephen Miller angrily saying the Emma Lazarus poem carved on the Statue of Liberty is meaningless because it was added later.
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I usually hate the "if a Democrat. " set-ups but man, could you imagine what the right-wing media would do with this quote if it weren't Trump?.
Trump encourages North Carolina residents to try to commit voter fraud by voting twice to test mail-in system
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Justice Kennedy’s belief in Citizens United that independent groups can’t be corrupting because they’re independent continues to hold up well.
Pence tonight speaking at a big donor event for McConnell’s super PAC at the Trump hotel in Washington.
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Utah, where Mike Pence just criticized "universal vote-by-mail," votes entirely by mail.
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Republicans coming up with their policy platform:.
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Fun fact about potential White House chief of staff Newt Gingrich: his presidential campaign is nearly $4.6M in debt and he has no plans to ever pay those vendors back.
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They only gave $500,000 to his inauguration and their CEO got to be Secretary of State.
We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened.
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The former Colorado GOP chair who said only Democrats commit voter fraud was just found guilty of committing voter fraud.
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The fact that they're bragging to wealthy donors about making it harder for people to vote speaks to why HR 1 takes on both big money and voting rights: they're the same fight about who has power in our democracy.
SCOOP from me & @NickSurgey: In new leaked video dark money group Heritage Action brags to top donors about writing “model legislation” making it harder to vote in GA TX IA FL AZ. This is proof of massive coordinated right-wing voter suppression campaign
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Graham "has spent 25 years in Congress taking millions from special interests like big drug companies, then voted against lowering drug prices."
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Union soldiers voted by mail in the Civil War. 31 million people voted by mail in the 2018 election. These people are liars and Stanford should be embarrassed.
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Just a reminder House Republicans with jurisdiction over the environment held a press conference where they ate hamburgers to make fun of the Green New Deal.
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The thing is, this whole town is full of people who drink a lot and succeed professionally.
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What will be the demographics of the neighborhoods Republicans send these "poll watchers" to, you think?
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“I don’t often carry cash, but when I do—I carry it in sheets.”
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Betsy DeVos' hearing is tomorrow at 5 pm and her ethics office paperwork is still missing.
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A dozen whiny rich people getting A1 stories because they dislike a presidential candidate sort of just confirms Elizabeth Warren's message that rich people have too much power, imo.
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“Should ballots be counted?” is not a both sides argument and the media have to be willing to address that.
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The Vermont Secretary of State had to respond to false information in Kavanaugh's Wisconsin opinion.
@srl @AmberMcReynolds Mailing every voter a ballot by 10/1 factored into our decision to stick with an election day receipt deadline instead of postmark. We also authorized ballot processing 30 days out. Those are our VT specific solutions, but other states needs are different. Count. Every. Vote.
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"Campaign-finance experts said Mr. Cohen’s payment, even if he footed the bill, likely violated election rules because it wasn’t reported to the Federal Election Commission."
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It is, and it is EXHAUSTING.
Newsmax host complains that "being gay, I mean, it's almost like a full-time job" for Pete Buttigieg
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Barack Obama reads Donald Trump interview transcripts is a Late Show segment I'd watch.
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Weird that with so much money they weren’t able to return Steve Wynn’s donation.
There's already so much enthusiasm and support for President Trump's re-election. We're investing in our expansive field program to put @realDonaldTrump and Republicans in prime-position for another historic election night in 2020!.
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Weakening ethics oversight at night without public debate is not a good start to the new Congress, @SpeakerRyan. Shameful.
News: House GOP passed rules change moving independent Office of Government Ethics -- will now be part of Ethics Committee -weakens OCE.
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