Forty-four seconds of silence from these Republican leaders as reporters as questions about embattled Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore. The lawmakers were gathered to promote the reveal of their newly-crafted tax…
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Texas Speaker Of The House, Who Stood Up Against Anti-Transgender Legislation, Will Not Run For Re-Election In 2018
Joe Straus, the Republican Speaker of the House in Texas, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2018. “I believe that in a representative democracy, those who serve in public office…
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Oops – Conservative Super-PAC Runs Ads Thanking GOP For Repealing Obamacare
Oops. The Republican super-PAC, American Action Network, prematurely bought air time to congratulation House Republicans for keeping their promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Except – as we all…
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Colorado: Conservative Radio Host Steve Curtis Charged With Voter Fraud & Forgery
Conservative radio host Steve Curtis speaking to reporter It turns out there WAS voter fraud in the 2016 election. And it was committed by a Republican in Colorado. From the Washington Post:…
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Oklahoma Police Recommend 3 Prostitution Charges For GOP State Senator
Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey with Donald Trump Jr. (pic via Facebook) Police in Moore, Oklahoma, are recommending 3 prostitution-related charges against Sen. Ralph Shortey, who was found in a motel room…
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GOP: Last February’s 242K New Jobs Was “Disappointing” But Feb 2017’s 235K Is “Great”
The latest jobs report is out from the Department of Labor Statistics and the good news is the effects of the Obama years continues as the U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs, and…
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Breaking: House Republicans Reverse On Gutting Ethics Rules Change
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan House Republicans have now u-turned on their plan to gut the Congressional independent ethics panel. From CNN: House Republican leaders have pulled a proposal that would…
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House Republicans Vote To Gut Independent Ethics Office
In a secret, anonymous, behind closed doors vote, House Republicans made one of their very first actions in the new Congress changing the Office of Congressional Ethics, removing the entity’s independence and…
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GOP Congressman Says Comments That Russia Did Media’s Job Were “Completely Misconstrued”
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks, in an appearance on MSNBC Thursday afternoon, shared his opinion that Russia’s cyber-hacking activities during the election was merely what the U.S. media should have done. “If Russia…
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Seth Meyers On The North Carolina Republicans’ Power Grab
Late Night with Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the political crisis in North Carolina, where Republicans sought to strip power away from the incoming Democratic governor before he takes office.…