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Spines are stiffening all over in the Democratic Congress, as blowback to impeachment is definitely not happening and Donald Trump continues his fast downward spiral. Senate Democrats in particular are allowing themselves to hope for a Democratic...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 01:24 PM PDT
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Sen. Susan Collins is still trying to sell Mainers on her old, musty "moderate" cloak, even as the likes of Moscow Mitch McConnell and former Maine Gov. Paul "Trump before Trump was popular" LePage rally around her. The mantle is going to get even...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 11:12 AM PDT
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Even as I round the last turn and head down the stretch, I am one of those lucky people who has great friends. Among them are 8 couples with whom I pal’d around with as a teenager back in the late 1950’s and early 60’s along the San Francisco...
by flylooper
18 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 10:38 AM PDT
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Campaign Action Following Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden's Finance Committee investigation demonstrating that the National Rifle Association has acted as a Russian asset, Senate Democrats are asking the Internal Revenue Service to re-evaluate the...
by Joan McCarter
46 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 09:48 AM PDT
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At gun forum, Joe Biden tells audience how to talk to kids about gun violence at the 'kitchen table' Campaign Action Former Vice President Joe Biden was the fifth 2020 presidential hopeful to participate in the 2020 Gun Safety Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada. The forum, hosted by Giffords, March For Our Lives, and MSNBC, includes nine major Democratic...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 01:49 PM PDT
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Not sure this is the best message to be trying to sell to Wisconsin dairy farmers sixteen months before an election, but you go, Sonny. Minneapolis Star Tribune “President Donald Trump’...
by durrati
213 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 09:41 AM PDT
with 210 Recommends
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In case you missed this: A handful of Republican-held House seats in the Texas suburbs represent fertile ground for competitive races in 2020, according to recent Democratic polling. The surveys in six GOP districts, shared first with CQ Roll Call, are...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 09:27 AM PDT
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Today, Daily Kos Founder Markos Moulitsas announced the results of the organization’s latest Democratic presidential straw poll of the 2020 cycle. You can view the straw poll here and check out the full results here. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren continues...
by Carolyn Fiddler
14 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 09:13 AM PDT
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is recovering from a heart procedure and has cancelled the next few days of his campaign appearances. “During a campaign event yesterday evening, Sen. Sanders experienced some chest discomfort," senior adviser Jeff Weaver announced...
by Joan McCarter
285 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 08:11 AM PDT
with 132 Recommends
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Moscow Mitch McConnell has done his best to blow off the mounting evidence that the entire Trump regime is a criminal enterprise populated by venal conspiracy theorists, but mostly has been keeping a low profile and saying the minimum on...
by Joan McCarter
6 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 07:31 AM PDT
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Not much changed this week in the Daily Kos Democratic presidential primary straw poll.
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by kos
291 comments
on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 09:10 AM PDT
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The case for defeating Thom Tillis builds everyday. He is a Senator who voted to remove health care from millions of Americans, helped pass a tax scam for the wealthy, and used his rubber stamp ...
by BluWave
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 05:10 AM PDT
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We are in the 21st Century, not the fourteenth, nor is it the 1860s. Yet, we have a President who, in the span of one week, has reportedly threatened to use an alligator filled moat at the border, start a Civil War, execute a man or woman whom...
by ReasonaBill
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 09:09 AM PDT
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Remember Tornillo — the desert town where a tent camp filled with “unaccompanied minors” CBP and ICE removed for detention was, just last December? We heard from several Democrats, but what ...
by BlackSheep1
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on Wed Oct 02, 2019 at 07:00 AM PDT
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civiqs.com/… Donald Trump’s approval rating averages between 37% to 42%. If Donald Trump loses as many independent women as possible, “the persuadable male independent voter” who will feel Trump is so bad they will at least abstain from supporting his...
by sreeizzle2012
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on Tue Oct 01, 2019 at 07:40 PM PDT
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Senate Democrats are coming around to the awareness that impeachment is not a bad thing for them, and might even help bring back control of the Senate. And, yes, as Markos points out, it is driving one particular demographic into play: suburban white...
by Joan McCarter
13 comments
on Tue Oct 01, 2019 at 02:16 PM PDT
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In 2016, 2017, as well as in 2018, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profile of the U.S. House Representative from Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, Trent Kelly, a former District Attorney, who when he was presented with the opportunity to...
by republicinsanity
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on Tue Oct 01, 2019 at 12:33 PM PDT
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Some on this site may know me, most probably don’t (I’m just a peon on this platform. But I love to read the insightful and intelligent postings of others). Those who know me, know that I am a HUGE Clinton fan. Bill, Hillary, Chelsea, Socks, whoever, I...
by wsumike
14 comments
on Tue Oct 01, 2019 at 11:52 AM PDT
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Well, this is great news! “New voters have registered in droves in Georgia since last year’s midterms, expanding the electorate ahead of the 2020 presidential election year when the state is expected to be a key political...
by durrati
14 comments
on Tue Oct 01, 2019 at 10:11 AM PDT
with 41 Recommends
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Last month, the lone Republican primary challenger to Sen. Susan Collins was forced out of the race. Now Republicans have consolidated their support behind her, and there is absolutely no question of her running as a moderate or an independent in 2020....
by Joan McCarter
24 comments
on Tue Oct 01, 2019 at 09:44 AM PDT
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