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Senate Parliamentarian Gives the Big, Ugly Bill a Major Setback

06/23/2025 Ms. G 0

Obviously on the side of the Rule of Law, democracy, and not authoritarianism/fascism, the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough scrapped several parts of The Fascist Felons’ Big, Ugly Bill. If Republicans fail to remove the measures MORE

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Update: House votes on Big Beautiful Bill again in tense Sunday night vote

05/19/2025 Rachel Kennedy 0

Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before a weekend meeting and told reporters that some changes had been agreed to, but he did not offer specifics. He described them as “just some minor MORE

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Senator Mike Lee and Rep. Mary Miller Introduce a Bill that Bans and Criminalizes Pornagraphy

05/14/2025 Ms. G 0

Straight out of Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation, Senator Mike Lee (Idiot-Utah) and Rep. Mary Miller (Idiot-Illinois) have introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act, which Lee claims will ‘clarify’ the legal definition of “obscenity” MORE

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MT-G for US Senate? Some GOPers Say Not So Fast

05/07/2025 Ms. G 0

The controversial, racist, big mouthed, rude conspiracy theorist, Marjorie Taylor-Greene has hinted she might run for Georgia’s governor or challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s seat in the US Senate now that Gov. Brian Kemp has MORE

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‘Butch Bodied Bigot,’ MT-G’s Chaotic Town Hall: Three Arrested, Two Tased, and Several Escorted Out of the ‘Bigly Event’

04/16/2025 Ms. G 0

‘Butch Bodied Bigot,’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, held a town hall to meet some of her constituents. Like everything else in MTG’s world, the event turned chaotic and went off the rails. “This is a MORE

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Senator Jim Banks’ ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ Moment

04/02/2025 Ms. G 0

Recently fired federal employees went to a Capitol Hill basement to find the lawmakers. Former probationary, HHS, employee, Mack Schroeder, confronted Senator Jim Banks (Idiot-IN) as he entered an elevator and asked him about his MORE

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Ten Democratic Senators Gave a Green Light to Fascism to Avert a Government Shutdown

03/15/2025 Ms. G 0

Ten Democratic Senators voted with Republicans on Friday to avert a government shutdown. As a result for caving to these craven assholes, Minority ‘Leader’ Chuck Schumer has faced outrage from his party, including House leadership, over his MORE

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Democrats Plan Reactions to Trump’s Speech tonight

03/04/2025 Rachel Kennedy 0

Democrats are choosing different ways to respond to Donald Trump’s speech tonight according to Axios. For example: Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), one of the most senior Democrats in the Senate, will not attend Trump’s speech MORE

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House MAGAts Pass Their Scorched Earth Budget; Paving the Way for Massive Tax Breaks for those Who Do NOT Need them

02/25/2025 Ms. G 0

By the narrowest of margins, Moses Mike was able to get all the fascists inline and vote for The Fascist Felon’s budget of choice. The win is key for the Republicans that can now use MORE

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Pete Buttigieg Considering Michigan’s U.S. Senate Seat as Gary Peters Announces Retirement in 2026

01/28/2025 PMSwithESP 0

U.S. Senator Gary Peters is ready to leave public office in two years and move onto a “new chapter” of life, and pass the reigns for the next generation. Enter Pete Buttigieg, 43, who resides MORE

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A Day of Mourning: Congress Certifies the 2024 Election Confirming The Fascist Guy’s Victory

01/06/2025 Ms. G 0

Four years after he after he stirred up his MAGAt KKKult that stormed the US Capitol in a failed attempt to disrupt the certification of his 2020 election loss and keep him in power, Congress is MORE

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Sarah McBride’s Response to House Bathroom Ban is a Model For Democrats

11/21/2024 PMSwithESP 0

Speaker Johnson smiled and said the House would find a way to treat every person in Congress with dignity while still finding a way to enforce Nancy Mace’s proposed bathroom ban for trans people. The MORE

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The House GOP and Defense Appropriations: Why Support Vets if there’s No Planet to Fight On?

07/03/2024 Rachel Kennedy 0

Politico notes: The House narrowly cleared its version of annual Pentagon funding legislation on Friday that Republicans loaded with conservative policy measures. Most of those provisions stand no chance of becoming law once they reach MORE

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Senate Republicans Block Bill to Protect IVF Nationwide

06/14/2024 Ms. G 0

The science denying, Fundie and Theocratic Freaks in the US Senate blocked a bill that would have protected IVF nationwide. The vote was 48-47, with just two Republicans voting for it: Lisa Murkowski of Alaska MORE

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Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

05/06/2024 Rachel Kennedy 0

The GOP likes to call itself “pro–life.”. Again we’re treated to a “Republican” definition of pro-life as having some rather lethal fine print. President Biden’s oldest son Beau died of cancer in 2015 at age MORE

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week

05/01/2024 Rachel Kennedy 0

Democrats have pledged to vote to kill Greene’s motion to vacate and save the GOP speaker’s job after he pushed through a $95 billion package with aid for Ukraine. NBC reports Taylor-Greene saying, “. . MORE

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On Chairman Comer, Raskin Has Had Enough and Moskowitz Encourages Therapy

04/18/2024 PMSwithESP 0

While the U.S. Senate was TOTALLY EXONERATING taking up articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on Wednesday, the James Comer department of insanity was going 15 rounds with Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Jared MORE

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House GOP: The fight to expand the government’s warrantless surveillance of foreign targets

04/09/2024 Rachel Kennedy 0

First Moses, then Big Brother, what’s next for Mike Johnson? Politico reports on yet another battle taking place among House GOP members — this time over the attempt to actually legislate (in other words, do MORE

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Senator Lisa Murkowski Says She’s Open to Leaving the GOP

03/24/2024 PMSwithESP 0

Senator Lisa Murkowski says she is done with Donald Trump, and is considering leaving the GOP. “I wish that as Republicans, we had … a nominee that I could get behind,” Murkowski told CNN. “I certainly MORE

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Mitch McConnell Announces He Will Step Down as GQP Senate Majority Leader

02/28/2024 Ms. G 0

“One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,” he said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “So I stand before you today MORE

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Florida Couple Arrested Following Bestiality Investigation

02/25/2024 Surley 0

Samantha and John White DATELINE: LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Lee County couple was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting household pets. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Samantha White had sexual MORE

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Congress Approves Short-Term Funding Bill to Avoid Shutdown, Sends Measure to Biden

01/18/2024 Surley 0

Washington — Congress approved a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the beginning of March, successfully avoiding a partial shutdown that would have otherwise taken effect Saturday morning.  The House cleared the continuing MORE

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GOP Senators Throw Tantrum on Ukraine/Israel Aid

12/06/2023 PMSwithESP 0

At least a dozen Republican Senators walked out of a classified briefing 30 minutes after it started on Tuesday, sending the Biden Administration’s $110.5 billion deal to aid Ukraine and Israel war chests on the MORE

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Alleged a Male Republican Got Physically Aggressive With Her

12/05/2023 Surley 0

In a private meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Richard McCormick of getting physically aggressive with her, according to multiple sources familiar with the MORE

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Santos expelled from Congress; the race is on for a replacement

12/01/2023 Rachel Kennedy 0

According to CNN, Governor Kathy Hochul said, “I’m glad he’s gone.” “When you look at his lack of ethics and the fact that, you know, he has not served the people of our state, particularly MORE

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