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Sexual abuse judgment against Trump is a chilling reminder of his unfitness for office

Jim Carroll — Fri, 19 May 2023 22:32:00 +0000

After a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation in writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against him earlier this month, various political commentators rushed to declare that the verdict would have minimal or even zero impact on Trump’s tight hold on Republican voters. Just as with past revelations, such as the infamous […]

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Expelled Tennessee lawmakers expect to be reinstated in special election

David Nir — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:27:23 +0000

Tennessee’s Republican-dominated state House voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday for participating in a protest in favor of gun safety legislation on the chamber floor, though a third legislator was unexpectedly spared the same fate. It’s likely, however, the two ejected members won’t be gone very long. On nearly party-line votes, Republicans removed Reps. Justin […]

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Sanders warns GOP midterm win would pull US ‘far, far, far to the right’

Jake Johnson — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:30:46 +0000

In his latest call for urgent voter turnout efforts, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Monday that Republicans are planning to drag U.S. politics significantly further to the right if they take control of Congress in next month’s midterms, pointing to their ongoing assault on democracy, support for tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and push for cuts to key […]

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