News Roundup: House Republican promotes clip showing him 'killing' a Democrat
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In the news today: No matter how grotesque the behavior of House Republicans has gotten—or how dangerous—they continue to have the apparent full support of their party leaders. Ever-odious Rep. Paul Gosar was nearly giddy in promoting a new animated clip
Rocker Van Morrison is the latest celebrity to land in hot water over irresponsible COVID-19 claims
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It can be tough to separate the art from the artist, particularly when the artist has separated his own brain stem from his cerebral cortex. Such is the case with Irish rock legend Van Morrison, who’s embraced the COVID-19 death cult with the kind of vigor
I love the smell of Republican recriminations in the morning
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In the final vote count for the so-called “bipartisan” infrastructure bill now sailing towards President Joe Biden’s desk to become the law of the land, there were six Democratic “no” votes—all from a subset of House Democrats who Fox News conside
The Senate has to act soon to fix the FTC's zombie problem
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As chair of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee, Sen. Maria Cantwell has a lot of work to do on nominations and not much time to do it. There are several weeks of purely concentrated hell before the Senate, starting when th
Mitch McConnell's daughter tweeted about the need to pass the Voting Rights Act
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The Washington Post has published a quasi-profile of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. It is a halfhearted attempt at pretending that the man who led the Republican Party to do nothing except deregulate and lower taxes on the wealthi
Pennsylvania mother says openly trans teen was called 'it' and violently attacked at school
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As Daily Kos has continued to cover, Republicans have been more than happy to scapegoat trans Americans and stir faux outrage about trans youth having even the most basic dignities and opportunities, especially while at school. We’ve seen, for example, Repu
Under order to pay immigrants minimum wage, GEO Group instead shuts down 'voluntary' work program
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A court late last month said GEO Group had to pay detained immigrants the minimum wage (or higher) for their forced labor at the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center (NWIPC) in Washington state. The private prison pr
Starbucks asks federal labor board to change the rules in its favor in upcoming union vote
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Workers at three Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area are seeking to unionize, and Starbucks management is going all out to try to block it. If these workers are successful, it would be a first at a corporate-owned Starbucks store, setting a precedent that ra
First cop on scene of Ahmaud Arbery shooting shows why he may be better suited for retail
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A former Georgia cop testified on Monday in the high-profile trial of another former cop, his son, and neighbor, who are charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Former Glynn County Police Officer Ricky Minshew said that, while he saw Ahmaud Arber
The House Sabotage Squad’s promise to vote next week on Build Back Better might already be broken
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains firm on a timeline for passing the $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation bill that contains President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. She reiterated in a press conference Tuesday from Glasgow, where she is attending the Unite
Texas town's first Black principal fired over CRT, which school district admits was never taught
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The first Black principal of Colleyville Heritage High School in Grapevine, Texas, has lost his job after a months-long battle with the school board, which accused him of teaching and promoting critical race theory (CRT) in his school.
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Gosar’s violent anime video is more than just a threat. It’s also a white-nationalist dogwhistle
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No doubt, when Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona tweeted out a fantasy anime video showing him killing his Democratic colleague, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and attacking President Biden, he intended it as a “gotcha” that would “trigger the lib
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Sununu's rejection of the Senate GOP is both delicious and telling
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Senate Republicans' projection of confidence following last week's elections isn't exactly translating into improving prospects for next year's midterms.
On Tuesday, New Hampshire's very popular GOP governor, Chris Sununu, announced he would bypass a Senate
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: #F*CKJOEBIDEN they say, as COVID tears through their entire family
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
More subpoenas issued to Trump officials as Jan. 6 Committee ramps up probe
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Adding to the already thick stack of subpoenas doled out by the Jan. 6 Committee as it continues its investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol, chair Bennie Thompson rolled out 10 more subpoenas Tuesday, including one for Stephen Miller, Tru
'Partisan politics without results': Top GOP Senate prospect rejects McConnell's do-nothing caucus
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Senate Republicans' projection of confidence following last week's elections isn't exactly translating into improving prospects for next year's midterms.
On Tuesday, New Hampshire's very popular GOP governor, Chris Sununu, announced he would bypass a Senate
Latest Texas redistricting lawsuit tells us what we know: Republican lawmakers gerrymandered hard
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Yet another lawsuit has been filed against the state of Texas over its abhorrent redistricting maps, which were approved last month by Gov. Greg Abbott after the third and final special legislative session of the year. The Texas State Conference of the NAACP
How can Democrats avoid 2021-like results as we try and hold Congress in 2022?
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Kellyanne Conway emerges to lie outright about the early Trump pandemic
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Trump ex-spokescreature Kellyanne Conway is a lying propagandist. That is her only purpose. She may have had, at some earlier point in her life, another, but for the last half-decade her purpose has been to brazenly lie to the public in service to a fascist m
'Will help facilitate their resettlement': USCIS to waive application fees for Afghan refugees
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CBS News reports that advocates for refugees evacuated from Afghanistan this past summer as part of Operation Allies Rescue have urged the Biden administration to waive immigration-related fees. Many families arrived to the U.S. with just the clothes on
Witness in Rittenhouse trial says he thought teen was an 'active shooter'
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As the Kyle Rittenhouse trial continues, the only protester shot by Rittenhouse to survive testified on Monday. Gaige Grosskreutz, a volunteer medic and protestor who was the third and final man shot by Rittenhouse in the summer of 2020, recalled the events t
Dennis Prager spits on the graves of victims of the AIDS crisis in order to prop up the unvaccinated
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In the middle of October, right-wing radio host Dennis Prager told his audience that he had contracted COVID-19. He told his audience that he had purposely “engaged with strangers, constantly hugging them, taking photos with them knowing that I was making m
Dennis Prager uses his massive platform to rewrite HIV/AIDS history
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In the middle of October, right-wing radio host Dennis Prager told his audience that he had contracted COVID-19. He told his audience that he had purposely “engaged with strangers, constantly hugging them, taking photos with them knowing that I was making m
As Sean Parnell's candidacy unravels, Trump scrambles to salvage it
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Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell testified Monday in a contentious custody battle with his estranged wife, entirely refuting her allegations of abuse against herself and their children.
Parnell, who said he «never» got physical wit
$4 drug may be more effective than $2,000 monoclonal antibodies in treating COVID-19
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From the outset of the pandemic, Republicans have seized on anecdotal claims of COVID-killing drugs to either downplay the disease itself or as an excuse to refuse vaccines. Donald Trump was at the front of the line in pushing anti-malaria treatment hydroxych
Paul Gosar isn't as funny as he thinks after tweet prompts calls for censure
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Representative Paul Gosar’s tweet of an anime video in which the Arizona Republican is shown killing fellow member Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging swords at President Joe Biden has triggered waves of outrage in Washington and calls fro
New Hampshire governor declines Senate bid, crushing McConnell's hopes
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In a move that deprives Senate Republican leaders of one of their most sought-after recruits, Republican Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he would seek a fourth two-year term as governor of New Hampshire rather than challenge Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan
Someone needs to tell Sen. Cruz how dumb he sounds coming after Transportation head Pete Buttigieg
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As usual, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz apparently doesn’t see racism, understand systemic racism, or (the most likely) chooses to ignore the realities of racism in this country.
During a White House press conference Monday, Transportation Secre
Pressure to condemn Paul Gosar heats up on Capitol Hill
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Representative Paul Gosar’s tweet of an anime video in which the Arizona Republican is shown killing fellow member Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and swinging swords at President Joe Biden has triggered waves of outrage in Washington and calls fro
Secret recordings after Columbine show how the NRA developed its school shootings playbook
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The 1999 Columbine High School mass shooting posed a challenge for the National Rifle Association (NRA). The nation was not yet accustomed to mass shootings in schools, and the NRA had to decide how to respond to public horror. Now NPR has obtained two a
It looks like LAPD is still in the business of gift-wrapping feces and calling it reform
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A year after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) ended a surveillance program it used for years to predict where crimes might be committed before they happened, the department is using a similar program. Critics say it’s turning out to be yet
McCarthy refuses to act as his deplorables try to get their colleagues killed
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“I hope you die. I hope everybody in your fucking family dies.” That’s the voicemail Rep. Fred Upton, Republican from Michigan, found after he cast a vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill last Friday. The caller called him a “fucking piece
House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issues subpoenas, but it's not clear they'll ever get testimony
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On Monday afternoon, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issued a new round of subpoenas. Included in the net this time were:
Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien, best known for his involvement in Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal, and for
Democrats might be in disarray, but Republicans are trying to get their colleagues killed
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“I hope you die. I hope everybody in your fucking family dies.” That’s the voicemail Rep. Fred Upton, Republican from Michigan, found after he cast a vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill last Friday. The caller called him a “fucking piece
The House Select Committee has issued more subpoenas, but that's not the same as taking action
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On Monday afternoon, the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 issued a new round of subpoenas. Included in the net this time were:
Trump Campaign Manager Bill Stepien, best known for his involvement in Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” scandal, and for
Trump loses latest bid to keep Jan. 6 docs hidden from investigators
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Donald Trump may be on his own planet in terms of understanding what is legal or constitutional in the United States, but Judge Tanya Chutkan brought him down to earth late Monday night after promptly rejecting the former president’s last-minute bid to kee
Trump quitting the GOP would have annihilated the party and Republicans knew it
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A new book by ABC News' Jonathan Karl includes an anecdote in which, hours before Donald Trump left office in January, he threatened to quit the Republican Party.
«I'm done,» Trump told RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. «I'm starting my own party.&
Republicans' post-Jan. 6 flirtation with reality likely succumbed to Trump's third-party threat
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A new book by ABC News' Jonathan Karl includes an anecdote in which, hours before Donald Trump left office in January, he threatened to quit the Republican Party.
«I'm done,» Trump told RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. «I'm starting my own party.&
Republican leaders are getting their wish: COVID-19 is now mostly a partisan pandemic
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We have noted multiple times in the last year that the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into a largely Republican pandemic. That doesn't mean that non-Republicans aren't still getting sick, but the places where the most COVID-related deaths happen are places tha
