They’re refusing to get tested. They’re blitzing a Supreme Court nomination. What could go wrong?
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Chuck Schumer’s Last Desperate Options to Stop a Supreme Court Vote
Yes, the Senate Democratic leader doesn’t have the filibuster to stop a Supreme Court vote. But he can fashion an unlikely slingshot out of a few scraps. A look inside the Senate rules.
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Unicorns. Fairies. Dragons. Moderate Republicans. What Do These All Have in Common?
Anyone who was surprised wasn’t paying attention. The endorsement of Donald Trump ally Geoff Diehl —the character who’s trying to unseat Senator Elizabeth Warren—by alleged moderate Republican and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was as predictable as the outcome of former UFC star Ronda Rousey’s WWE matches. Party loyalty is thicker than water, and the idea […]
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Warren’s Likely GOP Challenger: A Pain to Diehl With
Unlike John McCain, here’s one fellow who will never be confused for a statesman: [Massachusetts] State Representative Geoff Diehl, in an effort to ramp up immigration-focused attacks on US Senator Elizabeth Warren, [has] released a campaign video [asserting] that 20 people a day — or the equivalent of “over 7,000 people every year” — are […]
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Generation Z Must Take the Media Back
It’s the only way to keep this moment–and this momentum–going. When the nationwide youth demonstrations against gun violence in the wake of the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida, began, I must admit that I actually had a cynical reaction: how many of these teenagers, I wondered, would abandon their social conscience twenty-five years from […]
