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Pelosi Uncovincingly Defends Her Record As Minority Leader

Pelosi Uncovincingly Defends Her Record As Minority Leader

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

Black Voters to Democrats: You’re Welcome

Black Voters to Democrats: You’re Welcome

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

Progressive Democrats Fight For Access To The Party's Voter Data

Progressive Democrats Fight For Access To The Party's Voter Data

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

FCC Chair Ajit Pai Jokes In Video About Being A ‘Verizon Puppet’

FCC Chair Ajit Pai Jokes In Video About Being A ‘Verizon Puppet’

Pai stars in a skit saying he was “brainwash[ed] and groom[ed]” to be FCC chairman.

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

The Doug Jones Coalition: Dems Feel Momentum In Alabama, But They’ll Need Black & White Voters to Beat Roy Moore.

The Doug Jones Coalition: Dems Feel Momentum In Alabama, But They’ll Need Black & White Voters to Beat Roy Moore.

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

Brown To Eliminate Loans From University Undergraduate Aid Packages In 2018-19

Brown To Eliminate Loans From University Undergraduate Aid Packages In 2018-19

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

All The Republicans At Roy Moore's Party Had The Same Reaction

All The Republicans At Roy Moore's Party Had The Same Reaction

Cue the ubiquitous sound of a record scratching ...

Greg FordeDecember 13, 2017Comment

Meet The Women Who Could Replace Al Franken

Meet The Women Who Could Replace Al Franken

Greg FordeDecember 11, 2017Comment

Congress’s Sexual Harassment Scandal Is About to Get Even Worse

Congress’s Sexual Harassment Scandal Is About to Get Even Worse

Greg FordeDecember 11, 2017Comment

EPA Drops Rule Requiring Mining Companies to Have Money to Clean Up Pollution

EPA Drops Rule Requiring Mining Companies to Have Money to Clean Up Pollution

Greg FordeDecember 11, 2017Comment

Behind Closed Doors, U.S. Military Said Sgt. La David Johnson Survived Initial Ambush In Niger

Behind Closed Doors, U.S. Military Said Sgt. La David Johnson Survived Initial Ambush In Niger

Greg FordeDecember 11, 2017Comment

Former chairman of Colorado’s Republican Party Found Guilty of Voter Fraud — After Trying To Blame It On Democrats

Former chairman of Colorado’s Republican Party Found Guilty of Voter Fraud — After Trying To Blame It On Democrats

The Hypocrisy Is Always Predictable and Typical ...

Greg FordeDecember 11, 2017Comment

Democratic Group Plans To Recommend Dramatic Cuts To DNC Superdelegates Power: Report

Democratic Group Plans To Recommend Dramatic Cuts To DNC Superdelegates Power: Report

Here's Hoping ...

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

Trump Admin Scraps Obama-era Proposal Requiring Airlines To Disclose Bag Fees

Trump Admin Scraps Obama-era Proposal Requiring Airlines To Disclose Bag Fees

Another 'Obama Did It So It Needs To Be Undone' Trump Move ...

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

This Israeli Presentation On How To Make Drone Strikes More “EFFICIENT” Disturbed Its Audience

This Israeli Presentation On How To Make Drone Strikes More “EFFICIENT” Disturbed Its Audience

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

Republicans Now Turn Their Attention To Deregulating Wall Street With Key Hearing

Republicans Now Turn Their Attention To Deregulating Wall Street With Key Hearing

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

With Jerusalem Move, Trump Flings Gas Can Over A Region Aflame

With Jerusalem Move, Trump Flings Gas Can Over A Region Aflame

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

Few Members Of Congress Are Concerned Wih Potential For Violence If U.S. Recognizes Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

Few Members Of Congress Are Concerned Wih Potential For Violence If U.S. Recognizes Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

Roy Moore: America “was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery”

Roy Moore: America “was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery”

Aaannnddd, off comes the sheet ...

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment

Trump’s Plan to Declare Jerusalem The Capital of Israel Will Derail Decades of US Diplomacy

Trump’s Plan to Declare Jerusalem The Capital of Israel Will Derail Decades of US Diplomacy

Greg FordeDecember 8, 2017Comment