Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel was booed by a crowd during a live taping of “Morning Joe” on Friday after saying that African Americans have spent 100 years “begging for federal government scraps.” The comment from the GOP candidate came during a segment of the MSNBC show taped at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Panelist …
With the Republican Party moving quickly to deliver yet another round of massive, deficit-exploding tax cuts to their wealthiest donors and constituents ahead of November’s crucial midterm elections, 776 national and state groups—representing millions of Americans—sent a letter to members of Congress on Wednesday demanding that they oppose the GOP’s newly introduced Tax Scam 2.0 …
The Senate voted 51-49 to invoke cloture on Friday morning, meaning there is now a 30-hour window for senators to hold a final vote on U.S Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. While Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska opposed advancing Kavanaugh’s nomination, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Viriginia joined with every other GOP …
Offering a stark warning that humanity may have even less time to drastically cut carbon emissions than the United Nations suggested in its latest alarming report on the climate crisis, new research (pdf) published in the journal Nature on Wednesday shows that Earth’s oceans have retained 60 percent more heat each year over the past …
With the GOP currently waging a massive and racist war on voting rights in Georgia and throughout the nation ahead of next month’s crucial midterm elections, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a get-out-the-vote rally in Indiana on Friday and led hundreds of enthusiastic Hoosiers to a nearby polling station bearing some “bad news” for President …
Once again proving they probably don’t realize just how popular such ideas have become, Fox News on Tuesday tried to ridicule and discredit key platform planks that progressive Democrats successfully ran on this election cycle but ended up just reminding people that these ideas actually make a lot of sense. “Oh no! They discovered our …
Progressives on Tuesday expressed relief that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was booted from his House committee assignments following his latest racist comments, but also noted that the GOP’s decision to penalize King is long overdue, following nearly two decades of openly bigoted remarks. The move by Republicans—who have a long history of championing the racist …
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced Monday that it will hold the party’s 2020 convention in Charlotte, N.C., from Aug. 24 to 27. RNC committee members previously voted unanimously to select Charlotte as the site of the party’s next presidential convention, but the dates were unknown before Monday. ADVERTISEMENT Lara Trump, President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public …
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy BaldwinTammy Suzanne BaldwinBiden launches program to turn out LGBTQ vote We need a ‘9-1-1’ for mental health — we need ‘9-8-8’ Democrats introduce bill to rein in Trump’s power under Insurrection Act MORE (D) leads her Republican challenger, Leah Vukmir, by double digits ahead of November’s midterms, according to a new poll. …
