Politics
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Trump Impeachment Trial, Day 2: House Impeachment Managers Set to Unveil Unreleased Footage of Capitol Riot
House impeachment managers will release never-seen-before footage of rioters storming the Capital that will show elected officials were in far greater danger for their lives than previously known or realized, according to the Washington Post. An aide to the House managers told the Post that Democrats will outline the events that lead to the attempted…
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Impeachment Trial, Day 1: Senate Votes to Proceed With Trial, Rejecting Trump's Argument That It Was Unconstitutional
The first day of the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump provided his lawyers an opportunity to prove that the trial was unconstitutional and therefore should not proceed, an argument the Senate rejected in a mostly party line vote of 56 to 44. Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) delivered…
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Black Michigan Republican Thirsty for Racist Support Pledges to Cancel 'Offensive' Black History Month
You ever hear that saying about people who pull up the ladder behind them right after they’ve gotten where they want to be? I’d say it perfectly describes Austin Chenge, a Nigerian-American and Black Republican who is running for governor of Michigan against incumbent Gretchen Whitmer, who is up for re-election next year. As is…
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Georgia to Investigate Trump's Attempt to Overturn State's Election Results
The office of the secretary of state of Georgia is opening an inquiry into whether or not former president Donald Trump broke state laws when he tried to overturn the election results there, The New York Times reports. At the heart of the inquiry are a series of phone calls Donald Trump made to Secretary…
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Donald Trump's Second Impeachment Trial, Explained
Today, the U.S. Senate will begin the impeachment trial to determine whether former President Donald Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection. This is the second time he has been impeached, the first time ever for a U.S. president. In 2019, he was impeached on two counts of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Continues to Push Conspiracies on Twitter, This Time About the Capitol Insurrection
Despite Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s halfway attempt at walking back her love of conspiracies theories last week—ahead of having her committee assignments in Congress taken away—the Republican fire-starter continues to show she’s still someone who doesn’t belong in government, period. On Tuesday, Greene took to Twitter—where her fellow profligate liar former President Trump has…
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Voting Rights Activists Push Congress to Make Substantial Election Reforms as GOP-Led States File Over 100 Bills to Restrict Voting Access
Republicans love to talk about freedom, liberty, constitutional rights and all that, but a simple look at their actions shows that all that talk is just talk. GOP-led states have filed over 100 pieces of legislation to restrict voting access, leading voting activists to implore Congress to enact voting reforms at the federal level. According…
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Senate Approves Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package But Rejects $15 Minimum Wage Increase [Updated]
The U.S. Senate approved a budget bill in the wee hours of Friday morning and after a voting session that lasted around 15 hours because Republicans and Democrats are still the Bloods and Crips of the political world, and there was plenty of beef to be had behind partisan agendas. The good news is that…