susan collins
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‘I’m Deeply Concerned’ About Maine Since Sen. Susan Collins Was Reelected
The tricycle of Senate evil consists of three wheels: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Trump’s whipping boy Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). Both Kentucky and South Carolina rejected positive, nonracist change to vote both McConnell and Graham back into office. Both states also voted for Trump. But what’s confusing about Maine, and what…
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Jamie Harrison Is Going to Beat the Brakes off Sen. Lindsey Graham (Votingly) and 4 Other Down Ballot Races We Need to Watch
My mother taught English in D.C. Public Schools for more than 50 years. One day, I went to her class to help her carry some boxes down to her car when I saw “Let’s get that pizza” written on the chalkboard. I laughed because my mother, who is a wizard of words and a waste…
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RBG’s Body Isn’t Even Buried and Sen. Lindsey Graham Is Bragging They Have the Votes to Fill Her Supreme Court Seat
If there are people who still believe that the Republican Party has a conscience, then I would like to talk to you about a sou-sou in which you give me $20 of actual money and I will give you back $800 of ghost cash. Republicans have one agenda and that’s furthering their agenda. That’s it.…
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Sen. Susan Collins Can Take a Long Walk Off a Short Pier
Every now and again, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) tries to act like she’s an actual politician who is open to hearing all the evidence before making a decision. It’s a masterful piece of work. Like that time during Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, where Collins acted like she was concerned about his abhorrent…
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Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Proves White Male Privilege Is Invincible
His confirmation might come as a shock to some, but for many of us, it was a foregone conclusion.
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Susan Rice: Please Run and Bounce That 53 Percenters’ Ass Out of The Senate
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine proved her 53 percent white woman bonafides with a vote of support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, all but assuring his confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. Of course, that fake Democrat in West Virginia Joe Manchin is trash for voting “yes” too, but that is a different story. Collins…
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Senate Votes to Advance Brett Kavanaugh Nomination; Key Senators Still Undecided
Reporters and political pundits are trying to decipher the meaning behind Friday’s procedural votes for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. In what is often routine, the chamber voted 51 to 49 to push Kavanaugh’s nomination to a final vote. Republicans were rejoicing after securing “the votes of two GOP senators and one Democrat who had…
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2 GOP Senators Say They’ll Vote Against DeVos’ Confirmation as Education Secretary
As the ongoing saga of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet confirmations continues, two GOP senators have come forward and said they will vote against Betsy DeVos for education secretary, giving Senate Democrats two of the at least three votes they will need to block her appointment. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) made their…
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2 Republican Senators Propose Giving States Option to Keep Obamacare
On Monday, two Senate Republicans said that U.S. states should be allowed to stay in the Obamacare medical-insurance program if they choose to. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans made campaign promises to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and since the new session of Congress started and Trump became president, they have…