Oct 1 2018
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As my grandfather says, “I feel like I have aged 7 days in the past week.”
Sep 28 2018
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On Friday morning, hours after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford offered grueling, heartbreaking testimony about being…
Sep 28 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh needed to project a certain type of masculinity on Thursday, so he talked about sports. He was…
Sep 28 2018
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Good morning, and also good evening, because I’m guessing that, like me, you maybe haven’t slept much for the past…
Sep 27 2018
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Sep 18 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh will not be able to sail through a Supreme Court nomination this week as Republicans had previously…
Dec 20 2017
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According to a new report by LGBT legal advocacy group Lambda Legal, nearly one-third of Donald Trump’s judicial…
Feb 15 2017
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In 1990, Lisa Fierstein, the ex-wife of Labor Secretary Andy Puzder put on a wig and sunglasses and went on an…
Feb 13 2017
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On Monday, former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin was confirmed by the United States Senate as Secretary of…
Jan 31 2017
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Col. Ann Wright, a 70-year-old retired United States Army colonel and former U.S. State Department official, briefly…
Jan 23 2017
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Though Sen. John McCain sorta joked with reporters that he’d vote for the confirmation of former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State “when pigs fly,” he and other opposing Republicans Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio have meekly capitulated. Please welcome Tillerson, current bud of Vladimir Putin, as the… Read more
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Jan 21 2017
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The confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s billionaire Education Secretary pick, Betsy DeVos, on Tuesday was…
Jan 20 2017
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Just before the second round of questioning at Rick Perry’s Secretary of Energy confirmation hearing today, the…
Jan 19 2017
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Rick Perry’s confirmation hearing for Secretary of Energy has thus far mostly been various senators using the word…
Jan 17 2017
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As the confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education plods along, Betsy DeVos calmly told Connecticut Sen. Chris…
Jan 17 2017
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Betsy DeVos’s hearing for Secretary of Education is underway, and considering she is a billionaire GOP donor with…
Jan 11 2017
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What a day! What a marvelous day! Republicans initially scheduled five hearings for one day—this day—despite the nota…
Jan 10 2017
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Not content to let Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) be the only ones to drag Sen. Jeff…
Jan 10 2017
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Although Sen. Jeff Sessions is likely to be confirmed as our next Attorney General, he’s having to play an unusual…
Jan 10 2017
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The Jeff Sessions Attorney General hearing began just this morning, but it’s already devolved into an exciting game…