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Last Checked: 2025-08-02 10:47:45

Why Red And Blue States Are Waging A Redistricting War

01 Aug 2025

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Republicans in the Texas State House released their plans to redraw the state’s congressional map ...

Loyalty Over Competence At Trump's Justice Department

31 Jul 2025

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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Emil Bove as a federal appeals court judge, a lifetime appointment t...

Trump's Tariff Deadline Is Two Days Away

30 Jul 2025

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Friday is President Donald Trump’s alleged tariff deadline, the day when dozens of countries eithe...

All Eyes On Gaza As Hunger Crisis Grows

29 Jul 2025

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Global outrage is building as the hunger crisis in Gaza descends into new depths of horror. Even aid...

New EPA To Argue Greenhouse Gases Are Totally Fine

28 Jul 2025

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Sometime this week, the Trump Administration is expected to launch an assault on one of the major co...

Immigration Lawyer Details Horrific Conditions at ICE Detention Centers

25 Jul 2025

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The Trump Administration is quickly ramping up its efforts to arrest and deport as many undocumented...

Trump Targets Obama, Deflects From Epstein

24 Jul 2025

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While pressure mounts on the White House to release documents related to the late convicted sex offe...

Mike Johnson Staves Off Epstein Vote

23 Jul 2025

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House lawmakers will start their Summer break a few days early today, vacating the capital until Sep...

A Look At Trump And Epstein's History

22 Jul 2025

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Despite President Donald Trump's best efforts, his administration can't escape the conspiracies swir...

How AI Is Weaponizing Voicemail

21 Jul 2025

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As artificial intelligence programs become more widely accessible, so too do increasingly sophistica...

Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz' with Rep. Maxwell Frost

18 Jul 2025

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Alligator Alcatraz, a pop-up immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, has been touted...

Trump v The Federal Reserve Chair

17 Jul 2025

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President Donald Trump spent Wednesday refuting reports he plans to imminently fire Federal Reserve ...

The Trump Putin Breakup Explained

16 Jul 2025

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On the 2024 campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump repeatedly claimed he could end Russia’s w...

Can Planned Parenthood Survive Trump’s Big Beautiful Law?

15 Jul 2025

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After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three years ago, the question of abortion's legality ...

Why Hiring 10,000 New ICE Agents Is A Bad Idea

14 Jul 2025

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President Donald Trump’s new spending and tax law is set to balloon the budget for immigration and...

Ex-NOAA Administrator On Trump's Staffing Cuts

11 Jul 2025

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President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to central Texas today to tour damage of the devastati...

ICE Gets Billions To Intimidate Americans

10 Jul 2025

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Federal agents descended on a park in the middle of Los Angeles midday Monday, showing up on horseba...

Ex-CDC Doctor On RFK Jr.'s Risky Vaccine Policies

09 Jul 2025

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In just a few short months on the job, Health And Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has...

How Democrats Will Make Trump Own His Disastrous Spending Bill

08 Jul 2025

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Now that President Donald Trump has gotten exactly what he wanted, and signed his major domestic tax...

Trump's War On The Poor

07 Jul 2025

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Despite months of handwringing and a litany complaints from dozens of Congressional Republicans, Pre...

Zohran Mamdani's Fight For NYC feat. Brad Lander

03 Jul 2025

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The New York City Board of Elections on Tuesday confirmed Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemb...

The Big Republican Spending Bill Debacle Disaster Adventure

02 Jul 2025

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The Senate passed President Donald Trump's spending bill on Tuesday after Vice President JD Vance ar...

GOP Senators Ruin Their Summer Vacay for Trump Spending Bill

01 Jul 2025

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As Republicans in Congress look to gut Medicaid with President Donald Trump’s supposed “Big Beau...

GOP Rushes To Pass Trump's Big Beautiful Bill

30 Jun 2025

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It’s make-or-break week for Congressional Republicans and their big policy and spending legislatio...

A Blockbuster Day For The Supreme Court

27 Jun 2025

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The Supreme Court will issue a slew of major opinions today on what’s expected to be the final day...

Is This Trump's Idea of Isolationism?

26 Jun 2025

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President Donald Trump addressed leaders at a NATO summit in the Netherlands Wednesday as the tenuou...

What It's Like To Have An Empathetic Leader

25 Jun 2025

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What does national leadership really look like? Despite all of President Donald Trump's rhetoric, it...

MAGA Isolationists Sidelined in Iran Strike Debate

24 Jun 2025

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Iran fired missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar Monday in retaliation for American strikes on t...

Sen. Warner Says Congress Needs Answers After US Bombs Iran

23 Jun 2025

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The United States is going to war in the Middle East again… maybe. President Donald Trump announce...

Politics and Musings Live with former Senator Al Franken

20 Jun 2025

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A few weeks ago, What A Day took a trip to the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival in Seattle, Washington, fo...

How The Supreme Court Just Failed Trans Youth

19 Jun 2025

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The Supreme Court is staying busy with decisions. The High Court issued a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday in...

The Israel Iran Conflict Explained

18 Jun 2025

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Tensions continue to escalate between Iran and Israel as the two countries swap missile fire. Israel...

Los Angeles Is Not In Crisis feat. Mayor Karen Bass

17 Jun 2025

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A federal appeals court will decide if President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops ...

Sustaining The Movement After No Kings

16 Jun 2025

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In towns and cities across the country, from blue cities to red states, from Idaho to Georgia and pr...

Asking A Question Got US Senator Padilla Handcuffed

13 Jun 2025

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Congress is reeling after Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed –...

Decoding Recent Supreme Court Gun Rulings

12 Jun 2025

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The Supreme Court has been busy releasing opinions. Last week, it ruled against a ten billion dollar...

Why Climate Change Is Driving An Insurance Meltdown

11 Jun 2025

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You know how people are always saying, "What happens in California often doesn't stay here"? They're...

The Court’s Willful Ignorance And Our Racial Caste System

10 Jun 2025

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The Trump Administration has decided that diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are themselves a ...

LA On The Front Lines Of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

09 Jun 2025

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People protesting against Immigration Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles and President Trump’...

Trump And Musk's Messy Break-Up

06 Jun 2025

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While President Trump demands his administration investigate the former president's pardons and exec...

The Big Beautiful Bill Breakdown feat. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly

05 Jun 2025

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Some Republican lawmakers are backtracking their support for President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful B...

We're Not Powerless Against Trump's Climate Sabotage

04 Jun 2025

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President Donald Trump has made it his mission to single-handedly reverse basically every accomplish...

Migrants’ Legal Limbo

03 Jun 2025

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In the last few weeks, the Supreme Court has dealt more than half a million migrants a serious blow ...

How Trump's Chaos Is Becoming Normal

02 Jun 2025

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Can you believe it’s already June? So much has happened since President Donald Trump returned to t...

In Israel And Gaza, War Opposition Grows

30 May 2025

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This week marked more than 600 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. In the wake of Hamas' h...

When The Conspiracy Theorists Become Bureaucrats

29 May 2025

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Before Kash Patel, Dan Bongino and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. were prominent members of the Trump Admini...

Are Trump’s Crypto Ventures Corrupt

28 May 2025

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To the average American, the world of cryptocurrencies can be completely inscrutable. Only about 17 ...

Abortion Access In Trump's America 2.0

27 May 2025

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has long been a pusher of junk science, especi...

Assembly Required: Rachel Maddow on Winning America’s Fight Against Fascism

26 May 2025

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Today, the What A Day team is off. But we’re excited to bring you a recent episode of Assembly Req...

SCOTUS Deadlocks On Major Religion Case

23 May 2025

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In one of the most anticipated rulings of the term, the Supreme Court justices deadlocked Thursday i...

Inside Diddy's Federal Sex-Trafficking Trial

22 May 2025

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If you're a certain age, Sean' Diddy' Combs was inescapable during some really formative years of yo...

Why Medicaid Work Requirements Are A Bad Idea

21 May 2025

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As Congressional Republicans try to pass President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' through the ...

A House Divided

20 May 2025

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It's make-or-break week in the House for President Donald Trump's 'one big, beautiful bill.' House S...

Why One Yale Professor Chose To Leave The U.S.

19 May 2025

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The New York Times recently published a video op-ed by a group of Yale University professors who say...

The Art Of The Deal: Mideast Edition

16 May 2025

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President Donald Trump is expected to wrap up the first major international trip of his second term ...

What To Know About Today's SCOTUS Birthright Case

15 May 2025

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The Supreme Court hears arguments today in three cases challenging President Donald Trump's effort t...

Why Trump’s Economy is Weird AF

14 May 2025

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Is the U.S. economy … good? Bad? Somewhere in the middle? If it feels like you're desperately shak...

Can The India-Pakistan Ceasefire Hold?

13 May 2025

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India and Pakistan announced a ceasefire Saturday, after days of fighting along their shared border ...

Millennials And Gen Zers Step Into Leadership

12 May 2025

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It's 2025, and if you're a Millennial or Gen Zer, there's a good chance that you are qualified to ma...

The First American Pope

09 May 2025

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We have a new pope, and he’s from Chicago! On the second day of the papal conclave Thursday, Cardi...

Congress, U Up?

08 May 2025

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Over the past few months, you might have been wondering to yourself, “Hey! The president of the Un...

Elon Musk Go!

07 May 2025

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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and, depending on whom you ask, the perceived head of the Depar...

Netanyahu Threatens to Escalate War In Gaza

06 May 2025

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel was 'on the eve of a forceful entry to Gaz...

Project 2025: Trump's 100-Day Blitz

05 May 2025

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While President Donald Trump struggles to convince the American public his tariffs are worth sacrifi...

Mike Waltz Loses Job, Gets A New One

02 May 2025

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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on Thursday became the first major ouster of President Donald T...

In Trump vs Universities, Students Are Stuck In The Middle

01 May 2025

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In his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has fundamentally reshaped the federal gover...

Trump is Tariff-ied

30 Apr 2025

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President Trump cruised to victory in the 2024 election largely because voters said they trusted him...

100 Days In Trump’s America 2.0

29 Apr 2025

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We made it, ya’ll. One hundred days of President Donald Trump’s second term down. Only 1,362 to ...

Why Some Migrants Say They'll Self-Deport

28 Apr 2025

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The Trump administration's relentless assault on immigrants keeps marching on. Over the weekend, fed...

Job Cuts Come For the State Department

25 Apr 2025

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent part of his Thursday gilding President Donald Trump's lily, say...

Will Trump Abandon Ukraine?

24 Apr 2025

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The Trump administration is putting pressure on Ukraine to accept a U.S.-backed peace plan with Russ...

MAGA Baby Bucks

23 Apr 2025

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MAGA is in full-on panic mode about the declining birth rate in the U.S., and so the doors of the We...

A Week of Big Cases At SCOTUS

22 Apr 2025

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It's a busy week at the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, the justices heard oral arguments in yet anot...

America At A Tipping Point

21 Apr 2025

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President Donald Trump still hasn’t hit the 100-day mark of his second term, but it feels like the...

How Trump’s Shredding Green Regulations

18 Apr 2025

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The Trump administration is running through our constitutional rights like a bull unleashed on the s...

Dems Go To Bat For Due Process

17 Apr 2025

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Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release ...

How RFK Jr. Has Already Reshaped Public Health

16 Apr 2025

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking his “Make America Healthy Agai...

Trump's Deportation Standoff Keeps Getting Worse

15 Apr 2025

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President Donald Trump met with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office Monday. The...

We Went To The 'Fighting Oligarchy' Rally

14 Apr 2025

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Congress is out of session this week. Democrats are keeping busy with planned town hall events in re...

House Republicans Pass Big Beautiful Bill feat. Rep. Ro Khanna

11 Apr 2025

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If you’re not feeling better after President Donald Trump paused the largest of his previously pla...

Trump: Now You Tariff… Now You Don’t

10 Apr 2025

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When most of us woke up Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump was still very excited about the t...

Supreme Court Gives Trump What He Wants... For Now

09 Apr 2025

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The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration three successive wins this week, albeit temporary ...

Trump’s Market Meltdown… And Your Wallet

08 Apr 2025

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The stock market continued to have a not very good time Monday as a result of President Donald Trump...

Massive Crowds Tell Trump 'Hands Off' My Government

07 Apr 2025

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Hundreds of thousands people across the country spent part of their Saturday at ‘Hands Off’ rall...

Trump Tariffies The Markets

04 Apr 2025

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If Wednesday was ‘Liberation Day’ in America, then Thursday was its day of reckoning, as the rea...

Trump Launches Tariff-Palooza

03 Apr 2025

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Wednesday was ‘Liberation Day’ in Trump’s America. For everyone else, it was a day of sheer ec...

Why Planned Parenthood Is Back In Front Of SCOTUS

02 Apr 2025

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments today in a big case about healthcare access an...

Trump's TBD Tariffs

01 Apr 2025

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Economists, Wall Street traders — really, anyone who has a stake in the health of the U.S. economy...

Musk Throws Millions Into Wisc. Supreme Court Race

31 Mar 2025

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Wisconsin voters will head to the polls Tuesday (if they haven’t already) to choose a new member o...

Is Any Immigrant Safe In Trump's America?

28 Mar 2025

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The Trump administration spends a lot of time trumpeting all the ways it’s cracking down on immigr...

Trump’s Next Chat Scandal: The Coverup

27 Mar 2025

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The Atlantic published the entire Signal conversation centered on strikes on Houthi militants in Yem...

This Group Chat Should Have Been An Email feat. Sen. Mark Warner

26 Mar 2025

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe were on Capitol Hill...

Sec. Pete Hegseth Is In My DMs

25 Mar 2025

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has been busy since assuming office earlier...

Trump Wants To Be King

24 Mar 2025

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In just about two months, President Donald Trump has managed to thoroughly shake U.S. democratic str...

The Miseducation Of Donald Trump feat. Former Sec. Arne Duncan

21 Mar 2025

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to officially start shutting down the Depa...

The Trump Administration's All-Out Assault On Judges

20 Mar 2025

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Are we in a constitutional crisis? That’s the big question on the minds of legal experts across th...

Trump Sows Chaos Abroad

19 Mar 2025

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Tuesday was a big day in foreign policy news. Israel launched a barrage of airstrikes on Gaza Monday...

Trump’s Law-Bending Attack on Migrants

18 Mar 2025

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In both court and in interviews Monday, the Trump administration doubled down on its decision over t...

Dems: Chuck's Not Like Us

17 Mar 2025

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While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer may have kept the U.S. government from shutting down last...

Is Bipartisanship Dead? feat. Leader Hakeem Jeffries

14 Mar 2025

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It’s shutdown day in America, with lawmakers facing a midnight deadline to pass a government fundi...