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Trump Has a Horrible Yet Effective Plan to Push Through His Nominees

Trump Has a Horrible Yet Effective Plan to Push Through His Nominees

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18.07.2026 20

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Lindsey Graham Chased the Same Thing for Decades. He Found It Just Before He Died.

Lindsey Graham Chased the Same Thing for Decades. He Found It Just Before He Died.

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14.07.2026 20

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Three People to Blame for the Graham Platner Disaster

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11.07.2026 20

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How Democrats Can Still Salvage the Maine Senate Race

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07.07.2026 10

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Republicans Have a New Supervillain in the Works

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27.06.2026 10

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Why Can’t America Have a Housing Bill? Because of Trump’s Signature Obsession.

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25.06.2026 20

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This Is the Week J.D. Vance Became Vice President

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19.06.2026 30

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How Does Susan Collins Keep Winning?

The 2020 election made Maine Sen. Susan Collins a political legend. National Democrats, who’d effectively let Collins walk to victory in 2014,...

16.06.2026 60

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How America’s Birthday Got Hijacked

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13.06.2026 30

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Are Democrats Blowing a Golden Opportunity to Beat Susan Collins?

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08.06.2026 10

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Are Democrats Blowing a Golden Opportunity to Beat Susan Collins?

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06.06.2026 20

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The Texas Senate Race Is Going to Be Pure Slime

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30.05.2026 30

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Trump’s New Grift Is His Most Brazen … Ever?

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16.05.2026 40

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For a Moment, It Looked as if Trump’s Efforts to Rig the Midterms Had Failed. Then Three Things Happened.

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09.05.2026 30

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Graham Platner Got Everything He Wanted. Is That Good for Democrats’ Hopes of Retaking the Senate?

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02.05.2026 50

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The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a 2028 Nightmare

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30.04.2026 30

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Congress’ Latest Attempt to Kiss Trump’s Ass Doesn’t Make a Whole Lot of Sense

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28.04.2026 30

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There’s Something Different About This Version of the Democratic Party

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25.04.2026 50

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Republicans Started a Nationwide Fight Over Redistricting. Did They Just Lose?

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22.04.2026 30

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This May Be Why Eric Swalwell Thought He Could Get Away With It

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18.04.2026 50

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For Better or for Worse, the House Is Changing the Way It Deals With Its Worst Members

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16.04.2026 30

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There’s One Huge Flaw With TACO and It May Soon Explode in All of Our Faces

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11.04.2026 60

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Who Could Possibly Want the Worst Job in Trump’s Cabinet?

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04.04.2026 50

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There Was a Deal to Fund the TSA! Then Mike Johnson Got Involved.

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28.03.2026 40

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Senate Republicans Might Be Tricking Trump Into Ending the TSA Disaster

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24.03.2026 40

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The Price of Oil Is Surging. Here’s How It Could Get Much Worse.

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21.03.2026 50

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Markwayne Mullin’s Confirmation Hearing Was the Funniest in Ages—and Might Have a Stunning Outcome

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18.03.2026 40

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A Top Official Just Quit in Protest of the Iran War. His Resignation Letter Reveals One of the Biggest Fallacies About Trump.

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17.03.2026 60

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The Iron Law of TACO Faces Its Ultimate Test

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14.03.2026 60

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The Senator Who Cost Kristi Noem Her Job

07.03.2026 70

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Yes, Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Tried to Start a Literal Fight at a Senate Hearing. But There’s So Much More.

05.03.2026 50

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It Has Been a Roller Coaster 24 Hours for Democrats’ Hopes of Retaking the Senate

04.03.2026 30

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Democrats Are Flubbing Their Response to Trump’s Iran War. The Reason Why Is Clear.

04.03.2026 50

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Democrats’ Hopes of Retaking the Senate Could Get a Major Boost This Week

02.03.2026 40

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How Badly Do You Have to Behave to Get Kicked Out of This GOP’s Congress?

28.02.2026 40

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The Supreme Court Just Basically Held Up a “No Kings” Sign

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Pam Bondi Crashed Out for a Bizarre Reason. She’s Not Alone.

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14.02.2026 350

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Democrats Had a Very Messy Week in Texas. Here’s What That Means for the Rest of the Country.

07.02.2026 40

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How Does Stephen Miller Keep Getting Away With This?

31.01.2026 40

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There’s One World Leader We’d Most Like to Trade for Trump Right Now

24.01.2026 60

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The Real Reason the DOJ’s Rampage Against Trump’s Enemies Kicked Up a Notch This Week

17.01.2026 50

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Trump Finally Found the One Thing That Could Cause Senate Republicans to Grow a Spine

13.01.2026 40

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Stephen Miller’s ICE Can’t Afford to Be Wrong, So It Will Never Admit a Mistake

10.01.2026 50

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The Voting Rights Act Is in Brett Kavanaugh’s Hands. God Help Us.

18.10.2025 40

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Welcome to the Resistance

11.10.2025 50

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Democrats’ Shutdown Strategy Might Actually Work Out

04.10.2025 40

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The Shutdown Is Here. Will Democrats Be Blamed for It?

01.10.2025 40

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The Comey Indictment Is Just the Beginning

27.09.2025 40

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If the FCC Chairman Is the Story of the Week, Something Has Gone Really Wrong

20.09.2025 30

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Who Showed Up to Lead in a Dark, Tense Week?

13.09.2025 50

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