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Sanders Rebukes Senate for Crafting $50 Billion “Handout” to Microchip Industry
“I guess when you’re giving corporate welfare to big and powerful interests, the deficit no longer matters,” he said.
The US Is Descending Into a Crisis of Overt Fascism. There’s Still a Way Out.
The right is seeking to steal elections and deputizing vigilantes to constrain our rights. U.S. democracy is in peril.
Warren: “Today Would Be a Great Day” to Bind Supreme Court to Code of Ethics
In May, Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill to hold justices to a binding ethics code and ban them from trading stocks.
At the 1/6 Hearings, Trump the Troll Is Getting a Taste of His Own Medicine
We can't assume the hearings will result in a reckoning for the U.S. — but I'm going to miss them when they're over.
Former Oath Keeper Testifies That Trump Fueled Extremists’ Actions
“What it was going to be was an armed revolution,” a former spokesperson for the right-wing conspiracy group said.
Leaked Bannon Audio Shows Trump Planned to Declare Himself Winner No Matter What
Trump was going to tweet, “I'm the winner. Game over. Suck on that,” Bannon tells his associates in an audio recording.
Former Trump Adviser John Bolton Admits on Live TV He “Helped Plan Coups d’État”
Bolton contrasted the foreign coups he helped plan with the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
New Documentary Film Evidence Shows Trump Wanted GA Lawmakers to Overturn Result
Documentary filmmaker Alex Holder is sharing the video with both the January 6 committee and a Georgia state inquiry.
Warren Introduces Bill That Would Allow 16 & 17 Year Olds to Preregister to Vote
The bill comes as support for mainstream party politicians like Joe Biden is falling among young voters.
Trump’s White House Counsel “Corroborated” Almost All Jan 6. Witness Testimony
Pat Cipollone reportedly did not contradict Cassidy Hutchinson's witness account during his own testimony on Friday.