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This war pits bootlicker against bootlicker, Rand Paul against Lindsey Graham On Wednesday, senators and representatives finally got that briefing they should have received before Donald Trump decided to launch airstrikes on Iraqi bases, murder an Iranian general, and take the world to the brink of war while getting U.S. forces in Iraq officially labeled…

4Q Fundraising ● IA-01: Ashley Hinson (R): $430,000 raised, $734,000 cash-on-hand ● IA-03: Cindy Axne (D-inc): $620,000 raised, $1.6 million cash-on-hand ● NC-02: Deborah Ross (D): $300,000 raised (in one month), $263,000 cash-on-hand ● NJ-04: Stephanie Schmid (D): $101,000 raised ● NY-24: Dana Balter (D): $205,000 raised ● TX-13: Josh Winegarner (R): $346,000 raised, $283,000…

Texas Democrat Eliz Markowitz with supporters The Jan. 28 special election is heating up for Texas’ 28th State House District, where Democrats are hoping to score a pickup that could better position them to flip the entire chamber in the fall. Politico reports that the progressive group Forward Majority is spending $100,000 on TV, digital,…

On Tuesday evening, Iraq directed a series of missiles at two bases in Iraq that play host to U.S. forces. But while at least 10 missiles hit in or near the Ain al-Asad and Erbil air bases, neither U.S. nor Iraqi commanders on the ground have reported any casualties from the attack. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian…

Gates’ team responded to the ad by saying, “This basic attack has been refuted by the people who did the investigation … The people that researched this closely think Gates has done a tremendous job as a parent.” The candidate also released his own TV ad a few weeks before Forward Majority’s spot went up…

After months of criticism from immigrant rights advocates and lawmakers, the Trump administration will open up the so-called immigration tent courts along the southern U.S. border to public observers, The Wall Street Journal reports. Democratic lawmakers had previously criticized these facilities, where asylum-seekers subject to the Remain in Mexico policy have their cases heard, as “shrouded in secrecy since their…

On Sunday evening, the nation learned that there had been another phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. That in itself might seem alarming, considering that Trump has just been impeached for taking actions against a U.S. ally, actions that supported Russian military efforts. But what’s really jaw-dropping in this case is how the nation…

Trump’s order to delay the military assistance and his efforts to extract statements from the Ukrainian leadership didn’t just cause concern inside the Office of Management and Budget and at the top levels of the State Department—they caused chaos. White House officials found themselves facing an illegal order, and they clearly knew it was an…

House Democrats feel secure in their majority because they know that health care, the issue that in large part handed them the House in 2018, is still a problem for Republicans in 2020. Senate Democrats are now readying to seize the advantage on the issue as well. The appeals court decision issued earlier this month, which The…

There is no such thing as candidates making their case for the best path forward, and the public validating which path, collectively, the nation should follow. There is no best path. There is no path. There is only a contest to see who can invent the most self-serving version of reality, upon which we elect…