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A GOP Senator Lectured Chuck Schumer About the Sabbath to Defend Voter Suppression
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith cited the Old Testament as a reason to prevent people from voting on Sunday.
GOP Senator Says You’re Welcome for the COVID Aid Bill He Tried to Kill
Sen. Roger Wicker’s tweet kind of reminds us of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which Republicans slammed but then took credit for.
Republicans Are Hilariously Dunking on Trump’s Bumbling Legal Team
Trump himself reportedly exploded with rage at Bruce Castor’s performance—and was almost screaming over what he saw on television on Monday.
Trump’s Crack Impeachment Lawyers Misspelled ‘United States’—Again
And yet it was still better than the mistakes in the brief they filed on behalf of their client last week.
Amy Klobuchar's Big Antitrust Bill Wants to End the Age of Megamergers
Klobuchar's bill takes much-needed aim at monopolies, but advocates say that it doesn't offer deep structural solutions.
Senate Republicans Just Showed They’re Not Going to Back Trump’s Impeachment
Just five out of 50 Senate Republicans agreed that Trump’s impeachment trial was even constitutional.
QAnon Led the Storming of the US Capitol
The first protester to storm the capitol was wearing a QAnon t-shirt.
Ossoff Declares Victory in Georgia as Democrats Close In on Senate Control
With more than 99% of the vote counted, Ossoff leads Perdue by 50.2% - 49.8%, a margin of more than 16,000 votes.
Warnock Declares Victory in Georgia, Putting Democrats on Verge of Senate Control
A victory puts Democrats one seat shy of Senate control, with Democrat Jon Ossoff looking like the favorite over Republican Sen. David Perdue.
Bernie Sanders and Trump Are Teaming Up Against Mitch McConnell to Get You $2,000
They say politics makes for strange bedfellows, and the fight over $2,000 stimulus checks certainly has.
Georgia Senate Races Will Decide 'Whether Weed Gets Legalized,' Cory Booker Says
Sen. Booker joined the latest episode of "Cari & Jemele (Won't) Stick to Sports," airing Thursday on VICE on TV.