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The Republican Party is radicalizing against democracy and majority rule.
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Gaetz, Greenberg, And The Possibility Of A Florida Political Sex Ring
For nearly a week now, the country has been confronted with the sickening prospect of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)’s sex life.
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GOP Vs. Corporate America Becomes Flash Point In Voting Rights Battles
Republicans are used to shrugging off criticisms from Democrats and voting rights advocates that GOP election laws tend to impact minority, young and low-income voters the most. But the recent pushback Republicans have received from the business community, a usual ally of the GOP, has electrified the fight over ballot access and restrictive legislation.
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GOPers Declare War On Coke And Baseball In Defense Of GA Anti-Voter Law
Republicans, typically vocal proponents of “letting the free market decide,” are throwing tantrums and calling for corporate boycotts after the free market decided to speak out against Georgia GOP lawmakers’ restrictive voting law.
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Former Gaetz Aide Holds Bizarre Presser To Disavow Any Knowledge Of Alleged Wrongdoing
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) PR strategy in the wake of the revelation that he is under investigation for alleged sex trafficking has been baffling to observers, as his enthusiastic media availability has done less to clear his name than to offer up confusing subplots and introduce potential further crimes into the mix.
McConnell Hits Back At GOP Hesitancy Against COVID-19 Vaccines
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday addressed his concerns surrounding polls showing COVID-19 significant vaccine hesitancy among Republicans, especially men, many of whom are supporters of former President Trump. Continue reading “McConnell Hits Back At GOP Hesitancy Against COVID-19 Vaccines”
Where Things Stand: The Happy Marriage Between The GOP And Corporations Hits A Rough Patch
While Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) statement decrying the “bullying” of Americans by corporations might mark a new low in the once-fruitful backscratching relationship between corporate American and the GOP, the tension between the two institutions has been building and moving us in this direction for some time.
Half Of GOPers Embrace Myths Trump Pushed Surrounding Capitol Attack
Former President Trump’s falsehoods surrounding the deadly Capitol insurrection he incited are still going strong within the Republican Party.
About half of Republicans buy into the false narratives that Trump and his Republican allies in Congress peddled that downplay the severity of the Capitol attack earlier this year, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday.
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McConnell Rants That Businesses Are ‘Bullying’ America By Criticizing GA GOP’s Voting Restrictions
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday railed against the backlash from top businesses over Georgia Republicans’ suppressive voting law in wake of the Major League Baseball (MLB) organization’s decision to pull its All-Star Game out of Atlanta.
COVID, Suicide and Solidarity
Throughout the last year of the COVID pandemic and through the polarized debates over lockdowns and mitigation one constant refrain from politicians has been that aggressive lockdowns are taking lives as well as saving them. In its crudest form, remember ex-President Trump’s constant insistence that ‘the cure can’t be worse than the disease’. He and others who made this argument focused particularly on depression and suicide. But now preliminary data for 2020 shows that death by suicide actually declined by a small but significant amount. Year over year in 2020 death by suicide (44,834) declined by 5.6% and was the lowest in absolute numbers since 2015 (44,193).
Is this a surprise?