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‘Malarkey’: Kerry Says Dropped Mask On Commercial Flight Was ‘Momentary’
By Zoe Richards
03.18.21 | 9:16 am
UNITED STATES - MARCH 09: Vanita Gupta, nominee for associate attorney general, arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Hart Building on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Lisa Monaco, nominee for deputy attorney general, also testified. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - MARCH 09: Vanita Gupta, nominee for associate attorney general, arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Hart Building on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Lisa Monaco, nominee for deputy attorney general, also testified. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
GOP Sen Horrified That Biden DOJ Nom Thinks All Americans Harbor Implicit Biases
By Matt Shuham
03.09.21 | 12:32 pm
Senate GOPers Bash Impeachment Trial By Hammering Into Disputed Legal Claim
By Summer Concepcion
01.24.21 | 6:03 pm
on January 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. on January 25, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Cotton Announces He Won’t Convict Trump In Senate Impeachment Trial
By Cristina Cabrera
01.14.21 | 8:58 am
Cotton Balks At Cruz’s Attack On Election Results, Says It Would Establish ‘Unwise Precedents’
By Cristina Cabrera
01.04.21 | 8:45 am
Tom Cotton Predicts There Will Be A Peaceful Transfer Of Power … In 2025
By Summer Concepcion
09.27.20 | 10:49 am
Cotton, Cruz Crow Over Their Inclusion On Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist
By Kate Riga
09.09.20 | 5:57 pm
UNITED STATES - JULY 1: From left, Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., conduct a news conference to voice their opposition to D.C. statehood in Capitol on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - JULY 1: From left, Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., conduct a news conference to voice their opposition to D.C. statehood in Capitol on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The Same Racist Rhetoric Used To Oppose D.C. Statehood Keeps The Federal Government Dysfunctional 
The venom behind Cotton’s assertion that, “Washington is a city, with all the characteristics of a city, not a state” is a continuation of anti-urban policies that demonize Black and Brown communities as undeserving of federal dollars.
By Mariama Sojourner Eversley
08.10.20 | 10:00 am
Cotton’s Office Denies He Believes Slavery Was A ‘Necessary Evil’ After Backlash Over Remark
By Summer Concepcion
07.26.20 | 4:18 pm
Cotton Compares Portland BLM Protesters To Confederate Secessionists
By Cristina Cabrera
07.21.20 | 12:06 pm
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