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'Lives Hang in Balance': Ahead of Midterms, McConnell Admits GOP Desire to Gut Medicare & Social Security

To Build 'Firewall' Against Trump Agenda in State Houses Across US, Women's Group Endorses 10 Under-the-Radar Progressives

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Now more than ever is the time to look to new examples of who should represent the people."

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Demanding End to Saudi Arabia's "Blank Check" for Atrocities, Sanders to Give Senate Yet Another Chance to Stop US Complicity in Yemen Massacre

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The recent disappearance and likely assassination of Jamal Khashoggi only...

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'Abhorrent': GOP Senator Angrily Snatches Student's Phone Over Question About Georgia's Racist Voter Purge

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"It's abhorrent that when our members ask their senators about the purging of...

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'Outrageous' Voter Suppression by 'Cowardly Republicans' in Georgia Part of Nationwide GOP Attack on Democracy

'This Is Pathetic': Progressives Furious as Schumer Rubber Stamps 15 More Right-Wing Judges for Trump

'Definition of a Rigged System' as GOP Candidate for Georgia Governor Commits Massive Purge of Registered Voters

To Denounce Immoral #GOPTaxScam, Nuns on the Bus Begin 54-Stop US Tour Ahead of Midterms

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) enters a Capitol Police vehicle after announcing on the Senate floor on Friday that she would vote for Brett Kavanaugh. The senator has taken heightened security measures since the announcement but has reported that she's received a positive response to her decision in Maine.

Pledging to Unseat Collins, Mainers Challenge Senator's "Infuriating and Completely False" Narrative on Response to Kavanaugh Vote

A young woman covers her mouth in protest across from Senator Susan Collins office in Portland, Maine while Collins announced her decison to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. (Photo: Jenna McGuire/Common Dreams)

Explosion of Anger, Promises to Oust Her in 2020 After Susan Collins Says "Yes" to Brett Kavanaugh

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Vice President Mike Pence, and former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) greet one another before a meeting in McConnell's office in the U.S. Capitol July 10, 2018.

Amid Growing Outrage Over Confirmation Process, Corporate Powers Spending Millions to Help GOP Ram Through Pro-Business Kavanaugh

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Republican chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, shakes hands with Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's far-right nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Accuser 'Silenced' and Witnesses Ignored, FBI's Kavanaugh Probe Denounced as 'Sham' and 'Charade'

Protests against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination have erupted across the country in recent days.

'Furious About Kavanaugh?' Here's the Detailed Plan to Fight Back and Defeat Trump's Nominee

Maricope County sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell's memo on Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh came to a conclusion regarding whether she would advise a criminal prosecution against the judge—not whether he deserved a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prosecutor's "Reprehensible" Memo Proves GOP Aimed to Put Accuser Dr. Ford on Trial, Not Brett Kavanaugh

With Final Vote Delayed, Grassroots Effort to 'Defeat Brett Kavanaugh Once and For All' Intensifies

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Friday, demanded a one-week delay on a full chamber vote so the FBI can probe sexual assaul allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

As Flake Demands One-Week Delay, Warnings That Key Senators Could Use FBI Probe as 'Political Cover' to Confirm Kavanaugh

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Dads Will Be Dads: Minnesota GOP Rep Drops Re-Election Bid Amid Sexual Abuse Charges By Daughter

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Another one for the party of Gross Old Predators: Jim Knoblach, a powerful, scuzzy Minnesota GOP state rep known for pushing multiple anti-choice bills, abruptly ended his re-election campaign after an MPR story detailed harrowing charges by his grown daughter that he sexually abused her for over a decade. Why don't women report? She did; read of his incessant grinding and touching and kissing even as she sought help from family, school, church and police. A brave young woman.

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Patriotic Millionaires

Republican Plan for Tax Reform 2.0 Would Help Millionaires and Billionaires, Hurt America

Sierra Club

Senate Republicans Must Fulfill Their Duty And Follow Senate Democrats’ Leadership

The Main Street Alliance

In House hearing, Small Business Owners Respond to the Republican Tax Law

Patriotic Millionaires

Putting American Lives at Risk for Campaign Contributions

Patriotic Millionaires

"Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing"...

Common Cause

DOJ & FEC Complaints Urge Full Investigation of Apparent Illegal Coordination Between President Trump, RNC, & Outside Groups

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Thom Hartmann

The Fascists Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare

Charles P. Pierce

There's a Lot of Talk About 'Mobs' These Days. Let Me Refer You to the Constitutional Convention

Anny Martinez

The GOP’s Kavanaugh Playbook Was Textbook Abusive Behavior

John McMurtry, Matthew Stanton

Above the Law and Below the Belt: High Crimes and Misdemeanors of Kavanaugh and the Senate-Trump Faction

Frank Clemente

Under Cover of Kavanaugh, Republicans Passed Huge Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

Jim Hightower

Poverty Is Over! So Why Are Republicans So Quiet About Their Chief Economic Accomplishment?

John Nichols

Evolution or Death

Juan Cole

55% of GOP Say Sexual Assault Not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What Is *Wrong* With Them?

Christopher Brauchli

Yearning to Be Free

Peter Dreier

Unhinged? Unlikely

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