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ReportingNov 6, 2025Read →

Senate Pushback Stalls Trump’s Bid to Kill the Filibuster

Republicans in Congress have largely gone along with President Donald Trump’s agenda this year, but his push to eliminate the Senate filibuster is hitting a wall. According to The Associated Press , the filibuster…

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OpinionFeb 14, 2024Read →

Live on CNN: John Fetterman Takes Vulgar Shot at Rand Paul, Throws Tantrum for Him Holding Up Ukraine Aid

Americans do not live in a democracy. Nor do we live in a constitutional republic. With each passing day, we learn in real time that our elected officials both constitute and serve a ruling oligarchy. See, for instance…

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OpinionMay 25, 2023Read →

AOC Makes Huge Mistake Challenging Ted Cruz – He Gives Her an Unforgettable History Lesson

It’s one of the left’s most frequently trotted-out canards: Sure, the Democrats may once have been the party of Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan and George Wallace — but somewhere along the line, things switched and now…

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ReportingJun 22, 2022Read →

Bipartisan Gun Control Bill Finally Revealed, Set For Lightning Speed Senate Vote

A bipartisan gun control bill is slated for a vote in the United States Senate. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer confirmed his intention to bring the gun control bill up for a preliminary vote on Tuesday, the day it…

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ReportingJun 15, 2022Read →

Mitch McConnell Announces He’ll Vote for Gun-Control Bill Backed by All 50 Senate Democrats

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he is in support of a bipartisan framework on gun safety and would likely vote for legislation that reflects the framework. This announcement makes McConnell the…

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OpinionMay 13, 2022Read →

Ted Cruz Gives Elizabeth Warren a Math Lesson After Her Bizarre Abortion Claim Draws Criticism

Is this how math works in Massachusetts? Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the fire-breathing Democrat with Native American cheekbones, has made ostentatious outrage her calling card in American politics, but in an interview after…

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OpinionMay 3, 2022Read →

Dems Call for Abolishing Filibuster, Packing Court After Report Roe v. Wade Will Be Overturned

Well, that didn’t take long. Shortly after Politico reported Monday night that the Supreme Court would vote to strike down Roe v. Wade when it issues its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…

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OpinionMar 1, 2022Read →

Manchin Breaks Party Lines, Votes Against Senate Democrats’ Radical Abortion Bill

Even if the Democrats somehow manage to nuke the filibuster between now and the next Congress, they can count West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin out when it comes to supporting his party’s radical abortion bill. In a vote…

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ReportingJan 28, 2022Read →

Content Warning: Ex-Obama Official Goes on Tirade Against Sinema for Defending the Filibuster

A former White House aide in the Obama administration reached into her grab bag of gutter language when discussing Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Sinema earned the ire of the extreme left wing of the…

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OpinionJan 21, 2022Read →

Hillary Deletes Embarrassing Tweet After Mixing Up the Facts of Dems’ Senate Defeat

Getting the numbers wrong was the least of her problems. Democratic power figure Hillary Clinton decided to weigh in on Wednesday’s vote in the Senate to defeat her party’s latest power grab, but had to delete one of…

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ReportingJan 19, 2022Read →

Manchin Issues 3-Word Challenge to Democrats Attacking Him Over Filibuster

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says threats will not change his mind as the Senate moves toward an effort to abolish the filibuster. The filibuster is a piece of Senate parliamentary procedure that forces…

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OpinionJan 14, 2022Read →

Biden Managed to Rack Up a Stunning Number of Failures This Week — We’ve Got Them All

It’s been a tough week for President Joe Biden by most any measure. Certainly not tougher than the last week of August 2021, with the bombing at the Kabul airport killing 13 American military service members amid the…

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ReportingJan 11, 2022Read →

Biden to Push for Major Senate Rule Change to Allow Dems to Enact Their Agenda

President Joe Biden on Tuesday is expected to call for carving a partisan hole in Senate rules that would allow Democrats to control the country’s elections. For the past year, Senate Democrats have been trying to…

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ReportingJun 23, 2021Read →

Meghan McCain Defends Sinema After Receiving Attacks for Position on Filibuster

Meghan McCain is defending Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), calling her a “maverick” after receiving criticism for reiterating her support for the filibuster. “Same journalists and pundits who go OUT OF THEIR WAY to bring…

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ReportingJun 23, 2021Read →

Meghan McCain Defends Sinema After Receiving Attacks for Position on Filibuster

Meghan McCain is defending Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), calling her a “maverick” after receiving criticism for reiterating her support for the filibuster. “Same journalists and pundits who go OUT OF THEIR WAY to bring…

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ReportingJun 22, 2021Read →

Sinema Calls Out Dems Trying To Kill the Filibuster After Using It ‘Just Last Year’

Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is defending the filibuster while calling out Democrats who are trying to end it after using it “just last year.” According to the Senate, the filibuster is “a loosely defined term for…

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OpinionJun 3, 2021Read →

Dem Sen. Manchin Growing Increasingly Frustrated As Media Asks Him About Filibuster Over and Over

The media continues to make Joe Manchin sound like Nick Saban at a news conference in which questions are asked. A day before Republicans successfully filibustered the proposed Jan. 6 commission last week — a move that…

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