You mean to say that a baseball franchise with a racially insensitive name, which does all it can to harm any argument that their name isn’t just insensitive, but outright racist, by encouraging its fans to do racist chants; which moved out of team’s location name’s urban core and into another county, in order to… […]
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Trump Acquitted In Senate Hearing — Right After His Former Lawyer Earns Laughs For Pronunciation Of PHILLY-ADELPHIA!
RAAAARGH!!! The verdict is in. The U.S. Senate has voted — for the second time — to acquit Donald Trump from impeachment. Seriously?! On February 13, senators submitted their vote, and the results came back as the following: 57 people stood for guilty, 43 for not guilty. The unfortunate reality is that this does not […]
Democrats stun in Georgia runoffs, seizing control of the Senate ahead of Biden’s presidency
For the first time since January 2015, the majority of the Senate is in the hands of the Democrats. The party pulled off a stunning double victory in Georgia’s runoff elections, turning the traditionally conservative state firmly blue following President-elect Joe Biden’s win there in November. With Vice President–elect Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote in the […]
McConnell introduces bill tying $2K stimulus checks to Section 230 repeal
Enlarge / Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), has thrown a wrench into the expected Congressional over-ride of President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. (credit: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has thrown a wrench into Congressional approval of an increase in government stimulus relief checks from […]
The fight for a $2,000 stimulus check could cost Republicans the Senate
It’s all hands on deck in Georgia with just one week until two runoff elections that will determine the fate of the Senate and President-elect Joe Biden’s first two years in office. Politicians and political strategists, meanwhile, worry that an ongoing debate over stimulus checks will be a determining factor in the two races between […]
The fate of $2,000 stimulus checks gains momentum, increasing the pressure on Senate Republicans
President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the president’s demand to increase the $600 stipends, but Republicans have shown little interest in boosting spending. The outcome is highly uncertain heading into Tuesday’s session. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has declined to […]
The Record of Republicans Eventually accepting Biden since President-elect is Rising
After a flurry of unsuccessful legal struggles and amid continual refusal from President Trump, the listing of Republican leaders accepting Joe Biden since President-elect is slowly growing. {Possibly the most Important figure nonetheless –Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky–eventually confessed Biden’s {} Tuesday on the Senate floor. |} “The Electoral College has talked,” he […]
Stimulus upgrade: Congress enters crucial week to create a bargain
For the newest information about the continuing stimulation discussions, please check our policy here. Congress is currently actually down to the wire with just 1 week left to put pencil to paper on a {} package. On Friday, Congress handed a one-week paying invoice to stop a government shutdown and also to provide leaders a […]
Stimulus update: $600 checks are gaining support
On Tuesday, the White House unveiled a $916 billion stimulus plan that would send most Americans a $600 stimulus check. That proposal was quickly shot down by Democratic leadership, given that it didn’t include money for enhanced unemployment insurance for the more than 19 million Americans still receiving jobless benefits. “He’s going to step in […]
Stimulus update: $600 checks are gaining support
On Tuesday, the White House unveiled a $916 billion stimulus plan that would send most Americans a $600 stimulus check. That proposal was quickly shot down by Democratic leadership, given that it didn’t include money for enhanced unemployment insurance for the more than 19 million Americans still receiving jobless benefits. “He’s going to step in […]