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‘SOMETHING VERY NEW’
Republican absentee-ballot requests are up around 40 percent, while Democrats have shot up almost 600 percent.
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LIFE LESSONS
The former Montgomery County (Maryland) executive had a highly successful career. But Montgomery County wasn't always so liberal, and things weren't always so easy.
LOSS OF A LEGEND
His death marks the loss of a revered civil rights icon, and the acknowledged conscience of Congress for more than 30 years.
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WISHCASTING
Retirement rumors are swirling around Justices Thomas and Alito, with 48-year-old Amy Coney Barrett reportedly on the top of Trump’s list as a prospective replacement.
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YAY BIG GOVERNMENT!
Oklahoma voters just passed Medicaid expansion. And soon, Missouri may be next. Gee, you’d almost think they care more about health care than ideology.
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SHAME
Thanks to McConnell, Trump has named 200 judges overall. And he has a racial record worse than any president since Nixon.
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HIGH TIME
The House will vote today to grant D.C. statehood. The Senate won’t, of course, but the long-overdue day is coming.
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BANG
With luck, we’re hurtling toward the end of the Trump era. But that means he’s rushing to overturn Obama-era rules that banned, wait for it, “extreme hunting.”
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‘FORGOTTEN BY OUR POLITICS’
He’s perhaps best known for getting lots of money from big pharma, big oil, big banks, and payday lenders, and for pushing their preferred policies.
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TOO LONG
Cory Booker was a law and order mayor. Now he’s trying to crack down on the cops, pushing tough police accountability measures through Congress.
