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What to Wear When Attending the Overthrow of Your Democracy

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Civil Rights

The Theocratic Takeover of U.S. Democracy – What Dems Should Be...

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How to Solve the Manchin and Sinema Blockade of the Biden...

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Climate Change

The Only Way to Stop the Next GOP Coup – Kill...

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Congress

How Dems Should Respond to Mitch McConnell’s SCOTUS Hypocrisy

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Democratic Party

Political Parties – The Ghost In The Machine

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Civil Rights

Celebrating Martin Luther King in a White Nationalist America

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Corruption

Trump’s Most Faithful Followers…Democrats on Social Media

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Congress

Pelosi Should Add to Impeachment Articles if McConnell Won’t Allow Fair...

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2020 Democratic Primaries

Live Chat During 5th Democratic Debate Tonight! 6:00pm PST/9:00pm EST

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House Votes to Curb National Injunctions, Targeting Judges Who Thwart Trump

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Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies

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New York and Texas Rulings Curb Deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador

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Senate Panel Demands Information About Gaza Protest Group at Columbia

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

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US pauses higher tariffs for most countries but hits China harder

Trump authorises a "lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%" for most countries, except China, while negotiations continue. [...]

US stocks make historic gains after Trump pauses some tariffs

But Trump also raises tariffs on goods from China to at least 125% "effective immediately". [...]

China retaliates against Trump's 'trade tyranny' with 84% tariffs

Manufacturers and exporters are scrambling after 104% tariff on China-made goods comes into effect. [...]

Despair as death toll from Dominican Republic nightclub collapse rises

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LeBron James becomes first male athlete with a Ken doll

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Israeli strike on Gaza residential building kills 29, medics say

The Israeli military says it had struck a "senior Hamas terrorist" in the Shejaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City. [...]

Germany is back, says Merz, after sealing government deal

The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months after the last government collapsed. [...]

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