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Johnson Suggests GOP Will Seek to Repeal Affordable Care Act If They Win in 2024

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) suggested in an interview on Monday that if Republicans win control of Congress and the White House in 2024, they will work to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — a move they’ve attempted dozens of times without success. The law is popular throughout the U.S.It is viewed favorably by a […]

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Ocasio-Cortez Slams GOP Senator for Saying Gas Prices Were Lower Under Trump

On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shot again at Republicans who had been complaining about excessive gasoline costs, mentioning the flawed logic of evaluating present costs to costs below the Trump administration through the early days of the pandemic. Over the weekend, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, wrote, “Underneath President Trump, gasoline was about […]

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Activists Promise Action After Florida Legislature Passes “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

After the Florida legislature passed legislation that restricts discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools, activists promised action Tuesday. The Parental Rights in Education bill, which LGBTQ activists and allies have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, passed in the Florida Senate by a vote of 22 to 17. Two Republican senators voted against the legislation, […]

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GOP’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes by Over $1,000 Annually for Poorest Americans

Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-Florida) plan to force every American to owe income tax in his recently released platform for the Republican Party would raise taxes by over $1,000 for the bottom 40 percent of income earners, a new analysis found. In a Report released on Monday, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) estimated […]

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Proves Conservatives Can Beat LGBT-Obsessed Left

Tuesday’s Florida state Senate vote approved a parents rights bill. The media-misunderstood piece of legislation will prohibit primary school teachers in Florida from discussing sexual orientation with their students in pre-K through third grades.  Senate passage of the Parental Rights in Education bill by a vote of 21-17 marks a milestone in parents’ efforts across […]

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Obama Appointee Targets Trump Appointee on Civil Rights Commission

Three prominent Washington lawyers have been involved in a partisan drama that has spanned months and involved two federal agencies.  That drama involves one of Barack Obama’s Justice Department nominees, who proved too controversial for some Senate Democrats. In another post, the Obama appointee also targeted two Trump allies, both lawyers who support clean and […]

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The Biden Administration’s Shocking Scientific Abuses at EPA

The Biden administration and its Environmental Protection Agency continue to attack sound science and undermine faith in the regulatory process. The Trump administration created the EPA in December 2020. decidedTo maintain the existing air quality standards fine particulate matter. This decision was partly based on the advice of Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. At the […]

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The GOP May Be Split by Trump, But Both Halves Are Exceedingly Dangerous

There are two Republican centers of gravity coming together in and around Washington D.C., and on spec, they couldn’t seem to be more different. On the one side, there are the truckers currently engirdingIn an effort to create a Woodstock-style dystopia, where everyone took the brown sugar, the D.C. Metro area despite repeated warnings. American […]

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Mitch McConnell Leads Effort to Deny Millions of Children Free School Lunches

Federal waivers that have given U.S. schools the flexibility to offer universal free lunches throughout the pandemic are at risk of ending as Senate Republicans — led by Mitch McConnell — stonewall a proposed extension of the relief measures, potentially depriving millions of children of no-cost meals in the coming months. Politico reported Monday that […]

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On a Grim and Bloody International Women’s Day, Let’s Build Feminist Solidarity

On this International Women’s Day, as the world watches a historic and bloody war unfold in Europe — while people in the United States and Europe largely continue to ignore the suffering of the millions of Black and Brown people who have been rendered stateless by war, corruption and the climate crisis, many of them […]

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