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Prior to the 2016 election, Republicans urged White House officials to hold off on picking a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia until after the presidential election. More than four years later and the GOP wavers on their stance as the scramble to fill the vacant seat left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg begins…

"In just moments, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, he will join us live," proudly announced Fox News' Sean Hannity at the top of his show as the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention kicked off. Actually was past the bottom of the hour before the former Celebrity Apprentice host…

The Republican version of a new pandemic economic stimulus package should arrive next week, reports indicate, as Senate GOP leaders and the White House claim to have reached agreement on what they will propose on Monday. The $600 federal unemployment benefit ends tomorrow, leaving the millions of unemployed people…

President Donald Trump attacked his favorite social media platform, criticizing Twitter for reducing the visibility of certain prominent Republicans in a practice referred to as “shadow banning.” “Twitter "SHADOW BANNING" prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at…

One day after receiving a GOP bootlicking of historic proportions to celebrate passage of the Republican tax overhaul, President Donald Trump attacked Dems for unanimously declining to vote for it. “The Massive Tax Cuts, with the Fake News Media is desperate to write badly about so as to please their Democrat bosses…

Donald Trump will remember this day. Hours after his former National Security Adviser pleaded guilty in the Russia probe and said he is cooperating with investigators, the GOP-controlled Senate passed its sweeping tax-reform bill. It’s the president’s first major legislative victory after more than 10 months in…

Seth Meyers took a Closer Look at the Hail Mary tax-cut plan being pushed by the GOP after Tuesday’s stunning election losses. The plan would increase taxes on many middle-class families while slashing corporate taxes and leaving in place a break for golf course owners. “Tax cuts are to the Republican party what…

Rep. Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey on Tuesday became the latest Republican Congressman to announce he will not seek re-election, which was covered by cable news outlets keeping a GOP ta-ta tally as part of their coverage of party leader, President Donald Trump. After insisting his decision is not health-related, and…

Donald Trump rose from reality TV show host to POTUS by out culture-warring the GOP, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. The party’s drift in that direction began years ago, the Arizona senator said, explaining, “We could not be the party of fiscal conservatism when we were ballooning our…

“We are less concerned with what makes Congress happy and more concerned with what makes America better and stronger,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders beamed at today’s hurricane-centric press briefing. That was in answer to a question about Republican backlash over President Donald Trump having…

“We are only one menstrual cycle into this presidency and there is blood in the water,” Samantha Bee said at the top of Full Frontal in a nod to our president having said during the first GOP debate that he could see blood coming out of moderator Megyn Kelly’s “wherever.” Trump is keeping us very distracted with…

Updated with video: “I’ve  never said I’m a perfect person nor pretended to be someone I’m not,” Donald Trump said in a full damage control video release tonight, several hours the Washington Post released a 2005 audio and video tape of him making lewd remarks to NBC News host Billy Bush. Trump dismissed as “a…