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Republicans say government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. — P. J. O'Rourke

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Tyler Hansen

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84% of SNAP families include at least one working adult. Nearly half of Medicaid recipients are children.

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Matt Gaetz proposes work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid

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MAGA Republicans are trying to drive our economy off a cliff.

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NEW POLL: More than 2 in 3 Americans are concerned about the House GOP cutting Medicare & Social Security, with more than half saying they are "very concerned." Americans are also concerned about a repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act (64%) & criminalizing abortion (63%).

Bar chart of polling data from Navigator Research Title: Cuts to Medicare/Social Security, Repealing Inflation Reduction Act, and Criminalizing Abortion Dominate GOP House Concerns Description: Over half of all Americans say they are “very concerned” about potential cuts to Medicare and Social Security. Nearly half of Republicans and more than three in five non-college whites are concerned about cuts to those programs; college educated whites are also concerned about repealing the Inflation Reduction Act and criminalizing doctors who perform abortions.

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Ronald Klain

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Another "disaster / crisis " that was "foretold" by the financial coverage .... that did not happen.

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Carl Quintanilla

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Worst month for nat gas since 2003. ⁦@CNBC⁩ #OOTT

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David Folkenflik

@davidfolkenflik

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Ghosts of past haunt Fox News in fresh legal challenge alleging years-ago sexual abuse by Roger Ailes My NPR story:

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Ex-staffer sues Fox News and former Trump aide over sexual abuse claims

In a lawsuit, an ex-staffer alleges the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes, shown above, sexually abused her for years. She is also suing former top Fox executive Bill Shine, alleging he enabled Ailes.

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Abdullah Hasan

@AHasan46

Jan 26

For a company that claimed not too long ago that it was ‘working hard’ to increase oil production, handing out $75 billion to executives and wealthy shareholders sure is an odd way to show it.

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Reuters

@Reuters

Jan 26

Chevron sets $75 billion share buyback program, raises dividend reut.rs/3DgP2zG

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Aaron Black

@ABlackPolitical

Jan 25

Republicans are pushing a bill that would abolish the corporate income tax and charge you a 30% sales tax on everything you buy. This Bill would also abolish payroll taxes (which finance Social Security and parts of Medicare). Let that sink in for a minute. #RepublicanTaxHeist

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@TheBaxterBean

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Republican policies in action… in June of 2022 Ohio GOP's Permitless Carry Law went into effect:

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K-12 School Shooting Database

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Bullets hit a Toledo school bus with students aboard yesterday afternoon. ShotSpotter recorded 46 shots in the vicinity of the bus. No students were injured.

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@TheBaxterBean

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REMINDER Trump averaged 2.3% growth, before Covid

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CNBC Now

@CNBCnow

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U.S. GDP rose 2.9% in the fourth quarter, more than expected even as recession fears loom cnb.cx/3HxWJDX

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan

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The Biden economy continues to defy the predictions of its GOP critics.

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The New York Times

@nytimes

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Breaking News: The U.S. economy grew at a 2.9% annual rate in the fourth quarter, a solid pace that reflected the resilience of consumers and businesses. Follow our updates. nyti.ms/3XWLbj9

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The Recount

@therecount

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Q4 GDP: 2.9% growth, down slightly from Q3, but a stronger-than-expected number to end the year. CNN's

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: "That's not recessionary at all ... if this is what a recession feels like, bartender pour me another."

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Matt Laslo

@MattLaslo

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BREAKING: Sen. Dianne Feinstein won’t announce her plans for 2024 — until 2024 rawstory.com/raw-investigat

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Alanna Vagianos

@AlannaVagianos

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JUST IN: A Virginia Senate health committee blocked three proposed abortion bans, including Youngkin’s 15-week ban, and preventing them from advancing to the Senate floor.

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Eric Swalwell

@ericswalwell

Jan 26

Did you try to overthrow the government? Are you worried that the rule of law is catching up to you? Thanks to Kevin McCarthy, the attorneys at #InsurrectionLLC are standing by and ready to take your call...

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Nancy Pelosi

@TeamPelosi

Jan 25

Every House Republican said NO as Democrats fought to bring down inflation for America's working families. Republicans said NO to big corporations and billionaires paying their fair share but want to RAISE costs on EVERYTHING you buy by 30%. Not on our watch! #RepublicanTaxHeist

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CAP Action

@CAPAction

Jan 25

MAGA Republicans want to tax you MORE so they can slash taxes for the ultrarich. #RepublicanTaxHeist

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L O L G O P

@LOLGOP

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The current leader of the Republican Party charges anonymous people $200,000 for a "membership" to his home. No one need take their concerns about any sort of corruption seriously.

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S.E. Cupp

@secupp

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Santos Files Paperwork Showing His Company He Claimed Managed $80 Million in Assets Has Address in Dollar Tree Strip Mall mediaite.com/a/jwmdh via

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Santos Files Paperwork Showing His Company He Claimed Managed $80 Million in Assets Has Address in...

New little details about serial fabulist Rep. George Santos' (R-FL) tall tales keep crawling out of the muck, and Wednesday has brought us an amusing tidbit about the Devolder Organization LLC, which...

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Jan 26

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@TheBaxterBean

Jan 26

REMINDER: Thousands of Floridians are about to lose federal health insurance coverage thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans

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miamiherald.comThousands of Floridians could lose Medicaid coverage soon. What should you be doing now?Nearly 2 million people in Florida gained Medicaid coverage from March 2020, when the pandemic began, to December 2022, a 50 percent increase.

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Matthew Gertz

@MattGertz

Jan 25

Two major stories about life in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida broke this week, but you’ve probably only heard about the one that he desperately wants you to know about.

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Ron DeSantis is counting on journalists not connecting him to Floridians losing their health...

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Jan 26

elect arsonists, expect infernos

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Bill Pascrell, Jr.

@BillPascrell

Jan 25

If republicans succeed in crashing the American economy full Social Security checks will immediately stop.

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Aaron Blake

@AaronBlake

Jan 25

Freedom Caucus is a little over 20% of House GOP. It will be: -38% of Oversight Committee -44% of Judiciary -44% of select covid panel -50% of panel on "weaponization" of gov't And that doesn't include Rules, where 2 HFC members + Massie loom large.

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Analysis | The GOP gives the Freedom Caucus the keys to the car

The Freedom Caucus is a small portion of the House GOP. But thanks to newly announced committee assignments and spots on on key panels, it will be the face of the party.

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Ritchie Torres

@RitchieTorres

Jan 26

WATCH: Stephen Colbert agrees with me. George Santos has only one purpose: to be a punchline for late night comedy.

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bryan metzger

@metzgov

Jan 25

🚨SANTOS says he’s undecided on booting OMAR from House Foreign Affairs. Omar’s fate on the panel — in jeopardy because of past comments about Israel — now rests in part with a man who’s falsely claimed to be the Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors.

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George Santos says he's undecided on whether he'll vote to kick Ilhan Omar off of the Foreign...

Omar's seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, at risk due to anti-Semitism charges, could be decided by a man who falsely claimed to be Jewish.

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@TheBaxterBean

Mar 9, 2022

oh look, Pres. Biden and Democrats shrank the U.S. deficit

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Jim Acosta

@Acosta

Mar 9, 2022

CBO: The federal budget deficit was $475 billion in the first five months of fiscal year 2022, CBO estimates. That amount is less than deficits recorded during the same period in the two prior fiscal years. cbo.gov/publication/57

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Jan 25

remember when you could get suspended or expelled from school for wearing shorts?

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Joyce Alene

@JoyceWhiteVance

Jan 25

Teacher shot by 6-year-old texted a loved one "about an hour" before she was shot, saying that the student said he had a gun in his backpack & administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News weren't helping. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old texted dire warning to a loved one before she was wounded, source says

The text “showed her frustration,” said the source. “She was frustrated because she was trying to get help with this child, for this child, and then when she needed help, no one was coming.”

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Jan 24

DEBT CEILING RAISES SINCE 1960 49 — under Republican presidents 29 — under Democratic presidents source: U.S. Treasury

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home.treasury.govDebt LimitThe debt limit does not authorize new spending commitments. It simply allows the government to finance existing legal obligations that Congresses and presidents of both parties have made in the past....

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Robert Reich

@RBReich

Jan 25

Now seems like a good time to remind you that the debt ceiling increased three times under Trump. There was no holding the economy hostage. There was no drama at all.

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Adam Parkhomenko

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Jan 25

Holy shit Colin Kaepernick exposing Kevin McCarthy is everything

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John Harwood

@JohnJHarwood

Jan 25

thread on Trump, Russia and the ex-FBI counter-intel chief in NYC, now under indictment for ties to a Russian oligarch the same oligarch who had employed 2016 Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort it's the opposite of a hoax

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Timothy Snyder

@TimothyDSnyder

Jan 25

In April 2016, I broke the story of Trump and Putin, using Russian open sources. Afterwards, I heard vague intimations that something was awry in the FBI in New York, specifically counter-intelligence and cyber. We now have a suggestion as to why. 0/20

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Thomas Kennedy

@tomaskenn

Jan 25

In light of Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy stepping down, here’s a reminder of when he asked political consultants hired by the utility monopoly to make State Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez’ life “a living hell” because he proposed a law making solar energy more accessible.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

Jan 25

The CEO of Florida Power & Light, the state's largest power company, abruptly and unexpectedly resigned this morning. Eric Silagy is directly linked to a sprawling corporate corruption scandal involving Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

Sep 17, 2022

Florida Republicans are engulfed in a massive corporate corruption scandal — and Gov. Ron DeSantis is at the center. The scandal involves dirty energy, dark money, and stolen elections. And it’s costing working families billions of dollars.