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Senator Tina Smith: Democrats Need to Propose Big Ideas Like Mamdani’s
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Why Centrist Democrats Keep Being Wrong About Elections
Donald Trump won in 2024, according to report co-authors Simon Bazelon, Lauren Harper Pope, and Liam Kerr, because Democratic candidates…
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Senate Democrats condemn Trump for not using contingency funds for food stamps during shutdown
Senate Democrats on Wednesday called it "illegal" that the Trump administration wasn't using emergency funds to pay for food stamps during…
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Senate Democrats call on Thune to allow voting on bills to fund food stamp program
Senate Democrats are gearing up to introduce legislation to extend food aid benefits during the government shutdown ahead of a Saturday…
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Democrats Can’t Afford to Ignore Women
Media and political leaders are very concerned about white men in particular holding onto their masculinity and status. The often unspoken…
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Yes, Virginia! Democrats Actually Can Be Feisty and Cunning!
Sadly, Democrats may not be able to catch up to Republicans in terms of gerrymandering, even though the party is rightly trying to. Many…
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Redistricting reversal: Virginia Democrats move to ditch bipartisan map, joining nationwide drive
It wasn't long ago that Democrats were hailing Virginia's move to use a bipartisan commission to draw its congressional boundaries as a…
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Democrats accuse administration of delaying window shopping for Obamacare amid subsidies dispute
Senate Democrats on Monday sent a letter accusing the Trump administration of delaying window shopping for Obamacare plans offered on the…
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Virginia GOP warns of 'California East,' as Democrats dream of total control of Richmond
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed more than 350 bills approved by the Democrat-led General Assembly, exercising conservative…
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Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!
On Tuesday evening, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley stepped onto the Senate floor to begin a marathon speech that extended well into…
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Virginia Democrats move to redraw congressional map amid national redistricting battles
Virginia Democrats are launching an effort to redraw the state's congressional districts, positioning themselves in direct response to…
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Graham Platner Is a Disaster. Democrats Need More Candidates Like Him.
Writing in Politico, Jonathan Martin sees a lesson here for those less clear-eyed (or, depending on how you look at it, jaundiced) than…
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13 Senate Democrats Vote to Advance Trump Nominee During Shutdown
While the first part of Cruz’s warning falls into the same hyperbolic rhetoric that the GOP has been pushing about No Kings being an…
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Democrats Tear Into Mike Johnson for Mocking Adelita Grijalva
While the first part of Cruz’s warning falls into the same hyperbolic rhetoric that the GOP has been pushing about No Kings being an…
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Democrats and Republicans Get Same Shutdown Request From Constituents
Americans don’t want their representatives to bow to the pressures of the government shutdown. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are…
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JD Vance’s Best Defense for CDC Layoff Chaos Is ... Blame Democrats
The White House’s government shutdown blame game isn’t turning out to be a very effective cross-topic strategy. Speaking with CBS News’s…
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Why It’s Pointless for Democrats to Negotiate a Shutdown Deal
Or … almost? As it turns out, Democrats are planning to take on the GOP—in a few weeks, anyway. “House Democrats are plotting to turn the…
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Trump Proudly Announces His Shutdown Revenge on Democrats
“If we see a lapse in pay come the 15th, my children do not get to get the medication that’s needed for them to live their life,” she…
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Trump Calls to Imprison Illinois Democrats as Troops Land in Chicago
“I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said at the time, referring to a phone call he had with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek.…
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Trump Insults Democrats by Comparing Them to an African Country
President Donald Trump came off unintelligibly Tuesday while comparing the Democratic Party to Somalia. Speaking at a joint press…
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Transcript: Democrats Got Something Really Big Done in New Mexico
And of course, I’m the only state in America that pays for college—two-year, four-year, part-time, full-time, anywhere, anytime. We do…
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For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave
That CBS poll, which has some absolutely brutal numbers for Trump (more on which later), also includes this little morsel. Respondents…
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The Democrats’ Most Formidable Foe Is Not Donald Trump
Or … almost? As it turns out, Democrats are planning to take on the GOP—in a few weeks, anyway. “House Democrats are plotting to turn the…
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Democrats Got Something Really Big Done in New Mexico
In November, New Mexico will become the first state with no-cost childcare for all children, state officials announced recently. The…