GOP prepares to destroy victim of assault to put Kavanaugh on SCOTUS
Republicans have already made it clear they want Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, and nothing is going to stand in their way.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 27, 2018Republicans have already made it clear they want Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, and nothing is going to stand in their way.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 27, 2018This is not what respect looks like.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 26, 2018Rich Republicans are switching sides to stop Trump.
By Eric Boehlert - September 21, 2018Rep. Lou Barletta defended Trump’s unpopular and immoral family separation policy, and now he wants to be Pennsylvania’s senator.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 14, 2018Republican Matt Rosendale may have violated campaign finance law by illegally coordinating with the NRA. And he just blurted it out.
By Caroline Orr - September 14, 2018He’ll try anything to hold off the blue wave.
By Eric Boehlert - September 12, 2018‘Be sure of your answer, sir.’
By Caroline Orr - September 06, 2018The governor of Arizona is filling John McCain’s Senate seat with a notorious liar and far-right conservative — just long enough to make sure there’s one one more ‘yes’ vote for Trump’s extremist Supreme Court nominee.
By Oliver Willis - September 04, 2018The confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh is a ‘charade and a mockery’ and should not go forward.
By Emily Crockett - September 04, 2018Republicans are using McCain’s death to try to install a politician who will vote to repeal Obamacare. Most Arizonans back keeping the law in place, not undermining it.
By Oliver Willis - August 29, 2018The entire Senate affirms that the free press is not the ‘enemy of the people,’ a stinging rebuke to Trump’s dangerous and authoritarian rhetoric about the media.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 16, 2018All but one Senate Republican voted against providing additional funds to secure state election systems.
By Caroline Orr - August 02, 2018Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley abandons his beliefs in the Senate’s constitutional duty to advise and consent, and chooses to carry water for Trump instead.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 31, 2018National outrage and horror forced Trump to reverse himself and say he will not hand U.S. citizens over to Russia for interrogation. And yet, the White House is still praising and defending Putin for asking.
By Kaili Joy Gray - July 19, 2018Republicans are desperate to rig the Supreme Court before the election, and they’re not being shy about admitting it.
By Kaili Joy Gray - June 27, 2018Dean Heller, who is one of the most vulnerable Republican senators up for re-election in 2018, received a direct public blessing from Trump. One of the last Senate candidates to get a similar blessing was failed nominee and accused pedophile Roy Moore.
By Oliver Willis - June 23, 2018Children wrapped themselves in Mylar blankets in solidarity with their peers being held in cages by the Trump administration.
By Oliver Willis - June 21, 2018Not a single Senate Republican has signed on to Democratic legislation to stop Trump’s policy of separating children from their families. Meanwhile, Trump continues to blame Democrats for his own actions.
By Oliver Willis - June 16, 2018Is keeping Democrats off the campaign trail the only way the GOP can win in November?
By Eric Boehlert - June 05, 2018Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are on the side of the U.S. intelligence community. And they are notably splitting from their counterparts in the House — and from the White House.
By Eric Boehlert - May 16, 2018Sen. Bob Corker couldn’t keep a straight face while ‘endorsing’ Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
By Tommy Christopher - April 22, 2018In response to the birth of Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s daughter, several male Republican senators have displayed a shocking ignorance — and even fear — about babies.
By Oliver Willis - April 19, 2018Sources report McConnell is using a shady new strategy to keep his Senate majority: block red-state Democrats from going home to campaign.
By Matthew Chapman - April 19, 2018As the Texas Senate race tightens, Ted Cruz refuses to acknowledge the very real danger he’s in.
By Matthew Chapman - April 18, 2018CIA Director Mike Pompeo can’t remember what happened — but he knows Trump didn’t do anything wrong.
By Caroline Orr - April 12, 2018Trump just issued his most direct hint that he’s looking to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. His Republican enablers in the Senate still refuse to do anything about it.
By Kaili Joy Gray - April 10, 2018Women in the Senate are making sure the days of sweeping misconduct under the rug are over.
By Matthew Chapman - March 28, 2018Matt Jones wants to take down Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
By Matthew Chapman - March 26, 2018The Trump administration doesn’t seem to care about 146,000 Americans who will lose their jobs because of Trump’s trade war.
By Tommy Christopher - March 22, 2018Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling for an investigation of Cambridge Analytica after Republicans ignored her initial inquiries last year.
By Caroline Orr - March 20, 2018