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Category: Republicans

Iowa-New Hampshire

What Dems can actually do without Republicans

January 18, 2022 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Candidates, Democrats, Electoral College, Federalism, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

There is one area in which Democrats can act alone, and that is how they operate and schedule their presidential primaries. Right now, the Democratic primary / caucus schedule is heavily weighted towards small and predominantly white states.

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Christie book

Libs: Chris Christie’s New Book May Be Well Worth Checking Out

December 8, 2021 Arthur Lieber 2022 Election, 2024 Election, Bi-Partisan, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

It provides further insight into one of the greatest mysteries for people who are not Republicans, and even some who are — “the Republican Brain.” This is a phrase that became the title of Washington Post writer Chris Mooney’s 2012 book by the same name, The Republican Brain.

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Biden Popularity

Should Biden Play Hardball or Softball?

November 29, 2021 Arthur Lieber Bi-Partisan, Biden, Biden agenda, Democrats, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

According to 538, in early August Biden was up 52 – 42%. It was that month that the president announced that the United States was initiate a thorough and complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, where American troops had been since shortly after Nine-Eleven in 2001.

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Republican Perspective

Republicans Have A Very Strange Perspective on the Here and Now

October 11, 2021 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Democracy, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump, Trump voters Leave a comment

In recent years, when America has been in crisis such as the Great Recession of 2008-09, or the recent and current COVID pandemic, Republicans become extremely miserly. They resist providing necessary financial aid to those who are suffering the most.

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Wagner

Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words

January 20, 2021 Lori Kesler Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

I recently took a look at Rep. Ann Wagner’s website to see what she thought of President Trump’s incendiary words at his rally Jan.

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Trumpsters

A Conversation with Trump Supporters on Election Fraud

December 10, 2020 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Democracy, Joe Biden, Politics, Republicans, Trump voters Leave a comment

Can I ask you a serious question? If there was fraud to benefit Joe Biden, why did Democrats lose seats in the House and not win the Senate outright? These allegedly fake results to benefit Democrats, would’ve had to have been Biden up top and GOP down ballot. Does that make sense to you?

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LIncoln project

Lincoln Project: “We are Republicans, and we want Trump defeated”

December 27, 2019 Renee Shur 2020 Election, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

One day before the impeachment of Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives, it became apparent that this decidedly strange time in America’s

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Trump is Grover Norquist’s fantasy president: an idiot with a pen

October 11, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Republicans, Trump 2 comments

In 2012, Republican strategist Grover Norquist described his ideal president. In 2017, he got his wish: a president with enough “working digits to be

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resolution

Resolution condemning Trump’s hate speech: Full text

July 16, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Racial issues, Republicans Leave a comment

The resolution passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives, condemning Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress is an amazing piece of

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Mueller

Liberals Put Too Many Eggs in the Mueller Basket

April 9, 2019 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

The Mueller report is out: No further indictments have been recommended. The full contents of the report aren’t yet known, but we know at

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