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Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch — I am hard-pressed to think of one thing President Trump has done right in the last 11 days since his inauguration. Until Tuesday, when he nominated an extraordinary judge and man, Neil Gorsuch, to be a justice on the Supreme Court.
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Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat — It's been almost a year since Senate Republicans took an empty Supreme Court seat hostage, discarding a constitutional duty that both parties have honored throughout American history and hobbling an entire branch of government for partisan gain.

President Trump had the chance to select a consensus nominee to the Supreme Court. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, he failed that test. — Instead, he carried out his public promise to select a nominee from a list drawn up by far right activist groups that were financed by big business interests.

What Could Gorsuch Mean for the Supreme Court? — On Tuesday, Donald Trump nominated conservative federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. After 11 days packed full of executive actions—on everything from immigration to military spending to trade …
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What Neil Gorsuch, Trump's SCOTUS Pick, Means for American Women
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Ted Cruz reportedly says nuclear option is on table in Supreme Court pick
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Trump to McConnell: Go nuclear if necessary
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Warren says she'll oppose Trump's Supreme Court nominee
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Make Republicans Nuke the Filibuster to Confirm Neil Gorsuch
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Neil Gorsuch's mother once ran the EPA. It didn't go well.
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‘Idiots’ — Senate tensions boil over — The Senate has become embroiled in bitterness and name-calling less than two weeks after Inauguration Day. — The usually genteel chamber of Congress has been anything but recently amid controversial directives from the White House …
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GOP changes rules to push through nominees after Dem boycott — Senate Republicans pushed through a pair of President Trump's Cabinet nominees Wednesday, upending standard committee rules to circumvent a Democratic boycott. — The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pair of Trump's nominees …
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Republicans vote to suspend committee rules, advance Mnuchin, Price nominations — (CNN)Senate Republicans took an extraordinary step Wednesday to move forward with two of President Donald Trump's top Cabinet nominees after confronting a boycott from Democrats across the aisle.
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Sessions approved by Senate committee
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“I don't care what they want at this point,” said Orrin Hatch.
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First Lady Melania Trump May Stay in NYC Permanently and Never Move Into the White House — President Donald Trump may have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue all to himself. — Though Donald, 70, and his wife Melania announced in November that the first lady would relocate from New York City …
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Bannon in 2010: ‘Islam is not a religion of peace’ — President's Trump's chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, in 2010 said he does not think Islam is a religion of peace, CNN reported. — Bannon made the comment during an online radio interview with “Western Word Radio with Avi Davis,” …
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Steve Bannon in 2010: ‘Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of submission’
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DNC boots candidate from chairmanship race for criticizing Ellison's Islamic faith — The Democratic National Committee is kicking a candidate out of the chairmanship race after he told The Hill that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) should not be the party's next leader because he is a Muslim.


Two GOP senators to vote ‘no’ on Betsy DeVos — in back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor announced Wednesday that they would oppose Betsy DeVos's nomination to be Education secretary. — They are the first two Republicans to break with Trump on any of his Cabinet picks …
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DeVos in trouble — Susan Collins will vote against Education …
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Facebook Dead At 12, A Victim Of 2016 — If I were to write an obituary for Facebook, it might look something like this: … The Facebook, known as Facebook or FB for short, was invented as a tool to connect users with friends, family, and occasionally brands.


Sally Yates was wrong and should have resigned — Sally Yates is neither a hero, nor a villain. She made an honest mistake when she instructed the entire Justice Department not to defend President Trump's wrong-headed executive order on immigration. The reasons she gave in her letter referred …
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Resistance from within: Federal workers push back against Trump
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Trump's campaign paid his businesses millions over course of campaign — The final bill is in: Donald Trump's campaign paid his companies $12.8 million from the time he launched his improbable presidential bid in the lobby of his company's flagship Trump Tower property through the end of last year …
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Trump security's use of force questioned
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Chris Kyle's Iraqi Interpreter on Temporary Refugee Ban: Trump is Cleaning Up Obama's Trash — During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper Tuesday evening Iraqi “Johnny Walker,” who served as an interpreter in Iraq for Navy SEAL and American Sniper Chris Kyle, didn't mince words abut his support …
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Franken slams Cruz for ‘trying to impugn’ his record — (R-Texas) Wednesday for accusing him of trying to disparage Sen. Jeff Sessions — (R-Ala.) during committee hearings on his nomination to be attorney general. — “Let's talk about who is trying to impugn the record of another senator …
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Trump administration is radicalizing Democratic voters, creating a challenge for the party, Rep. Adam Schiff says — As protests spread over policy announcements from the Trump administration, Democrats must work to encourage participation in politics, but face a danger of the party becoming too radicalized …
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Trump transition email shows initial effort to oust all inspectors general — An email from the Trump transition team on the evening of Jan. 13 instructed all transition team leaders to “reach out tonight and inform” the inspectors general in their agencies “that they are being held over on a temporary basis.”
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Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy — Jerry L. Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, has been asked by President Trump to head up a new task force that will identify changes that should be made to the U.S. Department of Education's policies and procedures …
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