What Your Politics Say About Your Mental Health
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to be depressed, according to a BuzzFeed/SurveyMonkey survey.
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Commercial Breaks Made It Hard For Fox News To Be Fair And Balanced During Benghazi Hearings
“We’re trying to get a commercial break. We’re getting lopsided Democrats versus Republicans. We’ll try to rectify that.”
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Republicans Stoke Divisions Between Progressives And Democratic Party In South Dakota
“If Democrats in Washington want to pin their hopes on a pro-Bush lobbyist who’s already lost two two midterm elections, they can explain that decision to progressives,” says Dayspring.
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White House Sequester Moves Puzzle Allies
Support for Friday’s flight delay vote was the latest White House move on sequester that’s left Democrats on Capitol Hill grumbling. Meanwhile, the White House says Democrats in Congress don’t have the spine to take a political risk.
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The Disastrous Collapse Of Kentucky’s Least Effective Liberal Group
Whatever Progress Kentucky is trying to do, it should probably stop right now.
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Democrats Not Shaking In Their Boots Over RNC Changes
As the RNC sets out to expand outreach, Democratic reaction boils down to “we’ll believe it when we see it.”
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Democrats Try And Fail To Catch Conservatives Cheering Ashley Judd’s On-Screen Death
CPAC crowd unmoved by the big moment, video shows. No gotcha here.
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Congressional Democrats Keep President Updated On Recruitment Efforts
“We’re in a very good place on the president’s commitment to help,” Chairman Israel says.
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Democrats Gear Up To Bash Paul Ryan’s Latest Budget Proposal
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee looks to hit Republicans again on cuts to Medicare.
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Democrats Give Excuses For Not Joining Anti-Drone Filibuster
Just one Dem participated in Rand Paul’s thirteen-hour filibuster against drone strikes. The defense: “A distraction” that just “didn’t feel like a constructive venue.”
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Chris Murphy Wants Chuck Grassley To Keep Tweeting
Grassley’s decision to tone it down on Twitter made freshman Democratic senator “so sad.”
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Jewish Democrats Launch Campaign To Defend Obama At AIPAC Conference
With buttons.
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House Democrats Prepare To “Dig In” On Protections For LGBT Immigrants
The president’s support will make their case easier.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Elected To Second Term Atop DNC
The congresswoman from Florida will serve as chair for at least two more years.
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The Loudest Protester At The Inauguration Was In A Tree
“Democrats are baby-killers!”
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Obama Becomes A “Great” President
And Republicans start looking for ways to embrace him. Liberals should be prepared to lose him.
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Democrats Explain “Organizing For Action”
Seeking to preempt concerns by some members of their own party. “It definitely could be potential problem.”
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White House, Democrats See Electoral Gold In Gun Fight
Obama knows his “plan” for legislation isn’t going anywhere and will just enrage Republicans. That may be the point, Democrats say.
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The Democrats’ Coming Civil War
The party is poised for a showdown over Social Security and Medicare. Obama vs. the liberals.
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Lieberman Begins
Few political figures in recent memory leave as conflicted a legacy as Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, whose stellar, frustrating political career ends Wednesday. But documents from his time at Yale University show how his beliefs and record reflect the influence of his closest mentors, liberal and conservative.
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Democrats Defend Shift On Tax Increases
Republicans offer tax hikes for income of more than $1 million, which some Democrats used to support. But that was just “a plan to smoke out the Republicans’ true position,” Pelosi says.
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Senate Democrats: Republicans Won’t Put Up A Fight On Debt Ceiling
“I think they learned their lesson with the debt ceiling,” Schumer says.
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House Democrats Push For Vote On Tax Cuts
“The expression ‘time is fleeting’ has never been more apropos than it is today,” Crowley says. Democrats sign a discharge petition to try to bring middle-class tax cuts to the floor.
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“Wired” Reporter To Maddow: “Never Underestimate The Spinelessness Of A Democrat”
Danger Room’s Spencer Ackerman rains on Rachel Maddow’s parade after the MSNBC host said that she thought Democrats were ready to fight Republicans to the finish over Guantanamo Bay.
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Chris Hayes Goes Off On Andrew Cuomo
The New York governor appears to be trying to run for president from the center. Liberals would prefer not to let him.
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9 Things Steny Hoyer Can Do About Being Pelosi’s Number Two
Always a bridesmaid, never the bride.
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Democratic Senate Campaign Chair: Akin And Mourdock “Did Not Decide This Election”
Democrats credit “strategic decisions over many months.” Basking in the glow of unlikely Senate victories on Election Day.
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A Tribute To Election Night’s Obama-Biden Bromance
Four years later, the passion thrives.
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Welcome To The New United Socialist Paradise States Of America
Ch-ch-ch-changes. With key electoral wins and ballot initiatives, the hippies are taking over.
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Why Missouri Democrats Are Still Nervous
The polls have shown McCaskill leading, but not by much. “People might be humiliated to admit that they’ll vote for Todd Akin, but they’ll close the curtain and do it.”
