#Congress

One black person's life is more valuable than every single item stolen from Target combined.Until the government proves that they recognize that, forgive me if I don't give a shit
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Jim Crow Joe’s buddy Strom Thurmond once said, “...there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation & admit the nigger race into
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The mayor's threat to have the unelected Chief Financial Officer overrule the council's budget because of tiny cuts to MPD's reveal a lot about how the District government works.Even if
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#USA #BREAKING #BlackLivesMatter #COVID19 #IfMomsRan2020 #QAnons #GreatAwakening Thread written ~ years ago, but never posted. It seems now's the right time.While the United States spends decades distracted by terrorism,
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The House Impeachment Show Trial begins!Someone named George Kent is giving us his entire family history - including what his entire family tree did in war. 5 great uncles served
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the people who choose to serve in the military and to run for public office. [1/12] Senator Daniel Inouye comes to mind. He
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This should be getting more attention: A terrorist attack in Pakistan's Balochistan province targeted the hotel where China's ambassador was staying, narrowly missing him.Extremists have also been attacking Chinese infrastructure
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Dominic Raab has been on the charm offensive in Washington all week calling around members of congress, trying to dispel fears over the GFA. One congressional source the Foreign sec
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Refresher:The Constitution does not specify the number of seats on the Supreme Court. This power was left to Congress, which set the Supreme Court's size at one chief justice and
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Welcome to the Pennsylvania member of Congress Tracking Report for the week ending April 26, 2020. Congress came back to Washington – briefly – to pass two pieces of legislation
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My short take on the nuclear testing trial balloon. Hopefully this will be balanced and nuanced enough to keep me out trouble with the "you expressed an opinion!" police. So
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I won a 50 player political LARP thing one time. I was one of two women playing, and the youngest person in the room. It was full of people who
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Well, it finally happened. This #ICE International #StudentBan got me back into the “organizing effective lobbying action via twitter” game. Want to make sure our lovely international students can keep
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1/ We still need ways to pump billions more dollars into journalism and news gathering across the country. The FTC published an interesting paper ten years ago on this subject,
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Cobb said the country needs a federal response to the pandemic that is “realistic and consistent” and puts science first — something that has not happened. 1/3https://twitter.com/poststar/status/1312701497558343683 Washington is divid
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As the Gold Star son of a soldier buried in Section 60 at Arlington, this is disgusting. And the definition of hypocrisy - to shoot a campaign ad exploiting war
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