President Joe Biden said at a press conference Thursday that he is considering a plan to cancel “some” federal student loan debt, and would make a decision in the next few weeks. “I am not considering $50,000 debt reduction, but I am in the process of taking a hard look …
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) heckled President Biden during his State of the Union address on Tuesday as he spoke about service members who died as a result of their exposure to burn pits. “Headaches, numbness, dizziness, a cancer that would put them in a flag-draped coffin,” Biden said. “I would …
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President Biden lost his temper at the end of an event at the White House on Monday, insulting a reporter who asked him a question about inflation. As a photo op was wrapping up in the East Room, Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Biden whether he believes “inflation is …
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Republicans were quick to fall all over themselves to hail Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) as a hero who saved Christmas for publicly opposing President Biden’s social spending package. The centrist Democrat said that he “is a no” and will not support Biden’s Build Back Better social spending plan. “I …
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National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. is preparing further sanctions against Russia in response to the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. President Biden’s national security adviser made the announcement on CNN on Sunday after being asked if more sanctions were planned. “I think it’s very important for …
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The phone rings and it’s Mike Lindell, the MyPillow Guy, recovered cocaine addict, believer that the 2020 presidential count was 20 million off, and, apparently, a fan of 1970s AM Radio. After saying hello and introducing myself, Lindell begins howling through the telephone line,‘Wanna see my picture on the cover, …
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In an effort to fight climate change, the Senate voted to reinstate 2016 regulations on methane emissions, reversing a Trump administration move to ease rules meant to cut emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas. The act passed by a 52-42 margin, with Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham and Rob Portman being …
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B arbara Boxer was in Greenland in July 2007, watching chunks of ice slide off glaciers into the rising ocean. She had brought Republican senators there with her, hoping a first-person confrontation with climate change would persuade them to take action. And as the newly calved icebergs flowed past, the …
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President Joe Biden said former president Donald Trump should not receive intelligence briefings due to his “erratic behavior.” Biden answered, “I think not,” when asked by CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell if Trump should receive the sensitive briefings. Biden went on to say that he didn’t see an upside …
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In the latest socially distanced episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by friend-of-the-show journalist and historian Thomas Frank. For this week’s Democrats Suck, Katie takes issue with Democrats “punching left,” citing a leaked conference call among House Democrats where some Dems reportedly blamed the poor …
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