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The Democrats just don't get it | Opinion
I write about politics, but don’t do activism. I don’t make phone calls for candidates. I don’t knock on doors. I don’t even give money. That’s the way I am, but this – this time – is different. I am ...
Congress has surrendered its power to declare war and control federal spending to the executive branch, giving President ...
Liberal activists planned protests of Chuck Schumer over funding bill vote as the Democratic Party reached its lowest approval rating ever recorded.
"I was just so upset, because I feel like Sen. Schumer let us down. He gave up without a fight. He sold us out, and we were going to be here to show him how we felt, but then he didn't show up," said ...
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The Democrats' Civil War
No wonder CNN's latest poll shows Democrats with a record-low favorability rating of 29%: The party is at war with itself, and Democratic voters themselves increasingly dislike what they see from ...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is facing the toughest fight of his Senate leadership career amid sharp attacks from his party’s base over his vote to advance a House ...
His answer was no—that Senate Democrats should have taken a stand against Donald Trump’s lawlessness and withheld the votes Republicans needed to keep the government from shutting down. Even one ...
The Democratic Party looks like it's going to have to fight itself before it can fight Trump and his Republican allies.
In “The Godfather Part III,” Michael Corleone tells his nephew, “Never hate your enemies. It clouds your judgment.” ...
Jon Stewart ripped into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for caving on a controversial GOP funding bill on Friday. After ...
Chuck Schumer decided, ‘I care more about my donors and what’s happening on Wall Street than I do about democracy and any ...
On this week’s episode of “ The Daily Show ,” Jon Stewart slammed Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for voting to pass a ...