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House Republicans Move to Gut Ethics Panel

House Republicans moved to effectively gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics on Monday night. The rule change was approved 119-74 in the conference. The complete rules package will now be voted on tomorrow, during the new Congress’s first day. Representative Bob Goodlatte, who sponsored the proposal, announced the adopted […]


Texas Elected Official Calls Clinton C-Word in Tweet

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R-TX) tweeted a misogynist epithet in place of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s name on Tuesday before deleting the tweet.  The tweet read, “PENNSYLVANIA: NEW AUTO ALLIANCE POLL TRUMP 44 C*** 43 Go Trump Go!” The tweet seems to be in reference to a three […]


Donald Trump Creates Nightly News Program

A day after the Trump campaign launched a nightly news program that will air every day until Election Day, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump denied that he was planning to start a media outlet after the election. Trump spoke to Cincinnati radio station 700WLW and said, “No, I have no interest […]


Arizona Moves Towards the Democrats

Arizona, a state that went for the Republicans in 2008 and 2012, is starting to shift towards Democrat Hillary Clinton with little more than a dozen days remaining in the election. Senator John McCain won his home state by eight-and-a-half percentage points while Governor Mitt Romney won the state by nine […]