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Politics 101: What is a filibuster?
If you've ever heard the word "filibuster" and thought to yourself, 'Wow, that sounds funny!' that's because it does -- the word derives from the Dutch word vrijbuiter which looks a lot like "freebooter" and actually means "privateer, robber, or pirate." So when Wendy Davis of Texas took the floor of the Texas Senate in 2013 to oppose anti-abortion legislation, she figuratively stole the… → Read More
Flag Day is being celebrated a hundred years after it was first established
Flag Day was installed as a national holiday by Woodrow Wilson 100 years ago as a celebration in remembrance of the the First Flag Resolution of June 14, → Read More
Stat of the Week: 71% of Dems want Hillary to run even if indicted
In an electrically charged election season full of weird twists and unlikely ascensions, one thing has remained persistent -- dogged attempts by Republican leaders to undermine Hillary Clinton's bid to return to the White House. From the Benghazi hearings last year to her use of a private e-mail server that handled classified information, it has been a year of continued scandals for the… → Read More
ICYMI: The Donald clinches nomination, releases his energy plan and agrees then backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders
Another week has come and gone, and one man stood atop the headlines mountain again: Donald Trump. It's been clear ever since Ted Cruz dropped out of the race back on May 4th that Trump would go on to win the GOP nomination, a once unthinkable feat, but this week he made it official: After winning Washington state's primary on Tuesday, the Associated Press declared him the winner. → Read More
ICYMI: The Donald clinches nomination, releases his energy plan and agrees to debate with Bernie Sanders
Another week has come and gone, and one man stood atop the headlines mountain again: Donald Trump. It's been clear ever since Ted Cruz dropped out of the race back on May 4th that Trump would go on to win the GOP nomination, a once unthinkable feat, but this week he made it official: After winning Washington state's primary on Tuesday, the Associated Press declared him the winner. → Read More
Stat of the Week: Trump has completed 97.7% of the GOP nomination race
Mercurial businessman Donald Trump now has 1,209 of the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nomination, according to Associated Press estimates. → Read More
Briefing Nightly News Roundup: Primary Day, May 10
West Virginia and Nebraska voted on Tuesday, as the presidential primaries season heads down the stretch with less than one month remaining.Dealing → Read More
Closed primaries help Clinton to big wins, Sanders supporters take to social media
Hillary Clinton pummeled Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday and increased her pledged delegate lead to 1,596 to 1,281 after five Northeastern states held closed primaries, shutting out Independent voters in the process. → Read More
Anti-Trump movement hits fever pitch over the weekend
The so-called “true conservatives” have been in a bit of panic mode for quite some time now, watching vulgar Reality TV showman Donald J. Trump hijack their Republican Party's nomination process in a strange and concerted bid to buy the White House with his own cold-hard cash. → Read More
Trump is the GOP's own Frankenstein monster, and now they're horrified
The story of “Frankenstein” was first published in 1818, and the GOP is just now starting to understand the moral of it. The #NeverTrump → Read More
5 things to know about the week of Feb. 29
March is almost upon us, and in many places south of the old Mason-Dixon line, this means springtime is finally here. Ball players report to camp, trees → Read More