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Half of the Supreme Court’s liberal members are over 80 years-old

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Happy Birthday to Justice Stephen Breyer, who turned 80 on Wednesday. He joins Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 85, as one of the Court’s two octogenarians. Ginsburg and Breyer are both left-leaning Clinton appointees.

That means that there is a very real chance that a member of the Court’s liberal bloc could be forced to depart the bench before Donald Trump leaves office, potentially giving Trump the opportunity to name a third member of the Supreme Court.

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Medicaid work requirements to cause over 5,000 low-income Arkansans to lose health care

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In Arkansas, residents on Medicaid need to report 80-hours-a-month of work or service online to keep their health insurance under new requirements. So far, more than 5,000 people have failed to do so, jeopardizing their continuous coverage.

About 5,426 people who qualify for the public health insurance program designed for low-income people failed to report 80 hours of work in June and July, according to the latest numbers from Arkansas’ Department of Human Services. If they f...

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Randy Bryce wins Democratic primary in Paul Ryan’s home district

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Randy Bryce has won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin’s first district, beating public school teacher Cathy Myers. The district is currently represented by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Bryce shot to national prominence last June, when his announcement video challenging Ryan to switch jobs with him went viral. He was endorsed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), as well as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

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BREAKING: Ilhan Omar wins primary to replace Keith Ellison in Minnesota’s fifth district

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Ilhan Omar has won the Democratic primary in Minnesota’s House race to replace Rep. Keith Ellison.

Omar, a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, was the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. The district has been safely Democratic for decades, making a victory for Omar in November likely. She and Rashida Tlaib, who won her congressional primary in Michigan last week, will be the first Muslim women elected to the U.S. House.

Omar was endorsed by t...

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BREAKING: Christine Hallquist wins primary, becomes first transgender gubernatorial nominee

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Gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist has won Vermont’s Democratic primary race, becoming the first openly transgender gubernatorial candidate from a major political party in the United States.

At the time of publication, she was leading the four-person pack by about 25 percent. She will face incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November.

BREAKING: Christine Hallquist wins Democratic nomination for governor in Vermont primary election. #APracecal...

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The Myers-Bryce Online Personality Test for Wisconsin Democrats

House of Representatives, News, Paul Ryan, politics

JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN — “It’s funny living in the same town as Paul Ryan, because every time he burps or farts the media is all over us,” says Paula, a server at the Eagle Inn Family Restaurant.

Paula doesn’t have internet at home, and half-boasts that her cell phone is 16 years old. But when I tell her who I’m here to see, she nods knowingly.

Randy Bryce is just as familiar a name to her as it is to you, if not necessarily for the same reasons. His viral video campaign...

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Republican congressman launches extremely dishonest attack on Medicare-for-All

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Jared Golden, a Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives who is running for Congress, supports Medicare-for-All. As made obvious by the very phrase “Medicare-for-All,” Golden wants to extend Medicare-style health coverage to every American. If you currently have Medicare, Golden thinks you should keep Medicare. If you don’t currently have Medicare, Golden thinks you should be able to have Medicare.

Nonetheless, a new ad by Golden’s opponent, Re...

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Virginia GOP candidate attacks Muslim gubernatorial candidate as an ‘ISIS commie’

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Corey Stewart, a neo-Confederate and the Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia, called Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed an “ISIS commie” on Twitter Wednesday.

Michigan almost elected a far left ISIS commie.

This guy wants to abolish ICE & won 300,000 votes. Dangerous stuff.

Don't let wimpy @timkaine bring this dangerous, far left communism to VA.https://t.co/7SdQmrS70x

— Corey Stewart (@CoreySte...

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