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Trump has the country swamped in 'ludicrous dysfunction' before being sworn in: analyst
3 days, 11 hours ago

Trump has the country swamped in 'ludicrous dysfunction' before being sworn in: analyst

Raw Story  

In his column for the Washington Post, longtime political observer Dana Milbank marveled at Donald Trump's ability to gum up the works of the U.S. government more than a month before he is sworn in. As the analyst noted, the president-elect could have stayed on the sidelines as opposing members of the House hammered out a budget deal to make …

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'Squandering sympathy and goodwill': Columnist buries Trump's RNC rant
5 months ago

'Squandering sympathy and goodwill': Columnist buries Trump's RNC rant

Raw Story  

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank was left deeply unimpressed by former President Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. In his latest piece, Milbank argued that Trump and the GOP were "squandering all the sympathy and goodwill" that came from the failed assassination attempt on the former president over the weekend. "Trump himself, after a feint toward unity …

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'Stuff it': Debt deal showed GOP has the 'power to defeat the MAGA wing nuts'
1 year, 6 months ago

'Stuff it': Debt deal showed GOP has the 'power to defeat the MAGA wing nuts'

Raw Story  

Something strange and hopeful happened this week, wrote Dana Milbank for The Washington Post. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, having cut a surprisingly balanced debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden, ignored the howling and threats of the far-right flank of his party. "Many of the same House GOP extremists who nearly denied Kevin McCarthy the speakership did their utmost this …

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Kevin McCarthy shredded for 'selling out' the truth and democracy for his own power
1 year, 9 months ago

Kevin McCarthy shredded for 'selling out' the truth and democracy for his own power

Raw Story  

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has so abandoned truth and his responsibilities that he might as well have joined the insurrection, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank slammed Friday. IN OTHER NEWS: Murdoch confirms Kimberly Guilfoyle's mysterious Fox exit was due to 'inappropriate' behavior When Carlson cherry-picked minutes of those hours to characterize the storming of the building as "peaceful" — …

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US fund apologises for role in racist Tuskegee syphilis study
2 years, 6 months ago

US fund apologises for role in racist Tuskegee syphilis study

Al Jazeera  

Starting in 1932, government medical workers in rural Alabama withheld treatment from unsuspecting Black men infected with syphilis so doctors could track the disease and dissect their bodies afterwards. Fifty years after the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study was revealed to the public and halted in 1972, the organisation that made those funeral payments, the Milbank Memorial Fund, is publicly apologising …

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The GOP outrage police who demanded answers after Benghazi are showing ‘rank hypocrisy’ over Jan. 6: journalist
3 years ago

The GOP outrage police who demanded answers after Benghazi are showing ‘rank hypocrisy’ over Jan. 6: journalist

Raw Story  

After terrorists attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, Republicans in Congress and their propagandists in the right-wing media demanded accountability. But Washington Post opinion writer Dana Milbank, in his December 15 column, slams MAGA Republicans for their blatant hypocrisy — stressing that Republicans who were so outraged over Benghazi aren’t demanding …

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Yackandandah's community battery may not be 'big' but it's enough to 'petrify' energy providers
3 years, 7 months ago

Yackandandah's community battery may not be 'big' but it's enough to 'petrify' energy providers

ABC  

They may not boast the impressive size of "big batteries" but a growing trend in the energy storage space is being hailed as a game changer for communities and "petrifying" for power companies. "We're confident our community battery project will transform the way solar energy is stored, reduce resident's hip pocket costs, reduce peak demand and support the use of …

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