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GOP Leads Senate Ad Spending as Candidates Debate Costs
Politics
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Candidates in congressional races across Oklahoma, North Carolina, Louisiana and Illinois say affordability is a major concern but disagree on solutions. Republicans emphasize cutting taxes and regulations or consolidating school districts, while Democrats point to the Iran war and tariffs as drivers of higher costs and call for ending the conflict and removing tariffs.
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Candidates Outline Priorities in 2026 Races
Politics
— Oct 9, 2026
Candidates in Illinois and Kansas Senate races are emphasizing affordability and health care, while offering differing approaches on wages, tariffs, inflation and immigration; Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton also faulted the Iran war and tariffs for raising costs, while Republican incumbent Roger Marshall did not respond to the questionnaire. In a Montana legislative race, a challenger opposed a proposed flat income tax and backed refining property-tax relief to protect working- and middle-class residents.
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No. 2 Senate Democrat Announces Retirement After Four Decades In Congress
Dick Durbin
— Apr 23, 2025
Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, announced his retirement after 44 years in Congress on Wednesday. Durbin, 80, was up for reelection in 2026 and was widely expected to not seek a sixth…
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Senator Gets Lesson on How Free Speech Works After Complaining About Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter
Opinion
— Nov 3, 2022
These people don’t just tell lies; they tell whoppers. The latest is Democrat Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, who tweeted “Free speech does not include spreading misinformation to downplay political violence.” Ah…
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Pope Leo XIV Discharged From Hospital After Surgery, Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Spencer Lombardo · 3 min · 12h
Democratic Senate Staffer Caught Posing As Lawyer For Four-Time Deported Illegal, DHS Alleges
United States Department of Homeland Security
— Nov 12, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused a Senate staffer in Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s office of impersonating an attorney in an effort to spring a repeatedly deported illegal immigrant from…
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Most Influential Women in World History
Yourlist
— Ranking
From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Democrat Senator Uses Biden Cover-Up Hearing To Attack Trump’s Fitness Instead
Donald John Trump
— Jun 18, 2025
Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin spent a minute of a Wednesday hearing airing a montage of President Donald Trump to paint him as mentally unfit. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing , titled, “Unfit to Serve: How…
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JB Pritzker’s Preferred Candidate Who Ran ‘F*ck Trump’ Ad Wins Democrat Senate Primary
Donald John Trump
— Mar 18, 2026
The candidate Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker endorsed for U.S. Senate secured the party’s nomination Tuesday night passing a test of the strength of his influence in his home state. Pritzker endorsed his own Lt…
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Trump AG Nominee, Democrat Senator Come To Blows Over Epstein Files
Congressional Democrats
— Jul 15, 2026
Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin interrogated acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the Jeffrey Epstein files in Wednesday's confirmation hearing.
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Marco Rubio, Democrat Senator Get In Shouting Match During Heated Exchange
Marco Rubio
— Jan 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois raised their voices at each other during an exchange Wednesday over the Trump administration’s foreign policy. Rubio testified before the…
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Ask what happened to someone, not what is wrong with them
Perry and Winfrey argue an ACE survey of 17,000+ adults linked childhood adversity counts to later disease and early death—parents, teachers, and clinicians need this reframing.
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While Trump Is Banned for Questioning Election, Obama Claims GOP Is 'Rigging the Game'
Opinion
— Jun 6, 2021
Remember the charismatic, young African-American senator from Illinois who electrified crowds with his rhetoric, who called for a new kind of politics that would heal the United States? Unfortunately, the audacity of…
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Illinois Governor Candidates Pursue Separate Goals at Texas Convention
Gina Hinojosa
— Sep 10, 2026
The Illinois governor’s race has moved into Texas, with Pritzker and Bailey courting supporters at the Republican National Convention, Bailey seeking national exposure while Del Mar emphasizes cross-state policy transfers and Trump’s lingering influence on Bailey. In Texas, polls show Abbott-Hinojosa in a dead heat in the governor race and a tight Senate contest, with older voters tightening the gap in an AARP poll that also highlights affordability and health-care concerns shaping the race.
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Bailey heading to Texas for exposure could help him stand out but risks looking disconnected from Illinois voters back home.
Support Trump vs Support Democrats
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Every executive order, court fight, and agency purge just adds another tally mark to the same permanent scoreboard.
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Top Democrat Burns Himself Trying to Defend Biden on Classified Docs After His Own Inconvenient Words Resurface
Opinion
— Jan 24, 2023
Dick Durbin tried to say all the right things — but got most of them wrong. In an interview on Sunday, the Illinois senator acknowledged that President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents was “unacceptable,”…
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Top Dem Admits AOC's Effort to Impeach Clarence Thomas Won't Work
Opinion
— Jul 11, 2022
Say what you will about Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate majority whip. He’s been through a few more rodeos than fellow Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Thus, when he’s throwing…
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James Talarico Says Billionaires Are ‘Destroying’ Country. Parades Around With One Anyway.
Congressional Democrats
— Jun 25, 2026
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico featured a billionaire guest at a Wednesday fundraiser in Chicago after repeatedly using heated rhetoric against billionaires. Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker — who…
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2026 Is The Gasoline Price Election, Not The Data Center Election
David Blackmon · 5 min · 12h
‘Like An Award Show’: Democrat Senate Candidate Mocks Trump Honoring Veterans
Donald John Trump
— Feb 25, 2026
Illinois Democrat Rep. Robin Kelly laughed and mocked veterans honored at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address during a livestream Tuesday night. Kelly, who is running for the Democratic nomination in…
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How charismatic are you, really?
Quizie
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Not a score out of ten — the AI identifies your specific brand of charm and where it's most dangerous.
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‘People Are People’: Dem Senator Says Congress Should Focus On Bigger Issues Than Trans Member’s Bathroom Choices
Mike Johnson
— Nov 24, 2024
Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Sunday on CNN that Congress should focus on more important “issues” than the bathroom choices of transgender lawmakers. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced…
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‘It Goes Both Ways’: Kash Patel Flips The Script On Dem Senator Repeatedly Pressing Him On J6 Pardons
Joe Biden
— Jan 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s FBI Director appointee, Kash Patel, flipped the script on Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin Thursday as he called out former President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his family members and violent…
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