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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) speaks during a press conference on the State of the Union speech to be delivered by President Joe Biden later this evening on March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Absolute hypocrisy”: GOP unveils bill to make Trump tax cuts permanent while howling about debt

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee speaks at a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders bill would give teachers $60K minimum wage — fully funded by taxing rich estates

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Exterior view of a Walmart store (Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

“Business as usual”: Study shows how corporations deceive the public to “greenwash their brand”

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Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) applaud as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“They can’t be trusted”: Advocates say don’t buy GOP applause for Social Security

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. ( Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden White House blasts Manchin-GOP push for Social Security “death panel”

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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Mike Pence calls for privatizing Social Security: They “keep saying the quiet part out loud”

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The Pentagon (Getty Images/Kiyoshi Tanno)

China slams the Pentagon’s downing of a balloon in US airspace as an “excessive reaction”

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(Getty/Jim Watson)

White House says GOP bill would force “one of the biggest Medicare benefit cuts” in US history

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Representative Ilhan Omar (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

“Is anyone surprised I’m being targeted?”: House GOP boots Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

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The Chevron logo is displayed at a Chevron gas station on October 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Chevron posted near record profits as their quarterly profit rose 84 percent to $11.23 billion amid a surge in oil prices during the quarter. ( Mario Tama/Getty Images)

“The definition of war profiteering”: Chevron posts record $35.5 billion in profit for 2022

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Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., leaves the House Republicans caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Experts: GOP’s 30% federal sales tax plan is “one of the most regressive proposals in a generation”

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Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) speaks at a press conference with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Critics rip “MAGA extremists” over plan to hike Social Security retirement age to 70

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Jeff Zients, the White House's Covid-19 response czar, speaks during a press briefing at the White House on April 13, 2021, in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

New millionaire White House chief of staff built his fortune investing in firms accused of fraud

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US Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) speaks during a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 2, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Progressive Rep. Ruben Gallego launches campaign to unseat Kyrsten Sinema: “She abandoned Arizona”

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Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

“Hell no”: Advocates sound the alarm after Joe Manchin pitches Social Security deal with GOP

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Rep. Rick Allen, R-Ga., leaves the House Republicans caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Justifying attack on Social Security, House Republican claims people “want to work longer”

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“This is corruption”: Joe Manchin chief of staff now chief lobbyist for Big Oil

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Police tape is used at a crime scene. (Mark Edward Harris/Getty Images)

“They’re trying to George Floyd me”: Teacher and cousin of BLM co-founder killed by LAPD

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Planalto Presidential Palace security members inspect offices destroyed by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after an invasion in Brasilia on Jan. 9, 2023. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Jan. 6-style riots hit Brazil as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro seeks “refuge” in Florida

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spreads out her arms as she goes through security outside the House Chamber at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 12, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

“First sign of new GOP majority”: Metal detectors installed after Jan. 6 removed after MAGA gripes

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Bernie Sanders | Southwest Airlines (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“$7 billion taxpayer bailout”: Sanders tells Buttigieg to hold Southwest’s CEO accountable for greed

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Travelers wait in line at the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter at Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 27, 2022. (SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images)

Southwest Airlines spent $5.6B on shareholder gifts ahead of mass cancellation crisis

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US Senator Mike Crapo speaks during Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 8, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress just passed $858B military budget — but GOP is blocking $12B to fight child poverty

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Donald Trump (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

“You don’t get to lead a government you tried to destroy”: 40 Dems introduce bill to block Trump run

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