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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrive at the Capitol for a procedural vote on an appropriations measure, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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POLITICS
Republicans Sink Trump Judicial Nominee Hostile To Black Voters' Rights
By Jennifer Bendery
Sens. Tim Scott and Jeff Flake joined Democrats in rejecting Thomas Farr to be a lifetime federal judge.
Thomas Alvin Farr is sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be a District Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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POLITICS
Senate Advances Judicial Nominee Known For Weakening Black Voters' Rights
By Jennifer Bendery
“It is unconscionable that the Senate would even consider someone with Thomas Farr’s record,” said Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Thomas Alvin Farr headshot, during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, graphic element on gray
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POLITICS
Democrats Only Need 1 More GOP Vote To Sink A Controversial Judicial Nominee
By Igor Bobic and Jennifer Bendery
They're eyeing Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to help them tank Thomas Farr's nomination.
A displaced Yemeni boy from the border area of Hiran with Saudi Arabia sits at an improvised camp for displaced people in the northern province of Hajjah on August 29, 2018. - A Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen today dismissed as inaccurate a report by UN investigators that highlighted possible war crimes in the conflict-torn country including deadly air strikes by the alliance. (Photo by ESSA AHMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read ESSA AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
How Saudi Money Keeps Washington At War In Yemen
By TomDispatch, Editorial Partner
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks to reporters about recent revelations of President Donald Trump sharing classified information with Russian Officials on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
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POLITICS
Republican Tim Scott Tanks One Of Trump's Judicial Nominees
By Jennifer Bendery
The South Carolina senator refused to support appeals court nominee Ryan Bounds, who has a record of racist writings.
Senator Lindsey Graham testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Graham Cassidy bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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POLITICS
Coastal Republicans Say States, Not Just Trump, Should Get Say On Offshore Drilling
By Igor Bobic and Chris D'Angelo
“I don’t mind opening up drilling if states can opt out," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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POLITICS
Republicans Explain Why They Want Permanent Tax Cuts For Corporations But Not People
By Igor Bobic
Corporations are people, my friends!
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 04: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) questions former Equifax CEO Richard Smith during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Smith stepped down as CEO of Equifax last month after it was reported that hackers broke into the credit reporting agency and made off with the personal information of nearly 145 million Americans. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Sen. Tim Scott Responds To John Kelly: 'No Compromise To Make' On Civil War
By Igor Bobic
The White House chief of staff said the war was caused by the inability to compromise.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) faces reporters following a weekly lunch meeting with fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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POLITICS
Republicans Largely Stay Silent After Sen. Bob Corker's Rebuke Of President Trump
By Igor Bobic
Tax cuts or bust remains the party's motto for now.
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BLACK VOICES
With Their #KeepYoMoney Promo, Republicans Confirm They Don't Know Any Black People
By W. Island, Contributor
Analyst, social justice advocate, and blogger at What We Know
The GOP trotted out Senator Tim Scott to sell a tax plan to African Americans. They failed.
POLITICS
WTF Is Wrong With You, Trump?
By Andy Ostroy, Contributor
Political and Pop Culture Analyst
Seriously... what the f*** is wrong with you? Nazis? Really? Nazis? This was supposed to be a textbook slam dunk. A no-brainer
UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., talks with reporters before the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on May 16, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Senate Republicans Haven't Read Their Health Care Bill, But A Lot Already Support It
By Matt Fuller
Senators rubber-stamping laws should probably concern you.
A video showing former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager (R) and Walter Scott is shown in court during Slager's murder trial in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Grace Beahm/Pool
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BLACK VOICES
Michael Slager Pleads Guilty In Killing Of Unarmed, Fleeing Black Man Walter Scott
By Sebastian Murdock
"My mind was like spaghetti," Slager previously told jurors about the killing.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following the weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 5, 2015. Flanking McConnnell are Senators' John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) and John Cornyn (R-TX). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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POLITICS
Do Republicans Have Amnesia Over How They Treated Merrick Garland?
By Jennifer Bendery
“We don’t conduct partisan filibusters of Supreme Court nominees," said one GOP senator.
WASHINGTON, USA - January 11: Representative Cedric Richmond testifies against President-elect Trumps nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, USA on January 11, 2017. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Democratic Congressman Makes Vile Sexual Joke About Kellyanne Conway
By Laura Bassett
Conway looked "kind of familiar" on her knees, he said.
Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, and Labor Committee confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, secretary of education nominee for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. DeVos said raising costs of higher education need to be addressed, according to prepared remarks for her hearing Tuesday e-mailed by Trump transition team. Photographer: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Tim Scott: Every Senator Should Read Coretta Scott King
By Michael McAuliff
But he says Mitch McConnell was right to silence Elizabeth Warren. Because she quoted Ted Kennedy.
Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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POLITICS
OK, Betsy DeVos Is Now Education Secretary, But The Fight Over Her Agenda Has Just Begun
By Rebecca Klein and Ryan Grim
The real power over schools doesn't rest with the Education Department.
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