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On Tuesday, the House began proceedings to impeach current IRS chief John Koskinen for his role in stonewalling the investigation into the IRS targeting scandal. Impeachment is something that hasn’t been done, according to Fox New’s Bill Hemmer, for a non-president since 1876.
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CHARLIE ROSE: My point is do you have equal impact on serious speeches? Because it’s about style, use of language, etcetera?
JON LOVETT, FORMER OBAMA SPEECH WRITER: I really like, I was very — the joke speeches is the most fun part of this. But the things I’m the most proud of were the most serious speeches, I think. Health care, economic speeches.
JON FAVREAU,…
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"Hallie Jackson is standing by. Hallie, that was a very aggressive tone that Senator Cruz took with you dismissing your question, saying he’d heard it before, even though you repeatedly tried to get in there. Describe to me what we’re seeing. Is this a man unraveling? You’ve covered this campaign for some time now."
--- MSNBC host Tamron Hall on May 3 edition of MSNBC…
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SUSAN SARANDON, actress: But maybe, you know, they don’t want a third party but the DNC has made it very clear that they don’t let any progressive in. You know so maybe it’s time to have a third party.
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LARRY WILMORE: But you know, but the Democratic Party is not a progressive party. The last time the Democratic Party was a progressive party was when LBJ was…
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“We make a lot of jokes on this show, but there’s an issue that I feel deserves some real attention, and it’s not easy to talk about, but brace yourselves: Ted Cruz hates dildos....As Mother Jones dug up earlier this week, in 2004, Ted Cruz fought to preserve a law that banned the sale of dildos in Texas....It’s just such a shame to see dildos persecuted and…
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Host Larry Wilmore: “You used to be a carpenter. Is that right?
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Well, I used to help out in...”
Wilmore: “Help out a carpenter?”
Sanders: “I wouldn’t want to go too far on that.”
Wilmore: “And you’re Jewish?”
Sanders: “Yes. Ha! I get where you’re going!”
Wilmore: “I’m just saying. And the Pope loves you. Right?”
Sanders: “Right.”
Wilmore: “…
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Host Larry Wilmore: “The New York presidential primary is next week, renewing the debate over some harsh criticism of New York coming from the right.”
Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo: “You suggested Mr. Trump, quote: ‘embodies New York values.’ Could you explain what you mean by that?”
Sen. Ted Cruz: “You know I think most people know exactly what New York values…
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CBS’s Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett hyped the rise of the once “fringe” socialist Bernie Sanders as an “enormously important moment” for the country. On the April 15, 2016 night’s edition of PBS’s Charlie Rose show, Garrett marveled “The [Bernie] Sanders phenomenon is real and long-lasting.”
“Look, word to Republicans — stop bullying Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood provides services for millions of women who need them. It’s not just abortions. Yes, abortions are a very controversial issue, but only three percent of Planned Parenthood’s services are abortions and 0 percent of federal funding pays for them. So defunding them stops very few abortions but it stops a ridiculously…
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“The term ‘super-predator’ was all the rage in the ‘90s....it turned out to be something that now brings a lot of shame 20 years later. In fact, here’s John Diulio the criminologist who coined the term ‘super-predator,’ backing away from how he characterized the supposed onslaught of teen crime....That’s how wrong the idea of these ‘super-predator’s was — the person…