Dems Oust DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Clinton Immediately Hires Her

“It’s very sad. Because he’s a very good person. I’ve always found him to be just a very, very good person.”

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally
DNC Chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaks during a Florida delegation breakfast, Monday, July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia, during the first day of the Democratic National Convention.

Though many progressives immediately responded by saying her ouster would not be enough to undo the damage her leadership has done, Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation on Sunday afternoon, saying she would relinquish her post immediately following the party's national convention which begins

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Thousands Call On DNC To Oust ‘Corporatist Tool’ Wasserman Schultz

As DNC insiders wonder if Debbie Wasserman Schultz has become “too toxic” to lead the party, more than 40,000 petitioners already know the answer

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"The head of one of the two big political parties in the United States is trying to choose its nominee by reducing input from voters." (Photo: PoolSafely/flickr/cc)

More than 40,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to remove embattled chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has faced increasing criticism over her leadership of the party in the 2016 election cycle. The petition, organized by the grassroots group RootsAction.org, castigates Wasserman Schultz for

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Anti-Corruption Gyrocopter Pilot Seeks Return To Congress, This Time By Election

“We’re going to literally pack the courtroom” with supporters and media, said Doug Hughes, who hopes to turn his April 13 sentencing hearing for a felony charge into a campaign opportunity.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Douglas Hughes of Florida holds up a design for a stamp that was given to him by an artist as a gift, while meeting with reporters outside federal court in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2015, . Hughes, who flew a gyrocopter through some of America's most restricted airspace before landing at the Capitol pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the six charges he faces. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida --- After illegally landing a miniature helicopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol last year, Doug Hughes is determined to return to the Hill as a member of the House of Representatives. “I’m coming back to Congress by ground. And this time I’m not going to be outside the building -- I’m going to be inside the building!”

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DNC Chairwoman Flippantly Defends Her Support For War On Drugs

Unfortunately, Wasserman Schultz’s scary feelings about “drug culture” perpetuate the destruction of “safety” for countless Americans, including numerous people who live in her own state.

Brian Sonenstein
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz at Netroots Nation 2011 (Marta Evry on Flickr)

In a recent interview with Ana Marie Cox in the New York Times Magazine, Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz admitted her “criminal-justice record is perhaps not as progressive” as the records of some of her progressive colleagues. Wasserman Schultz was asked during the interview

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House Oversight Screaming Match Shows How Dysfunctional Congress Has Become (Video)

Rather than get to the truth in an IRS investigation, a House Oversight hearing devolves into a screaming match on Wednesday.

Frederick Reese
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Darrell Issa

On Wednesday, a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee turned Congress into a theater of the surreal. After Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the committee’s chairman, closed a hearing without allowing any other member of the committee to speak, a screaming match without comparison in modern memory was set off in the halls of Congress. The

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