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This post was originally published on ThinkProgress and was written by Emily Atkin. The last two presidential debates have basically been exercises in outrage for progressives. Save for the moment Carly Fiorina smacked down Donald Trump’s sexism, the Republican events were the stuff of liberal nightmares — defenses of the Iraq War, expressions of admiration for Kim Davis, a botched discussion of climate change, and silence on racial injustice. So there’s likely some relief among progressives that Tuesday’s presidential debate will be between Democratic candidates whose worldviews might align closer to theirs. But that doesn’t mean the candidates will have...

Bloomberg recently published an extensive article on Steve Bannon, author and executive chairman for the right-wing news organization Breitbart News. Bannon is described as the “Most Dangerous Political Operative in America.” But the ex-Goldman Sachs banker and former Hollywood mogul isn’t just out to get Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. He’s been out to derail Jeb Bush as well. Bannon comes from a “blue-collar, Irish Catholic, pro-Kennedy, pro-union family of Democrats,” according to the recent piece on Bloomberg. He became disillusioned with the Democratic party during the Carter Administration, becoming a life-long Reagan Republican. Bannon was equally disgusted by the...

Long-time Senator and Establishment Republican Orrin Hatch said that Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s (R-UT) campaign to run for House Speaker drives Congress deeper into chaos. Currently, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is the Republican favorite to win the House Speaker job, but Chaffetz’s campaign is likely to weaken some of McCarthy’s support. McCarthy is currently dealing with the controversial admission that the House Select Committee on Benghazi was created to politically harm Hillary Clinton. “[It] is, in my view, a pretty bad thing,” said Hatch. “The more the House stays in chaos, the worse it will be.” Both McCarthy and Chaffetz...