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Drew Magary

Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, departs after attending Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's video joint address to Congress in the Congressional Auditorium at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March 16, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

Fuck Joe Manchin

Albert Burneko

Senators Week

Stop Referring To The “Caning” Of Charles Sumner!

Samer Kalaf

Let’s Remember Some Senators

David Roth

Sen. Tommy Tuberville questions Joe Biden's HHS Secretary nominee about, let's say, cancel culture.

Tommy Tuberville Is At Home In The Senate

Kelsey McKinney

That Time Two Senators Socked Each Other In The Face

Laura Wagner

A Senate Judiciary Committee ready to discuss prohibition enforcement, Washington, circa 1925.

Senate Committees, Ranked

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Diana Moskovitz

Let Me FOIA The Senate (And The House)

Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators checks Auston Matthews, much as he might check Ted Cruz

Which U.S. Senator Would Most Thoroughly Be Obliterated By A Single Check From Brady Tkachuk?

Tom Ley

The Senate Highlight Of The Day Is Robert Byrd Getting So Mad About Dogfighting

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