Tag: Mitch McConnell
Bezos, McConnell, and Covid capitalism
The heinous resurgence of COVID makes clear that corporations need more – not fewer – incentives to protect their workers from the virus.
How Mitch McConnell’s do nothing Republicans are killing you
The writing is on the wall. Do your job, Mitch McConnell. Our lives depend on it.
How Mitch McConnell flouts the will of the American people
Right now, one person—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell—stands in the way of America’s fight against COVID-19.
Progressive message to Joe Biden: Don’t you dare “cooperate” with Mitch...
If Joe Biden is willing to toss aside the progressive base of his own party in order to cooperate with the likes of Mitch McConnell, the new president will be starting a fierce civil war inside his own party.
For RBG it was all principle, for Mitch McConnell it’s all...
Over time, the unbridled pursuit of power wears down democratic institutions, erodes public trust, and breeds the sort of cynicism that invites despotism.
‘The corruption is bottomless’: Documents reveal chair of Postal Service Board...
"Can the GOP's takeover of USPS be any more blatant?"
Reactionaries in ragged retreat: A wingnut brew of bottom-dwellers
Trump politics are in shambles, whatever he and lackeys try boomerang, and why should anything change in the next five months?
While pushing for corporate legal immunity, McConnell vows to block extension...
“Cutting back federal assistance at the height of the crisis would mean self-inflicted disaster, devastation, and additional deaths. That must not happen.”
Enemies of the Constitution, dismantling our democracy: Trump, McConnell, Barr
Trump, Barr, and McConnell do their business as if the Constitution doesn’t even exist. They have no problem subverting the Rule of Law, it is no more than a hindrance to them. These three are, in fact, autocrats.
As workers get sick & die from COVID-19, McConnell demands corporate...
“He wants to protect their right to engage in egregious misconduct.”
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.