Tag: Mitch McConnell
Trump’s running out of friends, and it’s his own fault
Seems like the only one still standing by him is David Duke. They deserve each other.
The big fix: Will the GOP turn to Dems to fix...
Democrats must demand clear, popular amendments that demonstrate they are committed to extend the right to affordable health care.
The secret health care bill
If this shameful bill is enacted, McConnell and Trump – as well as every Republican senator who signs on – will bear the burden of hundreds of thousands of deaths
Climate deniers in congress received over $80 million in dirty money
142 representatives and 38 senators have received a total of $82,882,725 from the coal, oil and gas industries.
Republicans are running out of time to use their secret weapon
But quite a bit of damage has already been done.
GOP ignores confirmation procedures, rushes ahead with Trump’s nominees
Apparently insisting on “fair and consistent application” doesn’t apply in this situation.
Mitch McConnell: We Won’t Vote on Garland Because the NRA Opposes...
Did Mitch McConnell just admit to Republicans being in bed with the NRA?
Does Mitch McConnell Really Give a Damn About the Supreme Court?
Ideology has never been as important to the Senate majority leader as power.
Why Should You and I Have to Keep Paying Mitch McConnell’s...
We're paying this guy a salary of $174,000 a year, plus another $19,400 for his "service" as majority leader. It's insulting that he won't even go through the motions of doing his job.
Another GOP Senator Wavers, Says He’s Open To A Vote On...
Another GOP Senator breaks with McConnell's hard-line position. Senator Ron Johnson says he's open to a vote on President Obama’s nominee.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Israel accused of assassinating five Gaza journalists in targeted airstrike
Al Jazeera calls deadly strike on press tent “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom” as press freedom groups warn of pattern of killings and smear campaigns against reporters in Gaza.