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Mitch McConnell
Trump’s Assaults on Government Watchdogs Expose His Authoritarian Ambitions
We are approaching the crescendo of calamity many have feared was coming since 2016.
McConnell’s PATRIOT Act Expansion Would Hand Barr Unprecedented Spy Powers
The amendments could guarantee the ability of an incumbent administration to spy on its political opponent.
The HEROES Act Is a Vital Step Toward Ending COVID, So of Course It Is Doomed
Lindsey Graham announced the COVID-19 relief bill was "dead on arrival" in the Senate.
Republicans Say They’d Break Rule They Invented to Derail Obama’s SCOTUS Pick
The GOP obstructed Obama's SCOTUS nominee in 2016, but several said they'd consider a pick by Trump this election year.
Republicans Oppose Mail-In Voting Because They’re Scared of Losing
Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and others are desperately fighting for their political lives.
Mitch McConnell Pours Dark Money Into Maine Sen. Susan Collins’s Reelection
McConnell-linked PAC launches a Maine ad buy designed to shield Sen. Susan Collins from COVID-19-related criticism.
McConnell’s Pandemic Priority Is Appointing Conservative Judges
McConnell and Trump’s appointees threaten not only the COVID-19 recovery, but also federal programs for decades to come.
Did McConnell Pressure Judge to Retire to Pave Way for His Unqualified Protégé?
McConnell has made pushing through right-wing judicial picks his top priority even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Corporations Don’t Need Another Bailout — Schools Do
Existing inequities in our schools will get a lot worse after the pandemic, unless Congress acts now.
Trump and McConnell Aren’t Waging War on COVID. They’re Waging War on Us.
Trump and McConnell are putting their boots to the neck of every state they deem ideologically unfit.