The Senate’s 50 Democrats represent 41 million more Americans than do its 50 Republicans. Yet Mitch McConnell and his tyranny of the minority took the Senate hostage and refused to agree to an organizing resolution unless Democrats acceded to McConnell’s demand that he be allowed to exercise the “McConnell Veto,” by way of the Senate … Read more
Donald Trump pressured elected officials in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia to overturn election results in their states. Georgia seems to have been of particular interest to Trump, where he pressured the Republican Secretary of State and Governor. Trump Call to Georgia Official Might Violate State and Federal Law: The call by President Trump on Saturday … Read more
The Senate impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will take place in February because the defendant has only now been able to secure a lawyer, one referred by Trump Fluffer Sen. Lindsey O. Graham. For the impeachment trial, Trump settles on a South Carolina lawyer arranged through Lindsey Graham. Former President Donald J. Trump’s … Read more
You are going to hear a lot of bullshit in coming days from Republicans and even some Democrats like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) about how the Senate needs to preserve the filibuster. A new book released this week by Adam Jentleson, Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy, explains … Read more
Jennifer Senior writes at the New York Times, Good Riddance, Leader McConnell: The judgment of history will be damning: So tell me, Mitch, in these, your final hours as Senate majority leader: Were the judges and the tax cuts worth it? Were they worth the sacking of the Capitol? The annexation of the Republican Party … Read more