Moscow Mitch is many things, most of them venal, but stupid isn’t one of them. He’s made no bones about wearing a mask, and being seen wearing a mask. He’s almost 80 and doesn’t want to risk his health (or the health of anyone in his caucus, at least). Now we learn his risk-avoidance measures…
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Mitch McConnell thinks expiring COVID-19 benefits are super funny
Yertle the Goddamn Fucking Disgrace (apologies to Dr. Seuss) doesn’t seem to think helping out unemployed workers and others screwed sideways by the coronavirus pandemic—and Donald Trump’s feckless, floundering response to it—is an urgent matter. At least not as urgent as, say, forcing barmy right-wing justices on us, our children, and/or our still-frozen embryo clones. Thursday, Politico’s…
Lincoln Project goes after Moscow Mitch as #RichMitch
Having raised more than $16 million last quarter, the Lincoln Project is now further expanding its targets to include the high value Senate Majority Leader. And including the number of former Republican operatives that the Project does, they know where the bodies are buried. Take a look: x YouTube Video
Vanity Fair: Republicans To Cut Loose Trump By Labor Day? Don't You Believe It!
I think highly of Vanity Fair’s Gabe Sherman, but his latest piece with the information that Moscow MItch is giving Trump until Labor Day to turn things around or he is on his own is complete and utter bullshit. Nervous Republicans worried about losing the Senate are now debating when to break from Trump. Trump…
Thoughts on Kentucky Democratic Primary 2020.
Suprisingly, the 2020 Kentucky Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate was probably the major driver for the higher than expected voter turnout (initial estimate of 32% voter participation statewide). Yes, I know that is still a terrible number for any democracy, but the usual voter turnout in Kentucky is around 20% during the primaries. Therefore, a…
New Poll Shows Progressive Charles Booker Surging Past Amy McGrath in Democratic Primary.
Something is definitely going on in Kentucky’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. The latest sign is a poll that shows progressive Charles Booker surging past Amy McGrath. A new poll shows Charles Booker surging past Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, with Election Day rapidly approaching on Tuesday. The survey, conducted by Oakland-based…
Rural Counties In Kentucky Are Also Hotspots For COVID-19.
For all those people in rural Kentucky that thought they were immune to COVID-19 or didn’t take it seriously, some of the other hotspots for the coronavirus are in western Kentucky. And yes, it only took one revival meeting to make one rural county — Hopkins — the number one hotspot for COVID-19 based upon population…
Pelosi and Schumer Need To Hang Tough With Moscow Mitch On Mail In Ballots For November.
Given what just happened in WI, Pelosi and Schumer must draw a line on funding for mail in ballots this fall. Moscow Mitch is going to fight this with every fiber of his satanic being because more people voting means Republicans will lose. Trump said so. And Pelosi and Schumer had to whittle down their…
Huh Moscow Mitch? Why The Sudden Change In Tune On Fourth “Stimilus” Bill?
First Moscow Mitch raised one of his terrapin legs and tried to piss all over Speaker Pelosi and her plans for a fourth “stimilus” bill for the coronavirus pandemic, but, the next day, the Satanic turtle is having a change of heart on this fourth plan. Granted, Moscow Mitch is still telling Pelosi to chill…
Louisville Courier-Journal's Joe Gerth: McConnell Admits Trump's Failure On COVID-19 Pandemic.
Louisville Courier-Journal reporter and columnist Joseph Gerth points out that Moscow Mitch is admitting that Trump has failed when it comes to the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic. Huh? I thought that Moscow Mitch was blaming Democrats and Trump’s impeachment for diverting the American governments response to the coronavirus? And as Gerth rightly points…
Trump campaign's official Twitter calls McConnell 'Cocaine Mitch'
It’s “Moscow Mitch,” idiots. Still, what the ever-living fuck? x Here's what Cocaine Mitch thinks of the Articles of Impeachment pic.twitter.com/WAgxwLKVjE— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) February 5, 2020 < p class=”is-empty-p”> Let’s leave aside the puerile nature of this. Uh, “Cocaine Mitch”? You’re really going to try to appropriate that nickname? Really?…
Trump Senate Trial Latest: Moscow Mitch Has Not Released His Memo on Trial Rules to Democrats.
The Media may be fooled by Moscow Mitch, but someone put something into Senator Dick Durbin’s Wheaties because he called out Moscow Mitch’s bad faith when setting the rules for Trump’s trial in the Senate. Note: Democratic Senators don’t like to point fingers at other Senators because of some insipid norm or rule that hasn’t…
Things the Media Has Missed About Upcoming Senate Trial of Trump.
I’m not a lawyer nor a constitutional scholar, but the Media has not being doing its job when it comes to covering the upcoming Senate trial of Trump. I know. “A real shocker there Merlin. Have you thought about auditioning for the role of Captain Obvious?” Hear me out for a few minutes. First up,…
McConnell Crony Kentucky State Attorney General Mum On Investigating Bevin's Corruption.
While I grateful that Democrat Andy Beshear beat the corrupt Republican Governor Matt Bevin, Kentucky voters elected one of Moscow Mitch’s political cronies as state attorney general — one Daniel Cameron. When asked by the Courier-Journal if Cameron would investigate Bevin’s pardonfest, Cameron was Sphinxlike in his response: FRANKFORT — Freshly sworn-in Kentucky Attorney General kept…
Democratic Weakness In The Face Of Republican Disloyalty To The Constitution Is No Defense.
Josh Marshall over at TPM has a must read about Democrats who signal weakness when it comes to confronting the patently disloyal Republican Party. As I have stated before, some political scientists have used the term “disloyal party” to identify political groups who as part of the political system act to overthrow the government or…
Update on Kentucky Republican Senate President Calls On Feds To Investigate Bevin's Pardons.
I’m not entirely sure what to make of this, but Senate President Robert Stivers — a Republican — has called on the Department of Justice to investigate former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s pardons. Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers is calling on the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate the pardons issued by former Gov. Matt Bevin. The Courier…
Progressive Alternatives in Kentucky U.S. Senate Race To Establishment Favorite Amy McGrath.
A commenter on my latest diary got me thinking that I need to stress the progressive alternatives to the Democratic Establishment candidate Amy McGrath for next year’s Kentucky U.S. Senate race against Moscow Mitch. If you have not figured it out by now, I am no fan of Amy McGrath. Her campaign strategy is seriously…
Pelosi's Announcement About Articles of Impeachment for Trump Puts One Democrat In a Bind.
I’m all for Speaker Pelosi’s plan to have articles of impeachment brought up against Trump, but I know of at least one Democrat who is going to be put into a political bind because of this move — Amy McGrath of Kentucky. No, this is not some theoretical political bind that McGrath will be in. McGrath…
Emails show Trump administration tried to justify withholding Ukraine aid after the fact
Wait, you mean Donald Trump’s decision to withhold vital aid from Ukraine wasn’t based on any sort of meticulous review? And so they had to create an ad hoc justification for … whatever the fuck he was doing? According to The Washington Post, a review of Trump’s decision to withhold aid from Ukraine unearthed documents revealing “an…
Congrats, Gov.-Elect Andy Beshear! Kentucky dumps Matt Bevin, despite Trump's selfish pleas
Donald Trump faced a harsh reality Tuesday night, when Kentucky voters showed that they weren’t swayed, just the day before, by his impassioned speech to come out and vote for one of his minions, Matt Bevin, simply because it would personally help him out. “You gotta vote because if you lose, it sends a really bad message. It…