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McConnell is So Desperate He Wants the 1/6 Commission Deep-Sixed as a “Personal Favor”

Let’s face it, nothing gets through the Senate if Moscow Mitch McConnell doesn’t want it to pass. (Almost nothing: we did get the Covid-19 relief package through, and a few other things, using reconciliation.) And it’s been clear to everyone (even Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema!) that there aren’t 10...

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May 27, 2021

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Mitch McConnell has proven we must believe him at his word. Democrats better act accordingly!

Mitch McConnell, like under the Obama Presidency, has spoken. And he intends to destroy Biden & Democrats. Believe him. Don’t be outsmarted by Mitch McConnell once again See full episodes here. Democrats must listen to Mitch McConnel and the Republicans. They have no desire for compromise or desire to move the...

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May 6, 2021

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McConnell will destroy the GOP, Why they follow Trump, The birth rate too low, Free the vaccine

Lying Republican exposed, Projection-Trumpster convicted, McConnell gives Democrats greenlight #PTFB

Why is McConnell destroying the GOP? Why is Trump popular with his base? What does a low birth rate mean? Is capitalism the epidemic’s Achilles heel? Is McConnell oblivious to what he is unleashing? Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799...

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May 5, 2021

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Lying Republican exposed, Projection-Trumpster convicted, McConnell gives Democrats green light

We exposed a dangerous lying Republican Senator. And McConnell gives them all legs. Projection on fraud anyone? It is clear we are in the mince of it. The Republican orthodoxy Chat – Join Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254...

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May 4, 2021

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This McConnell statement a green light to write the jobs/infrastructure/family bills Americans want

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has all but given the green light to Democrats to give Americans the policies they want. McConnell laid down the gauntlet See full episodes here. It seems like Mitch McConnell does not realize that his party is not the one in power. He believes he is in...

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May 3, 2021
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GOP Wants Trump to Cool it With McConnell; Trump Turns Up the Heat

A billboard in Horse Cave, Ky., referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. as Moscow Mitch has been erected on northbound I-65 Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Two stories posted on Political Wire near each other (probably deliberately) caught my attention. First: Republicans pray for truce after Trump attacks on McConnell (Politico) Though the Senate GOP is tantalizingly close to retaking the majority next year and largely united in opposition to President Joe Biden’s agenda, the ongoing...

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April 13, 2021
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McConnell is (not) a “Dumb Son of a Bitch”

OK, Moscow Mitch may have lost a bit of his edge lately, pulling lame stunts like biting the corporate hand that feeds him and then having to hunt for a bandaid. And without question he is a son of a bitch (insert obligatory apology here to female dogs and their...

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April 11, 2021
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Mitch McConnell tells Coke to: Shut Up and Donate

By way of a baffling and contradictory threat in explaining his position, Senator Mitch McConnell, in his best southern drawl, warned “Co-cola” to not be “stupid.” Addressing a gaggle of reporters in Kentucky, McConnell said, “It’s quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue,” he went...

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April 7, 2021

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McConnell rebuked, Biden questions GOP viability, Prescription drugs ripoff, Ted Cruz refuses mask

Biden questions GOP viability, Prescription drugs ripoff, Ted Cruz no mask, McConnell rebuked #PTFB

Biden asked about the viability of the Republican Party. We discuss pharmaceutical drug ripoffs. Did Ted Cruz really refuse a mask? McConnell, really? Yes! Joe Biden went there. Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254 0 9091 Trump sycophant/enabler Senator...

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March 25, 2021

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Mitch McConnell scaring Democrats from killing filibuster with threats they'll affect anyway.

Mitch McConnell is trying to scare Democrats from killing the filibuster.

Mitch McConnell is threatening Democrats with scorched-earth GOP policies they have already done if they kill the filibuster. Mitch McConnell threatened Democrats on killing the filibuster See full episodes here. Mitch McConnell took the floor with the following diatribe as he threatened Democrats with hell if they kill the filibuster. “If...

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March 18, 2021

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McConnell filibuster threats as Biden gets iffy. GOP continues theft on Texans, Threat from within

McConnell must be scared as he threatened Democrats about filibuster in stark terms. GOP’s pilfering of Texans continues. America, the threat is from within. McConnell running scared? x YouTube Video Chat – Join Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254...

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March 17, 2021

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“too many chins and not enough smarts” McConnell and Trump go for each other's jugular

More contradictions: Ted Cruz flees Texas for Cancun and without Twitter, Trump is having trouble telegraphing personal insults like claiming Mitch McConnell has “more chins than smarts”. Mitch McConnell penned a Sunday op-ed in The Wall Street Journal defending his decision, which particularly angered Trump, according to a person familiar with the...

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February 18, 2021

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minutes after voting acquittal, Mitch McConnell said Trump is 'responsible' for US Capitol attack

“What we saw in that Senate today was a cowardly group of Republicans who apparently have no options, because they were afraid to defend their job, respect the institution in which they serve.” — Speaker Pelosi He can order Pence’s death and they’ll still support him. Trump is like Putin. Each...

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February 14, 2021

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McConnell Caught on His Own Forked Tongue

This is a short diary written from having watched Moscow Mitch live a few minutes ago. He spoke for perhaps 15 minutes and spent most of it denouncing Trump for what he did, and suggested that, while the House may or may not have met the standard of criminal proof,...

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February 13, 2021

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McConnell's “incontrovertible” offramp kicks the Trump prosecution elsewhere

A disingenuous Mitch McConnell apparently agreed with the sentiment “Hang Mike Pence” and gave cover to the turtle logic of the Big Lie, while trying to keep GOP donors. Trump “got let off on a technicality”. Trump remains guilty of inciting an insurrection. Speaker Pelosi calls out McConnell for delaying...

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February 13, 2021

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Mitch McConnell reportedly 'leaving the door open' on voting to convict Trump

I’m not going to get my hopes up for this. Mitch McConnell has done the right thing exactly once in his 200 or so years on this planet. Of course, that was when he rebuked his fellow members of Congress on Jan. 6 for vowing to challenge the electors in...

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February 10, 2021

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McConnell is Stuck with Trump

For a brief moment after Trump sent his myrmidons to storm the Capitol where Mitch McConnell was telling the Senate the Biden election was legal, he was angry at what had just happened that he actually showed emotion. “The mob was fed lies,” the GOP leader said on the Senate...

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January 28, 2021

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BREAKING: McConnell Caves, Will Yield to Schumer [Updated]

I was watching Rachel’s taped interview with Chuck Schumer, and she asked him what he would do if McConnell refused to yield on the fillibuster. Schumer just smiled and he said was prepared to deal with that, and that his caucus was united in its anger at McConnell, but he...

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January 26, 2021

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Why McConnell wants to keep the filibuster

It really has little to do with most legislation. Hell, he might not even whip his caucus on a lot of what Biden wants to do. Although he might want to filibuster on raising taxes. What Mitch really cares about, what he views as his legacy, is his packing of...

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January 25, 2021

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McConnell Warned About Losing Leadership Post If He Votes to Convict Trump

On the day when Republicans lost control of the US Senate, Mitch McConnell is being warned that he could be voted out as Republican leader if he votes to convict former President Trump during the impeachment trial. Republicans who know McConnell well believe he will take the temperature of the Senate...

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January 21, 2021

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McConnell Says Rioters “Were Fed Lies” By Trump and Other Powerful People

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said today that Trump and other leaders provoked the mob the attacked the US Capitol Building January 6 though he would not say if he will lead Senate Republicans in voting to convict Trump of impeachable offenses. “The mob was fed lies,” Mr. McConnell said, referring...

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January 19, 2021

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McConnell throws Trump, Ted Cruz, & Josh Hawley under the bus on the seditious insurrection.

Mitch McConnell did not hold back as he threw Donald Trump under the bus for the unpatriotic seditious insurrection on the Capitol of the United States. Mitch McConnell comes clean? x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. “The mob was fed lies,” McConnell said. “They were provoked by the President...

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January 19, 2021

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McConnell Throws Trump Under the Bus, Skips Trump Farewell for Mass with Biden [Update: No Pence]

The Malignant Mangoturd is trying to upstage President-elect Joe Biden one last time before he becomes President Biden (yea!) by staging a big farewell at Andrews Air Force base. There were already signs that wasn’t going to go well: While he's eagerly anticipating his military-style send-off from Joint Base Andrews...

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January 19, 2021

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How to beat Mitch McConnell—even if we don't win back the Senate

Ideally, if Democrats do their job up to and on Jan. 5, we will win both of Georgia’s Senate seats, and secure a bare majority in both chambers of Congress. Coupled with President-elect Joe Biden, this small trifecta means, at the very least, that our government can still function. This is a...

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December 27, 2020

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Trump is mad at everyone — Pence, Pompeo, McConnell. Everyone

This is what happens when you put crazy in the White House. The import of the job doesn’t humble such folks. It makes them barmier than ever. And so you get an unhinged 11th hour death rattle from a blue-pissing mad king. Axios: President Trump, in his final days, is...

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December 22, 2020

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Senator McConnell hammers the last nail into Donald Trump's coffin. Good Riddance!

With his acceptance of President Biden's inevitability, Senator McConnell has given all other Republicans permission to call it in. McConnell throws in the towel for Donald Trump x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Senator Mitch McConnell tried his best to be nice to Donald Trump. It likely does not matter...

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December 15, 2020

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Rep. Katie Porter slams Mitch McConnell for trading American lives for corporate fatal behavior

Rep. Katie Porter did not mince her words as she called Mitch McConnell a liar who is solely fighting for donors' interests and not constituents. Katie Porter exposes Mitch McConnell x x YouTube Video See full episodes here. Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) recently called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. It was the...

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December 12, 2020

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Mitchell McConnell America's A**hole

Then Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, had a strategy for his party: use his extensive knowledge of Senate procedure to slow things down, take advantage of the difficulties Democrats would have in governing and deny Democrats any Republican support on big legislation. Now “If I’m still the majority...

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December 11, 2020

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DSA organizer on #FightForOurLives, Porter slams McConnell, Anand Girirharadas on Dems muscularity

.@RepKatiePorter exposes an evil @SenateMajLdr. @HoustonDSA Organizer @MadsPelzel discusses the #FightForOurLives event. @AnandWrites questions Democrats’ muscularity. Houston DSA Organizer Madeleine Pelzel announces #FightForOurLives x x YouTube Video Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254 0 9091 Topics: Rachel Maddow exposes Trump’s...

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December 10, 2020

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Rick Scott is 2nd Republican Senator to Test Positive for Covid-19 Complicating McConnell's Plans

x After several negative tests, I learned I was positive for COVID-19 this AM. I’m feeling good & experiencing very mild symptoms. I’ll be working from home until it’s safe for me to return to DC. I remind everyone to be careful & do the right things to protect yourselves...

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November 20, 2020

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Despite McConnell and a hostile Supreme Court, Joe Biden will be known as the climate president.

The crises facing the country are severe — from a pandemic to an economic recession, climate change to racial injustice — and the transition team will continue preparing at full speed so that the Biden-Harris Administration can hit the ground running on Day One. Biden Transition Team As I write...

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November 8, 2020

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McConnell is Driving a Bus Toward Trump

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...

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October 8, 2020

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David Frum: Don't assume McConnell has the votes to confirm

Last night and this morning, I felt like crawling into a hole for the next 40 days or so. And not a deep hole. I didn’t have the energy or joie de vivre for a deep hole. It would have been a shallow hole. Barely a hole at all. Really,...

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September 19, 2020

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Perdue (R-GA) May Be McConnell's First Falling Domino

Back in July, Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman had a story that Trump knew he was in trouble: “What Do I Do? What Do I Do?”: Trump Desperate, Despondent as Numbers Crater, “Loser” Label Looms. Down at the end was this tidbit: Nervous Republicans worried about losing the Senate are now...

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September 14, 2020

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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...

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July 22, 2020

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State Poll Summary: Biden Holds 10% Margin; McConnell Only Leads by 4% in KY

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/… The year 2020 has been quite a year, and we are only about half way through. It is 110 days until the election and less than six weeks until the first absentee votes are cast. Trump is in trouble, but his polling isn’t getting worse as fast as the pandemic...

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July 16, 2020

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MN-Sen: Sen. Tina Smith (D) Mounts Pressure On McConnell To Hold A Vote On Police Policy Reform

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaign: Friend — This morning, House and Senate Democrats announced a new bill that could bring transformative change in policing. I am proud to join the Congressional Black Caucus, the House Judiciary Committee, and Senators Cory Booker and...

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June 9, 2020

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NY. Gov. Cuomo scolds McConnell & Scott eloquently pointing out their states were takers

New York Governor Cuomo did a great job in today’s news conference as he scolded Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rick Scott (R-FL) making it clear they were not bailing out New York. In fact, their states were the ones taking more out of the pot as taker states, unlike New York who...

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May 28, 2020

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Do You Suppose McConnell Asked His Wife?

In the last day or so, Moscow Mitch has been trying to help Trump shift the blame for the coronavirus to the Obama administration by claiming that they didn’t leave them any kind of pandemic game plan. As we all know (those of us outside the Fox/OANN bubble), Obama not...

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May 13, 2020

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KY-Sen: The Nation, “Mitch McConnell’s (R) Stimulus Scam: Vaccinate Businesses, Expose Workers”

Elie Mystal from The Nation has a new piece out about how U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. KY) wants to block businesses from being sued for putting their workers are risk during the COVID-19 pandemic: McConnell has “insisted” that the next stimulus package will include legal immunity for...

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May 3, 2020

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Mitch McConnell is actually proposing the most massive tax increases in U.S. history

In “Why Mitch McConnell’s State Bankruptcy Idea Is So Stupid,” Josh Barro makes a very important and elemental point about Mitch McConnell’s proposal to let states go bankrupt. Bankruptcy is only available to those who are insolvent – and no state is even close to insolvency because they have the power to tax. ...

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April 26, 2020

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NC-Sen: Daily Beast, “Tillis Backs McConnell to Halt Funds to Needy States, Even as NC Struggles”

Go down with the ship: When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) moved to draw the line on sending further coronavirus aid for hard-hit state and local governments on Wednesday, it caused a backlash among Democrats and even some Republicans. But on Friday, one of the most politically vulnerable members of McConnell’s...

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April 26, 2020

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Gov. Cuomo to Sen. McConnell bailout statement: Just give me my money back Senator

New York Governor Cuomo did not let Senator Mitch McConnell get away with inferring the Federal Government was bailing out New York. He made it clear New York put billions more into the Federal Government than it takes out and that Kentucky is a welfare state that takes out a...

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April 24, 2020

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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? ...

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March 31, 2020

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Schumer & Democrats not capitulating to McConnell & Republican's corporate stimulus bill.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went to the door and slammed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a corporate stimulus Republican bill and partisan screech. x x YouTube Video Politico reports the following. AsSenate Democrats went to the floor Sunday night to vote — the first time they’dbeen there in days —...

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March 23, 2020

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The Immorality of McConnell's “Fiscal Stimilus” Plan. Hopeful Sign That Democrats Understand This.

You all have heard by now that Moscow Mitch proved once again how immoral he is with his proposed fraud of a “fiscal stimilus” plan. We all knew this was coming because he locked Democrats out of any negotiations on his scheme to enrich corporations while a pandemic rages across...

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March 23, 2020

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KY-Sen: The Week, “Mitch McConnell (R) is aiding and abetting the spread of coronavirus”

Ryan Cooper at The Week doesn’t mince words: The outbreak of coronavirus has become a full-blown epidemic in the United States. The NBA has suspended its season after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert came down with the disease (after scoffing at disease precautions, and possibly infecting many others as a result)....

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March 13, 2020

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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...

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February 5, 2020

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Breaking: McConnell Reveals Rules to Keep the Trial a Sham

McConnell lays out ground rules for Trump’s impeachment trial and compressed schedule to consider the charges In a four-page resolution, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the opening arguments would begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, with each side given 24 hours to present their case over a two-day...

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January 20, 2020

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Why is Bolton Willing to Testify Now? [Update: Bolton Warned McConnell This Was Coming]

Yes, there are several other diaries on this topic, including one that just got posted on the front page, but I want to focus on Bolton’s actions and timing. First, I need to point out that Bolton was never subpoenaed by any House committee. His deputy. Charles Kupperman, was, and...

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January 6, 2020