Tag: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
McConnell bows out: A legacy of controversy and strategic mastery
McConnell leaves behind a complex legacy shaped by his unwavering commitment to conservative judicial appointments and his adept maneuvering within the corridors of power.
Sound the alarms, McConnell and Manchin put roadblocks in front of...
When will we hear our president tell us how he plans to get all this great legislation underway in a Senate that is filled with McConnell and Manchin roadblocks?
More suicidal GOP gaffes as McConnell scolds corporations: Forget fair elections...
What if refusing to challenge the most onerous election obstacles hurts corporate bottom lines, the ultimate wickedness?
‘Basically trying to overturn the Senate election’: McConnell delaying Democratic takeover...
“McConnell is already abusing the filibuster to block the constitution of the new majority. Nuking the filibuster is the appropriate response.”
Bezos, McConnell, and Covid capitalism
The heinous resurgence of COVID makes clear that corporations need more – not fewer – incentives to protect their workers from the virus.
McConnell pushes for ‘3-Martini Lunch’ Deduction while letting millions of Americans...
“Mitch McConnell’s ‘new’ Covid relief bill gives CEOs a 100% tax deduction for a 3-martini lunch, but ZERO to the 26 million who don't have enough food to eat.”
‘Should be ashamed’: After installing Barrett, McConnell adjourns Senate for recess...
“Small business owners, workers, and families are desperate for support—and lawmakers and the president abandoned them in order to focus on jamming through a historically non-transparent and extreme Supreme Court pick.”
Will the Senate sell our future for campaign dollars?
We need transformation. And we’re here to tell Mitch and every one of his colleagues that we will transform the Senate, if they aren’t up to the task.
Youth climate activists demanding Green New Deal arrested for sit-in at...
"All we want is for him to put our lives above the interests of his campaign donors."
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Archaeology can now tell us how people have muffled and challenged economic inequality across...
Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very long time spans on a global scale.
The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard
Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.
‘Absolute nonsense’: As measles cases soar & kids die, expert slams RFK Jr. on...
Amid a growing number of measles cases in the United States, RFK Jr. has promoted skepticism of the efficacy of the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
How Pope Francis divinized Palestinian suffering: The Gaza Pietà
Although he appealed to international law in this passage, he was pessimistic that war is ever compatible with it.
‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.