Tag: Mitch McConnell

When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died last February, it threw the United States Supreme Court into chaos. The unexpected death meant that the...

By all accounts, what little chance Donald Trump had of winning the White House went up in smoke at the tail end of Wednesday...

Apparently, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds principles that trump party loyalty. On Friday, October 7, 2016, the Washington Post revealed a recording of Republican presidential candidate Donald...

Who will stand up to the “junk science” and “snobbery” of those who warn about the threats of climate change? It’s climate inaction figures...

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has some big balls, apparently. He spoke at the Republican National Convention, and he outright admitted that Republicans have been...

Many people do the good deed of calling their Congressional Representatives to tell them what they think. This lady, Heather Calling, had a very...

With friends like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump sure as hell doesn't need any enemies. During an appearance on the ABC show "This...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) seems to be living in a happy dream world where the Republican party is united and at an "all-time high,"...

Lately, we've seen a lot of events that have us wondering if Mitch McConnell really is interested in keeping the job he spent the...

Well, well, well. How things have changed in just a month. After Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans vowed that they...

We all know that the Senate GOP leadership is vowing to give the cold shoulder to Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to replace the...

The Senate Majority Leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, has said that Republican senators will not give hearings for, or vote on, President Obama’s nomination of...

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has left a vacant seat on the Supreme Court, and for the GOP the timing could not be...

Showing just how far obstructionist politics can go, a prominent Tea Party activist group has promised action against Kansas GOP Sen. Jerry Moran if...

Kansas Senator Jerry Moran is the latest Republican to call bullshit on his party's opposition to Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Leaving Mitch McConnell...

A rare outbreak of journalism from Fox News Channel on Sunday may have proven to be the undoing of Mitch McConnell. He all but...

Within hours of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Republican Senate leadership proclaimed that they will not confirm any nominee President Barack Obama selects. Senate Majority...

Last week, Republican Congressman Steve King admitted what nearly everyone without red-tinted glasses already knows--the Senate Republicans' refusal to even consider anyone President Obama nominates...

Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, and the Senate Republicans would like you to believe precedent requires them to not even give a hearing to anyone President Obama...

Yesterday, Mitch McConnell declared that he would absolutely, positively not allow hearings for anyone President Obama puts forward to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. He apparently made...