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Sen. McConnell to Retire as Minority Leader: Good Riddance, Mitch.

Friday, March 1, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

McConnell, the Grim Reaper Mitch McConnell (82), the longest-serving Senate leader in history, shocked Washington on Wednesday. He announced he plans to retire as minority leader in November. His decision punctuates a powerful ideological transition underway in the Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan’s brand of traditional conservatism and strong international alliances, to the fiery, often isolationist populism of… Read more.

Trump’s Humiliation of Mitch McConnell Is, Well, By the Book…

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

There seems no denying that, the more Donald Trump humiliates Republican men, the more they seem to want to kiss his ass.  This has been the most stupefying feature of American politics since 2016. Senator Ted Cruz infamously put a fetishistic twist on cuckoldry in this regard that is just too perverse for words. Of… Read more.

Impeachment 2.0 Verdict: Republicans Condemn Trump but Condone His Crimes

Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 10:21 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donald Trump is the first politician in US history to convince the vast majority of a major political party that he can do no wrong. Even worse, he has convinced the few members who routinely condemn him for doing wrong that he should never be punished for doing so. That is idol worship truly worthy… Read more.

McConnell Reminds US That He Was Mastering Hypocrisy and Shamelessness Long Before Trump…

Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 11:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

But this does not mean you should graffiti his house, which nincompoops did this week in Kentucky. Instead: Georgia voters should render McConnell impotent by electing the two Democrats in Tuesday’s runoff, thereby allowing Chuck Schumer to replace McConnell as the powerful Senate majority leader; and Kentucky voters should render McConnell irrelevant by defeating him… Read more.

Alas, Trump Is Not the Only Republican Betraying US for Political Gain

Monday, July 29, 2019 at 7:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donald Trump had no concerns about Russia interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. In fact, he brazenly encouraged it: Russia, if you are listening, I hope that you are able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. (Vanity Fair, July 27, 2016) Of course, Russia not only found them; it coordinated with Trump’s… Read more.

McConnell Rebuking Warren Is about Racism and Sexism Not Senate Decorum

Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 7:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The rebuke of Warren came after the Massachusetts Democrat read a letter written 30 years ago by Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., opposing the nomination of Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship. Warren cited the letter during a debate on the nomination of Sessions — now an Alabama senator —… Read more.

Republicans Send ‘Mutinous’ Letter to Iran

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 5:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

European allies are joining the Obama administration in criticizing Republican congressional interjection into nuclear negotiations with Iran, saying that an open letter from Republican senators to Iranian leaders has been counterproductive and comes at a particularly sensitive time in the talks… The letter warned Iran that any nuclear agreement signed by Obama could be revoked… Read more.

2014 Midterm Elections: Republicans and the Triumph of Irrational Exuberance

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 5:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I’ve coined the term “irrational intelligence” to define that which informs people to do and say plainly ignorant things … with the conviction of a genius (or a saint). Think, for example, of people who say that President Obama is an incompetent leader whose socialist policies have ruined the economy. (Incidentally, polls indicated that the… Read more.