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Elephant. GOP aka Grand Old Party. Republican Party. Red. “Conservative”, ie. Neoconservative, Neoliberal, Pro War; leans reactionary Represents the oligarchs, its donors and the donor class, Often “corrupt” to the extent that the word has meaning in the US |
Before moving on, let's back up a bit to Wisconsin. First I neglected to include 2018 Senate race– Baldwin (inc D) 55.4% Vukmir 44.6%. Up for Baldwin in 2012 at 51.4%. In 2016 the incumbent GOP Senator Johnson won with only 50.2%.
Second is the information John Nichols presents in this interview:
[video:https://youtu.be/fmWfSqULo4o]
Key Points:
Senator Mitch McConnell, as majority leader, gets a salary of $193,400 from the U.S. taxpayer. But he fails to do his job. Consider the oath of office that McConnell, and every civil servant, takes:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Well, it seems McConnell fails to "faithfully discharge the duties of the office." Here are four notable cases.
What I'm listening to...
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted to begin floor debate on a bill (S. 2155) that would weaken regulations of banks, large and small, and grease the skids for the next bank crash. After the severe bank crash of 2008, in order to guard against future such crashes, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank law, which enacted the regulations the bill would now weaken. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the bill for budget costs, and figured $671 million over ten years. But the CBO said its estimate was "subject to considerable uncertainty" due to a "slightly greater" "probability in any year that a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) will fail or that there will be a financial crisis." However, in 2008, we saw what some of the real cost to the country could be: $821 billion to the federal government, plus $3.4 trillion in real estate wealth and 5.5 million jobs lost.
May 8: VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
May 8: MBAH (more bullshit and hypocrisy in Washington day.)
This lasted about 4 hours of which I saw the last 3 hours. Comey was grilled extensively. As expected, the Republicans concentrated on Hillary's emails while the Democrats concentrated on Trump's Russian ties.
(Analysis.) Many liberal thinkers have put forth good reasons for senators to reject President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. People for the American Way, one of a coalition of groups that delivered block-Gorsuch petitions with one million online signatures, cited his ...
troubling views and record when it comes to siding with wealthy and powerful interests, over the rights of working people, women, and the disabled.
Among all the major headlines today, the one with the potential for the most lasting impact and damage is that Donald Trump has narrowed down his Supreme Court nominee list down to two or three and will formally nominate someone next week. The only reason he is set to nominate anyone at all, of course, is that the Republicans in the Senate refused to even hold a vote on President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland in an unprecedented maneuver last year.
He's not going to be treated well by Democrats in the next session. Given the extent and depth of the corruption the Democratic Party engaged in this primary to scuttle Sanders, and the humiliation he's endured at such a high-profile event as the Convention, how can one conclude otherwise? I want very much for people to not pin too much hope on Sanders' power and effectiveness in the Senate.
