Republican Party
Senate Republicans defeat women’s equal pay bill, again
June 11, 2021Women are paid only 82 cents for every dollar paid to men, and this gap is greater for women of color. The Senate GOP just made sure that will all continue.
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Historian says right-wing attacks on Critical Race Theory prove its value
May 26, 2021Murray State University historian Brian Clardy says the right-wing wig-out over Critical Race Theory reminds him of the castor oil he took as a kid. “It tasted awful but you knew it was good for you.”
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Trump faction purges Cheney; ‘Big Lie’ politics ricochet on GOP establishment
May 12, 2021As the fascist faction of the GOP grows in strength, defenders of democracy cannot simply revel in watching Republicans eat one of their own.
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Mitch McConnell’s No. 1 priority is Mitch McConnell
March 19, 2021Gandhi put “politics without principles” on his list of “seven social sins.” McConnell has been guilty of it since he first ran for Senate in 1984.
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GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin backs Jan. 6 insurrectionists
March 15, 2021Says he was not afraid of them because they were “patriots” who love America.
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