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After Mitch McConnell: .A new ruling from the Senate parliamentarian could make it harder for the Democratic majority to pass legislation, including measures to improve access to affordable health care. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, whose role is to advise the Senate on interpretations of the body’s rules and procedures, reportedly has determined that under the Senate’s […]

It seems that, perhaps, the Democrats have learned some lessons from their experiences over the last 12 years. This is a remarkable phenomenon, since as recently as a year ago, Joe Biden seemed determined to learn nothing, as he predicted that the Republicans would have an epiphany should they lose the election in 2020. We’ve […]

We are constantly bombarded with news articles about Democrats being in disarray, but it often happens that Republicans can be in that state as well. It’s great that Trump is encouraging Georgians to believe the election there has been rigged, as it will likely dampen turnout. A few days ago my wife and I were […]

A couple of days ago I whined about the fact that Democrats operated from a defensive crouch, and that one way to keep them in that crouch was to throw the word “deficit” at them. Despite the fact that, as Krugman endlessly points out, the Republicans have been deficit hypocrites since 1980, the media treats […]