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…and Mitch Daniels both said that they don’t believe that budget deficits push up interest rates. And Glenn Hubbard thought that this silly idea was just a partisan trick by…

Indiana Toll Road

…bought it went bankrupt: Via Daily Kos In 2006, Mitch Daniels, then the Republican Governor of Indiana, signed into law a “major moves” bill that, among other things, privatized the…

The war against women

…that bosses who object to birth control should not be forced to cover contraception. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, along with Senators Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; Marco…

Mandate Up

…for Washington to reduce the size of government and continue our fight for smaller, less costly and more accountable government,” he told reporters. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell believe they…

Trump Is Making the Same Mistake that Clinton Did: He’s Already Ignoring Working-Class Rust Belt Whites. Progressives Need to Start Illustrating This by Highlighting His Planned Court and Cabinet Nominees. Now.

…foreclosed to herself the message she needed to have, and had nothing much filling in for it. That wasn’t Mook’s fault. Trump wasn’t going to co-opt Paul Ryan and Mitch

On Demanding Dignity

…is the refusal to admit to the truth or reality. One could be mendacious and in denial at the same time. Some are. Mendacity is what Tom Cotton, Mitch McConnell,…

Dearly Beloved

…from our early days allowed abhorrents like Mitch McConnell to extort the nation and stuff the courts with right wing ideologues. Presently, we have a supreme Court majority that would…