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Kentucky People’s Campaign organizing to oust Republican Rand Paul in 2022
May 12, 2021The midterm elections are more than 17 months away but the Kentucky People's Campaign is already targeting the Bluegrass State's junior senator.
Read moreMitch 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.
Read moreSenate Democrats pull $15 wage from rescue package; progressives target filibuster
March 2, 2021Sanders pledges minimum wage vote anyway; Warren says filibuster must be abolished.
Read moreIn plain sight, GOP senators show sabotage is their game
February 24, 2021At one hearing, Republican perpetrators of Jan. 6 attack try to hide their responsibility for it, and at another GOP tries to sink the national rescue plan.
Read moreFor the sake of democracy, kill off the Senate filibuster
February 17, 2021The arcane Senate practice enforces a form of Jim Crow and discriminates against people in states with large working-class populations.
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