Alex’s satire speaks to the heated discontent that much of the country has felt toward the Kentucky congressman during his 17 years as party leader. During that time, he changed chamber rules to thwart Democrats and manhandled judicial nominating norms to shift the Supreme Court and lower courts to the right.
“It’s going to leave a lasting mark, and often not in a positive way,” McConnell said. editorial committee is written.
But for all the people who despised his work, many (well, some, McConnell’s approval rating is 6 percent) appreciated his contributions.This includes columnists marc thiessen. Thanks to McConnell and his “virtuoso acumen,” he writes, “the pillars of American conservatism are far stronger than they would have been without him.”
What Mark, the Board, and even Alex agree on is that McConnell thankfully dammed the full MAGA flood into the Senate. Mark praises his old-fashioned support for America’s “Reaganite leadership.” The board (like Alex) is worried that what happens in his wake will be even worse. “Even his harshest critics may miss him sooner than many think.”
When that day comes, Alex predicts, people will know where he is. He’s standing on the sidelines of a pickleball game at the local park, beating the crap out of his family’s dinks.
Chaser: The idea that Mr. McConnell has reorganized the judicial system to serve a conservative mission also has its critics. Neither The party writes that it can trust the Supreme Court as an ally…hmm… Mitch McConnell.
So what is McConnell’s illustrious Supreme doing these days?according to Ruth Marcus“make a bad situation worse than it needs to be.”
She is referring to Wednesday’s high court decision to hear Donald Trump’s frivolous full immunity claim “slowly seven weeks” from now. Ruth wrote a letter earlier this month in support of taking the case to court, but only on an ultra-quick schedule. The country needs a decision on Trump’s case well before the election, but the Supreme Court is currently standing in the way.
During, Jen Rubin When you disassemble the court’s warrant authorizing the hearing, you’ll find a lot of language that’s unfavorable to Trump. “If the Supreme Court had wanted to absolve Mr. Trump,” she wrote.
Ruth writes that the situation could be even worse. For example, she imagines that right-wing justices would probably: do Consider speeding up the Trump-related timeline.
But in the end, she writes: “This has all the hallmarks of a compromise that is not at all a compromise, which is not surprising given the overwhelming conservative majority.”
Such is the tragedy of senior Airman Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., this week to protest the war in Gaza. Ramesh Ponnuru It’s a tragedy, he wrote.
“Bushnell’s suicide taught us nothing,” Ramesh writes. “This did not and will not save a single life. … His death will not and should not change American policy or public opinion.”
Ramesh explains that he is against all forms of self-immolation, not only as a deplorable loss of life, but also as a futile act. Those who already care about the war won’t care any more about Bushell’s death, and those who don’t will be moved solely by the ferocity of a stranger’s beliefs, he said. writing.
Although Ramesh is mourning the loss of the young man and his family, he has a clear-eyed assessment of the dramatic act, saying, “The only thing that has changed is that some attention has been diverted from Bushnell’s story.” ” he said.
- From my home here in Hawaii, I can almost see the small island nation of Kiribati. And Chinese police are reportedly operating there.I was wary Josh Rogin They wrote that this is another example of Congress leaving Pacific allies vulnerable to China’s temptations.
- Booker T. Washington and Webb Du Bois were philosophical rivals. Ted Johnson However, as time passes, the two giants of black history are brought together.
- Social media companies are not the same as public utilities and should not be treated like them. matt bye is written.
- And Happy Leap Day! On the news side, check out the cruise ship with kids (11 and 44 years old!) on February 29th.
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