The House passed Paul Ryan's awful, awful budget resolution yesterday, and the Democrats are going to use it to bludgeon them next year. DCCC chair Steve Israel is on a mission to do just that: “When...
Author - Bob Cesca
Paul Ryan is Not Genial
And David Brooks lives in a fantasy world. For example: President Obama and Paul Ryan are two of the smartest, most admirable and most genial men in Washington. It is sad, although not strange, that...
Worst Person in the World
Mickey Kaus for this attention-whoring racism: Cost doesn’t go into why Obama managed to get to the top of politics without being all that good at it. The answer is distressingly obvious: Obama’s the...
'You Think We're Stupid?'
The president did this "open mic" thing on purpose. And I love it. "I said, 'You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We'll have that debate," Obama said, describing his negotiations with Speaker...
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MST3K Saturday - "Angels Revenge"
The Consequences of Legislating Fetuses
Planned Parenthood emphasizes the need for legal and safe abortion services: Here is the story of Danielle Deaver. As she explains in the video, Danielle's water broke at 22 weeks. Doctors informed...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I have a great relationship with the blacks." Donald Trump The Republicans actually came up with a clown for the clown car who could actually make Palin and Bachmann seem a little less clownish.
States' Rights to Fight States' Rights
Interesting observation about President Lincoln's proclamation of war on this day 150 years ago. The Proclamation also brought about a change in domestic politics. By assigning the creation of the...
Schizoid Beltway Media
Politico advising the president prior to his speech about the budget: Beat up on Rep. Paul Ryan Or his budget plan, at least. Politico reviewing the president's speech about the budget: But the...
Quote of the Day
“I think that over the last two and a half years there’s been an effort to go at me in a way that is politically expedient in the short-term for Republicans. But [it] creates, I think a problem for...
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The Ricky Gervais Show theme week continues with... Karl's Doppelganger
More Thoughts About the Huffington Post
Apparently another former Huffington Post contributor is suing the website, claiming that the "bloggers" for the site (the "blogs" are more like columns and essays, but okay) deserve a cut of the AOL...
A Not-So-Friendly Reminder for #tcot
Don't let anyone tell you that President Obama and the Democrats have ballooned the deficit. They actually shrunk the deficit by $122 billion -- that's $122 billion lower than Bush's final budget...
Tea Party People Staying Home Tomorrow
No big tax day tea party rallies or misspelled sign regattas tomorrow. Awwwww. For the first time since the tea party movement began two years ago, its members have not announced plans to storm the...
The Truth About Taxes and Rich People
David Cay Johnston wrote a magnificent piece called "9 Things The Rich Don't Want You To Know About Taxes." It's absolutely a must-read and a link you should send to everyone. For example: Despite...
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The Ricky Gervais Show theme week continues with... Inside the Actor's Studio
The President's Deficit Reduction Plan
Here are the highlights via TPM: _A debt failsafe that will be triggered if the debt-to-GDP ratio hasn't stabilized, and begun to decline by mid-decade. This will include automatic spending cuts, and...
Medicare Appears to Be Safe
All of the progressive freakouts about "Medicare being on the table" prior to the president's speech today were, once again, a series of emo kneejerk overreactions. On Medicare, the president’s...
Quote of the Day
"I think the thing that pisses me off the most about the birtherism and the coverage is that no one will come out and state that what is obviously motivating this crap is racism. Period. End of story...
Cantor is Very Serious
Eric Cantor continues to reinforce his role as the driver of the House Republican clown car. In addition to legislating based on fraudulent O'Keefe videos and introducing bills that are totally...