Artist – Jeff Darcy In other news, if you’d like to know the secret to turning the situation in Iraq around and the true meaning of life, you can tune into cable and network news to find...
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John Oliver on the Washington Redskins
Here’s John Oliver on the Washington football team and “Chief Runs Without Moral Compass” Dan Snyder. I had no idea you had an ancient, eight-decade history at stake here. You are...
Prosecutor: Military Had No Case Against 5 Taliban Prisoners
According to the chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay, the military had no viable case against the five prisoners that were released in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Brig. Gen. Mark Martins said he...
SCOTUS: Straw Purchases of Guns Are Illegal
In a rare win for gun control advocates and people who aren’t insane, the Supreme Court ruled today that purchasing a gun for someone else is illegal even if the person who ultimately receives...
Obama Admin. Announces Historic LGBT Workplace Protection
Bringing us one step closer to the apocalypse, the Obama administration announced today that President Obama will sign an executive order that will protect LGBT employees of federal contractors. via...
Here We Go Again
Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) tells us that he never expected in a million years to see a president who would intentionally ‘support the enemy.’ But...
How to Drastically Reduce School Shootings in America
Just stop counting them. In a news report published Thursday, CNN amends its prior reporting that there were 74 school shootings since the Newtown Massacre — a number calculated by gun violence...
Conspiracy Theory
According to Alex Jones, an old Pentagon directive that allows the use of military force domestically under “extraordinary emergency circumstances” is proof that President Obama is...
Paul LePage Comes Out as Pro-Homelessness for Children
Although the state attorney general warned Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) that these actions would be unconstitutional, LePage has ordered the state health and human services department to stop...
Welcome Home
Artist – Tim Eagan In other news, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is reportedly scheduled to return to the U.S. from Germany tonight. Meanwhile, Michigan Republicans have introduced a fetal heartbeat...
John Boehner’s Latest Excuse For Himself
You know the routine Republican party line on immigration reform is that we can’t pass reform because we “can’t trust the president” to enforce the law. Republicans have...
The Next Witch Hunt
Remember Darrell Issa? Whatever happened to that guy after he was handed his hat by House leadership and kept out of the Select Solyndra IRS Committee to Investigate the Benghazi ACORN Birth...
What Could Go Wrong?
Here’s an idea: let’s nullify EPA regulations and allow coal plants to spew unlimited amounts of pollution into the air. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) on Tuesday introduced the Protection and...
Conspiracy Theory
Is President Obama planning to cancel the next presidential election so he can remain in power forever? Could be. On his “Washington Watch” radio program yesterday, Family Research...
The New Normal
Artist – Clay Bennett In other news, it appears that Eric Cantor’s successfully primary opponent David Brat lied in the biographical section of his campaign website. His website says he...
“The Takers” Unwittingly Appear in McConnell Campaign Ad
Remember the Ohio coal miners who lost a day’s pay and were forced by Murray Energy to appear in a campaign ad for Mitt Romney? We covered that here extensively both before and after the 2012...
Ted Cruz is Running For President, For Pete’s Sake
Ted Cruz can’t have dual citizenship with Canada. He’s running for president, for pete’s sake. That’s why he has officially renounced it. Spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said...
Republicans Block Student Loan Bill
Senate Republicans successfully filibustered and blocked debate on a bill today that would have allowed former students to refinance their loans, among other things. The bill, authored by Sen...
It’s Always Someone Else’s Fault
Eric Cantor’s hilariously wrong and bad pollster, which apparently told the campaign that Cantor was ahead by as much as 30 points and had no reason to worry, says ‘Democrats and the...
Wheel of Political Fortune
Let us spin. Artist – Steve Artley The first thing I saw when I got up today was a poll showing that people don’t like Bowe Bergdahl (fuck your poll) which was immediately followed by...