Apparently one of the athletes chosen by Russia to light the Olympic flame is a racist. The Russian skater who just lit the Olympic flame tweeted this doctored, racist photo of the Obamas last...
Keepin’ it Classy
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Author - SK Ashby
Chart of the Day
What’s wrong with this picture? Senate Republicans successfully filibustered a vote on extending unemployment insurance yesterday. Broadcast news programs spent exactly 0 seconds on it. via...
On the NSA, You’ve Been Sold a Bill of Goods
According to separate reports appearing in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post today, the NSA did collect information on nearly all phone calls once upon a time, but that time was 2006...
Job Killer
Artist – Jeff Darcy In other news, Senator David “Da’Shitter” Vitter introduced a bill this week that would prohibit states from offering in-state tuition to immigrant...
Speaking Truth to Poverty
Here’s Colbert on Tom Perkins and the progressive Kristallnacht. Despite near-universal condemnation Tom Perkins somehow found the courage to go on a network owned by a billionaire to make his...
The SOTU Curse
I’m beginning to believe in the idea that whoever delivers the Republican State of the Union response is cursed. In recent years delivering the GOP response has spelled doom for the person...
West Virginia Schools Close as Chemicals Linger
State officials rejected the warnings of Marshall University environmental engineer Scott Simonton when he claimed that MCHM was still lingering in the local water supply, but I’d say...
Are You Kidding Me?
I cannot explain why anyone would think this was a good idea. CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — Officials at a Northern California private school are apologizing after a controversial lunch menu option to...
Rand Paul: Hold Hillary Accountable for Bill
via Right Wing Watch In an interview on the Steve Malzberg Show yesterday, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky claimed that if Democrats want “any consistency” in fighting for women’s...
Last Stand
Artist – Nick Anderson In other news, the Obama administration has announced the creation of climate “hubs” that will help local farmers adapt and react to climate change-fueled...
Senate, House Conservatives Agree: No Immigration Reform
We’ve already been over how Senate Republicans don’t want to tackle immigration reform again, but the Associated Press reports that House conservatives don’t want to either...
“Not a Matter of if, But When”
According to a report that aired on NBC News last night, virtually everyone entering the Sochi games will immediately be at risk of having their information compromised. And as the State Department...
Spoiler: No Immigration Reform This Year
The fate of immigration reform was more or less sealed after House Republicans gathered for an annual retreat and formed a set of immigration reform “principles” that they would not...
Tiny Takers
Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, Sandra Fluke has filed papers to run for the congressional seat that will be left open by retiring Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA). Since Limbaugh has...
Sochi is a Horrorshow
Under different circumstances I would snark about unethical, unsavory, and possibly illegal behavior in Russia in light of the past year’s events, but I can’t do that today. I usually...
GOP: Hold the Debt Ceiling Hostage to Increase the Debt. What?
As we discussed here a little over a week ago, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) floated the idea of repealing risk corridors, or what they refer to as...
Out of Control Spending
According to the Congressional Budget Office the federal budget deficit will fall to it’s lowest level as a share of the economy since 2007 during this fiscal year. AP WASHINGTON (AP) — A...
Six More Weeks
Artist – Rob Rogers In other news, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that black carbon pollution in China and India may be 130 percent higher...
The Wrong Approach
House Republicans are preparing to vote on two bills that would repeal separate parts of Obamacare, but this one in particular is perfectly demonstrative of the GOP’s deference to business over...
What Could Go Wrong?
A Missouri Senate committee voted to pass an unconstitutional nullification bill last week which would make it a crime for federal agents to enforce laws in Missouri, but that may not be the worst...