While the adults are considering other matters of relative importance, Representatives Jeff Duncan and Ted Poe are focused on what’s truly paramount; bringing back incandescent light bulbs...
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Swift Action
Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie released a statement today claiming that the most senior members of his personal staff and some of his appointees acted...
Colbert on Fox News and Climate Change Denial
Here’s Colbert on the Polar Vortex and noted climatologist Donald Trump. Well done, all the best news reports end with ‘I don’t know where we got this.’ Can’t stop...
Crocodile McConnell Cries Crocodile Tears
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s number one priority in 2010 was ensuring that President Obama is a one-term president — how did that work out? — but he’s very sad...
GOP: Let’s Offset UI and Pensions by Dumping on Immigrant Children
If you were to guess that the Republicans would propose off-setting an extension of Unemployment Insurance or restoring military pensions by cutting other programs for the poor or needy, you would be...
Dear New Jersey Star-Ledger: What Were You Expecting?
Now that it has become clear New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was somehow involved in the unnecessary closure of the George Washington Bridge, the New Jersey Star-Ledger now believes that Christie...
What’s Next?
Artist – Bob Englehart In fact, Newt Gingrich is an imbecile. The GOP can’t decide if climate change exists, or if it does exist and is no big deal. Some imbeciles, such as Maine Governor...
Colbert on Those FDA’holes and the iPotty
Even Colbert can’t keep a straight face over the iPotty. Neither can I. It used to be so hard to find advertisements. You had to sit through boring television shows, or load an internet video...
Rand Paul is a Lying Liar
Over the weekend Senator Rand Paul — I’m sorry, that’s Doctor Rand Paul — made the shocking claim that his own son was automatically enrolled in Medicaid. That’s...
Boehner: House Committed to Doing Nothing
The Senate may be on the verge of passing an extension of unemployment insurance, which expired at the end of the year, but Speaker of the House John Boehner says the House will only pass an...
Rubio Displays His Hatred of Poverty by Voting Against the Unemployed
Senator Marco Rubio, who as you probably recall is scheduled to make a “major speech” on poverty tomorrow, voted in favor of filibustering the extension of unemployment insurance today...
The Science Guy
Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the Senate has voted to confirm Janet Yellen as next Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve by a margin of 56 to 26. Yellen will be the first woman to serve as the...
Rubio: Fight Poverty by Repealing Obamacare
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is an unintentionally hilarious man and this, like many other similar proposals, are why the GOP is utterly incapable of appealing to women, minorities, and a growing...
Quote of the Day
Dennis Rodman says North Korea is "not that bad." Dennis Rodman is deeply stupid. — Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) January 6, 2014 Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Jackass)
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is joining the list of parties currently suing the Obama administration for frivolous reasons, and his goals are incredibly assholish. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is planning...
Constitutional Sheriffs Hate the Constitution and Shoving Things Down Their Throats
After a federal judge ruled that Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, hundreds of gay and lesbian couples began tying the knot. You may view this as a good thing and progress...
The Current Surface
Artist – Clay Bennett If at first you don’t succeed, try and fail again. Steve Lonegan is ready for his comeback. My favorite signature Steve Lonegan moment is probably that time he said...
Rand Paul Derps So Hard
Senator and libertarian boy wonder Rand Paul doesn’t want to be shown up by Larry Klayman, and to that end he has announced that he too will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration and...
There Will Be No Beheadings at the Death Panel
On one hand, this is an indictment of what the fact-checking industry has become, and on the other hand it’s further evidence that America is the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave Stupid...
The High Over Colorado
I’m allowed at least one weed joke. Artist – Joe Heller In all seriousness, a significant portion of the nation will see temperatures anywhere from -10 to -30 below zero between tomorrow...