Wrong is an understatement. From Media Matters On the October 25 edition of Fox’s America’s Newsroom, host Hemmer asked whether HealthCare.gov, the website established under the...
Author - SK Ashby
The Next Witch Hunt
Having spent the last several years rooting for failure, House Republicans, and more specifically Oversight Chairman Darrell “Witch Hunt” Issa, would now like to know why the roll-out of...
Obama’s Fault
It was previously revealed that the NSA may have gathered intelligence on the phone numbers of 35 world leaders in 2006, but a new report says that it actually began in 2002. As you’re probably...
300 Oil Spills, 750 “incidents” Unreported in North Dakota
According to the Associated Press, at least 300 oil spills and 750 “oil field incidents” have occurred in North Dakota since January of last year and none of them were reported to the...
GOP Rep: We Can’t Do Immigration Because We’re Incompetent
That’s more or less the word of Representative Tom Cole. The Hill reported that Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said he thinks it is unrealistic to pass the “divisive and difficult issue” of...
What Does This Look Like to You?
Hitler Mustache! Impeach Obama! Death to the New World Order! Infowars dot com! Oath Keepers! It looks like a Tea Party rally, but it isn’t. These photos were taken on Saturday at the...
Just Forget It
Artist – Joe Heller The residents of Newtown, Connecticut are moving on, both physically and emotionally, as the demolition of Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children were gunned down...
Cruz: Senate Republicans Surrendered
As expected, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) used his time at the Iowa Republican party fall fundraiser last night to lament that we didn’t default on our debt. “We didn’t accomplish our...
Not So Fast
Deputy majority whip Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) made waves yesterday when he said that new revenue will be “on the table” during budget negotiations, but Budget Committee Chairman...
We’re Number One!
Well, not really. Actually, we’re number twenty-three. In the 2013 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report, which measures women’s economic, political, educational, and health...
Infighting
If you enjoy watching Republican infighting, you’ll love this. Even some Republicans are referring to other Republicans as “terrorists,” though their reason for doing so may leave...
Video: President Obama at P-TECH
If you missed the president’s speech at the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn yesterday, here it is in full. Continue reading → Continue reading →...
It Works Just Fine
Artist – Chris Weyant If you’re going to brag about your Grade A seal of approval from the NRA, you may not want to do so in a location where 32 people were gunned down. Alternate...
Yelton: You’re The Real Racists
North Carolina Republican precinct chairman Don Yelton, who resigned yesterday after his interview with The Daily Show, spoke to The Wrap today and refused to apologize or back down from anything he...
Ted Cruz Couldn’t Be More Obvious
Senator Ted Cruz’s victory (lol) tour is coming to an end tonight in — where else? — Iowa. Even the Associated Press can’t help but laugh in their lead sentence. Ted Cruz (R...
Jackass Quote of the Day
North Carolina state Representative Larry Pittman (R) isn’t a funny man, but he sure thinks he is. If you can’t watch the video, you should read this with a southern twang. PITTMAN:...
Rand Paul: Audit the Fed or I’ll Burn the House Down
Kentucky senator and libertarian boy-wonder Rand Paul says he will block confirmation of Janet Yellen as chairman of the Federal Reserve if we don’t audit the Federal Reserve. Sen. Rand Paul is...
Chart of the Day
As this chart from the Washington Post clearly demonstrates, the Republican party has royally screwed itself among the few demographics they may have otherwise been able to make inroads with. The...
No Grand Bargain
So says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. via The Hill “We are not going to have a grand bargain in the near future,” he said. Instead, he suggested negotiators should focus on a...
“I’ve Been Called a Bigot Before”
If you’re skeptical that individuals interviewed by The Daily Show often have no idea what they’re getting into, this should assuage your doubts. Republican precinct chairman Don Yelton...