President Obama isn’t expected to unveil his sweeping plan to address climate change until next month, but without having seen the plan himself, House Speaker John Boehner is pretty sure...
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Outreach
About that Republican outreach and rebranding effort. Montgomery County Illinois Republican Party Chairman Jim Allen isn’t doing the party any favors by weaving racist and misogynistic insults...
The Farm Bill Died in the House and That’s a Good Thing
It’s a good thing because, through the amendment process, House Republicans took an already-awful bill, which was awful enough to garner a veto threat from President Obama, and made it even...
AEI Runs Unskewed Polls IRS Conspiracy Theory
What was previously a wild conspiracy theory proposed by Dean Chambers of Unskewed Polls fame is now a wild conspiracy theory proposed by the American Enterprise Institute. 1. Let’s say Tea...
Gang of Eight
Artist – Matt Wuerker In other news, the Texas Senate advanced SB5 today, an anti-abortion bill which Governor Rick Perry called the state legislature into a special session to pass...
KKK Member Designs Radiation Weapon, Blames “Bedwetting Maggot in Chief” and Muslims for Boston Marathon Bombing
Speaking of the KKK, this story scooped by the Albany Times Union is officially bananas. ALBANY, N.Y. — An industrial mechanic with General Electric Co., who is also allegedly a member of the...
No Politics, No Conspiracy
It was assumed that House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa was refusing to release the full transcript of an interview with an IRS employee because it contradicts his implication that the IRS was in...
Of Course He Does
Kris Kobach, the father of “Papers Please” anti-immigration law, which as you may recall was described as a “model for the nation” by Mitt Romney, says immigration reform...
Do Something
Artist – Paul Fell Here’s the latest installment of our new segment: Ted Cruz is an Idiot Brought to you by Ted Cruz. Anyone know if President Obama intends to perform background checks...
CNN is On It!
I’ll just leave this here. Is Captain Crunch really a captain? The eternal debate rages on. (via @Brandon_Borders) Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
POTUS to Announce Plan to Address Climate Change
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Obama administration may unveil a sweeping climate change plan next month that will tackle greenhouse gas emissions. WASHINGTON — The Obama...
Boehner Gives Away the Game on Immigration
House Speaker John Boehner told us all we need to know today about the chances of passing comprehensive immigration reform in the House of Representatives. (CNN) — Under pressure from House...
Too Extreme
Representative Paul Broun (R-GA), who is currently running for a U.S. Senate seat, has pulled his support for a ban on abortions after 20 weeks. Not because he has had a change of heart on banning...
Stupid Man, Stupid Party
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has apparently decided being the “stupid party” is chic after all and he has proven it with this mind-blowing column. At some point, the American public is...
Cornyn & Cruz Construction
It took me a moment but then I laughed and laughed. Artist – John Branch Not-coincidentally, Senator Ted Cruz also unveiled an amendment today that will throw another monkey in the wrench. I'll...
Birtherism: Still Alive
Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) would like Congress to revisit the issues of the president’s phony identification papers. Duncan appeared on the radio program TruNews with Rick Wiles on...
Outreach
The Republican party can’t deal with its demographic problems until it deals with its Fox News problem. "Lock and Load, America" Fox News reporter openly calls for shooting of immigration...
‘Merika: Gun Violence and Abortion
47 people were shot and 7 were killed in Chicago over the weekend, marking the city’s most violent weekend thus far in 2013. At least 34 people were shot — seven of them fatally —...
Delusions of Grandeur
The Guardian hosted a ridiculous spectacle today that was a Q&A session with Edward Snowden, and before they even arrived at the third question the idea that he may be assassinated came up. Again...
Swiss President Doubts Snowden’s Swiss Banker Story
It’s not just American authorities who are skeptical of Edward Snowden’s story as reported by Glenn Greenwald at The Guardian. Swiss President Ueli Maurer said he doubts Snowden’s...
