The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities details why Paul Ryan’s plan to block-grant SNAP (food stamps) is even worse than it appears at first glance. The report clarifies that the Ryan...
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Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the Senate passed a bill today to fund the federal government through September 30th, preventing a government shutdown at the end of this month. The House...
Green Jobs Growing Much Faster Than All Other Jobs
According to the Los Angeles Times, a study released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics yesterday showed that green jobs grew far faster than every other sector of employment in 2011, including...
Total Winners
If you can watch this without laughing uncontrollably, as I did, I commend you. At 0:40 Preibus: Paul Ryan has an important job to do which is to understand the numbers, understand where we’re...
Iraq Warmongers Still Massaging Their Image
Disgraced former general and current Fox News analyst Oliver North appeared on Fox yesterday to profess the merits of the Iraq War and repeat a claim that has been repeatedly debunked. North: I get...
The Jury is Still Out
The fox is guarding the hen-house. via Tim Murphy As the new chairman of a key House subcommittee on the environment, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) will be one of the GOP’s leading actors when it...
Lesson Learned?
Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, according to The New York Times, our national infrastructure has been upgraded from a grade of D to D+. Hooray? Here’s an old post I made in 2011 about...
Chart of the Day
Mother Jones brings us the chart of the day on the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Since we borrowed to pay for much of the war, we’re facing nearing $4 trillion in cumulative...
Conservatives Pan the RNC’s Autopsy
The editors of The National Review pan the RNC’s autopsy report which details how the party will reach out to minorities. But the action items recommended to address these issues are heavy on...
Happy Anniversary
10 years ago today, the invasion of Iraq began. Republican congressmen are still very concerned about what happened in Iraq Benghazi. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
Let’s Defund Obamacare. Again.
That’s what some GOP senators are proposing right now, and who they are proposing it on behalf of is quite amusing. via The Hill Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) are...
To-Do List
Artist – Tim Eagan In other news, a new ABC News/Washington Post Poll found that 58 percent of Americans now support same-sex marriage, and a whopping 81 percent of persons aged 18 to 29...
From The Department of Outreach
We’ve been joking for months about the Republican party’s outreach initiative, or a lack thereof, but now they’ve made it official with the release of the RNC’s 2012 autopsy...
The Harsh Reality of the SNAP Program
The New York Times has an incredible piece on the SNAP program that you will not see discussed on Fox News between their musings of Goodies and Free Stuff. This story, which focuses on what the SNAP...
States’ Rights! Or Maybe Not.
While universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, the federal government has yet to enact any new gun control laws, but that isn’t...
Keepin’ It Classy
You know what isn’t funny ever? Rape jokes. Especially rape jokes that are made at the expense of a rape survivor. This is so bad they even sent someone out onto the stage to tell him to shut...
CNN is Horrible
Mallory Ortberg of Gawker nails CNN for their coverage of the guilty verdict in Steubenville, Ohio. For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled as registered sex offenders, a...
The Pot of Gold
Artist – Dave Granlund In other news, the two teens charged with rape in Steubenville, Ohio have been found guilty on all charges. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue...
Unhappy Meal
Artist – Steve Sack In other news, lawmakers in North Dakota are considering a bill that would institute a six-week abortion ban which, in some cases, may be before some women even know...
House GOP Kills Minimum Wage Increase
Just in case you needed a reminder of whose side they’re on. via TPM House Republicans unanimously voted down a measure Friday that would have raised the federal minimum wage, from its current...