…for white people. When it comes to immigration, you know that the 11 million illegals, even if given the right to vote — you know you’re gonna have to do what’s right...
Author - SK Ashby
Fingers Crossed
Artist – Adam Zyglis In other news, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has introduced a budget proposal that would pay for eliminating the state’s income and corporate taxes by raising sales...
Medicare in Paul Ryan’s Path to Poverty
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has analyzed Paul Ryan’s latest budget proposal and has found that, with regards to Medicare, it more or less mirrors his previous budgets while...
Chart of the Day
Here’s the consequences of the tax cuts included in Paul Ryan’s Path to Poverty 3.0 via Steve Benen. I put together the above chart to show the percentage change in after-tax income, but...
The Path to Poverty 3.0 Has a $5.7 Trillion Hole In It
The Tax Policy Center has crunched the numbers and found that Paul Ryan would need to somehow account for $5.7 trillion in missing revenue to make up the tax cuts present in the third incarnation of...
A Dispatch from the Outreach Seminar
It’s time for another update from the UFO convention. Texas Governor Rick Perry was booed from the back of the room yesterday after he condescendingly referred to the idea that the Republican...
No More Gold
Artist – Chris Weyant In other news, the Department of Justice has indicted former web producer for the Sacramento-based television station KTXL FOX 40 and current Reuters Deputy Social Media...
Chart of the Day
The cable news networks are very concerned about the effects sequestration will have on average Americans White House tours. It’s hard to imagine much of a future for dedicated cable news...
Do The American People Need Bazookas?
Watch Senator Dianne Feinstein make Senator Ted Cruz look like a horse’s ass. As if he needs any help. One, I’m not a sixth grader. Senator, I’ve been on this committee for 20 years...
The High Cost of Refusing to Expand Medicaid
According to a report released today by Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc., governors who refuse to expand their state Medicaid programs under Obamacare may cost employers a great deal of money. via...
A Dispatch from the UFO Convention
The opening day of CPAC went in unexpected directions as The Gohmert Pyle took the stage. For example — this is a new one. Gohmert: I’m not gonna debate the merits of whether we should or...
That’s Not a Knife
Artist – Joe Heller In other news, the story behind the bartender who filmed Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” remarks is interesting. Apparently he brought his camera to take a...
The Worst of the Worst
The New York Times editorial page has taken a huge dump on Paul Ryan’s Path to Poverty 3.0. All the tired ideas from 2011 and 2012 are back: eliminating Medicare’s guarantee to retirees...
From The Department of Outreach
Fox and Friends was glowing with praise this morning for Paul Ryan’s plan to “fix a food stamp nation,” or as I read it — “make The Poors go hungry.” And to top it...
This Poll Pre-Dates The Path to Poverty 3.0
The latest Washington Post poll, which was released this morning, paints a very unkind picture for Republicans and the results were tallied before Paul Ryan reintroduced the Path to Poverty in its...
It’s Hard to Blame Them
Normally I would recoil at something like this, but I have a hard time blaming the Atwood Little League team for raffling a gun for a fundraiser, because this says more about our gun culture society...
No Water Beyond This Point
Artist – John Darkow In other news, NASA announced today that the Curiosity rover has found conditions that could have once supported life on Mars. PASADENA, Calif. — An analysis of a...
Decidedly Not Fair and Not Balanced
Watch Bill Hemmer of Fox News dismiss “talking points” before dispensing a few talking points of his own and then shout Paul Ryan’s Wall Street Journal Op-ed at Representative Chris...
Universal Background Checks Clear Senate Committee
Good news — the Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced a bill that would institute near-universal background checks. WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved a...
Mississippi Legislators Are Very Serious People
Mississippi may have the highest obesity rate in the nation, but that won’t stop them from thumbing their nose at The Man and protecting their freedom to gorge themselves. A bill now on the...