Republicans in Montana are going all-in on passing the most insanely lax gun legislation imaginable which, among other things, will legalize silencers. The House also backed measures that clear the...
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Ted Cruz Sees Commies in His Soup
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a list of communists residing in the halls of Harvard Law School, but he won’t let us see it. Two and a half years ago, Cruz gave a stem-winder of a speech at a...
Not One, But Two Forced Vaginal Probes
There’s outreach, and then there’s outreach. The state of Indiana may soon require that women undergo two transvaginal ultrasounds. One before having a abortion, and another afterward...
Dead on Arrival
Artist – John Cole In other news, Montana voters may soon be asked to weigh in on an unconstitutional bill that would “make it a crime for a federal agent to take any law-enforcement...
Why Chuck Grassley Voted Against VAWA
Taking time off from composing unintelligible tweets, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) explained to his constituents why he voted against the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Grassley: So you get non...
Shorter Goodlatte: They’ll Take Our Jobs!
The fact that he would not allow an immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship to emerge from his committee apparently isn’t even the worst thing Representative Bob Goodlatte...
Shocking No One, Cory Booker Easily Tops Guy Who Said Trayvon Martin Was Asking For It
There’s a lot of time left between now and the 2014 election but, if this poll released today by Quinnipiac University is any indication, anyone who fancies Geraldo as a U.S. Senator may want...
Republican Outreach
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), says there’s no way in hell an immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship will emerge from his committee...
The Open Carry Discount
Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, Kellogg is recalling some packages of Special K Red Berries because it may contain glass. So there’s that. Horse meat doesn’t seem so bad...
Who Drove the Golf Cart?
Here’s Colbert on the media freakout over the president’s secretive game of golf. Folks there are a lot of holes in this story. Specifically, 18 of them. The DC press is an embarrassment...
Kansas Education Committee: Teachers Must Debunk Climate Change in Science Class
Kansas state lawmakers are pushing a bill that would command teachers to include evidence in their curriculum that would counter climate change. With the Kansas State Board of Education preparing to...
Conspiracy Theory
It’s hard to put into words how dumbfounding this is. You’ll just have to watch this Fox News panel discussing Al Jazeera’s move to the U.S. Daftari: Apparently they’re...
And Then They Came For Me
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared war on unions, he made the calculation that if he exempted private employee unions and emergency services from his initial assault, he could get away...
Obamacare is Working
Projections for Medicare spending between 2011 and 2020 have fallen by $500 billion. From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: CBO has reduced its projections of Medicare spending in response...
They Built This
Artist – Daryl Cagle We are sure this is the best course of action? Illinois State Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped her bid to fill the Congressional seat of former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on Sunday...
Oklahoma GOP: Legitimizing ‘Jesus Rode a Dinosaur’ in Science Class
Under new legislation proposed by Oklahoma Republicans, teachers would be prohibited from punishing a student for turning in a science paper that in no way reflects science. via Mother Jones In...
Reminder: John Boehner Got “98 Percent” of What He Wanted
When you look at this final agreement that we came to with the White House, I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I’m pretty happy. I’ve seen more than a few DC pundits and beltway thinkers...
Video: President Obama on Sequestration
The president is turning up the heat on congress while playing Explainer-in-Chief. I believe congress will pass another temporary delay of sequestration at the 11th hour on the final day, and...
The Second Amendment is Sacrosanct. The First? Not So Much.
This goes beyond the fruitless endeavor of preemptively nullifying federal law to banning proposals for new laws. Yesterday, Missouri state Rep. Mike Leara (R) proposed legislation making it a felony...
Don’t Forget Your Decoder Ring
If you can prove that you’re one of us — and by us I mean the cult of gun fetishists — you will receive a discount on bad pizza. Virginia Beach, Va. – Slice by slice, one...