Good news — the Illinois State Senate voted to approve same-sex marriage today by a margin of 34 to 21. From the Associated Press February 14, 2013 ( SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Illinois moved...
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Republican Outreach
Why shouldn’t Republicans support comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship? In the words of Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), because Democrats will give immigrants...
Meanwhile, at the Kids Table
According to the most recent reports, Republicans may be on the verge of dropping their filibuster of Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense. And while John McCain says he is...
FreedomWorks Produced the Fake Panda on Hillary Sex Tape You Never Asked For
This wasn’t among the list of complaints Dick Armey registered when he attempted a literal armed coup of FreedomWorks, but it probably should have been. via (who else?) David Corn of Mother...
State of the Bubble
Artist – Rob Tornoe In other news, we now know why Scott Brown decided not to run for John Kerry’s Senate seat. Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has joined Fox News as a contributor, the...
Stab-You-in-the-Back Super PAC
Here’s Colbert on the GOP civil war and the “unlanced boil” Karl Rove. Karl and I have always had some good times. I mean, we buried that hooker. Continue reading → Continue...
Governor Howdy Doody’s Approval Rating Plummets
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the Republican party’s other/previous savior, has seen his approval rating bottom out over the last two years. When PPP last polled Louisiana in 2010, Bobby...
The GOP Civil War Widens
Haley Barbour has cast his lot with Karl Rove. via TPM Republican stalwart Haley Barbour irked the right-wing Club For Growth after telling National Review that conservative donors should stop giving...
Did We Watch the Same Speech?
During an interview with conservative radio host Laura Ingraham today, Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered glowing praise for Senator Marco Rubio’s State of the Union response. On...
New Cheers
Artist – Tim Eagan In other news, the U.S. Treasury ran a small budget surplus during the month of January. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. government ran a budget surplus of $3...
Reminder: Congressional Republicans are Terrible People
The good news is Senate Democrats defeated an amendment introduced by Republicans that would have stripped protections for Native American women from the Violence Against Women Act. The bad news is...
Republicans Support a Path to Citizenship Unless Obama Supports it. Then They Hate it.
What’s wrong with this picture? 60 percent of self-identified Republicans support a path to citizenship for immigrants unless President Obama is responsible for passing it, in which case only...
Creepy Quote of the Day
I’m just going to leave this here. Asked directly if the Republican-controlled House could support an agreement that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants now living in the...
34,000 U.S. Troops to Withdraw This Year
Last month President Obama indicated that U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would soon accelerate and, according to USA Today, he will confirm as much tonight during his State of the Union Address...
Stepping Down
Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, the economy probably didn’t shrink during the 4th quarter of 2012 as previously estimated. According to the Commerce Department, the U.S. trade...
The Justice Department Recovered $4.2 Billion in Healthcare Fraud in 2012
The Department of Justice announced today that they recovered $8 for every $1 spent while investigating healthcare fraud in 2012. WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says it recovered almost $8...
A National Embarrassment
Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) has invited the racist, unhinged, pants-shitting draft dodger Ted Nugent to attend the State of the Union Address. “I am excited to have a patriot like Ted...
Republican Outreach
The Republican party was planning to translate their State of the Union reactions and rebuttals into Spanish. Because delivering your conservative manifesto in Spanish makes it more appealing to...
Intimidation
ter·ror·ism 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3...
Hip Hop Has Finally Come to the GOP
Hip Hop has finally come to the GOP, but not at the behest of Michael Steele. Here’s Nicole Wallace on Marco Rubio during ABC’s This Week panel. “He’s everything we need and...