Author - SK Ashby

Healthcare

Obamacare is Working

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Medicare recipients have saved over $5 billion on prescription drugs, and that's not all. The Obama administration announced...

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Open Thread

The Bar Tab

Artist - RJ Matson In other news, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reiterated today that without an agreement to raise taxes on the rich, we will go over the "cliff."

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Open Thread

Fairy Tales

Artist - Rob Tornoe In other news, West Point's Cadet Chapel hosted its first same-sex couple today since the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell. WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Cadet Chapel, the landmark gothic...

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Economy

They Aren’t Serious

If you can actually watch the whole thing without falling asleep, here's Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Keebler Elf Tree) being shamelessly dishonest. The president said he wants a so-called balanced...

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Open Thread

Demanding Answers

Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is reportedly planning to use a procedural move to force a vote on lower-income tax cuts in the House.

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Ethics

Tokenism

After a week of deserved criticism and a healthy dose of mockery, John Boehner has decided that he will appoint at least one woman to a committee chairmanship. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)...

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Wingnuts

Conspiracy Theory

The perennially-amusing Representative Louie Gohmert Pyle (R-TX) is the gift that keeps on giving. GOHMERT: What was all the rage a year and a half ago? It was the Arab Spring and how wonderful it...

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Wingnuts

Super Stupid

According to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Republicans aren't protecting rich, they're actually looking out for the "poorest among us." LEE: People need to understand that the reason we worry about...

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Open Thread

Wunderkind

Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, gun sales reached an all-time record high on Black Friday. Also -- the managers responsible for preventing employees from fleeing the Bangladesh factory fire that...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

"Last week, The Onion said I was going to become a male stripper. The Onion is probably more accurate than Tom Friedman." -Education Secretary Arne Duncan Here's Friedman's baffling column wherein he...

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