An Open Letter to the Tea Party
Dear Tea Party Members and Sympathizers, Happy (or do I wish you an Angry?) Tax Day to you. Since you seem to have appropriated today as your holiday, I thought it…
Now the Tea Partiers Want Their Own Army
I'm sorry, but no good can come of this. From the great conservative state of Oklahoma, site of the largest domestic terrorist attack in US history, we get this story about…
Stupak to Announce Retirement Today
Insider sources are saying this morning that Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan will announce today that he will not not seek re-election this fall. He is expected to have…
Get Your GOP Talking Points Now and Beat the Rush
Via Dave Neiwert at Crooks and Liars, we get a sneak preview of what at least one influential conservative wants to be a main Republican talking point this fall. While…
Pssst…Wanna Buy a Judge?
Ever since the Supreme Court issued its January ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), lifting the ban on corporate spending on elections, most of the attention has…
Affordable Care Act Survives Its First Challenge
In case you missed it yesterday, the ACA survived the first of what will undoubtedly be many attempts to nip at the edges of its authority. The issue at hand…
So This Is What They Meant by Bipartisan
We all know that Republicans have been going on about how much they want to work in a bipartisan way with Democrats, but we always figured they were doing it…
The Nexus of Wingnut
Get ready everyone for Kookapocalypse Now! Well, OK, not now. Actually, April 7. That's when former Governor, former VP candidate, and current Queen of the Tea Baggers Sarah Palin will…
The GOP Is Now Officially Guilty of Petulance
I think it was noted here somewhere the other day that on Tuesday, Senate Republicans used a little-known rule to prevent hearings from proceeding past 2:00 PM. In fact, our…
Postal Service Looking for Five Day Week
This idea has been kicked around for several years now, but the US Postal Service is now taking the first formal steps toward five-day delivery: The postal governing board agreed…
One Simple Reason Why the Health Care Law’s Mandate IS Constitutional
First of all, let me say how much better I like writing "Health Care Law" than "Health Care Bill". But on to the topic, there is a simple but under-reported…
HCR 2010 = WMD 2002
Anyone who's been around this site lately should recognize the title of this post. It's the little signature that commenter anonone has been putting at the end of his comments.…
Deem and Pass Is Out
After spending a week getting themselves all riled up about "Demon Pass", it seems the procedural maneuver has been ruled out: House leaders have decided to take a separate vote…