Rightwing Wingnut Recalled

AZ Senate President Russell Pearce has been recalled from office. Pearce is the author of the controversial SB 1070, the anti-immigration, "papers please" law that went into effect last year…

No Promo Homo in Tennessee

The Tennessee legislature is considering a bill that will prohibit teachers from discussing any sexuality except heterosexuality for kids in grades K-8. SB 49 is set for full Senate action…

Friday’s Asshat of the Day

Who remembers Judge Roy Moore? He was the pre-teabag Alabama Supreme Court Justice who refused to obey a Federal court order to remove a monument of the 10 Commandments from…

Desparate and Stupid

What can we say about O'Whack-a-Mole's political commercials. To me, their amateurish at best. My guess is that her ambulance-chasing former campaign manager set her up with some media shop…

The GOP Cult

Frank Rich ponders the NY-23 special election and what it means for the GOP: The battle for upstate New York confirms just how swiftly the right has devolved into a…

Wingnutland

We saw national and local winguts rend their own flesh when the United States lost the bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016 and, on Friday morning, we watched…