AOC on the first 100 days: 'Biden has definitely exceeded expectations that progressives had'

I’m probably a lot closer on the political spectrum to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than I am to Joe Biden—and not just because I prefer a Starbucks triple venti nonfat soy caramel baby’s blood macchiato to whatever … Read More

Jen Psaki takes on GOP's pearl-clutching over deficits, reminds them their concern is years late

After Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, and Kayleigh McEnany, anyone or anything would have been an upgrade as press secretary. A wheel of Gorgonzola with a Furby chip jammed … Read More

Ted Cruz slams Biden's first weeks as 'boring.' Yes, and it's wonderful

In just 50 days, President Joe Biden got our vaccine production and distribution system whipped into shape and signed a historic COVID-19 relief package to boost our economy and give a helping … Read More

GOP senator tries to take credit for COVID relief bill he most definitely voted against

Yeah, this was easy enough to predict. Part of voting against a COVID relief measure that polls better than dolphins riding glitter-farting unicorns on enchanted rainbow highways to free breadsticks and … Read More

One chart shows the dramatic difference between Biden's American Rescue Plan and the Trump tax scam

I still remember when Donald Trump got up in front of a throng of masochistic fools and said, of his plutocrat-friendly 2017 tax cut bill, “This is going to cost … Read More

News flash: Ted Cruz did something deeply dishonest (and xenophobic) on the Senate floor today

What does it say about Republicans that the two biggest assholes in the multiverse were their No. 1 and No. 2 choice for president in 2016? Of course, as with … Read More

“No idea what he's doing”

It’s been a long and very busy week for me, hence why I haven’t been posting a lot of diaries. But I just wanted to pass this along: 'No idea … Read More

Sen. Johnson wants to force 10-hour reading of entire COVID bill, because he's a huge d*ck

Well, actually, he’s a Badger, not a duck. I was born in Wisconsin and currently live in Oregon. Believe me, I know the difference. And I can assure you, this … Read More

Can't we add another easy and necessary thing to reporting – numeracy?

I watched Republican Senator Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) yesterday on CNN’s State of the Union, and he made a case against Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid Relief package.  Pressed to explain his … Read More

Republican moderates offer lame 'compromise' COVID bill that's a third the size of Biden's proposal

Republicans are intimidated by the size of Joe Biden’s bills. Maine Sen. Susan Collins and a group of likeminded milquetoasts are balking at the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package Democrats … Read More

David Perdue claims he supports $2,000 relief checks, but that's not what he said before

Republicans have been walking back their deeply held principles for years in the wake of Donald Trump’s massive … boat parades. All the same folks who once called me a traitor … Read More

The Persecution of the Inmates of Congress Under the Direction of the Marquis de Trump

IANAPs, so I can’t say if or how sadism is associated with narcissism, even the malignant kind. But Trump sure presents as embodying both conditions. President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday … Read More

Jon Ossoff demands TV stations pull Perdue's 'indisputably false' ad about 'delivering' relief

David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler thought they had a fig leaf all ready to go—one that would help them pretend they desperately want to deliver COVID relief to their fellow … Read More

Worried about paying rent and eating? You'll be happy to know Trump is tackling much bigger problems

Once again, Donald Trump blasted a mammoth, sulfuric Beelzebub fart and left the room, leaving it to members of the sane community to Febreze the fuck out of the country. … Read More

Trump's reading of the Christmas story is the weirdest thing you'll see this holiday

Why does it feel like Trump is hearing the Christmas story for the first time as he reads this? Tell me I’m wrong. x This is not a Saturday night … Read More

Another betrayal: Republicans sabotage COVID talks so Trump can sign meaningless executive order

The Senate has adjourned for the weekend, after refusing to negotiate with Democrats for a desperately-needed COVID-19 relief bill. Democrats had compromised, agreeing to come down yet again to $2 trillion spent to … Read More