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Oliver Willis reportssomething rather astonishing: Congressional Republicans have released an election year proposal targeting massive cuts to government programs that millions of Americans, including the poorest people, have relied upon. “A Framework for Unified Conservatism,” the proposal from the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a coalition of more than 100 conservative House Republicans, comes as the party […]

In the past I’ve noted the fact that there exists a host of griftersthat prey on suckers on the right. A lot of these grifters are of the unofficial sort; direct mailers that claim to be raising money for a cause or candidate, when in fact most, if not all, of the money goes to the […]

There is a lot of optimism these days about a coming Democratic wave in November. Some are even predicting a tsunami: You can use whatever cliches you want: The winds have changed, the tide has turned, the handwriting is on the wall. But there’s a definite blue wave at work. The Pennsylvania race might be […]

So, this happened, either today or yesterday; Jack “Ass” Kingston, former Republican congressman and current lobbyist, is one of the more disgusting TV yakkers. And on CNN’s New Day this morning, he reminded us why. Alisyn Camerota introduced this segment on the student gun control effort by asking him about a tweet Kingston made. … […]

At the moment it really looks like the Democrats may do well in November, but we have to bear in mind that we’re talking about the Democrats, who have an affinity for losing. To quote a character from the Firesign Theatre, “sometimes I think they do it on purpose”. No one has documented the misdeeds […]