Steve Mnuchin Just Pissed Off House Republicans With His Multimillionaire's Arrogance
Did no one explain to the Treasury Secretary that being rich only impresses politicians when you're giving them money?
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The Republican Nightmare is Here
Oh, sweet, sweet Karma...go forth and wreak much deserved havoc.
Republican Deficit Hawks Magically Go Extinct (Again)
Can we please stop pretending "fiscal conservatism" is a real thing?
Tea Party Hypocrites Suddenly Ready To Embrace Massive Government Spending Under Trump
Who didn't see this coming?
Perfect: White House Press Secretary Confuses Ezra Klein's Vox With Fox News
Josh Earnest may have misheard the question, but Vox and Fox are fast becoming kissing cousins of sorts.
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WATCH: Lou Dobbs Destroys Louie Gohmert Over Debt Ceiling, 'Political Theater'
For a full six minutes, Fox Business Channel's Lou Dobbs excoriated Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) over the debt ceiling and the House GOP's "political theater" at the expense of helping the middle class. WATCH THIS...
THE MORNING BANTER: Clean Debt Limits, Obama Warnings, Liberal Salespeople, and House of Cards Against Humanity
It's Wednesday, and we're now down to 2 short days before Valentine Day, you dateless wonders. Here's what's happening on the interweb.
The Tea Party and Ted Cruz Getting Ready for 'Shutdown: The Sequel'
The schadenfreude wore off quickly. Observing the tea party suffer a political defeat, with other Republicans like Rep. Pete King (R-NY) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) piling on, was entertaining for a solid 24 hours until the grim realization set in that this rogue faction of the GOP could very well try for a sequel -- or an entire series of shutdowns.
The Madness Will Never End: 8 Quotes That Prove the Right Hasn't Learned a Thing
So, with that in mind, you may be wondering right now whether this time was different. Whether the Republicans and the ultra-conservative fanatics who've taken control of their party finally learned their lesson. Whether we'll now have a little peace and some compromise instead of going from crisis to crisis to crisis and proving over and over again that the greatest superpower in the world has become an ungovernable laughingstock. Wonder no more.
Quote of the Day: Insanity on Top of Insanity (Updated)
That's what Dianne Reidy's rant last night was. The exclamation point. The snapshot. The final act to climax and to perfectly encapsulate the fucking lunacy of what we'd witnessed over the past few weeks -- the past few years.
Marco Rubio Is a P*ssy (and Other Tales from the Debt Ceiling Aftermath)
As usual, it wasn't the message that was problem, it was the messengers not willing to stick to it and fight hard enough for it. The people with the biggest bullhorns still believe this, despite dismal poll numbers for the GOP in the wake of the debt ceiling miasma. What does this likely mean for the GOP and the rest of us? More of the same. More insanity.
Peter King on the GOP: "This Party is Going Nuts"
Peter King, the Republican who once accused President Obama of going on an 'apology tour' of the Middle East and has argued for increased surveillance of Muslims in the U.S ripped into his party over the debt ceiling negotiations saying, "This party is going nuts".
Why Isn't the GOP Complaining About the Deficit? Because It's Dropping -- Fast.
As we careen headlong toward the debt ceiling deadline, with the House Republicans and Speaker John Boehner in full Three-Stooges-Trying-To-Fix-The-Plumbing mode, the issue area that's been overshadowed by the grandstanding, political props and brinksmanship is government spending itself.
Lindsey Graham: It's the Democrats' Fault for Letting Us F**k the Country
There have been so many unbelievable comments to come from the Republicans and the Tea Party types during this whole ridiculous debt ceiling hostage situation. But I think Lindsey Graham may now be ready to step up and definitively take the award for the most jaw-dropping and infuriating.
Fear of a Crashed Planet
For some reason I just can't laugh this one off. We have no idea what's really going to happen if something isn't done to stop this runaway train within the next 36-hours. And I have to admit that I'm shared as hell at the possibility of returning to the place I was -- where many of us were -- five years ago.
WATCH: Ronald Reagan Demanding That Congress Vote to Raise the Debt Ceiling
The cognitive dissonance within the tea party is already notorious (I'll have more tomorrow morning). Yesterday, for example, Sarah Palin quoted Ronald Reagan during her remarks at the rally near the World War II memorial in Washington, DC yesterday. So if we're bringing Reagan into this fracas, let's see what the former president had to say about raising the debt ceiling.
Sarah Palin Logic: Raising the Debt Ceiling is an Impeachable Offense, So Is Defaulting on the Debt
Sarah Palin wrote another Facebook post in which she outlined why defaulting on the debt is an impeachable offense. That, in and of itself, doesn't make any sense since it's Congress which is tasked with voting to raising the debt ceiling in order to prevent a default, not the president.
John Boehner's Deal and How the Debt Ceiling Isn't the Real Hostage. You Are.
It can't be shouted loudly enough how ridiculously irresponsible this is. Not only have the Republicans halted the functioning of the government, but they're risking a worldwide calamity that will surely make your life extraordinarily difficult. If it's not due to an impending worldwide depression, it'll be because Obamacare has been sabotaged, risking eventual failure.
In Which I Explain the Debt Ceiling and Financial Apocalypse to Rand Paul and Sarah Palin
The Republican misinformation geyser continues to erupt unabated. Today, let's focus on a pair of statements from tea party champions Sarah Palin and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) who seem to completely misunderstand the deficit, the debt ceiling, the economic status of the United States and what would happen if we default on the debt (spoiler: it'll be very bad).
This Is What the Debt-Ceiling Fight All Comes Down To
I realize that it's been pointed out before, but I want you to remember this quote on the latest developments in the hostage standoff with the Republican lunatics in Congress. Write it down somewhere and keep it for use in any argument over this nightmare you might happen to get into with your right-of-center friends, because it spells out perfectly and succinctly why the Democrats can't give in.
The GOP Debt Ceiling Strategy: Lies, Grabassery and Default Denialism
Until 2011, Congress has never used the debt ceiling as a political hostage. Not once. Raising the debt ceiling was always an opportunity for one thing: the opposition party could score some points on fiscal responsibility via a few strongly-worded floor speeches. But the congressional Republican caucus' strategy is to threaten a default, then to mislead the public by suggesting that nothing bad will happen.
I'm Pretty Sure Tom Coburn Was Drunk When He Said This
If we don't raise the debt ceiling we won't be able to pay on the debt that already exists, therefore our creditors will, you know, freak out, and so it will likely send the world economy into a death spiral that would dwarf the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
