This week, outgoing Congressman Beto O’Rourke said he would not rule out running for president in 2020. While a tantalizing prospect, should Beto run, he may be missing an opportunity to build something else far more powerful in the long run.... To continue reading this article, ...read more
"There you go again, asking me about Trump." -- Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) Yeah, asshole, there somebody goes again, demanding that you answer for the monster made out of pure, concentrated conservative id and canned aerosol cheese. The one you unleashed on the ...read more
We've been following the bizarre political career of Twitter troll and paleoconservative tea party congressman Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) for sometime now, and ever since declaring his intention to run against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the Republican senatorial primary, the ...read more
You might recall how Twitter troll Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) is challenging Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in this year's Republican primary in Texas. You might also recall how Stockman is polling at just six percent against Cornyn, who Stockman refers to as "Liberal John Cornyn" ...read more
Talking Points Memo's Eric Lach got his hands on exclusive photos inside Rep. Steve Stockman's (R-TX) condemned Webster, Texas campaign office and, yeah, it looks like it's from a real-life Rob Zombie horror movie. As I scrolled through I half-expected the photo to show a ...read more
There's really not much of a chance that Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), the internet troll who wastes his taxpayer-funded congressional salary by spending all day tweeting far-right zingers, will ever defeat Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the forthcoming Texas senate primary. But ...read more
This is easily the best news of the month so far. Everyone's least favorite irritant, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) has announced that he's primary-challenging Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) next year. In case you're unfamiliar with Stockman, he's the first-term congressman who basically ...read more
I'll make this quick. John Cornyn is a fucking idiot. As some of you may already know by now, the ink was barely dry on last night's historic deal to curb Iran's nuclear program when Cornyn -- or whoever's tasked with being neural-linked to his aging brain and spitting out ...read more
Finally, some significant developments on Obama's highly contentious and unconstitutional targeted kill policy. From Mother Jones: Congress is finally standing up to President Barack Obama on targeted killing. Almost a year after three American citizens were killed in US drone ...read more
