Republicans are legitimately starting to panic over the midterms. It's gotten so bad that the cracks are starting to show as the party is on the brink of writing off the House as a lost cause: Republicans are increasingly worried they will lose control of the House in the ...read more

When Conor Lamb won his special election in Pennsylvania last week, he distanced himself from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, calling for new leadership if the Democrats retake Congress in November. Since Lamb won by only a handful of votes, this may have been shrewd ...read more

Donald Trump must have laid off the Diet Coke before last night’s State of the Union address because his speech was slow and tempered. He barely sniffed, and maybe only endured a bit of dry mouth beyond those teeth, which were as white as Mike Pence. His alternative facts were ...read more

Hypothetical questions can make you think. Would you marry a dickhead if he was handsome and rich? Would you marry an airhead if she were a knockout? Would you give up five IQ points for a million dollars? These sorts of questions may be a bit simplistic and silly, but they are ...read more

Note: This is the third part in a series of articles analyzing the problem of sexism on the left. This article was written as a follow-up to the first in this series, which you can read here. One of the reasons I wanted Jon Ossoff to win his special election last June is because ...read more

It’s not hyperbole to call the healthcare repeal that Republicans in Congress passed today a travesty, ripping away coverage from millions of Americans with “pre-existing conditions” that range from ADD (which I have) to rape and sexual assault survival. House Democrats sang a ...read more

After weeks of wrangling and negotiations with the various factions that make up the Republican party, GOP leadership finally managed to get their Obamacare replacement, Trumpcare 2.0, to a vote in the House of Representatives. The bill sparked a lively debate on both sides of ...read more

There's been a lot of hand-wringing over Nancy Pelosi's victory over challenger Tim Ryan. The consensus of those opposed to her is that the Democrats need to change and something something something White People. Mr. Ryan argues that his party can only rebuild if it ...read more

One of the greatest gifts I ever gave myself was a filter for all the political donation emails I receive on an almost hourly basis. They are truly the bane of any generous liberal who was dumb enough to once donate $5 to a campaign or sign a petition. But as I went to delete ...read more

At a press conference Friday afternoon, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke about the conditions under which Congressional Democrats may, or may not, participate in the newly-formed House Select Committee on Hashtag #Benghazi, laying out conditions which Democrats ...read more

If you haven't seen the above image yet today, there's a pretty good chance you haven't been on Twitter. Created by a conservative "street artist" named Sabo -- the same guy who brought you the poster of doughy wuss Ted Cruz made-over as the tattooed bad-ass the right sees him ...read more

They said it couldn't be done, "they" being critics of the Affordable Care Act and the media, and "it" being the achievement of the lowered estimate of six million Obamacare enrollments, let alone the original 7 million projection by the CBO. Just yesterday, even with the ...read more

By Bob Cesca: When Fox News Channel cancelled Glenn Beck, there was progressive dancing in the social media streets. Beck was off television, after all, and it had a lot to do with grassroots efforts to convince advertisers that it's a bad idea to have their brand linked with an ...read more

The more I read about the rich donors who told Nancy Pelosi to shut up, the more angry I get. I may not agree with her on quite a few issues, but Speaker Pelosi is second in line to the Presidency, the first woman to hold her position and a figure demanding of respect - ...read more