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
If only the scaredy pants Democrats in congress would let them have it. Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete ...read more
My guess? Speaker Pelosi is, at best, being misleading about what the CIA did and didn't tell her. In all likelihood? She's probably lying. But does it really matter? After 9/11, the Democrats not only lost their marbles the way the rest of us did at the horror, they also had ...read more
As John notes, whether Nancy Pelosi knew or didn't know about the Bush administration's authorization and execution of torture doesn't matter. Either Pelosi didn't know or she abdicated her responsibility as a political leader and American by not speaking up and opposing it. ...read more
Nancy Pelosi, Brad Pitt >> Brad Pitt brings Tinseltown up to Capitol HillAngelina Jolie is all up in the World Economic Forum. ...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
The right claims Nancy Pelosi ignored Gen. Petraeus, but she talked to him. General Petraeus and I had a very informative half-hour discussion yesterday, which included the assessment of the situation in Iraq that he will share with other House Members today. I appreciated his ...read more
I don't know if folks have picked up on this, but the way that Speaker Pelosi has been responding to Republican attacks on her - all the way up to the president - has been great. She has basically taken the position that these people are amazingly stupid and that they can't ...read more
