Paul Ryan: Good Riddance To A Narcissistic Psychopath
Congress will be a better place without Paul Ryan.
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A Short, Sad History Of Soon To Be Irrelevant Paul Ryan
The fattest rat of all has abandoned ship.
Why Would Paul Ryan Resign? Because He's a Spineless Coward Who Won't Stand Up To Trump
Rumors are swirling yet again that House Speaker Paul Ryan is set to resign and be replaced by Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.).
House Republicans Sabotage Agency Charged With Digital Election Security
What was used to be a necessary bipartisan agency has become an annoying impediment for a party done with free and fair elections.
Paul Ryan Seriously Just Bragged About A Teacher Getting An Extra $1.50 A Week
Not $150. $1.50. One dollar and two quarters more. A week. We have reached peak aristocracy. Time to get out the guillotines.
The GOP's Newest Nazi Candidate Just Doubled Down on His Antisemitism
Paul Nehlen is quite literally running on a platform of "I hate Jews."
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Mitch McConnell Fears a Massive Trump Midterm Wipeout: Report
The rats are getting nervous as the blue tidal wave closes in.
Republicans Just Voted to Destroy the Future of Millions of Americans
The tax cuts passed in the Senate are nothing more than a colossal, naked giveaway to giant corporations and the ultra rich. They add an astonishing $1.4 trillion to the national debt and are deeply unpopular.
Republican Candidate Goes Full Nazi: Jews "Pretend" to be White to Undermine the White Race
Paul Nehlen is openly spewing white nationalist hate speech as he runs to unseat Paul Ryan. He won't be the last.
Quote of the Day: Republican Tax Cuts Can and Will Be Repealed
While the left is still reeling from the abominable tax plan just passed by the Republican Party, NY Mag's Jonathan Chait points out that in the long term, this is about the best thing that could have ever happened to the Democrats.
Paul Ryan Just Flat Out Lied About Obamacare
Speaking at a town hall event last night, Ryan doubled down on the GOP talking point that Obamacare is a complete failure. “The status quo is not an option. Obamacare is not working,” he said, “We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left.”
Republicans are More Worried About Their F*cking Tax Cut for Billionaires Than About Trump Defending Nazis
There is no question where their priorities lay and that's tragic.
Paul Ryan Simply Won't Talk About Trump Jr.'s Email
Showing all the spine of a slug covered in salt, Paul Ryan continues to be a profile in Republican courage.
The Republican Nightmare is Here
Oh, sweet, sweet Karma...go forth and wreak much deserved havoc.
Mitch McConnell Just Reminded Us What An A**hole He Is
Why can't both parties work together? This is why and it's not a bipartisan issue.
The 7 Most Dangerous Republicans Right Now
America won't be destroyed by an invading army, it will strangled in its sleep by sociopaths and predators.
Trump's Approval Ratings Are Now Truly Catastrophic
Trump is so disorganized and incompetent that he hasn't bothered to hire people to run the basic infrastructure of government -- this despite being in power for over 5 months.
Quote of the Day: GOP Health Care Bill an "Abomination"
The details of the bill are absolutely horrifying and should cause be cause for extreme panic should it become law.
Paul Ryan Just Guaranteed His Next Healthcare Push Will Fail
Paul Ryan is sabotaging his own healthcare reform and that might be the plan.
Quote of the Day: Right Wing Media Lies Helped Save Obamacare
"They were told a bunch of crazy nonsense"
MEMBERS ONLY: How The GOP Turned the Tables on Trump
It turns out Republicans were right all along: Trump could be played.
Paul Ryan’s Humiliation Saved American Lives
Paul Ryan’s humiliation at the defeat of the American Health Care Act was welcomed because it saved lives. But rest assured, Paul Ryan radicalized vision of a less secure safety net for Americans has not gone away.
Watch Ezra Klein Explain Just How Cartoonishly Evil Trumpcare Is
"It is hard to imagine the electoral reckoning that would follow the implementation of this law."
Trump's Insanity Is Slowing Republicans' Plans To Destroy The Middle Class
Congressional Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated that they are not getting guidance from the White House on major issues.
On Behalf Of America's Women: F*ck You, Republicans
The GOP is planning an all out assault on women's rights, but they will not have the last laugh.
Republicans Move Forward with Repealing Obamacare Despite Anemic 18 Percent Support
Any polling or facts that contradict the GOP agenda will be henceforth written off as "fake news" or whatever the hell else Trump blurts on Twitter.
Paul Ryan Ignores The 800 Pound White Supremacist Elephant In The Room
Republican leadership held its first news conference since Trump's win and proved they are a merry group of hypocrites.
After Clinton Crushes Trump, Republican Obstructionism is Next
Hillary is going to accomplish her goals and Republicans can either take some of the credit or get steamrolled by the Clinton juggernaut
Paul Ryan Just Proved Republicans at the Top Are Still Craven, Morally Bankrupt Weasels in the Face of Trump
Man, that kind of scathing condemnation from Ryan over Trump's latest horrific comment is surely the thing that's finally going to turn Trump around and make him see the error of his ways.
Watch Paul Ryan Hilariously Try to Avoid His Own Stealth Donald Trump Reference
This is why you practice out loud first.
With One Answer To a Question About Trump, Paul Ryan Makes It Clear the GOP Is Morally Bankrupt
When pressed by a Republican student on his support for Trump at a CNN Town Hall, Ryan summed up the state of his party in one testy sentence.
Watch Paul Ryan Literally Destroy The Universe With Unintended Irony
We're all now just spirits dwelling in some alternate dimension.
Paul Ryan Busts Paul Ryan For Saying There’s No Gun Show Loophole
As if the "gun show loophole" is even a thing, amirite?
Here's What Happened When Paul Ryan Was Asked To Give Just One Republican Idea
I'm sure he came up with something reasonable.
Paul Ryan Says He'll Take the Speaker's Job, With One Very Big Condition
Ryan's probably the only guy who can hold together the various factions of the dysfunctional Republican House. He's like Nick Fury if you can imagine the Avengers as a bunch of ten-year-olds gorging on paint chips.
Paul Ryan's Disastrous Obamacare Interview Shows Republican Ideology is Officially Bankrupt
While impossible to predict the nature of the 2016 Presidential election, we can be sure it won't be a battle of ideas. Because one side categorically doesn't have any.
President Obama Privately Calls Out Badly-Coded Republican Racism
Even if he can't do it in public, it's nice to know that President Obama notices the badly-concealed racism that the rest of us are constantly pointing out.
John Boehner Thinks Certain Unemployed Americans Would 'Just Rather Sit Around'
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) hit upon a popular Republican theme when he told a crowd at a conservative think tank that unemployed Americans just don't want to work, and would rather "just sit around."
Why Are Smart Guys Nate Silver and Ezra Klein Acting Like the GOP's Useful Idiots?
Nate Silver and Ezra Klein, two of the left's smartest smart guys, are saying usefully dumb shit these days. Their down-the-middle "credibility" grab is understandable, but why is the rest of the left so afraid to call them out?
The Stand Against Rand: Why the GOP Is Attacking One Of Its Own
Rand Paul won't have an easy path to the nomination, but more and more it's looking like he'll have the easiest.
10 Presidential Hopefuls Get a Rick Perry-Style Makeover
Now that Rick Perry has convinced us he’s smart because of his new glasses, it’s time other possible presidential candidates take a page out of the governor’s playbook.
Jonathan Chait Reveals 'Terrifying Power' of 'Racism'
Jonathan Chait wound up writing the single dumbest paragraph about racism, in the single dumbest six million-word column about racism, that you will ever read on a site that isn't The Daily Caller.
A Worker's Tale: Why Paul Ryan and the GOP will Never Get It
The GOP never will, because they don’t want to. In order to do so they’d have to see poor people as citizens contributing to society, not as takers. They’d have to see them as I see them: as people worthy of respect and dignity.
The Top 6 Congressmen Bill Maher Is Most Likely To Attack
Last week, Bill Maher told the New York Times that his show will attempt to oust a sitting member of Congress. Moreover, he will ask his viewers to help him select the congressperson that is both terrible enough and in a competitive enough race to get the bullseye put on their back.
THE MORNING BANTER: Budget Deals, CNN Screwups, Dirty Water, and Love More Actually
It’s Wednesday. It is what you make of it. Here’s what’s happening on the interweb:
Watch Bernie Sanders School Republicans on Economics
During a House-Senate budget conference committee meeting on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders took the time to school his Republican colleagues on the actual causes of the deficit.