Republican House of Representative Steve Scalise was a disgusting racist prior to being shot on a baseball field in an incident that nearly claimed his life. His political career up until that point has been a predictable brand of right-wing conservatism that aimed to inflict as ...read more

Political ads in America are a fascinating and yet painfully predictable form of social commentary. Stylistically they range from cheap aesthetics reminiscent of home video to slick, Hollywood style creations, and in tone they vary from hokey to dark. Their purpose, however, is ...read more

If you think that the Republican health care bill proposed in the Senate only affects poor people and minorities, you would be completely wrong. The New Republic's Brian Beutler makes a powerful point about just how important the Affordable Care Act has been for everyday ...read more

At some point in the near past, the Republican Party decided that Second Amendment rights were the only rights that are absolute and untouchable -- rights that can not be regulated or restricted in any way. Ever.  It used to be that Republican saints like Ronald Reagan could ...read more

While it is horrendous that Rep. Steve Scalise was shot, a story has emerged about the shooting that took place in Virginia earlier this week that will, after he hopefully recover from his injuries, help him heal from his own unpleasant past.  Scalise has a history of deeply ...read more

Andrew Follette, the Energy and Science reporter for Tucker Carlson's website The Daily Caller wins the prize for the dumbest response to the mass shooting in Virginia earlier today. This was his headline:  Wrote Follett:  It didn’t take long for liberal pundits to reignite the ...read more

While reporters on Capitol Hill were busy obsessing over the slow destruction of Paul Ryan's dignity, they missed a bombshell at Tuesday's House Republican Leadership press conference. House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, better known as "David Duke without the baggage," ...read more

House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) spent most of New Year's week trying to crouch down and wait out the fallout from the revelation that he delivered a speech to the David Duke-founded European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO) in 2002. Amid shots from ...read more

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is currently weathering day two of a scandal involving his (allegedly unwitting) appearance at a 2002 white supremacist conference, and if he isn't already, Senator and presidential hopeful Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ought to be watching the ...read more

In just a few days, Republicans will rake over both houses of Congress, and while we'll still have America's first black president heading the executive branch, we've just handed control of our entire legislature to a party whose leadership includes a man who admits to being a ...read more