The newest wrinkle in the political fabric is that none other than Fox News, specifically Sean Hannity's program, is lobbying to make Jim Jordan Speaker Of The House. Seriously. The Hannity Show has sent out an inquiry and the...
With the practiced certitude of a grifting television evangelist, Bossier City, Louisiana’s finest Mike Johnson (foreground, left of center above), claimed in his speech after he was sworn in as Speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday that his...
It's a simple question that's complicated as hell to try and answer. When the plan House Republicans started the day with, to meet and choose Jim Jordan for Speaker in closed conference, then quickly move to the floor to...
Trivia quiz: did anybody know that Fox News blared from television sets in the nation's capitol? I, for one, did not. Democrat Bill Pascrell of New Jersey is aware and moreover he's fed up. He wrote a letter to Kevin...
You know, if they all lived in the same place, you might be able to explain it by saying It's something in the water. But they don't, they live all over, in places like Ohio, South Carolina, and Florida. And if...
Michelle Obama spoke today in the White House on the occasion of the unveiling of the unveiling of her and the husband’s official portraits… …she spoke of her joy in returning to the house she raised her children in, and...
Well, this is sobering. I've never slapped myself in the face with a wet towel before, but I can imagine that this must be what it feels like. Dana Milbank's new column at the Washington Post gives us the...
Another Saturday, another mass slaughter in America, this time at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas. This one is bad enough that after four hours, the Texas cops don't want to even give a confirmed fatality count, although the...
Nothing like having faith in the people you serve, not to mention having faith in human nature to begin with. This latest addition to the growing Legend Of Joe Manchin should have people singing about him on porches for...
Ringleaders of a far-right conspiracy to overthrow the elected German Government, overrun its Parliament and install a half-assed aristocrat as head of state were arrested at their homes across Germany early yesterday…because sedition is apparently against the law there. Those...

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