It is said Diogenes of Sinope carried his lantern searching for an honest man. It was actually a bit more complex than that but the simple version we all were taught when we were young suffices, especially right now...
Make no mistake, the roster of nine House Speaker candidates is as right-wing as you're going to find anywhere and all of them are election deniers in one form or fashion. And a total of zero voted to impeach...
Sorry this is late. It was computer calamity that caused the delay this time. But I have ye olde laptop up and running so let's get at it. What a sh*tshow, Zoomers! Jimmy Jockstrap Jordan, after deciding he didn't want...
The Blame Game: Matty Matty go Patty, banana fanna mo manny, fee fye foe Fatty. Matty. And we can do Kevin and George and Bobo and go all night long here, but you know what has happened. The GOP-led...
Nancy Pelosi said that the problem in the House this week was simple arithmetic. And she's right, from a pragmatic standpoint. Out of every single individual in the House Of Representatives, Pelosi knows the nuts and bolts of getting...
The collapse of the Freedom caucus in this argle-bargle over the firing of Squeaker Cave-In McCarthy is stunning, simply because it's so unexpected. The resistance is coming from the most unlikely place, the moderates in the party. Normally as docile as...
I'm not sure exactly when the top of Mt. Saint MAGA is going to blow off, but when it does, it's going to be magnificent to watch. And you can tell simply because the early steam vents blowing open are stunning. Well,...
Third time's a charm, evidently. This is a relief. The Republicans held a secret ballot after Jim Jordan's three ballots showed him losing by an ever greater margin. Now Kevin Hern, who originally ran when Steve Scalise was considered...
Gamesmanship and theatricality just hit Biblical proportions in the ongoing MAGA soap opera, "Speaker." Matt Gaetz has gone on record saying that he and the other seven Republicans who removed Kevin McCarthy are willing to accept all kinds of...
Maybe the saga of Jim Jordan's quest for the Speaker's gavel will have a black comedy twist and the Democrats could be running the lower chamber. That is a distinct possibility and no joking matter. Jordan's plan at this...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

— Margaret Mead