I just love this tweet: We knew she was a fucking moron, but now she just proved it.

About time the Democratic leader in the Senate showed some balls. Here he is today fired up over the news that Aetna is going to shit-can up to 650,000 clients just so they can get better profits: Transcript via The Plum Line: “You see, one of the largest private insurance companies in America made a […]

This opinion piece by Jim Jenkins about Lindsey Graham is hilarious: We archconservatives thought he was “one of ours.” Yessir, ol’ Lindsey Graham, who succeeded ol’ Strom Thurmond in the United States Senate, seemed to have all the credentials: high ratings from the American Conservative Union (90 out of 100, a solid “A” most places) […]

Looks like ole’ Max Baucus might be in a little trouble: Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus’ office confirmed late Friday night that the Montana Democrat was carrying on an affair with his state office director, Melodee Hanes, when he nominated her to be U.S. attorney in Montana. According to a source familiar with their relationship, […]

This story is really weird: Taping three minutes of “Twilight: New Moon” during a visit to a Rosemont movie theater landed Samantha Tumpach in a jail cell for two nights. Now, the 22-year-old Chicago woman faces up to three years in prison after being charged with a rarely invoked felony designed to prevent movie patrons […]

Sounds like Judd Gregg is really pushing to expand the size of our federal government in this video clip: Transcript via Think Progress: DR. NANCY: So what do you say to the average American who has played by all the rules who can’t have the same health care you have, and you’re one of our […]

This is something that shouldn’t even be an amendment – it should have been in the bill from the get go: Senate Democrats will offer an amendment this weekend to curb the pay of executives at health insurance companies that benefit from federal subsidies, fueling the growing feud with the powerful industry. Sens. Blanche Lincoln […]

Hey if you are Michelle Malkin they are: Follow the bouncing ball: TARP, the trillion-dollar-plus banking bailout, has morphed from a toxic assets purchase plan to a capital injection plan, back to a toxic assets purchase plan, to a life insurance company bailout, to an auto supplier bailout. I’m sure I forgot more. Well, now […]

Just in time for the season of gorging yourself fat: Put down the Slim-Fast, folks; it might make you sick. Unilever is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall of all Slim-Fast canned, ready-to-drink products—regardless of flavor, “best by” date, lot code, or UPC number. The company fears the product may be contaminated with Bacilus cereus bacteria, […]

This correction from the WaPo takes the cake: A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. I didn’t see the original article and it now has removed the reference. On top of that […]