Hurricane Irene is continuing to gain steam in the Atlantic and is now predicted to reach Cat-4 status late Thursday, right before it hits the eastern seaboard of Florida. It will continue up the coast and weaken to a still strong Cat 3 as it hits Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. Here is the current […]
Eric Cantor has already called on Anthony Weiner to resign amid the photo scandal, but now he is calling on Nancy Pelosi to strip Anthony Weiner of his committee assignments: Majority Leader Eric Cantor escalated the GOP’s war of words over Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) online indiscretions on Monday, calling on Democrats to remove him […]
When all the news was turned to the flooding Mississippi, there was a big rumor going around the right wing media that the federal government wouldn’t offer any aide. Of course that was a flat out lie and FEMA is still expanding the financial aide. This week Joplin, Missouri was hit by the worst tornado […]
This is how the GOP cuts government spending: For a guy who insists that federal bureaucrats make too much money, incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sure doesn’t mind handing out handsome government raises of his own. Cantor, the Virginia Republican who has led the GOP charge this year to freeze federal salaries, has boosted […]
A little something more to give thanks for tomorrow as Tom Delay was just found guilty of money laundering: A Travis County jury today found former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay guilty of political money laundering charges relating to a corporate money swap in the 2002 elections. The verdict came down five years after […]
10. I am really looking forward to nonstop investigations of President Obama over the next two years. 9. It will make Sarah Palin proud. 8. Majority Leader Mitch has a real jazzy sound to it. 7. Insurance companies should have the right to deny coverage to anyone and jack up the prices whenever they want. […]
BAM: The Austin appeals court erred in deciding that the state’s money-laundering statute – used to prosecute associates of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay – did not apply to transfers made via checks, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled today. The court’s 9-0 decision also upheld the state’s election laws prohibiting corporations […]
Let’s face it, Harry Reid is a horrible poker player. He folds every time before finding out if his opponents were bluffing or not. How do I know this? Simple. Since becoming majority leader in 2007 Harry Reid has faced countless threats of a filibuster and never once has he made the opposition go through […]
Al Franken has shown the most balls we have seen from Democrats in a long time, and today was no exception. Here is Al shutting up Joe Lieberman, which then enraged McCain:
Markos explains why Harry Reid is an utter failure as a majority leader: Bill Frist never had 60 votes. Bill Frist never cared. Republicans ran the Senate as if they owned the place, even when enjoying razor-thin majorities. Yet when Democrats took the chamber, the first thing Harry Reid did was complain that he couldn’t […]