Politico reports that Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) is preparing to introduce the “Child Care for Working Families Act” on Thursday, a piece of legislation that, according to Politico, will focus on keeping down childcare costs and invest in early learning and the childcare workforce. This is meant as something…
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Alaska Rep. Don Young, a curmudgeonly strip mall Santa Claus imitator, is the latest dude in Congress to prove he doesn’t know how to work with women. During Thursday evening’s House debate on government spending, he repeatedly scolded Washington Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal with derision after she opposed his…
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
Republican Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter, a hardline Obamacare critic who recently recommended that someone “snatch a knot” in Lisa Murkowski’s “ass,” has been taking heat in a round of town hall events in Georgia, although he—like many of his colleagues—remains as impervious as ever to the very good points made by some of…
Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake has a new book out, titled Conscience of a Conservative, that harshly critiques Trump and his own party. “If this was our Faustian bargain, then it was not worth it,” he wrote in an excerpt published by Politico. “If ultimately our principles were so malleable as to no longer be…
As we wait to see whether Republicans have successfully convinced each other that it’s a good idea to kill their constituents, let’s take a quick break to enjoy moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins caught on a hot mic burning the hell out of the Trump administration—and also Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.), of whom…
A Louisiana Congressman is being roundly criticized by the Auschwitz Memorial for shooting his own little Ken Burns-meets-campaign-ad video inside one of the gas chambers there. Congressman Clay Higgins, who recently wrote that “all of Christendom... is at war with Islamic horror,” managed to turn his visit to the…
Because we now live in a dimension that is two parts Hieronymus Bosch’s The Last Judgment and one part Alice Through the Looking Glass, absurdity now rules the day. And so, it falls to me to report that a bill inspired by Trump’s “covfefe” tweet is making its way through Congress.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins (R-3rd District), a former Sheriff’s captain often flatteringly referred to as the “Cajun John Wayne,” recently urged the United States to “identity” [sic] and extrajudicially murder every “radicalized Islamic suspect.” In other news, the Islamic State’s campaign for a global holy war seems…
Kim Weaver, an Iowa Democrat competing with Republican incumbent Steve King for the state’s 4th Congressional District seat, is withdrawing due to threats against her safety.
Once upon a time, the United States of America had a dignified President who successfully connected subjects to verbs multiple times a day. Tonight that former—I’m sorry, I need a moment after typing that word—president, Barack Obama, received the John F. Kennedy “Profile in Courage” Award in Boston. And during his…
As The Daily Show pointed out in Thursday night’s edition, Congress is capable of reacting quickly when it comes to issues they really care about.
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On Monday, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks joined Jake Tapper on CNN to promote “Trumpcare,” the new proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act. And in so doing, he touted one aspect of the plan in candidly selfish terms: those who are healthy will no longer be burdened by the medical needs of the sick.
Today, Donald Trump quietly signed legislation that rolls back Obama-era protections of Planned Parenthood. The bill, passed in late March by the Senate with the help of Mike Pence’s tie-breaking vote, allows states to withhold federal family planning funds to centers that also provide abortions.
Wendy Carrillo was five years old when she came to the US through Tijuana with her grandmother and her aunt. The family was fleeing from civil war in El Salvador and relocated to Southern California, where Carrillo was reunited with her mother and lived as an undocumented immigrant until she was 13. Eventually, she…
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who is known to be extremely interested in his job when it involves the words “Benghazi” or “Clinton,” was recently profiled by The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins and boy, did it sure not humanize him!
Wait, did you guys assume that Trump’s astoundingly lazy and inept failure to follow through on a major campaign promise would sway his voters against him in any way? Haha, that would be very logical.
