According to numerous reporters, women have been barred from the Speaker’s lobby for wearing sleeveless dresses and blouses. CBS reports that recently, “a young, female reporter” tried to enter the Speaker’s lobby—a room outside of the House chamber where reporters generally ask legislators questions—but was turned…
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Randy Bryce, a US Army veteran, union ironworker, activist, and cancer survivor, is running as a Democrat against House Speaker and snake Paul Ryan in Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district.
Some very sensible 8th grade students from New Jersey would not deign to be seen in a photograph with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan during their field trip to Washington. About half of the 150 South Orange Middle School students on the trip watched from a parking lot as the rest of their cohort sidled up to Ryan…
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On Thursday, after the GOP grinches stole healthcare, President Donald Trump gave a victory speech at the Rose Garden in front of the Whitest House while surrounded by a group of slaphappy House Republicans excited to strip millions of Americans of health and happiness. Here, some class photos.
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This one’s rich. Paul Ryan, architect of the mercifully failed ACHA, had the gall on Sunday to tweet a photo of himself wearing a blue puzzle piece pin on his lapel. It’s a show of solidarity in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day, a subject near and dear to Ryan’s hea—ha ha, just kidding. He truly does not give…
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.
In an effort to make the American Health Care Act—the GOP’s replacement to the Affordable Care Act—more palatable to the far-right, Republicans added on an amendment that would make the plan even worse for women. Among the most flagrant additions to Paul Ryan’s “Manager’s Amendment,” according to Slate, is one that…
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Oh good! Health secretary Tom Price has offered a comforting endorsement of the GOP’s plan to replace Obamacare. Take heart, for he believes “firmly” that “nobody will be worse off financially” under the new—bleak—provisions.
What is happening? Looks very fun! Who is even who? Look at how their brown hair is the same!
At a press conference on Tuesday, Speaker Paul Ryan defended Trump’s Muslim ban, adding that “I think it’s regrettable that there was some confusion on the rollout of this.” After essentially admitting that he didn’t know about the executive order until it was already in place (“We were briefed on the contents of it…
On a recent Friday night, I arrived home from a social engagement and set my alarm for 4 am, because I needed to call House Speaker Paul Ryan. It’s become a lonely, private habit, this last two weeks, calling Paul Ryan. Specifically, I dial his constituent hotline numbers, all four of them—one in DC and three in…
Sunday night on the Golden Globes red carpet, Mozart in the Jungle’s Lola Kirke stunned in an embroidered soft pink Andrew Gn gown, complemented by the most gorgeous of accessories—a small button reading “FUCK PAUL RYAN” as a message to the Speaker of the House who is dead set on defunding healthcare provider Planned…
In a move that doesn’t surprise but still disappoints, House Speaker Paul Ryan—elected perv who can’t seem to help getting up in women’s reproductive business—stated that Planned Parenthood would be stripped of federal funding should Republicans repeal Obamacare later this month.
In response to the 25 hour long sit-in staged by House Democrats in June in an attempt to force a vote on gun control, House Speaker Paul Ryan has proposed fines and ethics violations for live-sreaming and taking photos from the floor of the chamber, U.S. News reports.
Former Daily Show host and your mom’s crush Jon Stewart trimmed his retirement beard for an interview with Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning,” where he provided a rather calm and philosophical take on the results of the election.
House Speaker Paul Ryan gave a brief television address this morning to congratulate Donald Trump, a man who’s already pledged to unseat him. “This is the most incredible political feat I have seen in my lifetime,” Ryan said, referring to the victory of the guy he couldn’t bear to tell Republicans to support.
