Congressman Louie Gohmert is not happy with his female Republican colleagues, who just straight-up refused to get on board with a proposed bill that would've banned abortion after 20 weeks. In a conference call with conservative pastor Rev. E.W. Jackson, Gohmert complained that "our Republican females," as he calls… » 1/27/15 5:50pm Yesterday 5:50pm

So: Rand Paul, 2016 presidential hopeful (LOL), is lonely and mad about the fact that Mitt Romney, 2016 presidential hopeful (LOL), is hanging out with Jeb Bush, 2016 presidential hopeful (LOL), in Utah right now. » 1/22/15 7:45pm Thursday 7:45pm

After their embarrassing little disagreement earlier, House Republicans have managed to pass a bill tightening federal funding for abortions. The bill would permanently ban nearly all federal funding for abortions. If it makes to the White House, the President will veto it. » 1/22/15 2:40pm Thursday 2:40pm

It looks like some of their whackadoodle war on reproductive rights isn't off to such a great start for the GOP. » 1/21/15 10:25pm 1/21/15 10:25pm

Last night, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst put us all firmly to sleep with a gentle fairytale about our glorious new life in Tea Party America. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a Florida Republican, was set to deliver an almost identical Spanish-language version of Ernst's speech (minus the stuff about being a humble farm girl).… » 1/21/15 9:50am 1/21/15 9:50am

Iowa junior Senator Joni Ernst, who rose to national prominence by working a record number of castration double entendres into an early campaign ad (Respect!), will be delivering the GOP's State of the Union rebuttal. This is fucking amazing news. » 1/15/15 5:30pm 1/15/15 5:30pm

Good, great, now this is happening: the GOP plans to use its new majority in the Senate to try to pass a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks. The idea, of course, is to inch ever-closer to overturning Roe v. Wade, because this is the party of small government and minimal interference into the private lives of… » 12/08/14 2:50pm 12/08/14 2:50pm

CNN Projection: Republicans to take control of the Senate - http://t.co/IcniAfJOpp

— CNN (@CNN) November 5, 2014

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Joan Jett! Tracee Ellis Ross! Carrie Brownstein! A dancing ovary puppet! Everyone you ever thought was cool got together and remixed "Bad Reputation" to help you vote in next week's midterm elections on Nov. 4th. Why? The War on Women rages on and Republicans are trying to stop The Ladies from voting because we … » 10/28/14 6:10pm 10/28/14 6:10pm

Remember when U.S. Republicans were wooing Latinos in 2012? Well, the political party has ditched them for the LGBTQ vote and The Daily Show's Al Mardigal is none too pleased. In fact, Madrigal believes 'Latinos were the original gays!' and then he mentions something about mojitos being a "gay drink." » 10/10/14 11:50am 10/10/14 11:50am

A National Review columnist who has made a career out of failing to be Ann Coulter made some bowties spin this weekend with comments that because he believes abortion is murder, all of the whorebags who get them should be hanged just like in the old Wild West. » 9/29/14 1:00pm 9/29/14 1:00pm

Scott DesJarlais — the conservative, pro-life Tennessee Congressman who entered into a sexual relationship with a female patient of his and then pressured his mistress to have an abortion, all before divorcing his wife — has finally been declared victor in his Republican primary in Tennessee. Family Values! » 8/25/14 5:00pm 8/25/14 5:00pm

It’s official, this is the Week Of Fools. They are everywhere, even *sarcastic gasp* in the form of a Republican trying to remember the term for ... you know, that thing that stops women from getting pregnant. They're always up in arms about it ... oh yeah, birth control! » 8/15/14 1:40pm 8/15/14 1:40pm

A proposed Republican bill aims to bravely stand up for a woman's right to pay for her own birth control out-of-pocket. Uh, thanks? » 7/16/14 1:10pm 7/16/14 1:10pm

AIDS, AIDS, AIDS. Where does it come from? Why does it happen? What is it even? If you're ever taken a health-ed class, you know a little bit about this mystery disease that has stumped scientists for decades. Like the fact that it's not just for gay people or that it doesn't just come from anal sex. But a Minnesota… » 7/14/14 5:40pm 7/14/14 5:40pm

Oh, the shit that passed for humor in the 90s! As old scans of a 1995 issue of Spy magazine remind us, this includes taking on the name of the gay character from Melrose Place (comedy gold!) and tricking Republican congressmen into assessing the First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's hotness in detail. » 6/21/14 4:30pm 6/21/14 4:30pm

During this election year, you can expect to see a change in tone in many political ads. If you're wondering if this means that they'll finally be less dumb, I'm sorry to disappoint; they are, unfortunately, going to get even more dumb, because conservative strategists have decided that the best way to reach ladies is… » 5/12/14 6:15pm 5/12/14 6:15pm

An official in Michigan running for a seat on the Republican National Committee has published a bizarre open letter calling for a purge of gay members of the Grand Old Party. » 5/04/14 1:00pm 5/04/14 1:00pm

The Harvard Institute of Politics's biannual poll on public opinion is out again, and looking at the stats of 18 to 29-year-olds on social media, the results just make sense. While Facebook and Snapchat users were pretty much evenly split, Democrats dominated pretty much every form of social media, including… » 4/29/14 1:00pm 4/29/14 1:00pm