Another Day...

...another imminent shutdown of the US government if Congress can't get its shit together. The government is so broken at this point th...

Of Course

Lisa Mascaro in the LA Times : Anti-tax group is top donor to super committee members . The conservative Club for Growth and its members gav...

SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

Representatives James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Van Hollen: Those are the three Democratic dudes House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi...

SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

Boehner, McConnell announce picks for deficit 'super committee' : House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday that he ha...

SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

Harry Reid super committee picks in place : In the first of what will be a closely watched selection process for a powerful new deficit pane...

The Exploiting Exploited Children to Spy on Everyone Act

[Trigger warning for child sex abuse.] One of the greatest ironies of the rape culture is that when legislative bodies, who typically spend ...

Today in Raw Deal News

Everyone was playing the Downgrade Blame Game over the weekend on the political news shows. If scientists could find a way to harness the ...

S&P Downgrades US from AAA to AA Credit Rating

So, it happened. The thing that the Raw Deal, that piece of shit austerity plan which included no tax increases, no closing of tax loophole...

Number of the Day

82%: The percentage of respondents in the latest New York Times /CBS News Poll who currently "disapprove of the way Congress is handl...

Bipartisan Deal Reached to End FAA Shutdown

Reuters— Congress reaches deal to end aviation standoff . And that bipartisan solution is to KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD: Congressional lead...