John Boehner is out, folks. The NY Times: Speaker John A. Boehner will resign from Congress and give up his House seat at the end of October, according to aides in his office. Mr. Boehner was under extreme pressure from the right wing of his conference over whether or not to defund Planned Parenthood in a …
Stuff And Things About Jeb!
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the guy running as a legacy pledge to Bush Kappa Dudebro should probably not be scolding black voters in South Carolina over wanting “free stuff”. “Look around this room,” a man told Bush, who spoke to a mostly white crowd. “How many black …
Don’t Hate The Player, Hate The Game
Donaldo Gigante continues to run The Show, and the rest of the kids are just hanging out on his playground. PPP’s new Iowa poll finds Donald Trump continuing to lead in the state with 24% to 17% for Ben Carson, and 13% for Carly Fiorina. In single digits but getting decent levels of support are …
Fahrverg-Nuked, Or Time To Unpimp Zee Autos
Patrick George over at Jalopnik takes a closer look at today’s Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal story and puts it into perspective. The automaker is facing tremendous EPA fines, almost certain recalls of half a million vehicles, and most likely criminal lawsuits from the US Justice Department. Volkswagen’s not done or anything, but they are going …
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Judging By His Enemies
As Steve M. has noticed, suddenly the Right-Wing Noise Machine is very much taking Bernie Sanders as a real threat. Maybe I just haven’t noticed it, but this seems new to me. It’s as if Sanders topped Hillary Clinton in both Iowa and New Hampshire in one poll and the word went out on the right …
Davis Down In Defeat
It looks like Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis doesn’t want to go back to jail after all. Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk, at the center of the dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, appeared to back down from the threat of more jail time Monday, saying while she still refuses to authorize …
Kentucky Fried Showdown
Well, I didn’t think the Kim Davis story could get much worse here in the Bluegrass State. It just got worse. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes announced yesterday that he had reached out to Davis’ lawyers at Liberty Counsel to offer the protection of his group, which he says is already forming a presence in …