Everyone is talking about what happened last night in the House Oversight Committee, and it was not the scheduled discussion about holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt. Watch: I’ll let others comment on the insanity. What I found interesting […]
Lauren Boebert
Liberty University students come to Washington D.C. to engage with Trump’s congressional surrogates
The students–hundreds of them–heard speeches by Marsha Blackburn, Bob Goode, Tom Emmer, Lauren Boebert, Tom Cotton, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Speaker Mike Johnson, and others. New president, same old stuff. Here is the Liberty website: Hundreds […]
The GOP clownshow rolls on
In 1910, the House of Representatives voted to remove Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon, an anti-progressive Republican (as opposed to the progressive Republican presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft) from Illinois. Here is Hillsdale College historian Joseph Postell: […]
When it comes to the MAGA media infrastructure, Lauren Boebert can do no wrong.
Get up to speed here and here. Watch a clip of Boebert’s recent interview with Dan Ball of One America News:
Lauren Boebert apologizes
A follow-up to this story. Sometimes you need to apologize to save your political life. Let’s see if she will apologize to the pregnant woman who asked her to stop vaping.
Images of the Day
Andrew Clyde: Georgia ninth congressional district: George Santos: NY third congressional district: Anna Paulina Luna: Florida’s thirteenth congressional district: Thomas Massie: Kentucky’s fourth congressional district: Andy Ogles: Tennessee’s 5th congressional district. The home of The Covenant School: Lauren Boebert: Colorado’s […]
Jamie Raskin gives his House GOP colleagues a grammar lesson
Earlier this year we shared historian Lawrence Glickman’s piece at Slate on why Republicans insist on calling their political opponents the “Democrat Party.” Read it here. I thought about this piece today after I watched Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin respond […]
Blogging the 12th vote for Speaker of the House
A lot happened in this vote. McCarthy picked-up fourteen votes. There are now seven who oppose him. He needs three of these votes to become Speaker of the House. 12:20pm: I find it shocking that Mike Garcia (R-CA), while nominating […]
The fight for Speaker of the House continues
Six ballots and still no Speaker of the House. The House is on break until 8:00pm. The hard-right, anti-McCarthy wing has stayed unified today. CNN is reporting that McCarthy is now meeting with some members of the hard-right group in […]
You can’t make this stuff up
If you have the stomach to learn more about how the Trump evangelicals are using Christianity to undermine the American republic, you may want to follow Ron Filipkowski on Twitter. In December 2020, Filipkowski, a Republican lawyer, resigned his position […]
18 members of the House of Representatives vote against Finland and Sweden joining NATO
Finland and Sweden want protection against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. As we have seen in Ukraine, Putin has expansion on his mind and both Scandinavian nations border Russia. When a NATO nation is invaded, all of the other NATO nations are […]
Sixteen GOP House members vote against the Japanese American World War II History Network Act
Here is some of the text of the Japanese American World War II History Act: Establishment: The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall establish, within the National Park Service, a program to be known as […]
Who is Prince John?
Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert seems to think “Prince John” is really bad at running the United States government. Prince John of Wales died in 1919 at the age of 13.
Biden searches for common ground in State of the Union address
Last night Biden delivered a solid State of the Union Address. Not great. Nothing to write home about. But solid. It was the speech the country needed this week. I give credit to Joe Biden for his effort to find […]
Lauren Boebert has a challenger. His campaign announcement is not for the faint of heart
Here is The Daily Beast: Political newcomer Alex Walker, the latest Democratic challenger to toss his hat into the ring to unseat MAGA-boosting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), announced his presence with perhaps the most nauseating campaign ad ever. The two-minute online […]
Resounding gongs and clanging symbols at Charlie Kirk’s “America Fest”
Charlie Kirk’s pro-Trump, God and country organization Turning Point USA recently hosted a conference called “America Fest.” Thousands of college students, fresh off of final exams, showed-up in Phoenix to attend the event. Let’s see how things went: Colorado congresswoman […]
The GOP is in a state of chaos, but they love the Lord
The Republican Party is a laughing stock. The Trumpian Far Right seems to be running the show, the Republican center is “muted,” and the leadership of the party is just letting the chaos ensue. Here is Jonathan Weisman at The […]
Lauren Boebert shows us what “Christian” politics looks like these days
Sadly, Lauren Boebert was elected to the Congress with the help of evangelical Christians. She loves God: She hates her neighbor: In case you haven’t heard, “Let’s Go Brandon” is code for “F— You, Joe Biden.”: And don’t forget this:
Charlie Kirk has it all figured out
Or does he? Watch: A few comments: Kirk is right about rapes in New York City. In 1980, there were 5,405 rapes in the city. By 2013 that number had dropped to 2,797. By 2019, it reached an all-time high […]
Member of Congress: “We are an army for everything that Jesus has purchased for us and our children, and our children’s children”
I might not pay attention to this kind of idolatry, blasphemy, and heresy if it wasn’t coming from a member of the House of Representatives. According to the Christian nationalist theology of Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Jesus died to redeem […]