During his two undeserved years in Congress Congressloon Allen West ought to have followed the rule he used in his letter responding to the Florida Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ polite appeal...
In response to the growing criticism of Donald Trump for his increasingly controversial comments and tweets about President Obama and others1 he disagrees with NBC has announced that “Donald Trump” has in fact been...
Michael Matthew Bloomer, January 6, 2012 This is the first of a ocassional feature, Wingnut Idea of the Day. GOP Congressloon Steve King of Iowa is well-known as a Tea Party favorite, and a man untethered to...
Michael Matthew Bloomer, January 3, 2013 Are you surprised?? P.S. Thanks to Scott Raymond (see his tweet below) for the great line I paraphrased in my title: “Michele Bachmann, Repeal Yourself!” Also,...
Michael Matthew Bloomer, January 3, 2013 Of the 427 votes cast, including one for “Present,” Eric Cantor nearly pulled off a palace coup by defeating John Boehner for the Speakership of the 113th Congress...
Michael Matthew Bloomer, January 1, 2013 Here’s the HuffPo headline:U.S. Fiscal Cliff Deal Leaves Republicans Angry, Deal In Jeopardy 1 The article uncovers a predictable rift between House and Senate Republicans. The House, according...
Another day, another weepy Republican congressloon – this time Utah’s Raul Labrador – moaning and groaning about how mean President Obama was to place the responsibility for the ever difficult fiscal cliff negotiations at...
A service of TWSA!‘s Snapshot Series for those of us who learn-through-visuals: For a few words on this, see H.R. 8, The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Bill, Passes Senate : Here’s The Official Text. Now, About...
More on this later, but how good a bill this is for progressives? Perhaps, unfortunately, this is the best we could get in light of the fact that the administration conceded too early –...
