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What This Senate Needs is a Good Old Fashioned Lesbian
Jim Newell · 09/06/11 12:27PMLongtime Republican Staffer Realizes His Party Is Insane
Max Read · 09/04/11 10:49AMWhat Is the Point of Thomas Friedman?
Jim Newell · 08/10/11 02:49PMThere is much glee on the ethereal plane high above the Bethesda clouds from which New York Times columnist Tom Friedman writes his column today. We're treated to his latest venture into despondent centrist wet-dream fanfic, in which the Mustache of Understanding imagines a world where political parties don't have bases, but still manage to dig deep, treat each other politely, and deal with false problems in bad ways through their own sheer purity of will.
House Ends Page Program, to Perverts' Dismay
Jim Newell · 08/08/11 04:01PMMan With Breast Cancer Denied Medicaid Coverage
Lauri Apple · 08/07/11 08:24PMThis Is America's Most-Hated Congress of All Time
Max Read · 08/04/11 11:34PMJon Stewart Blasts 'Spoiled Children' in Congress for Underwhelming Debt Deal
Matt Cherette · 08/03/11 10:25PMOn tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart briefly celebrated the fact that, despite the fight it took to get there, Congress finally reached a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. But then Stewart noted just how little the deal will actually reduce the deficit, at which point he gave the "spoiled children" in Congress a piece of his mind.
Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Deal
Jim Newell · 08/02/11 12:17PMAll Hail the 'Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich' Debt Deal
Jim Newell · 08/01/11 11:13AMHouse Republicans Hold Stunt Vote to Prove They Hate Harry Reid
Max Read · 07/30/11 02:59PMCongressman Andy Harris Is Terrible
Jim Newell · 07/29/11 02:21PMMore Crucial Congressional Business Today: Football Sign-Up
Jim Newell · 07/29/11 10:38AMCongress Could Learn Something from Parks & Recreation's Ron Swanson
Conor Hastings · 07/29/11 02:15AMOn Tuesday night, congressional Republicans were moved by a scene in the bank robber movie The Town to unite behind a single plan to solve the nation's debt ceiling crisis before next week's deadline. So long as they're turning to pop culture for inspiration, allow us to suggest that up next they consider some of the anti-big government statements of Parks & Recreation character Ron Swanson. A clip of Swanson's greatest bits of political wisdom is above.
Jon Stewart on 9/11 Health Care Bill: 'How Did We Not Include Cancer?'
Matt Cherette · 07/28/11 10:45PMOn Tuesday, federal officials concluded that there wasn't enough evidence to link cases of cancer in 9/11 first responders to the duties they performed at Ground Zero. Consequently, the bill providing health care to the responders will not include coverage for cancer treatments. On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart, who has long advocated for the bill's passage, made no secret of his anger over the news. Video of Stewart's segment is above.
How To Make Capitol Hill's Annual 'Most Beautiful' List
Jim Newell · 07/27/11 03:14PMJon Stewart to President Obama: 'It's Like You've Given Up'
Matt Cherette · 07/26/11 10:44PMOne day after lambasting Congress for letting partisan interests get in the way of solving the debate over raising the nation's debt ceiling, Jon Stewart opened tonight's Daily Show with an equally critical take on President Obama's address to the nation yesterday. Video of the segment, during which Stewart took particular issue with Obama's suggestion that the American people take matters into their own hands to solve the crisis, is above.
Furry Congressman David Wu Resigns
Jim Newell · 07/26/11 11:44AMObama Incites Masses into Destroying Congressional Phone System
Jim Newell · 07/26/11 11:23AMAt the end of last night's fluffy-duffy speech to the public about the debt ceiling, President Obama urged everyone to call their representatives to request his "balanced" approach to deficit reduction, which apparently means $3 trillion dollars in spending cuts along with zero dollars in new tax revenue. What the hell was he talking about? Who cares! Because people too his cue, and are now breaking the phone system.