Category Archives: Best gubmint money can buy

The Miracle of the Trump Economy: $1.3T Deficit in 2020

Posted on January 29, 2020 by

Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) tells us: The federal deficit under President Donald Trump will top $1 trillion this year, the Congressional Budget Office announced in its annual fiscal outlook on Tuesday. The gap between the amount of … Continue reading →

Posted in Best gubmint money can buy, The Miracle of the Trump Economy | 14 Comments

UPDATED: When Local Politics Go National

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

So this happened: Surprise: Amazon is trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections in their favor. I’m with the Seattle council members and activists who continue standing up to Amazon. Corporations aren’t people, and I have a plan to … Continue reading →

Posted in Best gubmint money can buy, Big Questions | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Claim Chowder is Served: Infrastructure

Posted on February 12, 2018 by

We’ve been saying since, well, forever, that the big infrastructure plan was going to consist of selling off public commons to private industry, and here we go: “The Trump administration’s infrastructure plan released Monday proposes that the federal government consider … Continue reading →

Posted in Bastards, Best gubmint money can buy, blood sucking leeches, Claim Chowder, class warfare | 7 Comments

Open for Bidness

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

Last night our government shut down for the second time in three weeks and re-opened this morning. Take it away, Axios: AP bulletin, midnight: “The U.S. government shut down at midnight, as Congress misses deadline to pass spending bill.” AP … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Best gubmint money can buy, Rand 'Schrödinger's Senator' Paul | 3 Comments

Happy Shut-Down Day (Again)

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

The Senate made some sort of a budget deal that would increase this year’s defense spending by $80 billion and domestic spending by $63 billion. If the bill passes, our gubmint will not shut down. E-Z peas-y, right? No. House Dims … Continue reading →

Posted in Best gubmint money can buy, immigration

BURN THE LIFEBOATS* (Just Sayin’ )

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

Republicans could be standing up to Comrade Stupid instead of wringing their hands, declaring their powerlessness and voting for his agenda (they do it because it is their agenda, too, Susan Collins), and as proof here is one GOP Senator … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th Reich, Best gubmint money can buy, Wingnuttia | 5 Comments

500 Quatloos Says…

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) morning email thingie tells us that “Hell is empty. And all the devils are here.”: The Senate is in. The House is out. President Trump is back in town. House Minority Leader Nancy … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Pie Fight, 4th Reich, Best gubmint money can buy | 3 Comments

FCC Played Everyone For Suckas

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

Hey Scissorheads, you remember this guy, right? The one who killed Net Neutrality, Ajit Pai? Seems he was lying and he knew it. But internal FCC documents obtained by Motherboard using a Freedom of Information Act request show that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Best gubmint money can buy, tax reform, Technology | 2 Comments

This is Nuts

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Aptly named Representative David Brat turns on the firehose of bullshit:

Posted in Best gubmint money can buy | 7 Comments

The Mysterious Case of the #CorkerKickback

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

The International Business Times tells us: When the U.S. Senate takes up the final tax bill this week, more than a quarter of all GOP senators will be voting on a bill that includes a special provision that could give … Continue reading →

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