Category Archives: Wingnuttia

Define ‘Moderate’ WaPo

Posted on February 6, 2023 by tengrain

Our Failed Political Press ™ There’s a piece in the WaPo entitled (and I do mean entitled), The Joe Manchin of the House GOP? And Betteridges Law Of Headlines just keeled over. Anyway, it is pushing the notion that there … Continue reading →

Posted in Dork MAGA, Our Failed Political Press, snark, Wingnuttia | 6 Comments

Rudderless Republicans Hostage-Taking Problem

Posted on February 6, 2023 by tengrain

It is said that women so baffled Sigmund Freud that he asked, with exasperation, what do they want?! We posit that Freud never met a Republican: House Republicans are demanding that President Biden agree to policy concessions in exchange for … Continue reading →

Posted in Hostage Taking Today, K-Mac Kevin McCarthy who is very bad at his job, President Handsome Joe Biden, tax reform, Wingnuttia | 9 Comments

No Labels Had A Conference!

Posted on February 6, 2023 by tengrain

All The Usual Suspects No Labels, Traitor Joe Lieberman’s third way think tank that does remarkably little thinking, had a meeting of similar minds in Florida (mott: Where The Debris Meets The Sea), per Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Blue Dogs, Centrist BS, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Susan Collins | 1 Comment

Gym Jordan Presents…

Posted on February 4, 2023 by tengrain

So… this happened: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday subpoenaed the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Education for documents as part of its investigation into whether a Justice Department strategy to address threats against teachers … Continue reading →

Posted in Drinking Bleach for Fun and Profit, Gym Jordan, mask mandate, Pandemics, Shut Yo Mouth Fools, The New Confederacy, vaccine mandates, Wingnuttia, Y'all Qaeda and Talibanicans | 15 Comments

News That Will Drive You To Drink

Posted on February 3, 2023 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Somewhere Balloonboy is smiling: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer to Fox News: "My concern is that the federal government doesn't know what's in that balloon. Is that bioweapons in that balloon? Did that balloon take off … Continue reading →

Posted in Fox News, Our Failed Political Press, Wingnuttia | 14 Comments

A New Sheriff In Town

Posted on February 2, 2023 by tengrain

So, this is something I didn’t expect to see in my lifetime: This is from the House Judiciary Committee website, specifically the News Tab, and the links are to the Daily Mail, Daily Caller, and Breitbart. The whole circus.

Posted in Gym Jordan | 3 Comments

The Debt Ceiling

Posted on February 2, 2023 by tengrain

Just as every other time that the Republicans have tried to hold the economy hostage, we find ourselves starring in fascination at their high dudgeon and low IQs. Some of the dimmer stars in their firmament probably do think that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Feast of Saint Ronnie, Hostage Taking Today, Wingnuttia | 5 Comments

Carrying the Bible and Draped in a Flag

Posted on February 2, 2023 by tengrain

The Republican-lead House got down to bidness yesterday: WASHINGTON — A routine House committee meeting erupted into a heated, nearly hourlong debate Wednesday over the Pledge of Allegiance, with one Democratic lawmaker saying that “insurrectionists” who backed former President Donald … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Matt Gaetz, Wingnuttia | 13 Comments

One Lump of Stupid or Two, K-Mac?

Posted on February 2, 2023 by tengrain

As Nancy Pelosi famously said, the only qualification to be Speaker of the House is to know how to count. Oops: In an apparent error, House Republicans passed a resolution on Tuesday that would give Democrats a supermajority on a … Continue reading →

Posted in K-Mac Kevin McCarthy who is very bad at his job, The New Math, Wingnuttia | 3 Comments

News That Will Drive You To Drink

Posted on January 31, 2023 by tengrain

Happy Hour News Did you see the news? The fascists are getting a shadow gubmint ready to plug-n-play should they win the White House next! [C]onservative organizations are coming together to develop well-trained personnel and a detailed policy agenda for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Goat Rodeo, Fascism, Nazis, racism, White Punks on Dope, Wingnuttia | 6 Comments