The government is better equipped than private industry for large scale cooperative projects that serve the public interest such as suppressing major wildfires.
When it Comes to Fighting Wildfires ‘Big Government’ Works
Obamacare Turns Republicans Against Insurance
Republicans have not proposed a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and won't, because Obamacare has turned the GOP base against insurance itself.
New Book Outs Democrats as Commies and Obamacare a Commie Plot
Since only a communist would oppose rampant crony capitalism and its corporatist/theocratic ideals, Democrats must be commies
Congressman who Attacked ‘Fit’ Couple on Food Stamps Took $370,000 In Stimulus
Anti-food stamp Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) collected 370,000 dollars in federal stimulus money for his Oklahoma plumbing company.
GOP Congressman Displays Contempt and Ignorance While Blasting Food Stamp Recipients
Congressman Mullin shows ignorance and contempt when he accuses a couple of committing food stamp fraud because they appear physically fit.
Jim DeMint Says GOP Will Destroy America To Stop Obamacare
DeMint's remedy for Obamacare is like burning down your house to stop a leaky pipe from flooding your bathroom.
Congressman Ted Yoho and the Trivialization of Racism
When Congressman Yoho denounced a tax on tanning beds as "racist", he illustrated the GOP's unwillingness to grasp the scope of real racism.
Darrell Issa Is Hot on the Trail of a New Bogus Obama ‘Scandal’
Darrell Issa and other Republicans are going after another agency in their unending battle of bogus to discredit Obama Administration
John Boehner Needs to Do More Than Stand In Front of a Wall with a Hashtag for Jobs
Speaker Boehner accused President Obama of threatening to shut down the government and pretended to care about jobs, as the House prepares to leave for recess.
House Republicans Humiliate Themselves By Making a Mockery of Their Own Budget
House Republicans are getting ready to toddle off to recess after working less time than previous congresses, and only passing 4 out of 12 appropriations bills.
Limbaugh Says GOP Wants New Base and that Obama Likes Scandals
Rush Limbaugh told Greta Van Susteren that the GOP hates the Tea Party and the Tea Party, feeling rejected, stayed home and didn't vote.
The Republican Plan to Violate the First Amendment by Establishing Religion
Tim Huelskamp's Federal Marriage Amendment is not only bad politics bad religion, it's against the law of the land
Alabama Commission Prays Away Gay Marriage – at Meeting About Power Rates
The Alabama Public Service Commission started a meeting about power rate structures with a prayer against Marriage Equality.
Ted Cruz Says Obama’s Trayvon Remarks Prove He is Coming for Our Guns
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted he hadn't watched Obama's remarks about Trayvon Martin and Stand Your Ground laws, but complained that Obama was going after white folks' guns again.
After Wasting Millions of Taxpayer Dollars, Republicans Flee from DOMA Fight
House Republicans ran away from the DOMA fight they've been wasting taxpayer money on for years, as they announced on Thursday that they will stop defending statutes similar to DOMA.
Michele Bachmann Wants Obama Spanked and his Imaginary Magic Wand Taken Away
President Barack Obama, Michele Bachmann claims, has a "perpetual magic wand," (as opposed to a one-use magic wand?) and he is using it with impunity.
House Republicans Serve Up A Hostage Menu To President Obama
What House Republicans are doing is like terrorists giving the hostage negotiator a choice of which hostage to shoot ... then blaming the negotiator for the murder because "He chose the victim!"
A Path to Citizenship is Necessary but Beefed up Border Security is not
More border fencing and more agents may be needed to secure Republican votes in the House but they are not needed to secure the border.
Democrat Slams Issa’s ‘McCarthyite tactic’ of Stripping of 5th Amendment Rights
Republicans voted to strip IRS official Lois Lerner of her Fifth Amendment rights on the grounds that she waived them when she asserted her innocence.
‘We Don’t Waste Time Talking about Clarence Thomas. Everybody Knows It’s a Deep Tragedy’
Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia said that Clarence Thomas vote against the VRA was worse than what Snowden did, because Thomas knows what he's doing to black people.