Dennis Kucinich broke a tooth on an olive pit in a sandwich he bought at the Congressional cafeteria. He’s suing them. For a LOT of money: Kucinich didn’t detail the costs of the dental work, or precisely what “enjoyment” he lost. Or why he’s filing a complaint three years after the olive incident. But he’s suing Restaurant Associates and three […]

It’s bad enough that he had this year’s “You LIE!” moment during the President’s State of the Union Address last night. But the depth of Congressman Broun’s idiocy runs much deeper, apparently. Check out this tweet from earlier that evening: Corporate Tax rates should be zero. Not only do corporations hold immense sway in Congress due to mammoth political contributions, […]

As I predicted last weekend, the President proved last night he isn’t going to cut benefits for the poor and others on Social Security. From his second State of the Union Address: To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. We must do it without putting at risk […]

Like last year, where Rep. Joe Wilson shouted “You LIE!” at President Obama in the middle of his State of the Union Address, this year’s Address had a similarly offensive moment, this one courtesy of a tweet from Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia: Mr. President, you don’t believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism. Strangely, he followed this up […]

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Last October, the Obama administration announced that it is considering raising auto fuel economy standards to as high as 62 mpg by 2025. The move went mostly under the radar. The White House has said it is considering a range of fuel economy standards for 2017 to 2025, with 62 mpg being on the high end, and the alliance said […]

Updated to correct a mistake regarding Medicare vs. Social Security. It all started when somebody over at Firedoglake (FDL) derisively labeled President Obama’s deficit reduction study committee “The Catfood Commission”. The complete asinine nature of such an offensive characterization is epic. I assume it’s called that because they believe it will lead to old people eating catfood instead of human […]

Vegetarians save money on their car insurance? What the…? Seriously. This was one of the ads I saw on my Facebook page: I clicked through and it was even more ridiculous: Entering my zip code and clicking through took me to an insurance company’s webpage which, of course, had nothing to do with me being a vegetarian. So it’s a […]

So, without warning or even leaked hints that it was coming, Keith Olbermann announced on his show last night that he’s parting ways with MSNBC. The new line-up features Cenk Uygur at 6, Chris Matthews at 7, Lawrence O’Donnell at 8, Rachel Maddow at 9 and Ed Schultz at 10. Frankly, I won’t shed any tears over this. I think […]

So far in the 112th Congress, the Republicans haven’t introduced a single jobs bill. However, from the Republicans, as of today we have at least: 16 bills to repeal all or parts of the Affordable Care Act 7 bills/resolutions to require a balanced federal budget 5 bills to repeal the estate tax (which benefits only the über-wealthy) A bill to […]

Who do you suppose said this?: We will establish an exciting new initiative to encourage immigrants with advanced college degrees to come to Michigan to live and work. I’ve asked the Department of Civil Rights to work with the MEDC in this effort. We need to be a place that openly encourages innovators and entrepreneurs to come to our state. […]