On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Sinema is “more and more confident” of a deal to avert a US default. She told them that she’s...

by Noah Your Saturday Cartoon: "I piss on you all from a considerable height." - Louis Ferdinand Celine What a system! Repugs pass the...

Which conservative Democrats would actually vote to keep the speaker's gavel in Kevin McCarthy's hand? People in DC think they know who—...

British far rightists threw their economy over the cliff with Brexit. So don’t think for a moment that Tim Burchett (R-TN) is the only...

It's Like The GOP Wants To Drive The Economy Over The Fiscal Cliff Among the loopholes built into the tax code specifically to allow...

Yesterday, on Fox News Sunday, Byron Donalds— a former illegal drug kingpin, banker robber and bribery felon— accused Biden of “leading...

Trump was entirely on brand when he called for MAGAts in Congress to force a default, something several of them-- the Freedom Caucus--...

Do Joe Biden And Hakeem Jeffries Have What It Takes? The other day, my friend Helen called to tell me how excited she was that Laurence...

Votes On The Debt Ceiling Could Win Or Lose Elections The 7th congressional district in northwest New Jersey was a swing district but...

Paul Kane is one of the smarter political analysts. Yesterday, though he got something wrong by downplaying the importance of debt...

Yesterday, the NY Times reported that just-released national test scores showed a marked drop in students’ knowledge of U.S. history and...

Yesterday, McCarthy unveiled a kind of budget thing, like an outline of what the Republicans want to take away from people in return for...

Mostly Because Hardliners Want It Even Worse McCarthy’s austerity budget has already run into trouble in his own conference. Mainstream...

When I moved back to the U.S. after living abroad, I needed some help getting on my feet. Eventually I did get on my feet and I’ll never...

Trump isn't the only bad look for the GOP. House Republicans are getting closer to putting their debt ceiling cards on the table....

His Deal With The Fascists Is Coming Home To Roost Based on a new poll the AP commissioned, Amanda Seitz and Hannah Fingerhut reported...

Yesterday, Catherine Rampell started the day by noting that the Republicans can’t agree among themselves on a budget plan. “How,” she...

Many Of Them Are Starting To Realize DeSantis Is Too Extreme Let’s start with 2 important, loosely related questions— Why is the GOP...

This morning, the House Freedom Caucus— both the most extreme edge of the House GOP and the party’s trend-setters— demanded about $130...

They Sure Do... Did You Vote For One Of Them? Progressives have proposed bills to protect and expand Social Security benefits by raising...