President Rand Paul Would Bomb Iran, Protect Your D**k Pics From The NSA
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky threw his hat in the ring today, vowing to compete for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination with a sneering speech that used the word “liberty”…
Rand Paul Is The Incredible Shrinking Libertarian
Rand Paul is incredible. No, I don’t mean he’s ‘amazing’ like the Incredible Hulk, but non-credible, as in ‘only a fool would believe the words coming out of his mouth.’…
Janus In The White House: A Review Of Martin Parlett’s Book ‘Demonizing A President’
During his 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama described himself as a blank screen on which people project their inner realities. For Martin Parlett, the British public relations expert who has…
Huckabee Does Not Heart Beyoncé
It is increasingly self-evident that traditional conservatives have nothing to offer the young. Despite a millennial midterm moodswing, the Grand Old Party still has a severe problem appealing to young…
GOP House Wants Paul Ryan’s Magic Unicorns In Budget Projections
Congressional Republicans are set on budget-busting tax cuts, but they don’t want responsibility for the resulting red ink. Instead, the House — to be followed soon by the Senate —…
Democracy Deficit: A Modest Proposal For The US Senate
At Vox.com this weekend, Dylan Matthews took note of the huge disparity in November election totals for the US Senate. Despite winning control of that body with a majority, Republican…
Democrats Suddenly Realize Koch Bros. Machine Is Actually Dangerous
According to Kenneth P. Vogel at Politico, a career Democratic operative named Nick Rathod is about to raise money for a liberal alternative to the State Policy Network. SiX ultimately…
Kansas: University President Denies Sam Brownback Endorsement
With less than forty-eight hours to go in Kansas’s most contested midterm election in decades, the Kansas Republican Party is desperately trying to shore up embattled Governor Sam Brownback’s reelection…
Did Sen. Pat Roberts’s Campaign Ad Ambush K-State Coach Bill Snyder?
UPDATE: Sen. Roberts’s campaign is letting the ad run end tonight. The commercial was to complete a run through the weekend in accordance with a schedule set by Roberts’ campaign,…
Utah’s Mia Love Supported By Kochs, Sketchy ‘Dietary Supplement’ Industry
Mia Love wants to be the first black Republican woman in Congress, and thanks to her adopted Mormonism — as well as her rhetorical rejection of any privilege due to…