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'Running as Democrats While Sounding Republican' — Hey, What Could Go Wrong? 2 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2110

Is Do-Nothin’ Dougie Really “One of Us”? 0 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1629

Senator Vitter Report Claims Cancer Prevention, Wildlife Nonprofits Are Part of Nefarious Cabal 0 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1571

Barack Obama, Top Strategist of a "War on Whites?" 1 whateyethynk Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1918

Michele Bachmann: Tax immigrants at 100% to stop them from sending money to families 0 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1408

Clueless House Proves They Don't Know Their Energy From Their Interior 1 whateyethynk Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1672

Democratic lawsuit against the neo-GOP Hastert Rule? 3 shanen Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2820

If Pakistan And Afghanistan Fail, Then al-Qaida Will Return 2 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1622

House GOP - Government As Farce 0 whateyethynk Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1545

Quit Kvetching & Let Israel ‘Mow The Grass’: Rep. Doug Lamborn 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2067

Resolution Against New Iraq War Passes House in Landslide 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1585

Eye Recommend: Boehner Wants Obama to Act 'On His Own' On Border Crisis 2 whateyethynk Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 1873

Questions on the Legality of Federal ACA Subsidies -- Obamacare: The Republican Last Hurrah? 0 whateyethynk Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1954

The Stealing of America by the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress 5 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 14 2096

Neil deGrasse Tyson: US must ‘sink lower’ before Congress will opt to protect the planet 5 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 14 2393

Obama Leads Republicans' War Against Russia: 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2106

Going to the Dogs 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1405

Normalizing Militarized Culture 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1780

Senate panel set to debate wave of corporate inversion deals 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1582

Lindsey Graham unhinged: Obama made world ‘adrift’; our enemies ‘will come here soon!’ 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1785

HASC’s Wittman Rallies Republicans To Stop Sequester 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1385

How Dumb Do You Gotta Be? 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 23 2107

No Coordination? GOP Super PAC Tied to WV Candidate Alex Mooney 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1546

Passing Gas to the Consumer 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 25 2675

MN Republican bases economic agenda on theory that sperm enzymes in anus causes AIDS 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1598

Not Serious re: Terrorism: GOP House Cut out funding for al-Qaeda, Iraq Records & Research 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1543

"It’s too modern to fail" 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 2690

Tea Party phonies: Doing the conservative zigzag and right-wing flip-flop, based on who’s president 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1714

Bird known for mating dance may decide Senate fate 1 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1844

Congress resists Obama on Myanmar 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1513

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As gridlock in Congress continues, Obama tells Cabinet to find areas open to executive action 0 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1319

Cartoon for June 30, 2014: Congress Fried Chicken 2 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1810

GOP bucking business priorities on Capitol Hill 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1524

LA GOP candidate for Congress: Climate change is a hoax, can be disproved with thermometer 4 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1906

Bill aims to aid Camp Lejeune contamination victims 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1347

J Randy Forbes: China. There, I said it 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1708

Louie Gohmert demands Obama stop ‘luring’ lice and scabies-ridden immigrant children 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1308

Don Young's fondness for hunting at game ranches detailed in House Ethics documents 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1387

Neocons: Alive and itching for war 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1351

Why the U.S. immigration system is so broken 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1420

GOP: Show Me the Money! 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1752

Jackson Doughart: For John McCain, nothing settles a conflict like a few bombs 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1623

The net neutrality fight: Lawmakers propose bill to ban ‘paid prioritization’ of web traffic 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1355

Bill Moyers Essay: Wall Street’s Secret Weapon: Congress 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1562

Mental Health vs. Gun Control: A Devil's Bargain 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1653

Hawks Push for Iraq War: The Rule of Law Prevents It 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1612

Ugly, paranoid, divisive politics: The GOP are all Know-Nothings now 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1643

What Happens When the Tea Party Goes to Washington 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1690

Driven by the Far Right 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1445

A Crisis to Address: Why the Senate's Discussing a Democracy Amendment 6 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 26 2827

Eric Cantor’s Opponent Beat Him By Calling Out GOP Corruption 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1886

US House of Representatives Has Become a Garbage Heap for Anti-China Sentiments 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1431

Dear Sen. McCain: No, the Taliban Prisoners didn’t Carry out 9/11; but you Supported Muslim Radicals 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1508

Military Update: House panel rejects most proposed military benefit curbs 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1411

House approves measure to cut funding for feds unless they crack down on legal weed 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1853

Denial Is Not A Policy. 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1472

The Right's Gamble 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1599

Washington doesn’t care about your cable bill: Why the Comcast merger is inevitable 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1500

(VIDEO): On This Memorial Day GOP: Honor Our Veterans with Bonifide Actions As Well As Words 0 LovingA2andMI May 2014 May 2014 0 1703

A Memorial Day Truth 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 6 1456

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How Congress & The White House Are Trying To Screw You Over In Secret With The Revamped USA Freedom 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1423

Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan Forgot This Key Detail About Running for President 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1875

Cantor says he'll block military immigration measure 3 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 2120

Study: Popular movements strangled by influence of the wealthy elite in Congress 10 unhappycamper Apr 2014 May 2014 46 3848

Congressional candidates slam Lamborn letter about AFA religious freedoms 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1482

Va. Senate race raking in millions with months to go 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1640

Black lawmakers push Pentagon on Army hair policy 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1796

GOP Armed Services Chair: Dropping Benghazi, Military did all it Could (Is the Witch Hunt Over?) 3 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1734

The More Dollars, the More Influence 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1427

Writing a budget might divide House Republicans 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 1524

GOP seeks coverage choices in health law they hate 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1717

The Devil and Doug LaMalfa 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1340

Cash rules everything around us 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1798

Congressional approval of D.C. marijuana bill would allow lawmakers to light up 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1594

An "Army of Lobbyists" Is Quietly Fighting for Budget-Busting Corporate Tax Breaks 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1637

Cartoon for April 4, 2014: From Street Walker to Call Girl 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1638

Some Senators Finally Willing To Call CIA's Torture Program 'Torture' 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1408

Senate Intelligence Committee votes to declassify report on CIA interrogations 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1348

Two senators want to declassify CIA report to expose use of ‘inhumane and brutal’ torture 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 6 1713

House approves bill undermining climate studies by prioritizing ‘weather-related activities’ 3 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2247

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