"Blame The Democrats" Isn't A Substitute For Understanding Government

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Republican Obstruction & The Filibuster

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Wisconsin Supreme Court casts doubts on Republican-backed redistricting rules

Republicans Still Don’t Get It

Chicago-Area Billionaire Gave Millions To ‘Patriots’ Group That Backed Pro-Trump Rally

‘You Were One of Trump’s Yes Men,’ Fox’s Chris Wallace Tells Mick Mulvaney

Uihleins, owners of Wisconsin company, gave millions to group sponsoring the Jan. 6 March for Trump

These 15 state legislators asked Pence not to certify election results

Off-duty police were part of the Capitol mob. Now police are turning in their own.

The History of Wisconsin and Milwaukee’s Population Growth

Everything is awful. Here’s a Q&A with a philosopher about why cats rule.

What Alan Krueger taught the world about the minimum wage, education, and inequality

Republicans Lash Out Against New Security Measures At The Capitol

Milwaukee Newspaper Takes ‘Rare Step’ of Fact-Checking Ron Johnson Op-Ed with 19 Detailed Footnotes: ‘How About Telling the Truth?’

Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Providing Public Pensions To Millionaire Members Of Congress?

Walker: Capitol Attack "Identical" to 2011, Triggered his "PTSD"

Tiffany, Fitzgerald and Johnson are just as guilty as Trump

Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly flashed white power signs, serenaded with Proud Boys anthem during bar visit

QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens Joe Biden With Impeachment

Johnson, Tiffany and Fitzgerald are Trump's stooges

Social Security Myths

These 7 Social Security myths just aren’t true, no matter how often you hear them

Paul Ryan: Hypocrite, Conman, Coward

Good Riddance To Paul Ryan And His Cowardice On Immigration

Paul Ryan Will Retire As The Biggest Fake In American Politics

A Scam Of A Party Says Goodbye To Its Top Fraud

Paul Ryan Decision To Wait Until January To Retire Includes An Under-The-Radar Benefit

Paul Ryan's Whole Career Was About Sticking It To The Poor And Elderly

Even Now, Paul Ryan Really Doesn't Want To Talk About Donald Trump

With 'Longtime Dream' Of Tax Cuts For Billionaires Fulfilled, Paul Ryan Won't Seek Reelection

The Tragedy Of Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan Was A Failure, Even On His Own Terms

Paul Ryan Is Abandoning The Ship Before It Sinks

Fanatic, Fraud, Factotum: The Rise and Fall of Paul Ryan

The Man Who Killed Republican Reform

The Political and Very Personal Failure of Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan Abandons the Sinking Ship

Late Night Wasn’t Sad to See House Speaker Paul Ryan Go

Paul Ryan fails and bails

House Speaker Paul Ryan was the biggest fraud in American politics

The Sabotage Of Democracy

Somalia-Style Small Government Paradise

Republican Kamikaze Mission

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"Compassionate" Conservatism

House Votes To Cut Food Stamps By $40 Billion

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The Most Expensive Tax Breaks

1. Employer Paid Health Insurance - Five year cost: $760 billion
2. Lower Rate For Capital Gains, Dividends - Five year cost: $616 billion
3. State And Local Tax Deductions - Five year cost: $431 billion
4. Mortgage interest deduction - Five year cost: $379 billion
5. Tax Free Medicare Benefits - Five year cost: $358 billion
6. Workplace Retirement Saving Plans - Five year cost: $336 billion
7. Earned Income Credit - Five year cost: $326 billion
8. Child Credit - Five year cost: $292 billion

Adding Up Just How Little We Actually Move
14 GOP Congressmen Against Borrowing, Have Big Debts Of Their Own
Workers Saving Too Little To Retire
Hate Paying Taxes? Try These States
Housing Has Been Booming! Construction Jobs Haven't. Here's Why.
Stop Subsidizing Wall Street

While You Were Gone ...

... The Republicans decided to remove your ability to fairly elect your direct representative in government. Republicans are scumbags. They can't win an election fairly any longer (because they're controlled by chauvinistic, racist, homophobic, neanderthals), so they've decided to go all-in on sleaziness, cheating, and fraud, in an embarrassing attempt to hold onto political power. When all you ever had to offer was bullshit, and the people are no longer buying that, all you've really got left to offer is more bullshit. Bravo, Republicans, you are true sewer rats.

How Gerrymandering Helped GOP Keep The House
How Ridiculous Gerrymanders Saved The House Republicans Majority
How The GOP Will Gerrymander It's Way Back
Now That's What I Call Gerrymandering
Virginia Case Highlights Need To Stop GOP Gerrymandering

Democratic House candidates winning the popular vote

Americans Actually Voted For A Democratic House

Democratic House Candidates Received More Votes

House Democrats got more votes than House Republicans

Most Americans Elected A Democratic House

Republicans Can't Claim Mandate

Paul Ryan: Wimp

If you (Paul Ryan) are unwilling to debate your opponent (Rob Zerban), to allow your constituents (and your opponent) to question you and to hear your views, you shouldn't even be allowed to run for public office.

Sunday Reading

Competitiveness Is About Capital Much More Than Labor
Decades Of Decline In Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage
Gary Oldman
Medicaid's Big Spenders, In One Chart
No Shortage Of Rental Housing, Rents Not Rising Rapidly
Representatives & Senators: Trends In Member Characteristics Since 1945
Right-Wing Plot To Undermine Science In Public Schools
SuperPAC-Men Playing For Big Payday
The 10 Worst Things About The Oscars
Universities In Innovation Networks
You're Not Paying The Tax Rate You Think You Are

Weekend Reading

The End Of The 'Do-Something' Congress
Inside Americans For Prosperity's Scheme To Suppress Votes In Wisconsin
Rachel Maddow Reviews Nancy Pelosi's Accomplishments
Taking The Measure Of Rot