What a timeline we’re living in. — Marjorie Greene never seems to go away, does she? Of all the Republican lawmakers who have flocked to the coattails of Donald Trump, there are few who have been more desperate to use it to elevate their own power, and that’s saying something. …

They will ALWAYS find something. — Hamburgers, M&Ms, and now, of course, we’ve reached gas stoves. The list of the most random, bizarre things that the conservative political and pundit class are willing to manufacture outrage about seems endless, doesn’t it? …

The greed of pharmaceutical companies knows no bounds. — If we’re all being honest with ourselves, we’ve known this was coming. According to reports, Moderna is considering raising the price of it’s Covid-19 vaccine from $26 a dose, to a staggering $130 a dose. Spencer Kimball with CNBC writes: “…Bancel told The Wall Street Journal on Monday that Moderna…

Of course they are. — Well, it’s official! Representative Katie Porter has announced she is running for the California Senate seat in 2024. While she might not be perfect, no lawmaker is and it’s hard to think of a better candidate who could come out of the neoliberal cesspool that is California politics vying for…

What they really mean when they tell you they want to cut “entitlement” programs. — Well, House Republicans are at it again, aren’t they? Igor Bobic with Yahoo News writes: “House Republicans are making clear that they intend to seek cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare with their new majority in the 118th Congress. Their plans to target health care programs follow…

Oh, and anyone who votes with him, too. — I mean, what can you even say about the Republican Party at this point that doesn’t make you sound like a broken record? I find myself asking that question on an ever increasing basis, but that being said, even for the GOP this weeks theatrics, the infighting, and the shallow…

We all know why he’s getting the praise. — We’ve certainly seen our share of theatre and optics on Capitol Hill this past week, haven’t we? Whether it be the 15 ballots it took to get Kevin McCarthy elected, GOP congressmen pretending they were going to vote for Kevin and then walking away smirking when they didn’t, or Katie…

The new House leadership is off to the start you would expect. — So, the Republicans in the House seem to be off to a good start, don’t they? After three rounds of voting, we still had no Speaker of the House. Oh, and Matt Gaetz is now accusing Kevin McCarthy of occupying the office of the Speaker of the House, and wrote…

Even if you don’t follow football, you should care about Damar Hamlin and all of the players in this league. — As most people have probably heard by now, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin remains in the ICU in Cincinnati following cardiac arrest on the field during Monday night’s football game against the Cincinnati Bengals. It was a scene that’s replayed countless times in my mind since then. …