Here Is the First Error We Found in the Nunes Memo and It Didn’t Take Us Long
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It didn’t take Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn long to find the first error in the four-page memo released by House Republicans Friday afternoon. Corn (who is cited in the Nunes memo) was the first to report on…
Newt Wrote the Playbook 25 Years Ago. Republicans Finally Have a Quarterback Who Can Follow It.
Starmax/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The president of the United States early this morning: The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans – something which would have been unthinkable just…
One of the Most Influential Unions in Texas Just Came Out Against a Rising Democratic Contender
Mother Jones illustration; Lizzie Pannill Fletcher for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With support from progressive groups like EMILY’s List, Houston attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher has proven herself a top Democratic contender to flip Texas Republican John Culberson’s congressional seat this fall. But on Thursday, Fletcher faced stiff criticism…
Say Goodbye To Your Tips
Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Albuquerque Journal/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few years ago, the Obama administration issued a rule saying that if a restaurant owner collected tips and put them in a pool, all the money had to go back to the wait staff. This rule is currently being litigated on…
Behold the Conservative Anti-Anti-Chief-Wahoo Argument
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m endlessly amazed at the stuff conservatives decide to kvetch about. Today at National Review, Philip DeVoe is unhappy that the Cleveland Indians have decided to get rid of their mascot, Chief Wahoo. Just to remind you, this is Chief Wahoo: The chief has been…
The Great Infrastructure Scam of 2018
Here’s some infrastructure work near my house. There’s a lot of it going on right now! You may be wondering how we manage to fund this, so here’s how we did it. First, the state of California raised its gas tax by 12 cents per gallon to raise $34 billion for new construction projects. Second,…