Jon Stewart blasts Congress’ selfish sequester fix
Congress fixed the sequester for air travel, which affects them, but not Medicare patients losing chemo.
One way to blackmail progressives in office — put a hostage in the bill
Neoliberals love offering hostage-filled choices. Progressive are prone to say No. Grayson on hostages in bills.
Congress’ socialist retirement plan exempted from budget cuts
Add that to Congress’ socialist health care plan and it’s a pretty sweet deal being exempt from budget cuts.
Congress, White House get full pay during sequester
We shouldn’t expect answers to tough problems when politicians in Washington have no skin in the game.
Aaron Swartz cost MIT some documents. Wall Street cost MIT billions. Guess who got indicted?
Aaron Swartz took MIT’s documents. Wall Street banksters cost MIT $2bn. Guess which one the feds indicted?
PPP: Congress less popular than lice, root canals and colonoscopies
On the good side, Congress is more popular than gonorrhea, Ebola & communism. But they lose out to France.
New Hampshire to be 1st state with all-female congressional delegation
New Hampshire will become the first state in the nation’s history to send an all-female delegation to Congress.
GOP wants kudos for working week before Xmas – uh, who doesn’t?
Why does Congress always want kudos for working the hours the rest of us do?
Congress slightly more trusted than car salespeople
Members of Congress rank just above car dealers, but below bankers, lawyers, stock and insurance brokers.
Did Biden drop “flat guarantee” of no cuts to Social Security?
Previously Biden offered “flat guarantee” of no changes, now he’s talking about “everybody making some sacrifices.”



