A conversation between Michele Bachmann and one of her staffers:

Staffer (approaches gingerly): Congresswoman?

Bachmann (looks up from computer screen, revealing that she was posting a comment on a freeper board as "CensusBoycott2009"): Yes?

Staffer: I just received word that three members of...

In the latest edition of Time, Michael Scherer has an article on Vice President Joe Biden's efforts "to ride herd on the stampede for dollars known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," and today at the Swampland, Scherer notes that:

One interesting fact that didn't make it into the s...

Just when you thought it was safe to venture out again, the zombie lies about global warming claw their way out of the grave. Like its slowly shuffling namesakes, most of this undead propaganda is so easily out maneuvered it would be laughable, if it wasn’t finding traction among the usual suspec...

The documents and memos were turned over to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit

That "holy grail" CIA torture report that is reportedly wil undercut claims that torture provided any useful intelligence, the one that was supposed to have been released yesterday, and a few weeks before that, might be held now until August 31.

At least, that's what the administration has reque...

Jon Stewart smackdown on Beck’s “bin Laden needs to attack America”:

The debate on the health care bill is so often snagged on talking points that have been around since Truman. A government health care plan will lead to bureaucrats rationing our health care!

"I don't think many Americans want to start having to wait in line [or] start getting government permiss...

Several states are entering the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place and facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts.

Shorter Howard Kurtz: Well, ok, so none of the African American women who are reporters on the Michelle Obama beat have gotten interviews with her since the inauguration. And ok, so "no one raises questions when an Irish American male reporter covers a pol named Murphy." But all these African Ame...

Bill Clinton has not endorsed in the race, but his efforts to help Rep. Carolyn Maloney could be seen as a snub to Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and the Obama White House.

The Justice Department had originally said it intended to release the report in June as part of a lawsuit, but department officials said Thursday they need until the end of August.

If you had any doubts about why Mark Sanford wanted to talk about his sex life, then this statement from his wife Jenny should clear them up:

Columbia, S.C. - July 2, 2009- The last week has been very painful for me, my family and for the people of South Carolina.  However, throughout this terr...

The program will only review data going to or from government systems, Department of Homeland Security officials told the Washington Post, which first reported the story.

From the Washington Post flier selling access for money:

"An exclusive opportunity to participate in the health-care reform debate among the select few who will actually get it done."

You have the second most important newspaper in the country feeding the Beltway conceit that anyone outside o...

As the New York state Senate moved into its fourth week of a 31-31 stalemate, the June 30 deadline for a number of state statutes expired -- including a number of budget and tax measures. 

The following is the written statement released Thursday by South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford addressing her husband's affair. 

According to those in attendance, Obama began the meeting with brief remarks and allowed each reporter to ask one question.

President Obama said Thursday that he remains confident the economy will turn around in the short term and the nation will prosper in the long term despite another dose of bad unemployment news.

President Obama says "one of the biggest challenges" of his administration is his proposal to indefinitely imprison some inmates at Guantanamo Bay.

Right now, he's a Republican.
What's his is his, and he won't share.
What's mine is his, because he "wants it".
And if he gets angry and frustrated,
He hits people, preemptively!

He's now five and has evolved somewhat past this, developing a nice se...

During the Bush years, the Senate needed 50 votes (plus Cheney) to pass legislation. Once Democrats took the Senate, that obviously changed. 60 votes became the new threshold. And no one has been a more avid promoter of that new standard than the Senate Democratic leader himself, Harry Reid.

Now...

While the elitist #dickwhisperers at the Washington Post dream up ways of monetizing their "access," let's take a trip down memory lane to shortly 4AM Eastern time on September 1, 2008, less than 72 hours after John McCain announced Sarah Palin would be his VP.

At a quarter-past the hour, Daily ...