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So What Exactly Is Mark Meadows Trying To Accomplish By Trying To Get Rid Of...

Yesterday, North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows filed a petition to declare the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives vacant. Most of the conservatives on my social media feed were...

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The GOP In Washington Is Dysfunctional And Useless, And That’s Why Trump Is...

Last night you might have seen Donald Trump getting interviewed by Greta Van Susteren on Fox News. If you didn’t, here’s a clip… Say what you want about Trump, but he doesn’t sound like a politician....

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Scalise Rips EPA, Demands Animas River Hearings Following August Recess

This might come off as more talk than action, particularly since the people paying attention to the debacle whereby the EPA essentially deliberately caused some three million gallons of wastewater...

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Today Is Failure Theater Day

We’re so naming it because today, the president finally secured the 34th commitment of a Senate Democrat to vote against the bill of disapproval of his Iran deal, meaning that even if the bill should...

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Boehner And The House Leadership Appear To Be Going To War With McConnell...

Things are getting interesting on Capitol Hill, as it looks like the House has had it with Mitch McConnell and the GOP in the Senate. National Review broke the story tonight of a plan being floated to...

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Scalise Is Touting Budget Reconciliation As A Means Of Killing Planned...

Roll Call had a good piece yesterday on the thinking in the House about how best to de-fund Planned Parenthood, something that seems to be gaining in purchase as the perceived best political target for...

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BREAKING: Boehner Is OUT

Just popped on the cable news channels. He’s leaving at the end of October. Details are sketchy as yet, but we’d heard a rumor that something was coming. There have been news reports that majority...

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The Battlefield, September 25, 2015

John Boehner is gone. What does it mean? Not as much as lots of rejoicing conservatives hope, actually. The fact is, Boehner quitting today doesn’t usher in some grand new age of right-wing dominance....

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BAYHAM: The Anti-Newt

House Speaker John Boehner surprised the political world with his announcement that he would be leaving Congress at the end of October, though his eventual departure was a fait accompli as the Ohioan...

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VIDEO: Ted Cruz’ Tour De Force On The Senate Floor

There will be people who watch this and decide that Cruz is their man for the GOP nomination in 2016, and in this hour-long speech he gives them all the ammunition they need to defend their choice. You...

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VIDEO: The Senate Conservatives Fund Gets Hold Of Ted Cruz’ Speech, And The...

We had the full one-hour speech shortly after Cruz gave it, and you can see the whole thing here. But SCF took about three and a half minutes of it, in which Cruz outlined why it is that the GOP...

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The Battlefield, October 9, 2015

The battlefield today obviously surrounds the Speakership of the House. And it appears littered with bodies. Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race for Speaker yesterday, when he realized that he...

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VIDEO: Ted Cruz Should Send Boehner A Wine Basket, Or A Bottle Of Woodford...

Really, he should. Boehner did Cruz a huge favor, probably unintentionally. By now you’ve probably heard that Boehner called Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh” and the “most miserable son of a bitch I ever...

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AUDIO: Mike Lee Calls In To Mark Levin’s Show, Drops Bombs On Boehner And...

Sen. Mike Lee, who has endorsed Ted Cruz and been endorsed by Cruz for a position in Republican leadership in the Senate, is one of the more intellectual, thoughtful and calm members of a body known...

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BAYHAM: Evaluating Some Of Trump’s Potential Running Mates

One of the biggest qualifications to serve on the bottom-half of a presidential ticket is to not overshadow the top portion, as what happened in 1996 and 2008.  Short of Trump picking Caitlyn Jenner as...

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The GOP In Washington Is Dysfunctional And Useless, And That’s Why Trump Is...

Last night you might have seen Donald Trump getting interviewed by Greta Van Susteren on Fox News. If you didn’t, here’s a clip… Say what you want about Trump, but he doesn’t sound like a politician....

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Scalise Rips EPA, Demands Animas River Hearings Following August Recess

This might come off as more talk than action, particularly since the people paying attention to the debacle whereby the EPA essentially deliberately caused some three million gallons of wastewater...

View Article


Today Is Failure Theater Day

We’re so naming it because today, the president finally secured the 34th commitment of a Senate Democrat to vote against the bill of disapproval of his Iran deal, meaning that even if the bill should...

View Article

Boehner And The House Leadership Appear To Be Going To War With McConnell...

Things are getting interesting on Capitol Hill, as it looks like the House has had it with Mitch McConnell and the GOP in the Senate. National Review broke the story tonight of a plan being floated to...

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Scalise Is Touting Budget Reconciliation As A Means Of Killing Planned...

Roll Call had a good piece yesterday on the thinking in the House about how best to de-fund Planned Parenthood, something that seems to be gaining in purchase as the perceived best political target for...

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