Congress

N.Y. Post: Mistake? Or is Jamaal Bowman a liar, liar, House on fire

New York Post, October 2, 2023 Mistake? Or is Jamaal Bowman a liar, liar, House on fire by James Bovard “You can send a man to Congress but you can’t make him think,” Milton Berle quipped in the 1950s. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the socialist congressman representing The Bronx and Yonkers, is the latest political nitwit […]
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As conservatives ramp up opposition to Ukraine war, Dems dodge The Grayzone

As a budget showdown looms in Congress, MAGA Republicans are alone in challenging the vast quantities of American weapons and cash being funneled to Kiev, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warning The Grayzone that increasing escalation could turn the proxy war into a “potential nuclear conflict.” When approached for comment, progressive members of the ‘Squad’ dodged our questions. When the US House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding measure Tuesday evening, the lone Republican no-vote against it was cast by […]

Saving Congress (Harrumph) on the Brian Wilson Podcast

“Brian Wilson and Jim have all the latest and more from the new John Fetterman Finishing School, Congressional Hijinks, Biden Family Skullduggery and the upcoming Kevin McCarthy Job Hunt!” Plus, the story of the bogus dress code violation that got me evicted from the press box at the Supreme Court. Listen live at this link: […]
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N.Y. Post: Hunter Biden loses chance to give courthouse speech — and the special counsel loses more credibility

New York Post, August 17, 2023 Hunter Biden loses chance to give courthouse speech — and the special counsel loses more credibility by James Bovard Breaking News: Hunter Biden was robbed of the chance to win the Emmy Award for Best Tear-Jerking Performance on Courthouse Steps by a Media Darling. The Washington Post revealed Thursday […]

N.Y. Post: Merrick Garland’s latest dirty trick to protect the Bidens

New York Post, August 12, 2023 Merrick Garland’s latest dirty trick to protect the Bidens By James Bovard Attorney General Merrick Garland may have just played his last trick card to save Joe Biden: appointing a special counsel to delay prosecution of his son Hunter. With any luck, the official Justice Department final report on […]

DC Uniparty kills House resolutions to end US emergency powers in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen

In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across the Middle East.  These same emergency powers give the president the power to lift bans on testing biological weapons on US citizens. Led by Representative Paul Gosar, a handful of Republican members of Congress launched a protest against 41 nominal “national emergency” declarations, many of which are decades old.  Rep. Gosar has argued the […]