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Wonkette: Gun guy Larry Pratt wonders why our blacks can’t just sing and be happy like the African ones
arry Pratt, the descriptively named executive director of Gun Owners of America, has figured out how to improve The Blacks in America: In a recent radio interview…
Wonkette: Texas voter ID law will work just fine except for 200,000 people in one county
Nobody needs to worry about Texas’s new voter ID law — at least, nobody except for the god-knows-how many people who end up in long lines while poll…
Wire: Hero DEA head rejects Obama’s embrace of pot, science, jazz
At an annual meeting of sheriffs last week, Michele Leonhart, head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, reportedly “slammed” Barack Obama’s recent impassioned…
Iowa House Democrats introduce bill that would raise minimum wage to $10.10
Iowa House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that, if passed, would incrementally increase Iowa’s minimum wage over the next two years, culminating…
Branstad on Christie’s handling of bridge scandal: ‘That is what I call leadership’
Amid the fallout of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s bridge scandal, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad rose to the embroiled governor’s defense. When asked about…
Wire: Ohio politician is 10,000th local Republican officeholder to email racist joke, wins big prize
This will probably come as a big surprise to regular readers of the Wonkette: A minor Republican elected official has gotten himself in the news for sending…
Wire: Louie Gohmert knows why god sent him to congress: To keep single moms from getting welfare
Oh, Louie Gohmert, you are just the greatest gift to political laughter we have ever seen. Thank goodness for your dedication to keeping the poors in their place. And…
Wire: Mike Huckabee explains how taking dead girl off life support is like forced abortions in Auschwitz
By now you probably know the sad, awful story of Jahi McMath, the Oakland, California 13-year-old who suffered complications after a complex tonsillectomy…
Wire: A round of applause, if you will, for Wendy Davis, your 2013 state legislative badass
And now we have arrived at the Awards Show portion of your New Year’s Eve, O my Wonkers. First big award, for outstanding achievement in the field…
2013: The Year Jan Brewer Got Back On Her Meds
There are some Republicans who are dicks, sure, but who are not insane people. (This is why you will be saying hello to President Chris Christie three years and change from […]
Wire: As God is his witness, Ted Cruz will never be canadian again
It certainly took bloody long enough, but Sen. Ted “100% Americanlike” Cruz (R-Poutine) is finally taking action to formally renounce his Canadian citizenship, which…