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Everyone in DC Better “Lawyer Up”

February 13, 2025 Steve MacDonald

When we watch television at my house, we watch a lot of crime and mystery programming. I call them murder shows. Some are more intense than others, darker, but Hollywood, movies, and television – the entertainment industry – always make it a priority to frame lawyering up as a bad thing. As if trying to … Read more

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DC Garbage Volunteers to Take Itself Out

November 18, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Joe Biden has never been happier, which makes you wonder if he and Doc Jill voted for Trump. It could happen. The Obamas and Bidens hate each other. The Clintons and Obamas hate each other. The Biden’s hate Kamala, and I suspect the feelings are mutual – no one really likes Kamala. No one really … Read more

An(other) Excellent Reason NOT to Support Matt Mowers

June 6, 2022 Ed Mosca

In case you were still wondering whether Matt Mowers is a DC-Swamp-creature that would robotically support Kevin McCarthy’s America-Last agenda … wonder no more:

Trump Vows Immediate $1,200 Check To Americans If Speaker Moves Bill – ‘Are You Listening, Nancy?’

October 8, 2020 Skip

FIRST, we are, for the first time, $27 Trillion in debt as a nation. We are broke, broker, brokest. WHY are we sending out more money? WHY is ANYONE sending out even more money that we don’t have?

The Entitlement Culture of the Swamp and Why Firing Navy Sec. Richard Spencer is Good for America

December 1, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Another installment of “Trump is a Tyrant” played the theatrical venues we once called the News. The firing of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is a constitutional crisis. But it’s not another ‘we have you now,’ not even close.

Congressional candidates, what is your plan?

September 26, 2018August 7, 2018 Ian Underwood

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I mean, of course, your plan for dealing with the issues raised in the remarkable, and remarkably disturbing, Facebook series The Swamp.

For those who haven’t yet seen it, the series follows a group of idealistic, newly-minted members of the House of Representatives as they head to Washington, DC, to help drain the swamp. Spoiler alert: They drown.