Ron Johnson Says Dumb Thing Before Casting Pro-Putin Vote

The Senate early Tuesday morning passed a $95 billion aid package, which dedicated $60 billion of assistance to Ukraine—but not without objection from some Republican senators, including Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who filibustered through the night. Johnson’s objection? Certainly not Continue reading Ron Johnson Says Dumb Thing Before Casting Pro-Putin Vote

The Internet Comes Together to Mock Dean Phillips’s Dumb Map

Representative Dean Phillips thought he’d made a pretty good point Wednesday about the political division in the U.S., but the internet was quick to show him just how badly he’d messed up. Phillips is running a longshot campaign for the Continue reading The Internet Comes Together to Mock Dean Phillips’s Dumb Map

Ron Johnson, Still Dumb as a Post, Trots Out Evidence-Free Charge at Dems

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was left flabbergasted when asked to back up his wild claim that Democrats used fake electors in the 2020 election. Johnson shared the unsubstantiated claim in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday evening. Continue reading Ron Johnson, Still Dumb as a Post, Trots Out Evidence-Free Charge at Dems

The Turkey Pardon Is a Perfect Emblem of Our Very Dumb Politics

When Biden praised “the families across America who feed and fuel our nation” in this week’s pardon, he was papering over both the meat industry’s many abuses (of human workers as well as animals) and the decline of small family Continue reading The Turkey Pardon Is a Perfect Emblem of Our Very Dumb Politics

Tommy Tuberville Isn’t Racist, He’s Just Dumb, Say Republicans

Senator Tommy Tuberville’s ongoing blockade of military promotions has united his fellow Republicans around two facts: His actions are wrong, and he might not be all that smart. Tuberville has blocked nearly 400 military promotions in protest against the Defense Continue reading Tommy Tuberville Isn’t Racist, He’s Just Dumb, Say Republicans

Why Mike Johnson Is Just a Less Dumb Jim Jordan

Offering possible objections based on what he described as “constitutional infirmity,” Johnson claimed there were grounds to reject the election results from states that permitted pandemic-induced state modifications to mail-in ballots and early voting systems that bypassed the approval of Continue reading Why Mike Johnson Is Just a Less Dumb Jim Jordan

Nancy Mace Pulls Dumb Scarlet Letter Stunt Amid House Speaker Drama

Representative Nancy Mace continues to try and fail to cast herself as an underdog warrior of the people. Mace was one of eight Republicans who voted last week to vacate the speaker and oust Kevin McCarthy, plunging the House into Continue reading Nancy Mace Pulls Dumb Scarlet Letter Stunt Amid House Speaker Drama