Obama Attacks Mars

(Washington, DC — October 12, 2016) – President Obama (D-IL) vowed yesterday that America would land a man on Mars by the 2030s, making the effort a joint venture between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and private industry. Obama’s critics immediately slammed the idea, saying that they were completely against the goal, though…

Conspiracy Theorists Conspire About What Made Scalia Expire

(Marfa, TX — February 16, 2016) – Three days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, it seems that the questions keep multiplying exponentially as more facts are revealed. And the nation’s conspiracy theorists are happier than Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas enjoying a can of Coke. The 79-year-old Scalia was found dead…

Republicans Flip Out as They Flip-Flop Away

(Wasilla, AK — June 30, 2015) – For the first time since it became law in 2010, Republicans are thankful for Obamacare. It covers whiplash. On June 16, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States. During his choreographed press conference (he paid people to cheer him on), Trump accused Mexico of…

Frankly, They Had the Wrong Date

(Amsterdam, Holland — April 1, 2015) – For over 70 years, historians have assumed that Anne Frank – the 15-year-old Jewish Dutch girl who documented the horrors of the Holocaust in her diary – had died on March 31, 1945, just weeks before potential freedom. In the words of John McLaughlin: Wrong! Researchers now believe…

The Price is Right for Boehner v. Obama

(Washington, DC) – On July 30, the House of Representatives voted to sue President Obama (D-IL/Kenya). Today, taxpayers found out just how much the unnecessary lawsuit will cost them. The House, led by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), insists the lawsuit is necessary because Obama has overstepped his authority granted by the Constitution. Republicans are angry…

Plessy v. Ferguson

(Ferguson, MO) – The images seen on televisions around the world for the past 12 days have been nothing short of incredible. Public executions. Angry mobs. Molotov cocktails. Armored vehicles. Tear gas. Pepper spray. Rubber bullets. Random shootings. Biological warfare. From which far away land are these scenes broadcast? Syria? Somalia? Iraq? Gaza? A GOP…

Romney Was Right: Corporations ARE People

(Washington DC) – On August 11, 2011, presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-MA), staring down a heckler, declared, “Corporations are people, my friend.” Nearly three years later, it turns out he was right. The Supreme Court today sided with two companies, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, as to whether corporations are people and therefore can…

Running for Congress with Contempt

(Savannah, GA) – In today’s post-September 11 world, many people aren’t happy with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Some even intensely dislike the TSA. And then there’s Congressional candidate Bob Johnson (R-GA). Johnson hates the TSA with such venom that he’d “rather see another terrorist attack” on American soil than…

Dingell to Retire from Congress after 59 Years of Service

(Dearborn, MI) – House member John Dingell (D-MI), the longest-serving member of Congress in history, is calling it quits at the close of the 113th Congress. And the reason apparently has nothing to do with the 87-year-old’s health or the fear of losing the 2014 election. Given the two-year term for a member of the…

Councilwoman Made Sick at Thought of Giving Up $20,000 Health Care Plan

(Fair Lawn, NJ) – New Jersey’s chutzpah meter is working overtime for its elected officials. Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) is embroiled in Bridgegate, a scandal of his own making. And now, just when it seems the moral authority of rhyme and reason has Republicans on the ropes, a Democrat is now giving Christie some competition.…