Jaime Fuller

Loser: Republicans Winner: Congress Loser: Congress Winner: Booze Loser: D.C. Lottery Winners Winner: Invasive bugs Loser: Immigration reform Winner: Cookie Monster Winner: Dollywood Winner: Skateboarders Winner: Squirrels Winner: Foxes Winner: Nic Cage Winner: No one

Although there may have been little news about ending the shutdown over the weekend, Tea Party Republicans managed to fill the empty space with plenty of crazy soundbites. For those of you who blissfully managed to stay away from the crazy, here’s a small sample of what you missed. Ben Carson: “Obamacare is, really I […]

Americans are not impressed with Republicans right now. While President Obama’s approval rating has ticked up two points this month, the GOP has seen their popularity drop to its lowest levels ever. By a margin of 22 percent, respondents in the latest NBC/WSJ poll blame Republicans over the White House for the government shutdown. Also […]

The House is finally starting to make moves on the debt ceiling and the budget, but it’s important to note that one sure casualty of this extended stand-off is all of the federal spending already slashed by the sequester earlier this year. The clean CR passed by the Senate, you may note, restores government spending […]

1. “The 13 reasons Washington is failing“ 2. “Why the Government Shutdown Isn’t Anywhere Near Over-in 1 Graph“ 3. “Frequently and Infrequently Asked Questions About the Forthcoming Federal Government Shutdown” 4. “Everything You Need to Know About the Looming Government Shutdown” 5. “Absolutely everything you need to know about how the government shutdown will work” […]

The new Supreme Court session heats up this week in a city languishing in political purgatory. And, listen up tourists, the show is open for visitors, unlike most attractions and destinations in D.C. (and, while you’re there you can even pick up some sweet John Marshall bling). Although I’m sure certain justices wish they could […]

Senator Mark Warner: “Enough is enough. Sequestration is stupid. Shutting down the government is stupidity on steroids.” Timothy Egan: “Politically, the shutdown is terrible for a party trying to rebrand itself. When Bobby Jindal said Republicans have to ‘stop being the party of stupid,’ he swallowed a teaspoon of common sense. That’s been washed away […]

Although conservatives in the House are trying their damnedest to dismantle all of the Affordable Care Act, the 26 states that decided not to take federal money for Medicaid expansion have already done a good job screwing people out of health insurance. And, the shutdown has played its own special role in the Medicaid mayhem, […]