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The left often alleges that conservatives don't merely dislike government but deliberately undermine it for political or financial gain (and sometimes both). Daily Kos blogger Mark Sumner chimed in to that effect this past Sunday.   Sumner writes that conventional wisdom blames "rising incivility" and "simple intransigence" for Washington's failure to accomplish much of anything, but that in reality the central issue is "sabotage. 2013 Republicans are the 1919...

Coleen Rooney has opened up on her husband Wayne Rooney's cheating scandals in her new autobiography My Account and revealed an awkward encounter with Wayne's escort

Conservatives and liberals are suddenly united by a common feeling: a mutual disgust at the media.

By now you've heard the cookie joke. You know: a CEO, a tea party member, and a union worker are all sitting at a table when a plate with a dozen cookies arrives. Before anyone else can make a move, the CEO reaches out to rake in eleven of the cookies. When the other two…

5 minutes: https://youtu.be/RcA2XemrbGY So here goes Don Quixote Grassley tilting his lance at a wind mill and hoping he hits Joe Biden. Grassley has been on his quest now for what seems like a decade, but actually started just as soon as Biden was elected president.  During his crusade Chuckles has trusted a whistleblower who…

: We are officially on indictment watch - UPDATE: Thursday, Jul 27, 2023 ? 3:32:07 PM +00:00 ? Mark Sumner NBC reports that Trumps attorneys have completed their meeting and were told to expect an indictment. No other details so far. Considering that it has already come not once, but twice in the last few months, it might seem that the excitement of indictment day would be wearing off. But as attorneys gather around the...

A report based on laboratory testing reveals consumers believe there is a connection between price and clothing durability but there is not.

: Ukraine Update: Counteroffensive continues as Ukraine liberates more locations - UPDATE: Monday, Jun 12, 2023 ? 4:00:09 AM +00:00 ? Mark Sumner Unconfirmed reports that Ukraine has liberated Novomaioske  if you look at the third map, its the town whose name is cut in half along the eastern edge Im going to need a bigger map. With every passing evening the intensity of Ukraines counteroffensive along the southern front...

There's a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less – or not at all.