Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It's lost track of billions. Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change. read more
Nothing captures the dramatic ideological transformation of the Republican Party more vividly than President-elect Trump's proposed cabinet. read more
Young men like Tasker, seen as a solidly Democratic group less than two decades ago, have been shifting further to the right politically as their economic outlook has been on a downward trajectory, especially among those without a college degree, said pollsters and social scientists. While the economy has been a top issue for many voters, it's been a particularly salient one for young men and one tied into their wider cultural ideals about their place in society and wanting to be a provider for their families. read more
As he does every year, Sen. Rand Paul (R"Ky.) asked the Senate on Wednesday to balance the federal budget by trimming a few pennies from every dollar that the government spends. Yep, it's actually that easy. The predictable result: a 39-56 vote that probably overstates the popularity of Paul's proposal"how many would vote for it if they believed it actually had a chance of passing, one must wonder. read more
"Biden creates list of future Republican investigations for them."