Rep. Joe Crowley on the IRS scandal: ‘This is not a Watergate incident’
“My Republican colleagues, their credibility is being tested here.” —Rep. Joe Crowley watch video
Topic: Congress
Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson: Douglas Shulman ‘does bear responsibility’ in scandal
“More should have been done at the top to find out what was going on.” —Mark Everson watch video
Rick Ungar: White House needs to be ‘much more aggressive’ to combat scandal-filled week
“These are not hard ‘scandals’ to do battle with — we’ve seen much worse and we’ve seen presidents come out of them way better.” —Rick Ungar watch video
Why are homeless veterans in LA being blocked from using Brentwood land donated for their shelter?
“It seems like the main reason the VA doesn’t want to house homeless vets on the Brentwood campus is that it’s a very upscale neighborhood.” —Jon Wiener watch video
Pat Garofalo: ‘Obama’s tax increases are actually bringing the deficit down’
“The folks pushing austerity are going to push austerity no matter what the numbers say.” —Pat Garofalo watch video
John Fugelsang: Oliver North talks about a Benghazi cover-up — and irony hangs itself
“The levels of irony, mixed with a toxic cocktail of hypocrisy and ignorance and a hubris chaser, proved too much and led to irony hanging itself in grief.” —John Fugelsang watch video
Rick Ungar debunks the Heritage Foundation’s report on immigration reform
“This was insane.” —Rick Ungar on the Heritage Foundation’s report watch video
John Fugelsang on Mark Sanford: It’s OK to be a bad Christian, as long as you’re a good liar
“Come on down to South Carolina. And if you’re a lying, cheating, swindling, heartless, hypocrite, political empty suit who tells us what we want to hear, we just might elect you to office too.” —John Fugelsang watch video
John Fugelsang asks God to explain John Boehner
“I love it when congressmen with socialized health care warn the rest of us of the evils of socialized health care.” —John Fugelsang watch video
Adam Serwer on transferring prisoners out of Guantanamo: ‘The Republican objections are ridiculous’
“If Gitmo detainees were transferred to the United States, they’d be in the most secure federal institutions … on the planet.” —Adam Serwer watch video
