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The savior of the GOP just keeps digging a deeper hole. An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position in seeking money for legal fees, in the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this week. The report obtained by …

Yet another affair among the GOP reps that have lived in the cult-like Christian “C Street House” in DC. This time, the wife is suing. The estranged wife of former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.), who served 12 years in Congress before retiring in January, has filed a lawsuit against his alleged mistress, claiming their adulterous relationship ruined the Pickerings’ marriage …

Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) wonders if President Obama’s mother would have had an abortion if there had been federal funding to pay for it.

SRSLY. Maybe Sen. Coburn thinks Lucy was married to a Puerto Rican?

Rep. Jason Chaffertz (R-UT) has submitted a bill that would overturn Washington DC’s brand new marriage recognition law. And fellow GOP House member Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has submitted a bill to block the city’s domestic partnership bill. Neither bill is expected to make it through the House Rules Committee. They’re both just playing to the hate crowd.

The family of GOP Sen. John “Defender Of Marriage” Ensign paid his mistress $96,000 out of the kindness of their hearts. Not as hush money. Totally not. Ensign’s lawyer: In April 2008, Senator John Ensign’s parents each made gifts to Doug Hampton, Cindy Hampton, and two of their children in the form of a check totaling $96,000. Each gift was …

A bunch of wingnut Congressmen all live in the same DC house owned by a secret Christian cult? Okaaaaaay.

“Pulling a Palin.” “Hiking the Appalachian trail.” And more.

It would be funny if it weren’t so offensive.

The Daily Beast is following a growing rift among the Young Republicans after their vice president Audra Sigler Shay appeared to respond positively to a racist comment left on her Facebook page. On Wednesday, Shay—a 38-year-old Army veteran, mother, and event planner from Louisiana who has been endorsed by her governor, Bobby Jindal—was holding court on her Facebook page, initiating …

From Sarah Palin’s attorney: “To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as ‘fact’ that Governor Palin resigned because she is ‘under federal investigation’ for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation,” Van Flein said in a statement. “This is to provide notice …

So in the latest bit of New York Senate fuckwittery, yesterday only the Senate Democrats were in the chamber, 31 of them, one short of a quorum, while the GOP caucus sulked elsewhere. Then GOP Sen. Frank Padavan cut through the room to get to the lounge where free soft drinks are available. “QUORUM!” shouted the Dems, and immediately passed …