Gary Legum

2 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Gary Legum

If you watched any of the recent congressional grillings of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, you would get the impression that the man has zero idea about what is going on anywhere in the Health and Human Services department that he allegedly oversees. Fired scientists? He hasn’t fired any scientists! (He has fired lots and lots of scientists.) Closing the federal Safe to Sleep program that prevented scores of SIDS deaths?

2 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Gary Legum

We had very much lost track of where things stood in the Trump administration’s batshit stupid war against Harvard University. As best we can recall, Trump wanted to grab Harvard by the you-know-what, Harvard tried to be patient but finally told the creep to fuck off right to his fucking face, and then the administration was embarrassed for a second before resorting to its usual bullying by pulling more of the university’s federal grant money.

2 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Gary Legum

It has been a full day since we were treated to the sight of the president of the United States ambushing the president of South Africa in the Oval Office with what he seemed to think were some sort of racist snuff videos, and we remain amazed that 24 hours of nonstop shaking our head has not caused it to pop off and roll across the floor of the living room like a soccer ball.

2 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Gary Legum

Let this be a message for any insurrectionists plotting against the United States: if you storm into the Capitol at the head of a mob of crazed rubes, and you rush headlong toward the House chamber while screaming and breaking glass and just generally giving the impression that you are feeling a bit more murderous than your average visitor to the seat of American government, and a police officer charged with protecting lawmakers shoots you in their defense while you’re barreling straight at...

2 weeks ago | wonkette.com | Gary Legum

It is a well-worn joke on the left that in the wake of a mass shooting such as Sandy Hook or the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh or the El Paso Walmart, Republicans will do nothing but offer their thoughts and prayers. Consider limiting gun sales? No, but we’ll offer you our thoughts and prayers. How about banning extra-large magazines or bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to be fired faster?