More of that vaunted "new tone": "Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) said today that the new Republicans elected to the House of Representatives last November came to Congress ' to kill women.'"

And speaking of new tone, those violent tea baggers are at it again.

Wind power -- it's even worse than you thought.

What liberal deficit reduction looks like.

"The only reason that they are in a pickle is because they utterly failed to pass a fricking budget last year even though they controlled the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. There's no way around it, fellers: You stunk up the joint worse than the enema man, Snoopy Poopy Poop Dogg, and Alan Simpson together."

Economic effects of a government shutdown would be " negligible."

Is Wisconsin Waterloo for public sector unions?