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April 202632,577
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July 20260none collected
August 202601 (collection gap)
September 202611,320

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  • Ethics/Corruption2

    50% of 4 stories · 58% across all outlets

  • Foreign Policy2

    50% of 4 stories · 29% across all outlets

  • Voting Rights2

    50% of 4 stories · 19% across all outlets

  • Abortion/Reproductive Rights1

    25% of 4 stories · 1% across all outlets

  • Budget/Spending1

    25% of 4 stories · 31% across all outlets

  • Defense/Military1

    25% of 4 stories · 25% across all outlets

  • Healthcare1

    25% of 4 stories · 8% across all outlets

  • Technology/Privacy1

    25% of 4 stories · 10% across all outlets

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  • Republican80% · 4 pairs
  • Democrat20% · 1 pair

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  1. 1David ScottD1 story · 25%
  2. 2Donald TrumpR1 story · 25%
  3. 3Mike JohnsonR1 story · 25%
  4. 4Robert AderholtR1 story · 25%
  5. 5Robert F. Kennedy Jr.R1 story · 25%

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Classy! Mike Johnson Saves Himself by the Bell

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has not had a great year. His razor-thin GOP majority 218-214 majority is hanging by a thread; he's got a party that's consistently rebelling against him; and his rivals are already licking their lips over his gavel. In his own (alleged) words: He's "sick of this s

Sep 17, 202610 votes

Rest in Peace to Another Member of the Gerontocracy

Death is sad, but what’s even sadder is clinging to any perceived semblance of power forever and ever until death inevitably yanks you off this physical realm and instead of spending your final moments hypothetically reflecting on your life and achievements and loved ones, you’re surrounded by piles of manila folders, yelling into the abyss about an intern fucking something up.  Anyway. Another Democratic lawmaker has died in office. Rep. David Scott of Georgia was 80 years old and voted on the House floor as recently as Tuesday. The cause of death is unclear, though his staff called it “unexpected.” Scott’s health issues have been a source of controversy over the last few years. Politico reported in 2022 that those around him felt he was slowing down, and in 2024, he yelled at a reporter for taking a picture of him in his wheelchair, “Who gave you the right to take my picture, asshole?” Scott was the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and had a long, devoted career in Congress, also serving on the Congressional Black Caucus, the New Democrat Coalition, the Congressional Equality Caucus, among others. “David Scott was a trailblazer who served the district that he served admirably,”  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters on Wednesday. “He cared about the people that he represented. He was fiercely committed to getting things done for the people of the great state of Georgia. And he’ll be deeply missed.”  He represented a district near Atlanta since 2002 and was running for re-election for a 13th term. NBC News previously reported that in the first quarter of 2026, he was out-fundraised by four of his opponents.  “A lot of people associate him with Atlanta, but David was born and raised on a little tobacco farm in South Carolina and got an opportunity because of his parents being domestic workers, the people that they worked for helped him go to Wharton Business School,” former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) told NBC News. “And he never forgot that.” His death leaves the House with 217 Republicans, 212 Democrats, and one Independent. Under Georgia law, the governor must call a special election within 10 days, which must then be held within 30 days of the announcement.  We’re currently living (a generous descriptor) under the third-oldest Congress in U.S. history. More than a dozen House lawmakers are 80 or older and currently running for re-election. I’ll never understand this—if I’m still working at 79, please stage an intervention, not support my re-election bid. Like what you just read? You’ve got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you’ll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article (and all the ones after that) ad-free. Plus, you’ll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.

Apr 22, 202617 votes

For Once, RFK Jr. Had Nothing to Say About the Abortion Pill

There’s a rumor rumbling that the men’s toilets in the House chamber is overflowing so badly that lawmakers had to cancel votes for the rest of the day. Gross. Still, no amount of crap compares to the bullshit RFK Jr. spewed at his House Oversight hearing. On Thursday, Kennedy testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, playing up his agency’s accomplishments on a range of issues. It marked the first of seven hearings for Kennedy, who’s expected to defend his roughly $16 billion 2027 budget for Health and Human Services and talk up the HHS’ priorities. For all five hours—and counting!—he was asked about everything from drug price negotiations to the new dietary guidelines, and did his best not to answer any questions about why he hates vaccines.  He also denied ever saying that Black children taking antidepressants or ADHD medication should be “re-parented”; dodged Rep. Steven Horsford’s (D-Nev.) questions about rollbacks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by telling him to “calm down”; and skirted criticism of his recent MAHA campaign with Kid Rock: “You suspended this pro-vaccine messaging campaign, but somehow you’re spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock,” Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) said. “And somehow you think that’s a better public health message than informing the public about the importance of vaccines!” Things, however, came to a real awkward standstill when anti-abortion lawmaker Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) asked Kennedy about the abortion pill, mifepristone. “How can the department appropriately address the risk of chemical abortion drugs to the health and safety of women without the reporting of serious adverse events,” he asked, deploying the GOP’s favorite boogeyword, “chemical abortion,” which is not a thing.  Aderholt also, of course, cited the bogus far-right study that misinterpreted data to claim mifepristone is more dangerous than FDA findings indicate—a study that’s been ceaselessly and annoyingly amplified by anti-abortion Slenderman, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).  First, here’s your regular reminder that mifepristone is safe, safer than Viagra and Tylenol, and that the multiple FDA studies over the past decade that deemed it so were based on actual science, which was confirmed by a study explicitly saying the agency’s track record on regulating mifepristone has never been politically motivated. Earlier this month, the medical journal JAMA also affirmed that the medication could safely be made available over the counter, noting there’s no reason it shouldn’t be.  But! Thanks to Hawley and his dumbass study, Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary agreed in September to launch a re-review of the pill. However, amid an increasingly volatile midterm landscape for the GOP—and the fact that most voters continue to support abortion rights—Makary has reportedly been delaying the review until after November. Along those same lines, the administration’s been asking states trying to sue the FDA over the abortion pill on their own to drop their lawsuits–specifically, Louisiana and Missouri.  Kennedy leaned on that litigation to avoid answering anything about the abortion pill. “I regret that I can’t talk about that issue because, as you know, it’s under litigation in Louisiana, and I’ve been advised by the Office of General Counsel to not discuss it.” Interesting. He then added, again, “They asked me not to discuss it because anything I say may have implications on litigation.” Instead, Aderholt used his time to subtly go after shield laws, which allow doctors to prescribe the abortion pill to patients in abortion-banned states without fear of prosecution. “I do wanna point that [the] modifications issued by the FDA under the previous administration created a mail-in order abortion scheme that completely removed the in-person dispensing requirement,” Aderholt said. Yeah, dude—the FDA removed it (in 2023) because the abortion pill is safe, effective, and gives women control over their own bodies. None of which can be said about the GOP. Like what you just read? You’ve got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you’ll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article (and all the ones after that) ad-free. Plus, you’ll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.

Apr 16, 20267 votes

For Once, RFK Jr. Had Nothing to Say About the Abortion Pill

There’s a rumor rumbling that the men’s toilets in the House chamber is overflowing so badly that lawmakers had to cancel votes for the rest of the day. Gross. Still, no amount of crap compares to the bullshit RFK Jr. spewed at his House Oversight hearing. On Thursday, Kennedy testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, playing up his agency’s accomplishments on a range of issues. It marked the first of seven hearings for Kennedy, who’s expected to defend his roughly $16 billion 2027 budget for Health and Human Services and talk up the HHS’ priorities. For all five hours—and counting!—he was asked about everything from drug price negotiations to the new dietary guidelines, and did his best not to answer any questions about why he hates vaccines.  He also denied ever saying that Black children taking antidepressants or ADHD medication should be “re-parented”; dodged Rep. Steven Horsford’s (D-Nev.) questions about rollbacks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by telling him to “calm down”; and skirted criticism of his recent MAHA campaign with Kid Rock: “You suspended this pro-vaccine messaging campaign, but somehow you’re spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock,” Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.) said. “And somehow you think that’s a better public health message than informing the public about the importance of vaccines!” Things, however, came to a real awkward standstill when anti-abortion lawmaker Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) asked Kennedy about the abortion pill, mifepristone. “How can the department appropriately address the risk of chemical abortion drugs to the health and safety of women without the reporting of serious adverse events,” he asked, deploying the GOP’s favorite boogeyword, “chemical abortion,” which is not a thing.  Aderholt also, of course, cited the bogus far-right study that misinterpreted data to claim mifepristone is more dangerous than FDA findings indicate—a study that’s been ceaselessly and annoyingly amplified by anti-abortion Slenderman, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).  First, here’s your regular reminder that mifepristone is safe, safer than Viagra and Tylenol, and that the multiple FDA studies over the past decade that deemed it so were based on actual science, which was confirmed by a study explicitly saying the agency’s track record on regulating mifepristone has never been politically motivated. Earlier this month, the medical journal JAMA also affirmed that the medication could safely be made available over the counter, noting there’s no reason it shouldn’t be.  But! Thanks to Hawley and his dumbass study, Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary agreed in September to launch a re-review of the pill. However, amid an increasingly volatile midterm landscape for the GOP—and the fact that most voters continue to support abortion rights—Makary has reportedly been delaying the review until after November. Along those same lines, the administration’s been asking states trying to sue the FDA over the abortion pill on their own to drop their lawsuits–specifically, Louisiana and Missouri.  Kennedy leaned on that litigation to avoid answering anything about the abortion pill. “I regret that I can’t talk about that issue because, as you know, it’s under litigation in Louisiana, and I’ve been advised by the Office of General Counsel to not discuss it.” Interesting. He then added, again, “They asked me not to discuss it because anything I say may have implications on litigation.” Instead, Aderholt used his time to subtly go after shield laws, which allow doctors to prescribe the abortion pill to patients in abortion-banned states without fear of prosecution. “I do wanna point that [the] modifications issued by the FDA under the previous administration created a mail-in order abortion scheme that completely removed the in-person dispensing requirement,” Aderholt said. Yeah, dude—the FDA removed it (in 2023) because the abortion pill is safe, effective, and gives women control over their own bodies. None of which can be said about the GOP. Like what you just read? You’ve got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you’ll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article (and all the ones after that) ad-free. Plus, you’ll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.

Apr 16, 202618 votes

Kristi Noem's Fake Job Was Meant to Distract Her from Running for Senate

If you still have a shred of curiosity as to whatever the fuck it means for Kristi Noem to be a “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas,” consider this your definitive answer! PunchUp, a Substack affiliated with the Daily Beast, confirmed that, per various sources, it means diddly-squat—on purpose. Trump handed Noem the tacky title after firing her as Secretary of Homeland Security to “keep her busy,” or, in other words, out of any real decision-making in the federal government. (Geez, I sure wonder why!) Specifically, Trump reportedly did not want Noem to challenge South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds, since he already endorsed him. Rounds is an incumbent candidate who’s held the seat since 2015 and spent his tenure targeting abortion access; flip-flopping on where he stands in the MAGA spectrum; and pushing to put UFO policies in front of Congress. He’s most likely to be challenged by democrat Julian Beaudion.  According to PunchUp, the timing of Noem’s ousting in early March was key to put her “out to the glue factory” so that she couldn’t meet the March 31 filing deadline to enter South Dakota’s GOP primary. To get her name on the ballot, she would have only needed to collect 2,171 signatures in 26 days.  Noem was the 33rd governor of South Dakota before joining the administration, and before that, she was the state’s sole representative.  But leave it up to Noem to fail at failing, because apparently, she’s been doing nothing right with the fake position, and freaking out White House officials. “They didn’t expect her to take it so seriously,” a source told PunchUp. Simultaneously, according to a recent report by the Daily Mail, Noem has put in close to no work and might soon be fired. Again. Noem also brought 10 DHS officials with her to her new role, though four of them have since been kicked out or placed on administrative leave, which, according to an anonymous source who spoke to the New York Post, is because the department “didn’t want any people that would be tentacles for Lewandowski”—Noem’s alleged lover who was really running things at DHS.  Like what you just read? You’ve got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you’ll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article (and all the ones after that) ad-free. Plus, you’ll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.

Apr 15, 202612 votes