Lindsay Lohan's Late-Night Political Scratch-Fight

How corrosive is the modern political atmosphere in which we are all forced to live our lives?

So corrosive that it can even drag down innocent pop role models like Lindsay Lohan, though such a scenario seems scarcely a possibility…

The "Mean Girls" actress mixed it up with a starstruck congressional staffer in her Manhattan hotel early Sunday, prompting cops to step in.

Not our little angel! How did such a guileless young talent find herself wrapped up in such an ugly mess as this?

The details are almost too disturbing to deal with…

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Tags: John Shimkus, Lindsay Lohan, Movies

Jon Stewart Reports on Defeated 9/11 Heath Care Bill, Gives Up

In one week, Congress achieved two-thirds support for a bill allowing victims of bankruptcy to keep their guns and failed to achieve the same two-thirds support for a bill to grant health care to 9/11 responders.

This is good, because it means that even after these responders use up all their life savings seeking treatment for the airborne chemical-induced emphysema that makes each new breath a living nightmare, they'll still have something to shoot themselves in the face with. Thanks, Congress!

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

Tags: 9/11, Anthony Weiner, Dana Perino, Dave Camp, Economy, Fox, Guns, Health Care, House of Representatives, Immigration, John Shimkus, Jon Stewart, Kevin Brady, Republicans, Taxes, The Daily Show, Video

Obstructionist Partisanship? There's a Rep for That!

I have a feeling this is not what Michael Steele had in mind when he promised to re-brand the GOP has newer and hipper…

Don't you hate, though, how these funny vial clips often make unkind assertions about politicians and leave you wondering if they have any proof to back up their claims. Well, turns out, there's a post for that.

Tags: Bill Sali, House of Representatives, Joe Wilson, John Shimkus, Louie Gohmert, Lynn Jenkins, Lynn Westmoreland, Mark Kirk, Michele Bachmann, Republicans, Science & Technology, Steve King, Trent Franks, Virginia Foxx

Why Does Religious Conviction Seem to Correspond So Closely to Global Warming Denial?

Your taxes are being spent so that people like Illinois Rep. John Shimkus can be given a forum for citing Biblical stories as evidence against global warming…

Why not allow congresspeople to quote passages from The Silmarillion? I'm sure we can all find some wisdom in the tale of the destruction of the Kingdom of Númenor from the Akallabêth.

Tags: Climate Change, Environment, House of Representatives, Illinois, John Shimkus