This Week In Crazy — May 24th Edition

Welcome to “This Week In Crazy,” The National Memo’s weekly update on the wildest attacks, conspiracy theories, and other loony behavior from the increasingly unhinged right wing. Starting with number five: 5: Paul Gosar Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) got his baseless accusations mixed up on Wednesday, when he blasted former IRS commissioner Doug Shulman for
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Separate But Unequal: Apple Defers Its Taxes, You Foot The Bill

The richest of the rich are different from you and me because instead of paying taxes, Congress lets them pay interest. This little-known difference was on full display before the Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee this week, though you would hardly know that from the news reports of testimony by Apple CEO Tim Cook and his
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McCain Responds To ‘Nuclear Threat,’ Criticizes Tea Party Senators

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) took to the Senate floor on Thursday morning to scold members of his own party yet again, as Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Mike Lee (R-UT) insist on blocking the Senate from sending its budget proposal to a conference committee with the House. What for most is a procedural
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If The Election Were Held Today, The GOP Could Lose The House

You know by now that the Republican Party used their 2010 landslide to gerrymander an electoral map that would make it nearly impossible for them to lose the House of Representatives until 2022. Well, the impossible could happen if the GOP doesn’t change direction. Democrats lead Republicans in the generic congressional ballot by a margin
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