Donald Trump was just being coy when he said he'd be a dictator on Day One. The convicted conman has already installed himself as the authoritarian MAGA king, and he is now commanding Fox to fire former House speaker Paul Ryan from its board. — Read the rest
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan warns Republicans, "If we nominate Trump again, we are going to lose."
"It's just that clear," Ryan continued on Fox "News" yesterday while promoting his new book. "We lost with him in '18, '20, and '22. — Read the rest
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan conducts a rigorously scientific fiscal experiment.
Quitting Republican congressman and house speaker Paul Ryan has a car problem: woodchucks ate it. NPR:
— Read the restThe car was parked at his mother's house in his hometown in Wisconsin, and when she came back from her annual trip to Florida for the winter, it wouldn't start.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, an asshole, is quitting his job.
Every time there's a mass murder, Paul Ryan says we should all be more concerned about knees that jerk than bodies that bleed to death.
Ayn Rand fanboy (except for the atheist and abortion stuff) Paul Ryan was busting with pride to announce on Twitter that the GOP's tax bill resulted in a whopping $1.50 a week pay increase for a high school secretary in PA. — Read the rest
Paul Ryan says his tax plan will be great for the poorest and most vulnerable people in America, and he tweeted a hypothetical to help you understand how that works: "Meet Cindy: a single mom, making $30,000 per year, who hopes to one day get beyond living paycheck to paycheck. — Read the rest
Randy Bryce wants to challenge Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan for the First District of Wisconsin, where Ryan beat his most recent Democratic challenger by 35 points.
This brainfart from the Republican speaker of the house dates to 2013, not the aftermath of his failure to pass 2017's universally-loathed Obamacare replacement plan. Snopes:
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House Speaker Ryan said he would not give up on destroying the United States' health care system.
At a press conference where Paul Ryan defended President Trump's Muslim-targeting travel ban, someone within whispering distance of a hot mic muttered "waste of my fucking time" as the House Speaker walked off.
Ryan denies saying it; consensus is it was a "bored cameraman" lurking around the lectern after he exited. — Read the rest
House Speaker Paul Ryan admits that a Clinton victory in tomorrow's general election dooms efforts to overturn Obamacare. The battle moves on to preventing evolution toward a single-payer system; Republicans fear a public option may prove a more popular way to lower costs than feeding the poor to insurance companies. — Read the rest
Samantha Bee should be championed and revered for explaining why Paul Ryan is an awful person.
This photo of congressional interns taken by House Speaker Paul Ryan struck me as lacking in diversity, but I eventually found a ginger.
Edit: Dupe!
Senator Paul Ryan is so, so excited about all the white interns in his selfie.
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Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, cringing from the decision for days after it became clear who would win the party's nomination, has finally endorsed Donald Trump's bid to become U.S. President.
— Read the restThe Wisconsin Republican has voice reservations over Trump's tone throughout the campaign and disagrees with him on many policy areas.
Evan from Fight for the Future writes, "Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is trying to use a Congressional loophole to push through two attacks on our Internet freedom in the 'omnibus' must-pass budget bill that Congress is expected to file tonight. — Read the rest
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Representative Paul Ryan (R- Wi.) explains what he meant when he said "inner city" men are lazy.
The FBI has indicted Adam Paul Savader for "sextortion," alleging that he hacked women's computers, plundered compromising photos of them, and then threatened them with public embarrassment unless they performed private sex shows for him over their webcams. Savader was Paul Ryan's sole campaign intern in the 2012 elections, and Gawker reports that he also served on the 2011 Gingrich campaign, dressing up as Ellis the Elephant, a mascot for the campaign. — Read the rest
Time's photos of vice president hopeful Paul Ryan bear a striking resemblance to the BusinessWeek's 2006 cover of Digg cofounder Kevin Rose.
