Where everything is bipartisan until it is not.
Government spending on programs like Social Security and Medicare, which are authorized by law and happen automatically unless the law changes. It's the budget category nobody can control.
An alleged classified U.S. government operation purportedly established in 1947 to investigate extraterrestrial activity and alien incursions—largely considered a hoax, though conspiracy enthusiasts cite various unverified documents as 'proof.'
A person who relentlessly chases media attention and provokes journalists, viewing controversy and publicity as currency regardless of the collateral damage to actual journalism or public discourse. Basically an attention vampire with a Twitter account.
Bills or amendments introduced at the last minute with minimal debate or transparency, often bundled into massive spending bills as a vehicle for controversial provisions.
The arrival and descent of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface, most famously achieved by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, when humans walked on the lunar surface for the first time. The term now broadly refers to any successful lunar landing by any nation or private entity.
A provision quietly inserted into a bill at the last minute, often unrelated to the bill's main purpose and designed to avoid public scrutiny. It's legislative jaywalking on a massive scale.
The polite euphemism for legalized bribery where wealthy donors and corporations purchase favorable legislation through campaign contributions.
The legislative enforcer tasked with ensuring party members show up and vote the right way. Part politician, part babysitter, part mafia lieutenant.
A thinly-veiled double entendre referring to the practice of ambushing college students with one-sided political arguments, usually filmed and curated to make one side look bad. It's debate theater for people who think 'winning' means editing out the moments you lose.
A judge appointed in the final days of an administration to shape the judiciary for years to come, basically legislating from the bench before leaving office.
When a politician criticizes their opponent's statements with exaggerated outrage intended to damage them politically, manufactured scandal.