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7/24/14 @ 11:10am
Brazilian anti-gay activist Julio Severo is outraged that the United States has handed over to the Brazilian National Truth Commission documents about human rights abuses, including the torture of dissidents, during Brazil’s military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985.
He took to BarbWire today to... MORE
7/24/14 @ 10:47am
As Miranda noted yesterday, Jody Hice, a Religious Right activist and radio host with a long history of making outrageous statements, won a run-off election in Georgia to become the official Republican Party nominee for a seat in Congress.
Hice seems to have almost completely wiped away the archives... MORE
7/24/14 @ 10:30am
In a classic just asking the question column, WorldNetDaily pundit Erik Rush argues today that the Obama administration may have been behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, suggesting that the White House worked with the Ukrainian government in order to blame Russian-backe... MORE
7/24/14 @ 10:21am
The American Family Association is not amused by the upcoming Adult Swim comedy “Black Jesus.”
The group’s One Million Moms arm is urging TBN to drop the show and advertisers to boycott it, writing in a petition that the show’s portrayal of “Jesus as a ‘blac... MORE
7/23/14 @ 5:35pm
Tim Murphy @ Mother Jones: Glenn Beck Tells Common Core Activists They Shouldn't Mention His Name. Luke Brinker @ Equality Matters: National Review Online Editor Endorses “Ex-Gay” Therapy. Tom Kludt @ TPM: National Review Writer Blasts Dem Support Of Jim Crow, Ignores Maga... MORE
7/23/14 @ 5:31pm
Ben Carson is "starting to think" about running for president. In even better news, Michele Bachmann is insisting "there's a chance" that she might make another run for the White House. The downing of a Malaysian jet over Ukraine last week is a sign that America h... MORE
7/23/14 @ 4:52pm
In an attempt to woo social conservatives in advance of a possible presidential bid, Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a speech at Catholic University today, where he attempted to come across as a uniter on social issues like marriage equality and abortion rights while assuring his party’s right flan... MORE
7/23/14 @ 4:02pm
A few months ago, Glenn Beck was invited to speak at Liberty University where, in addition to presenting himself as a prophet of God, he set off a bit of controversy by preaching Mormon theology from the stage while repeatedly insisting that Mormonism is simply a "different denomination" o... MORE
7/23/14 @ 3:15pm
After lecturing liberals on why they are wrong to fault the United States for slavery, former Southern Baptist Convention official Richard Land drew a connection between the rise of gay rights and Nazi Germany.
While guest-hosting yesterday’s edition of “Washington Watch,” Land spo... MORE
7/23/14 @ 2:25pm
Another WorldNetDaily pundit is demanding Republicans vote to impeach President Obama. On Monday the outlet republished a commentary from blogger J.B. Williams, who claims “only impeachment can save the Republican Party or the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America at this poi... MORE
7/23/14 @ 2:10pm
The far-right outlet BarbWire published an excerpt today of a blog post by conservative activist Evan Sayet titled, “Another Take On Why Jews Vote Democrat,” in which he warns that Jewish voters have mistakenly backed Democratic candidates, like President Obama, whom he believes promote... MORE
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7/21/14 @ 4:35pm
A senior policy analyst for the Center for Immigration Studies, which bills itself as the think tank of the anti-immigrant Right, told a Florida-based Tea Party group last week that President Obama not only deserves impeachment, but that “being hung, drawn and quartered is probably too good fo... MORE
7/21/14 @ 12:45pm
For weeks now, anti-immigrant groups have been hyping a “National Day of Protesting Against Immigration Reform, Amnesty & Border Surge,” meant to be two days of protests in cities across the country in reaction to the Central American children who are coming to the southern border to... MORE
7/3/14 @ 12:18pm
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ended this Supreme Court session with a bang, writing the majority opinion in two cases that gave for-profit corporations the right to make religious liberty claims to evade government regulation and set the stage for the fulfillment of a central goal of the right-wing political movement: the destruction of public employee unions. MORE