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5/20/13 @ 12:00pm
Now that E.W Jackson has vaulted from the outer fringes of the Religious Right movement onto the Virgina election ballot as the GOP's nominee to become Lt. Governor, his previous statements and appearances carry an entirely new significance and relevance.
Such as, for instance, his appearance on... MORE
5/20/13 @ 11:33am
Gun Owners of America director Larry Pratt is upset that just because President Obama “got 50-plus percent of the vote,” he thinks can now carry out his policy agenda. In one of his frequent interviews with conspiracy nut Alex Jones recently, Pratt alleged that the president is a “... MORE
5/20/13 @ 11:05am
With the ultraconservative Ken Cuccinelli as their candidate for governor, it only makes sense that Virginia Republican delegates picked far-right pastor and failed U.S. Senate candidate E. W. Jackson as their nominee for Lt. Governor.
Jackson is running on a “message to inspire and unite Virg... MORE
5/20/13 @ 10:40am
"Coach" Dave Daubenmire is calling upon President Obama to come clean with the American people by admitting that he is a socialist who is trying to destroy the economy and that he is not really a Christian.
But mostly, Daubenmire wants Obama to "come out of the closet" and admit... MORE
5/17/13 @ 5:35pm
Eric Hananoki @ Media Matters: 8 Reasons Allen West Is The Perfect Fox News Contributor. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: There were meaningful Benghazi lies after all. Tim Murphy @ Mother Jones: The Next Senator From Georgia Will Probably be Nuts. Eric Lach @ TPM: The Daily Caller Accu... MORE
5/17/13 @ 5:29pm
How worried is Michele Bachmann about retaining her seat in Congress? She is already running campaign ads. Gary Bauer and Frank Gaffney will headline the American Decency Association summer conference. Nice try, Sarah Palin. Glenn Beck featured a round-table of Religious Right p... MORE
5/17/13 @ 4:53pm
Religious Right activist John Stemberger is continuing his fight against a proposal to end the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay members, telling Tim Wildmon of the American Family Association that "anything that has the word 'gay' on it in our culture ... [is] guaranteed to be ina... MORE
5/17/13 @ 4:35pm
Along with Steve King, Republican congressman Steve Stockman of Texas also appeared on The Steve Deace Show last night to criticize the push for comprehensive immigration reform and President Obama’s speech in Mexico City.
Stockman claimed Obama “basically told everybody in Mexico our do... MORE
5/17/13 @ 3:45pm
Rep. Steve King attacked the proposed immigration reform legislation during an appearance on The Steve Deace Show last night, warning that the bill will do great damage to “American liberty” and “the underpinnings of the pillars of American exceptionalism.” He said that undoc... MORE
5/17/13 @ 2:37pm
Pete Santilli is the kind of person we normally wouldn’t cover here – an unhinged Internet ranter who exists somewhere to the crazier side of Alex Jones. Santilli’s broadcast – on which he details conspiracy theories on everything from 9/11 to Sandy Hook -- doesn’... MORE
5/17/13 @ 2:35pm
Upon news that Republicans altered emails from government officials to make it appear that the State Department was engaged in a cover-up of the attack in Benghazi, Sen. Rand Paul attempted to revive the non-scandal in his column for the Washington Times.
Paul writes that “[Gregory] Hicks test... MORE