Round-Up

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/21/13

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 2/21/2013 7:00 pm

Jamin Raskin @ Huffington Post: The President’s Agenda Faces Peril in the Courts.

Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Associated Press Caves, Acknowledges Same-Sex Marriage As ‘Husbands’ And ‘Wives.’

Laura Conaway @ Maddow Blog: Ladypeople, Indiana Republicans would like a look at your insides.

Steve Kornacki @ Salon: It’s OK to stop pretending, Mitt.

David Taintor @ Talking Points Memo: Crowd Cheers After McCain Tells Aurora Victim’s Mother She Needs ‘Straight Talk.’

Wonkette: Montana Law Enforcement Will Protect You From Other Law Enforcement Because Freedom.

Alex Koppleman @ The New Yorker: ‘Friends of Hamas’ and Andrew Breitbart’s Legacy.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/20/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 2/20/2013 6:33 pm

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: "Friends of Hamas -- The Origin Story."

Jeremy Hooper: Focus on the Family wants to flout nondiscrimination laws; but they're the 'victims,' natch.

Rebecca Berg @ BuzzFeed: Missouri State Representative Shoots Holes Through Gun Control Bill.

Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite: Fox Liberal Host’s Shocking Question: ‘When Was The Last Time You Heard About A Rape On Campus?’

Bradlee Dean Info: Bradlee Dean Says He Spent $77,000 on His Failed Lawsuit Against Rachel Maddow.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/19/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 2/19/2013 6:35 pm

Ian Millhiser @ Think Progress: Missouri Bill Makes It A Felony For Lawmakers To Propose Gun Safety Legislation.

Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion: Oklahoma State Rep. John Bennett Announces “Counterterrorism Caucus”, Cites Jerry Boykin.

NewsHounds: Glenn Beck: The Obama Administration Is Teaching Workers ‘How To Be Racist.’

Charles Johnson @ LGF: Tea Party Group Sends Fundraising Email With Pic of Karl Rove in Nazi Uniform.

Aaron Couch @ The Hollywood Reporter: Donald Trump Threatens to Sue Macy’s Protester for $25 Million.

Warren Throckmorton: World’s David Barton Coverage: What Will Evangelicals Do?

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/15/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 2/15/2013 6:32 pm

Matt Wilstein @ Mediaite: So Long, Sarah, Hello Herman: Cain Officially Joins Fox News As Contributor.

Daily Kos: The NRA response to the State of the Union: Only the NRA cares about the children.

Timothy Johnson @ Media Matters: Ted Nugent Revives False Report To Deny An Assault Weapon Was Used In Sandy Hook Massacre.

David Taintor @ TPM: Controversial Preacher Bradlee Dean Kicked Off High School Campus In Florida.

Joe.My.God: Delgaudio Recall Movement Launched.

Alyssa Rosenberg @ Think Progress: ’2016: Obama’s America’ Mailed To Every Member Of Congress.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/14/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Thursday, 2/14/2013 6:35 pm

PFAW: PFAW Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Approval of 13 Nominees, Including D.C. Circuit Court Nominee Caitlin Halligan.

David Corn@ Mother Jones: FreedomWorks Made Video of Fake Giant Panda Having Sex With Fake Hillary Clinton.

Billy Corriher @ Think Progress: Meet The Shady Secret Money Group Helping The NRA Buy Up Judges And Attorneys General.

Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Illinois Family Institute Warns Us About What Will Happen if the State Legalizes Gay Marriage.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: NRA's Wayne LaPierre: Be afraid, be very afraid.

David Weigel @ Slate: "Friends of Hamas": The Scary-Sounding Pro-Hagel Group That Doesn't Actually Exist.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/13/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 2/13/2013 6:36 pm

Peter Montgomery @ Religion Dispatches: Immigration Reform According to Ralph Reed's Bible.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Putting the rube in Rubio.

Hayes Brown @ Think Progress: Tea Party Senate Hopeful Brags To Donors: ‘I Was The First To Call Obama A Socialist.’

David Taintor @ TPM: Jon Stewart: Cheney Must Have Forgotten He Was A ‘Shi**y’ VP.

Chris Rodda: David Barton Claims That Gun Accidents Just Didn’t Happen in the Founding Era — Yeah, Right.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/12/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 2/12/2013 6:33 pm

PFAW: Those Who Threaten the President’s Life Are Not Welcome at the State of the Union.

Sahil Kapur @ TPM: Senate Passes Expanded Violence Against Women Act.

Towleroad: eHarmony CEO Neil Clark Warren Had to Hire Guards Because of 'Angry' Anti-Gay Christians.

Equality Matters: Pedophilia Myth Tainted Cable News Coverage Of Boy Scouts’ Anti-Gay Ban.

Americablog: Sheriff Arpaio hired former employee, convicted child-sex criminal, for armed school “posse.”

Ben Dimiero @ Media Matters: "I Love Rubio": Fox News' Long History Of Cheerleading For Marco Rubio.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/11/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Monday, 2/11/2013 6:33 pm

Meenal Vamburkar @ Mediaite: Roger Ailes: Obama ‘Too Busy Getting The Middle Class To Hate Rich People, Blacks To Hate Whites.’

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Roger Ailes has a plan.

Mariah Blake @ Columbia Journalism Review: The Washington Times takes a giant step—backwards.

Ben Dimiero @ Eric Hananoki @ Media Matters: A Brief History Of Conservative Anger At "Propagandist" Karl Rove And His "Repulsive" Political Group.

Hayes Brown @ Think Progress: U.N. Conspiracy Theorist Ron Paul Turns To U.N. To Solve Website Dispute.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/9/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 2/8/2013 6:31 pm

Jeremy Hooper: Today in laughable self-assessments: Jerry Boykin says FRC has 'not made a big issue of trying to condemn homosexuals.'

Tim Murphy @ Mother Jones: The Big House That Wayne LaPierre Built.

Carlos Maza @ Equality Matters: Déjà Vu: FRC Rehashes Same Arguments Against Boy Scouts That It Used Against DADT Repeal.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: O'Reilly's version of a correction.

Simon Maloy @ Media Matters: John Fund Accidentally Demonstrates The Vanishing Rarity Of Voter Fraud.

Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Maryland Middle School Promotes Ex-Gay Therapy To Students.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/7/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Thursday, 2/7/2013 6:32 pm

PFAW: PFAW Urges Senate to Turn Attention to Long-Vacant Appeals Court Seats.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: A political test emerges in Georgia.

Josh Feldmam @ Mediaite: Bill O’Reilly Bizarrely Claims NBC Hasn’t Reported On Drone Strike Memo, Even Though NBC Broke The Story.

David Weigel: Four Hilarious Lies in Dick Morris's Sit-Down With Piers Morgan.

Zack Ford @ Think Progress: How The ‘Scouts’ Safety’ Argument Reveals Conservatives’ Complete Anti-Gay Agenda.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/6/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 2/6/2013 6:33 pm

Drew Courtney @ Huffington Post: Bad News for the Right: There Already Are Gays in the Boy Scouts.

Andrew Padgett @ Political Research Associates: In Lamb’s Clothing: The Agenda of Latino Evangelical Rev. Samuel Rodriguez.

Ben Dimiero & Eric Hananoki @ Media Matters: So Wrong, So Long: Dick Morris' Unethical Career At Fox News.

Robin Marty @ RH Reality Check: Alabama Senator Wants to Ban Abortion Because The Bible Tells Him So.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Virginia is for lovers of their own currency.

David Edwards @ Raw Story: Idaho lawmaker’s bill forces students to pass ‘Atlas Shrugged’ test to graduate.

Jeff Chu @ Medium: Damsel, Arise: A Westboro Scion Leaves Her Church.

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/5/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Tuesday, 2/5/2013 6:35 pm

Media Matters: Fox's Ablow Says He'll Run For Senate If Republican Leaders Are "United Around Me".

Igor Volsky @ Think Progress: Right-Wing Congressman Suddenly Embraces A Health Care Mandate…For Immigrants.

David Ferguson @ Raw Story: Glenn Beck calls Obama ‘full-fledged woman’ over concern about football concussions.

Brian Beutler @ TPM: Federal Appeals Court Decision Would Have Invalidated Hundreds Of Recess Appointments From Reagan To Obama.

Noah Rothman @ Mediaite: Mark Levin Savages Karl Rove’s ‘Diabolical’ Anti-Tea Party PAC: ‘We’re Being Stabbed In The Back.’

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/4/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Monday, 2/4/2013 6:34 pm

Peter Montgomery @ PFAW Blog: The Challenge of “Both-And” Policymaking.

Andy Kroll @ Mother Jones: Karl Rove's New Super-PAC: Republicans Attacking Republicans!

Timothy Johnson @ Media Matters: Wallace Rebukes NRA's LaPierre: "That's Ridiculous And You Know It, Sir."

Jeremy Hooper: Video: IL's leading marriage activist says gays can and should 'change'; claims 'Satan wants to destroy God's creation.'

John Fea: More Barton Debunking.

Chris Rodda: Is David Barton Now Getting his ‘History’ from Louis L’Amour Novels?

Right Wing Round-Up - 2/1/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 2/1/2013 6:33 pm

Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite: Mark Levin Explodes: ‘The Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated Our Gov’t — It’s Called Barack Obama.’

Lee Fang @ The Nation: Meet Jason Rapert, the Koch-Backed Evangelical Steering Arkansas' Radical Abortion-Restriction Effort.

Jed Lewison @ Daily Kos: National Review outraged that Obama called Holocaust 'senseless violence.'

Jeremy Hooper: FRC stamps branding on 'Scout Sunday'; prints church bulletin inserts warning of supposed safety threats.

Chris Rodda: A Debunking of Pseudo-Historian David Barton’s Book on the Second Amendment.

Right Wing Round-Up - 1/31/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Thursday, 1/31/2013 6:49 pm

Asawin Suebsaeng @ Mother Jones: No, the University of Chicago Isn't Tearing Down Reagan's Childhood Home to Make Way for an Obama Parking Lot.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: The GOP's '47 percent' problem never really went away.

Jeremy Hooper: Robert Knight has one regret about his 'USA Today' column.

Zack Ford @ Think Progress: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Sponsor: ‘The Act Of Homosexuality Is Very Dangerous.’

Alex Seitz-Wald @ Salon: Catholic diocese boots anti-Muslim speaker.

Right Wing Round-Up - 1/30/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Wednesday, 1/30/2013 6:40 pm

Michael B. Keegan @ The Huffington Post: Lindsey, Please!

Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion: Judith Reisman Hits Croatia.

Joe.My.God: Protect Marriage: WE'RE BROKE.

Annie-Rose Strasser @ Think Progress: Tennessee ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Now Requires Teachers To Inform Parents If Their Child Is Gay.

Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: I Don’t Think This Will Sway the Court.

Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite: Comedian Relentlessly Mocks Glenn Beck’s Freedom Town Plans… On Glenn Beck’s Own TV Network.

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Graham: Clinton 'got away with murder.'

Right Wing Round-Up - 1/29/13

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Tuesday, 1/29/2013 6:40 pm

Steve Benen @ Maddow Blog: Sen. Rand ‘I don’t have any proof’ Paul.

Kate Sheppard @ Mother Jones: Anti-Abortion Group to Lawmakers: Please, Let’s Talk About Rape!

Eric Dolan @ Raw Story: Father of Newtown victim heckled by gun advocates at legislative hearing.

Ilya Gerner @ Indecision Forever: Tennessee May Starve Children Until Their Grades Improve.

Ed Kilgore @ Washington Monthly: The Purge.

Katie McDonough @ Salon: Gay marriage opponents use “Knocked Up” defense in Supreme Court case.

Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Inside Ex-Gay Therapy: Homosexual Behavior Is A Fantasy Addiction To A Wounded Gender Identity.

Jeremy Hooper @ Good As You: Birds of a feather Barber & Fischer show Boy Scouts what extremism looks like.

Dan Quinn @ Texas Freedom Network: Texas Public School Bible Courses: Christian Nationalism and Phony Quotations.

Right Wing Round-Up - 1/28/13

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Monday, 1/28/2013 6:44 pm

Michael B. Keegan @ The Huffington Post: If You Can't Win the Presidency, Put the Fix In.

David Edwards @ Raw Story: Bay Buchanan quits TV punditry, takes online real estate class after Romney’s ‘brutal’ loss.

Tara Culp-Ressler @Think Progress: New Mexico Lawmaker Clarifies Her Bill Will Prosecute Doctors Who Perform Abortions For Rape Victims.

PolitiFact: The National Organization for Marriage-Rhode Island says religious groups have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities.

David Weigel @ Slate: Conservative Angst.

Dan @ TFN Insider: The Religious Right, Guns and White Supremacists.

Right Wing Round-Up - 1/25/13

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 1/25/2013 7:00 pm

Paul Gordon @ PFAW Blog: Recess Appointments Ruling Shows Consequences of GOP Obstructionism.

Stephen Webster @ Raw Story: Republican judges parse definition of ‘the’ to strike down Obama labor nominees.

Sahil Kapur @ Talking Points Memo: Foster Friess To Hugh Hefner: ‘Contraception’s Been Very, Very Good To Me.’

Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Conservatives Use Inauguration To Double Down On Anti-Gay Race-Wedging.

Center for American Progress: Fighting Hate and Extremism.

Right Wing Round-Up - 1/24/13

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 1/24/2013 7:00 pm

Michael Keegan @ Huffington Post: A Lesson From the Inauguration: When Everything Is Partisan, Just Do What’s Right.

Elspeth Reeve @ The Atlantic: All These Objections to Women in Combat Are Dumb.

Adam Serwer @ Mother Jones: In 2012, the House GOP Blocked the Violence Against Women Act. Will They Do It Again?

Aviva Shen @ Think Progress: New York Post Goes After Hillary Clinton With Blatantly Sexist Cover.

Ben Dimiero @ Media Matters: The Many Conspiracies Of Kerry Swift-Boater Jerome Corsi.

Ed Brayton @ Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Santorum: Still Incredibly Dishonest.

Warren Throckmorton: Response to World’s Coverage of the David Barton Controversy.

Dan Quinn @ Texas Freedom Network: Texas Public School Bible Courses: Preparing Students for the End Times.

Towleroad: Rhode Island House Passes Marriage Equality Bill in 51-19 Vote.

Good As You: Bryan Fischer is hijacking the civil rights movement (is what I would say if I adopted his own movement’s tactics).

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Right Wing Round-Up - 4/18/13 4/17/13

SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Thursday 04/18/2013, 5:40pm

Michael B. Keegan @ Huffington Post: The Background Check Filibuster: ‘Who’s Laughing Now?” Brett LoGiurato @ Business Insider: Joe Scarborough Explodes At GOP For Voting Down Gun Control: ‘This Party Is Moving Toward Extinction.’ Evan Hurst @ Truth Wins Out: Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Superstar John Paulk Finally Renounces His ‘Ex-Gay’ Past. Don Byrd @ Baptist Joint Committee: Young Plaintiff in Successful Church-State Lawsuit Faces Continued Bullying, Threats. AFJ Justice Watch: Scalia’s latest:... MORE

Right Wing Round-Up - 4/17/13

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 04/17/2013, 5:36pm

Igor Volsky @ Think Progress: Congressman Says Bombings Reveal Danger Of Immigration Bill: ‘Radical Islamists…Are Trained To Act Hispanic.’ Sahil Kapur @ TPM: Background Checks Die At The Hands Of Senate Filibuster. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: NRA gets caught lying (again). Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite: Internet Falls For ‘Family Guy Predicted Boston Bombings’ Hoax, Usual Suspects Latch On. Kevin Drum: New Conservative Pet Rock is Born, Dies Before Any of You Even Got a Chance to Hear About It. Michelangelo Signorile @ Huffington Post:... MORE

Right Wing Round-Up - 4/16/13

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Tuesday 04/16/2013, 5:35pm

Ben Dimiero & Eric Hananoki @ Media Matters: Alex Jones And His Enablers. Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion: Todd Bentley Claims Miracles in South Africa, “Hundreds of Muslims and Hindus” Converted. Cavan Sieczkowski @ The Huffington Post: Pat Robertson On Boston Explosions: 'Don't Talk To Me About Religion Of Peace.' David @ Crooks and Liars: Fox News' Keith Ablow: Tea Partiers 'Enslaved' and 'Slaves Always Revolt.' Alvin McEwen: Bryan Fischer's interview with Paul Cameron is a boon for the gay community... MORE

Right Wing Round-Up - 4/12/13

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Friday 04/12/2013, 5:33pm

PFAW: GOP Has ‘Painted Itself Into a Corner’ Over Marriage. David Taintor @ TPM: Jon Stewart Tells Rand Paul He Can’t Just ‘Yada Yada Yada’ The GOP’s Past. Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: How not to make friends and influence people. Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite: Catholic Leader Battles With Current Host: Marriage Is ‘Not About Love’ Or ‘Making People Happy.’ Sarah Posner @ Comment Is Free: The Christian fundamentalism behind Ron Paul's home-schooling curriculum. Warren Throckmorton: Indian Country Media Writer... MORE

Right Wing Round-Up - 4/11/13

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Thursday 04/11/2013, 5:35pm

PFAW: Edit Memo: Senator Grassley's Misleading Spin on Judges. Annie-Rose Strasser @ Think Progress: North Carolina Lawmaker Calls Muslim Prayer ‘Terrorism.’ David Edwards @ Raw Story: Inhofe: ‘MoveOn.org, George Soros, Michael Moore’ created global warming hoax. Timothy Johnson @ Media Matters: NRA News Attacks Buzzfeed's Al Qaeda Story To Downplay Need For Stronger Gun Laws. Gavin Aronsen @ Mother Jones: GOP Congressman Compares Background Checks to Rwandan Genocide. MORE

Right Wing Round-Up - 4/10/13

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 04/10/2013, 5:37pm

Sofia Resnick @ The American Independent: University of Texas professor behind controversial study wades further into gay-marriage debate. Adam Serwer @ Mother Jones: At Howard University, Rand Paul Falsely Claims He Never Opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite: Beck Disregards Small Sample Size, Takes Basketball Shots To Prove He’s ‘Three Times As Good As President’. Warren Throckmorton: After getting history wrong, David Barton claims he was misunderstood about the destruction of Indians. Andrew Kaczynski @ BuzzFeed: Republican... MORE

Right Wing Round-Up - 4/9/13

SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Tuesday 04/09/2013, 5:34pm

David Edwards @ Raw Story: Former Navy chaplain: ‘Biologist’ Jesus opposed ‘three women and a dog’ marriage. Carlos Maza @ Media Matters: Megyn Kelly Asks Anti-Gay Hate Group Leader Why Pro-Gay Activists Are So Intolerant. David Corn @ Mother Jones: Secret Tape: McConnell and Aides Weighed Using Judd's Mental Health and Religion as Political Ammo. Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Republican Lawmaker Opposes Transgender Health Coverage Because ‘I Like Being A Boy.’ Ed Brayton @ Dispatches From The Culture Wars: Barber Passes on Muhlenberg... MORE

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