Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:59:48 pm
DERPWhoever's posting the links at Drudge Report really seems to enjoy the work of the Dumbest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft, because the estimable Gateway Pundit receives another Drudge benefaction today, for another long-debunked right wing paranoid fantasy: Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion ...

Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:33:57 pm
Anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin joins Bill to talk about fighting laws and voucher programs that let publicly-funded creationist curriculum in the back door of American classrooms. Also on the program, journalist and historian Susan Jacoby talks about the role secularism and intellectual curiosity have played throughout America's history. Also ...

Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:10:24 pm
Today at right wing propaganda outlet Breitbart.com, there are no less than 14 front-page articles (there may be more by the time you read this) attacking Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel in every possible way; I haven't seen the Breitbrats this worked up since last November. And they're also up ...

Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:32:54 pm
Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton struggles with the issue: Is the Post 'Pro-Gay'? Apparently, the Post has been getting emails from conservatives complaining that their anti-gay viewpoints are being marginalized. They're not happy about it. Hating gay people is a core conservative value, and why doesn't the Post understand that? Pexton concludes ...

Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:44:20 am
MSNBC Video Here's Louisiana's creationist Governor Bobby Jindal on Meet the Press today, helpfully explaining that even though he's been saying the GOP needs to change its ways (to help position himself for a presidential run), they don't actually need to change anything -- anything at all! -- about their ...

Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:09:16 am
After being exposed as hacks without standards this week (again), the gang at Breitbart.com went completely ballistic, posting one article after another bashing Chuck Hagel in a crazed, desperate attempt to scuttle his nomination for Secretary of Defense. Currently on the front page at Breitbart.com, we find no less than 13 ...

Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:56:17 pm
Republicans in Indiana are not happy with a bill that mandates an invasive transvaginal ultrasound procedure before a woman would be allowed to have an abortion. They're not happy because they want to force women to undergo TWO invasive transvaginal ultrasound procedures -- before and after: Double Ultrasound Bill in Indiana ...

Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:37:10 pm
A screenshot of the archived U.S. Tea Party site, as it appeared online on Sept. 13, 2002 A new academic study confirms that front groups with longstanding ties to the tobacco industry and the billionaire Koch brothers planned the formation of the Tea Party movement more than a decade before ...

Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:55:37 pm
DERPYoda may have had The Force on his side, but Jim Hoft, the legendary Dumbest Man on the Internet, has something much more powerful: The Fail. And today he's workin' that Hoft magic again, as he whips out an infamous, long-debunked fake photograph of John Kerry and Jane Fonda purportedly at ...

Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:59:00 am
MSNBC Video I was pleasantly surprised last night when Rachel Maddow showed a screen shot from LGF to illustrate her piece on the right wing's continual invention of loony conspiracy theories about the President. Here's the LGF article she used: Breitbart Blogger Dan Riehl on the Trail of a Bombshell Obama ...

Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:20:59 pm
Add this to the increasing marginalization of radical anti-Muslim views: A Catholic diocese in Massachusetts today rescinded its invitation to Robert Spencer, a prominent anti-Muslim writer and activist, to speak about Islam at an upcoming conference. "Although the intention of the conference organizers was to have a presenter on Islam ...

Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:58:00 pm
It's back! The Republican-mandated invasive transvaginal ultrasound has returned in Arkansas (they never stop trying), where Sen. Jason Rapert (yes! Rapert was his name-o!) is hiding the ultrasound requirement in ... yet another "fetal heartbeat" anti-abortion bill: Spread 'Em, Ladies: Rapert Toughens Anti-Abortion Bill. The new Rapert bill would ...

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:44:52 pm
AARP AFL-CIO Ambulatory Pediatric Association American Academy of Pediatrics American Civil Liberties Union American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing American Medical Women's Association American Medical Student Association American Medical Association American Association for the Surgery of Trauma American Trauma Society American Federation of Teachers American Association of School Administrators American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities American Medical Association American Bar Association American Counseling Association American Academy of ...

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:28:09 am
A lawsuit against a Kansas woman who publicly proclaimed her admiration for the man who gunned down one of the country's few late-term abortion providers is revealing the unwavering support a small group of radical anti-abortion activists has for the imprisoned killer despite an ongoing federal investigation into the ...

Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:26:27 pm
Here's an absolutely classic case of lying with statistics, as George Will abuses his position as a columnist for the Washington Post to shamelessly mislead his readers and disseminate deceptive climate change denial propaganda. Will's latest column makes a claim that's true in a literal sense, but when examined more closely ...

Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:12:45 am
The media and right wing blogs are all buzzing about Gov. Bobby Jindal's speech to the Republican National Committee, a warmed-over rehash of the talking points he's been developing since the GOP lost the election, saying the Republicans have to stop being the "stupid party:" Bobby Jindal to GOP: Don't ...

Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:54:24 am
St. Thomas More Hospital, operated by Catholic Health Initiatives, argues its way out of a wrongful death lawsuit by claiming that fetuses are not people. The case is heading to the Colorado Supreme Court. The lead defendant in the case is Catholic Health Initiatives, the Englewood-based nonprofit that runs St. ...

Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:18:25 pm
It's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and today at Breitbart.com, editor John Nolte celebrates the civil rights legend's birthday by launching an attack on Roots author Alex Haley, and linking to an anti-MLK hate site hosted by the white supremacists of Stormfront.org: ALEX HALEY: THE LANCE ARMSTRONG OF LITERATURE. That link is ...

Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:02:13 am
Across the nation wingnut heads are a-poppin' as President Obama's second inauguration parade gets ready to start. The First Lady is rockin' the bangs today, and the President gave a stirring speech, laying out a very progressive-sounding agenda for his second term: Obama's Second Inaugural Speech. Yep, he threw down the ...

Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:42:55 pm
The more we look into the groups sponsoring "Gun Appreciation Day," the more kooks and disturbing connections we find. LGF contributor Freetoken points out another sponsor with an unassuming name: the "Eidsness Community of Safety," an Arizona survivalist-militia group. Their Facebook page links to a "sister group," American Civil Sentinels, where ...

Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:29:17 am
Following up on our previous post about the white supremacist hate group discovered to be sponsoring "Gun Appreciation Day," the organizers may have removed "American Third Position" from their sponsor list, but A3P is not the only racist hate group on that list. LGF contributor Gus noticed another interesting sponsor: Whiteout ...

Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:35:23 pm
What might America look like if the Republican Party's anti-science agenda were enshrined into law? For an answer, let's look at Turkey, where religious fundamentalists in the government recently took a very dangerous, tragically misguided step, a step that many in the Republican Party would like to take in the US: ...

Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:10:37 pm
Matt Barber of the anti-gay Liberty Counsel may hate gay people with every fiber of his being, but he does love him some guns, and if'n you try to take his away, Civil War's a-Brewin'. I love guns. Grew up with 'em. As a former police officer with 12 years ...

Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:53:27 pm
I hadn't looked at Pamela Geller's site in a while, but I just did, and wow. She's always been a swivel-eyed loon, but the hate is just off the charts now. Non-stop rage and bigotry. Really ugly stuff. One of her latest crazed posts defends the leader of the fascist English ...

Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:41:04 pm
In an extraordinary political moment, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called a press conference today and took a wrecking ball to the House Republican majority, and especially Speaker John Boehner, for killing the bill that would have provided $60 billion in emergency funds to victims of Hurricane Sandy. Even for someone ...