Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:21:38 am
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal just keeps proving over and over that the Republican Party really is the "stupid party," going all the way to London to spew discredited far right talking points about nonexistent "no-go zones" in Muslim areas that even Fox News had to retract: Jindal Stuck After Spreading Discredited ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:07:35 pm
Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas)Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas)Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) is in the news after he was forced to apologize "to all those offended" by a tweet comparing President Obama to who else? Hitler. And in light of the previous post in which Rand Paul and Lamar Smith risibly tried to ...

Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:38:26 am
When Rand Paul says, "No, the GOP is absolutely not doing that thing you think they're doing," be assured that yes, they very definitely are doing that thing. Case in point: No, the GOP Is Not at War With Science - Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Lamar Smith. Sen. Paul and ...

Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:24:23 pm
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, anti-Muslim ranting at right wing blogs has reached an insane feverish pitch, totally out of control, and not a single blogger or commenter is denouncing it. It's off the scale; I've never seen it worse than this. For example, at Breitbart "News," ...

Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:18:17 am
As of this posting, there are at least two separate hostage standoff situations near Paris. One is at a kosher market (I've heard it referred to as a supermarket, deli, or grocery) on Ave Porte de Vincennes in the 13th Arr (that'd be Southeastern Paris). The other is near Charles ...

Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:02:13 pm
Sarah Palin has a rather spectacular word salad for us today at Facebook, ranting at one of the right's perennial targets, PETA, after they criticized her for posting a photo of her son standing on the family dog to wash dishes. In a standard what-about deflection maneuver, she brings up, ...

Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:57:13 am
One of David Duke's right hand haters, Kenny Knight, is now trying to run interference for House Majority Whip Steve Scalise with a story that Scalise didn't actually attend that white supremacist conference after all. Knight says it was pure coincidence; Scalise just happened to give a speech at the ...

Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:18:08 pm
Remember folks, anyone who tells you the Republican Party has a serious problem with racism is a liar and a scoundrel. Oh, and by the way? House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke at an event in 2002 sponsored by white supremacist David Duke. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA)Rep. ...

Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:32:22 am
On news of the shooting of two police officers in Brooklyn, right wing smear merchant Chuck C. Johnson immediately launched a full-on hate campaign, culminating in this frenzied piece of sheer bigotry (another "BREAKING EXCLUSIVE," of course -- they all are): BREAKING, EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Cop Killer Worked for Alleged Muslim ...

Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:40:53 am
How can you tell Rudy Giuliani is considering another run at the Presidency? When he starts saying really stupid things to appeal to the knuckle-dragging Tea Party base: Obama's 'Propaganda' Pushed People to 'Hate the Police,' Giuliani Says. President Obama has engaged in "propaganda" encouraging people to "hate the police," ...

Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:45:52 pm
MSNBC If you've followed his career as a flame-throwing right wing demagogue and one of the most unhinged writers at Breitbart "News," it's an unpleasant surprise to see John Nolte now being invited by Chuck Todd to sit on the panel of Meet the Press. He may not sound too crazed in ...

Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 1:20:23 pm
YouTube Yesterday, a small group of right-wing demonstrators gathered in front of the White House at a rally scheduled to coincide with the visit of a number of sheriffs who were in Washington, D.C., to protest President Obama's executive action on immigration. One activist who was filming the rally spoke to ...

Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:38:30 pm
And so it begins. Where's the wall-to-wall news coverage that would be happening if the driver had been a Muslim who intentionally plowed into a teen coming out of a church or synagogue? Where's the outrage over a murdered innocent? There's video at the source, but I can't embed it because ...

Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:06:27 pm
Getty Image Now showing up in Ferguson, Missouri: the "Oathkeepers," one of the most extreme right wing militia groups in the US and one of many offshoots of the Patriot movement, with numerous ties to white nationalist and xenophobic anti-immigrant groups. Founder Stewart Rhodes believes Barack Obama is plotting to disarm ...

Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:17:35 pm
Video More from the home grown religious right terror front. The concept of the Phineas Priesthood hinges on biblical passages and interpretations of how they think race mixing ought to be handled. Previously, police said they had not yet determined the motive for the shooting, which left only the gunman dead, ...

Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:34:06 pm
Pope Francis is more pro-science and anti-superstition than most Republicans: Pope Francis Takes a Stand for Evolution, Against 'Magic Wands'. Social conservatives in the United States who've been unhappy with Pope Francis' moderation today have one more reason to be upset. Daniel Berger reported this afternoon: Pope Francis broke with Catholic ...

Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:40:49 am
It's sad that a 5 yr old might have the disease, but there's some good news here : it appears that Christie has caved on Quarantine, and that Kaci Hickox will be released despite the atavistic anti-science fear of the GOP grandstander. A 5-year-old boy with a fever who recently ...

Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 2:15:42 pm
Yes, it's another ridiculous, mindless, and highly dishonest post from our pal Chuck C. Johnson, who's now attacking the nurse who was placed into mandatory quarantine in New Jersey, because of course he is: #Ebola Nurse Complaining About Quarantine Is Left-Wing Democrat, CDC Employee. It's a mark of how batshit nuts ...

Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:37:31 am
Would you be surprised to learn Joseph Farah, owner of the utterly deranged right wing Birther/conspiracy theory journal World Net Daily, is a dyed-in-the-wool young Earth creationist? No, you say? I didn't think so. But today he removes all doubt with a loony screed that's like reading a message from ...

Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 6:05:23 pm
Video Via TPM: CNN Host Grills Cruz About Ebola and GOP Opposition to Surgeon General (VIDEO) Ted Cruz calling blocked Surgeon General nominee Dr. Vivek Murthy an "anti-gun activist" is incredibly dishonest. Murthy advocates very minimal restrictions on guns because guns are used in more than 300,000 violent crimes against American citizens ...

Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:51:24 am
So today the right wing blogs are all spewing insults at Barbra Streisand (again), because she dared to criticize the anti-women agenda of the Republican Party -- but especially because she pointed out that the across-the-board budget cuts mandated by the GOP's sequestration have wreaked havoc on the National Institutes ...

Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:32:12 am
Image via Shutterstock The head of the National Institutes of Health doesn't specifically call out the Republican Party in this statement, but I will; the anti-science, anti-research GOP is the main reason why America hasn't been able to do the basic scientific research necessary to be ready for diseases like Ebola. And ...

Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 5:01:16 am
Image via Shutterstock Every time you think the right wing screamers have reached a fever pitch, they find a new way to become more shrill and less connected to the facts and reality. The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the possibility that someone might be able to bring ...

Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 5:53:47 pm
The Denver Post's John Frank and Lynn Bartels have a jaw-dropping report on the debate between gubernatorial candidates Gov. John Hickenlooper and his batshit crazy Republican rival Bob Beauprez, a microcosm of the sheer insanity that has taken over the GOP, not just in Colorado but across the nation. Beauprez has ...

Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 2:17:44 pm
The always disgusting hate group leader Pamela Geller has suffered a setback in her campaign to demonize all Muslims, as the family of James Foley (one of the journalists murdered by ISIS) strongly objects to Geller's use of their son's image in her ugly NYC subway advertisements, forcing her to ...