Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:43:00 pm
On the far fringes of the Wingnutosphere is a growing meme about mobs of black youth randomly attacking white people, and the "media blackout" surrounding it. It's been going around for awhile now, but it's gaining momentum as the George Zimmerman trial has gone to the jury, and mainstream ...

Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:37:11 pm
At the Texas capitol today, where the state Senate is debating that regressive caveman anti-choice bill passed by the House a couple of days ago, state troopers are searching women and confiscating any tampons or pads they discover. Texas Republicans are scared that women will throw tampons at them. Yes, ...

Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:12:25 pm
Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory announced Wednesday morning that unless significant changes were made to HB 695, a bill ostensibly created to bar Sharia law in the state but which would greatly reduce access to safe, legal abortion in North Carolina, he would veto it. However, within a ...

Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:42:02 am
Texas Republicans succeeded today in ramming through their regressive, backward, misogynistic anti-choice legislation. The vote of 98-49 came after a full day of sometimes emotional debate. Before the measure can head to the state Senate, it needs a final vote from the House, which is expected on Wednesday. The House approved ...

Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:33:01 pm
SoundCloud You probably already know these cavemen think like this, but it sure is revealing to hear them letting their guard down and admitting that their agenda is not just anti-abortion, it's anti-contraception and anti-sex education, and well, just basically misogynistic to the max: Texas Lawmaker: Sex Ed Gets Teens 'Hot ...

Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:20:00 am
Thanks to Texas State Republican Rep. Scott Sanford's moronic tweets claiming that pro-choice demonstrators were chanting "Hail Satan!" yesterday at the Texas legislature, conservatives all over the US are in a frenzy of religious fanaticism today. Folks, this is the 21st century, but you sure wouldn't know it from the way ...

Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 7:23:45 pm
Tonight in North Carolina, the insane Muslim-hating movement converged with the insane anti-women's rights movement, and ... Senate Tacks Sweeping Abortion Legislation Onto Sharia Law Bill. RALEIGH, N.C. -- Senators tacked a suite of new restrictions and regulations pertaining to abortion clinics onto a bill dealing with the application of ...

Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:42:48 am
It's curious that Glenn Greenwald spews insults at every journalist who voices even mild criticism of his tactics (a favorite epithet is "Obama worshipper"), but then turns around and gives an interview to one of the most hateful and extreme personalities on Fox News, overt racist and Birther Eric Bolling. YouTube ...

Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:13:35 am
YouTube Steve Benen runs down the list of unbelievably regressive anti-abortion measures added to the state budget of Ohio with no debate, and signed into law by Gov. Kasich with an audience of old white men: Ohio's Kasich Approves Sweeping Restrictions on Reproductive Rights. Rape crisis centers will operate under a ...

Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 1:47:45 pm
Jonathan Chait nails it: Glenn Greenwald Is Ralph Nader. Greenwald, like Nader, does not believe in meliorist progress. If you are not good, you are evil. Even at the heyday of his career, when he was one of the most powerful figures in America and his brand of crusading regulation ...

Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:44:34 pm
Governor Perry calls a second special session, beginning July 1st. #SB5 will be included. — A is For (@AIsForOrg) June 26, 2013 Perry: "The citizens of our state have made crystal clear their priorities... Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn." — Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) June 26, 2013 ...

Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:24:38 am
Text of letter from Home Office to Pamela Geller (Robert Spencer received a similar letter): The poisonous duoDear Ms. Geller I am writing to inform you about the British government's measures for excluding or deporting extremists under the Unacceptable Behaviour policy. The list of unacceptable behaviours covers any non-UK national whether ...

Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:19:15 pm
[Live event concluded.] State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, is filibustering controversial legislation that would dramatically restrict access to abortions in Texas. Abortion opponents argue the measure would improve women's safety, while reproductive rights advocates argue it would effectively cut off legal access to abortion in the state and endanger ...

Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:03:10 am
YouTube Here's a great little encapsulation of the absurd counter-logical thinking of the Republican Party, as House Speaker John Boehner lets his anti-science freak flag fly and calls the President's climate change proposals "absolutely crazy." And his reason -- it will "destroy" jobs. We all know that the Republican Party is focused ...

Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:58:24 pm
The other shoe drops: U.S. Charges Snowden With Espionage. Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional ...

Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:14:29 am
Undoubtedly the most absurd, ridiculous GOP op-ed you'll see today: creationist Gov. Bobby Jindal's latest "don't be stupid" piece for Politico: Opinion: GOP Needs Action, Not Navel-Gazing - Gov. Bobby Jindal. After the re-election of Barack Obama, Jindal demanded that the GOP reflect on what caused the loss. Well, he's over ...

Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:40:16 am
Creator and head writer of "The Wire" David Simon has a very good post on the NSA story today: We Are Shocked, Shocked... You would think that the government was listening in to the secrets of 200 million Americans from the reaction and the hyperbole being tossed about. And ...

Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:06:22 am
YouTube This video was proudly posted by Pamela Geller at her noxious hate site this morning, showing her speech to the mouth-breathing morons who disrupted the Tennessee townhall meeting the night of June 4th. It's easy to see why they were so worked up and hostile -- Geller even hints around ...

Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:48:18 pm
Youtube Video More: Muslim Group's TN Forum With Feds Disrupted by Heckling MANCHESTER -- Hundreds of people turned out at the Manchester Convention Center Tuesday evening for an event billed as a discussion of public discourse in a diverse society, with a particular focus on the Muslim religion. People were turned away ...

Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:29:20 am
Amazon has their excellent high-definition tablet, the Kindle Fire HD, on sale for Father's Day at a $20 discount: Kindle Fire HD - Most Advanced 7' Tablet. To get the discount, enter DADSFIRE at checkout. (I may just pick one up for myself!) World's most advanced 7" tablet [Item List] Note: ...

Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:15:22 am
"Breitbart News" consists of rewriting real news reports to be as biased to the right as possible, and today at the hate site that Andrew built they're stirring up the rage again, after President Obama announced the appointment of Susan Rice as National Security Advisor: 'LIAR' REPLACES 'LEAKER': DONILON TO RESIGN, ...

Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:24:10 pm
Anti-Muslim hate group leader Robert Spencer got very upset at my post pointing out that his partner in bigotry Pamela Geller had simply lied in a recent piece for Breitbart.com, and dashed off a quick rant about me with the usual dark hints of conspiracies and a massive load of ...

Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 5:53:12 pm
This page at the Organizing for Action site really brings home the horrifying extent of Republican anti-science climate change denial, and it's not just spin -- it's a truly mind-boggling collection of verbatim quotes from 109 congress members: Call Out the Climate Change Deniers. A stunning display of deliberate ignorance.

Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:37:32 pm
Any day you see a headline like this has to be a damned good day. Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller's British allies on the extreme right, the English Defence League and the British National Party, were upstaged and shouted down today by women dressed as badgers. And also, Brian May. A ...

Thu, May 30, 2013 at 5:00:44 pm
YouTube Glenn Beck, last seen complaining that everybody wants to label him a conspiracy theorist -- unfairly! -- is now wondering whether President Obama himself spread that notorious anti-Islam video throughout the Middle East to deliberately cause riots, using a secret, off-the-grid Blackberry. Nothing conspiratorial about that -- he's just asking questions! ...