Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 6:13:07 pm
Birtherism. The right wing conspiracy theory that refuses to die, even when Barack Obama is no longer president. What can you even say about these lunatics at this point, except to note with sad amusement that the US right wing seems to be completely nuts. The latest explosion of crazed Birtherism ...

Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 7:24:53 pm
YouTube Donald Trump says he doesn't want to discuss this any more, but it's time to start reminding the voting public how this raging bigot made his bones with the right wing -- by pandering to the racist Birther movement. There was a time when the US media were telling us the ...

Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:05:31 pm
The absurd notion that the man who asked Donald Trump the awful xenophobic question about getting rid of Muslims was a "liberal plant" is spreading through right wing blogs like wildfire. And let's face it, this is exactly the kind of idiocy you expect from the stupidest man on the Internet, ...

Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 2:03:12 pm
Today I saw this tweet go by on Twitter, from a writer for conservative site The Federalist, blaming Hillary Clinton "minions" for launching the Birther conspiracy theory that now dominates so much of the right wing: Weird, I don't recall you condemning Hillary's minions for *starting* the birther nonsense https://t.co/Hy7o4qNbw4 http://t.co/8gIb700RIq — ...

Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:00:22 am
I hang around libertarians more often than you might guess. Some of them are even nice! But they're rare. Mostly I hang around libertarians to better understand how political intuition can go so far off the rails for some things. Found this on Google Images, turns out it was from a ...

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 ...

Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:38:08 am
Did you know that Lord Christopher Monckton, known around LGF as the Original Swivel-Eyed Loon for his long history of obtuse, deceptive climate change denialism, his frequent appearances on the Alex Jones show, and his testimony to the House Energy Independence and Global Warming Commitee as the Republican Party's sole ...

Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 1:12:19 pm
Right wing smear merchant Chuck C. Johnson (who is NOT ME) is becoming infamous for inserting himself into breaking news stories like the shooting of Michael Brown, and pandering to the worst elements of the right wing with blatantly racist assertions based on no real evidence -- usually citing "anonymous ...

Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:21:23 am
Matt Drudge's website is nothing if not consistent; they tweet an endless stream of inflammatory and eye-catching claims/statements. A couple of these tweets caught my eye: Doctor: Feds 'Tight-Lipped,' May be From Illegals... http://t.co/L4nfmYYKpQ — DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) September 17, 2014 Mystery illness spreads to Virginia... http://t.co/5mtQZ4TbOf — DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) September 17, ...

Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 5:56:13 pm
In a classic right wing screw-up, the Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the publisher of batshit crazy conspiracy website World Net Daily, birther loon Joseph Farah, was caught trying to carry a loaded .38-caliber handgun through security at Washington DC's Dulles Airport. Farah has been charged with a class ...

Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:27:40 pm
Video VIDEO: Heritage Foundation's Benghazi Panelists Mock Muslim Student Speakers at a Heritage Foundation panel mocked a Muslim student who pointed out that Muslim Americans were not represented at the forum and stated that conservative rhetoric on Islam is often starkly negative. Continue reading at Media Matters. Anti-Muslim Conpiracy Theorist, Brigitte Gabriel ...

Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:58:39 am
Last weekend's "Operation American Spring," organized by militia nutjobs, Birthers and assorted right wing kooks of all stripes, was a rather spectacular failure. But in true pound-your-head-against-the-wall wingnut fashion, that's not going to stop them from doing it again next weekend. So we have another inadvertent comedy festival to look forward ...

Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:35:09 am
Meanwhile, in the lunatic right wing Birther community (and yes, it's a community, and not a small one), a war is breaking out, as crackpot "journalist" Charles C. Johnson (who is NOT ME) visits Birther queen bee Orly Taitz and reportedly reveals a bit of BOMBSHELL BREAKING NEWS: Journalist Claims ...

Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:33:17 am
YouTube Get ready for the weirdest, loopiest right wing video you'll see all week, as World Net Daily crackpot Joel Gilbert hacks together a bizarre, crudely racist, and thoroughly deranged video depicting President Obama as a communist wizard of Oz. Featuring interviews with expert Birthers Jerome Corsi and Jack Cashill, who are ...

Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:11:28 am
Rep. Mary Sue McClurkinSo a few days ago I posted a page about how Alabama is attempting to force "Christian" prayer in all Public schools. Specifically, this revolved around Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R-Indian Springs, who blatantly ignored a 2-3 loss in a voice vote for something she (and ...

Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:45:03 am
Dave Weigel notes how a new smear campaign launched from the right wing echo chamber has exploded across the usual media dumping grounds like Drudge and Fox News. The reports claim that Newark Mayor Cory Booker doesn't live in Newark. In fact, they go on to claim that he's never ...

Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 7:21:55 pm
"Put the Quran Down [Mr. President]." -- Larry Klayman at Million Veterans March Video "I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town, to get up, to put the Quran down, to get up off his knees, ...

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:08:28 pm
Activist Glenn Greenwald posted this today on Twitter, hyping a pro-Edward Snowden advertisement featured at Reason.com: A coalition of current and former military, police, and other public officials place huge pro-Snowden ad in Metro http://t.co/zcqTb0IBJ3 — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 11, 2013 Who is this "coalition of current and former military, police, ...

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, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:50:09 pm
Far right anti-immigrant Mitt Romney campaign adviser Kris Kobach is trying to have President Obama removed from the ballot in Kansas. And the reason for this extreme move is ... Birtherism. A GOP-controlled board in Kansas is trying to decide whether to remove President Obama from the state ballot over ...

Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:28:11 pm
Right Wing Watch takes a look at this weekend's Values Voter Summit, the annual meeting of some of the right wing's craziest elements -- Birthers, bigots, homophobes, conspiracy theorists, Dominionists, and a host of miscellaneous fundamentalist fanatics: Who's Who at the Values Voter Summit 2012. Tony Perkins Tony Perkins is president ...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:16:34 am
YouTube Video Nothing surprises me any more about Mitt Romney's pandering to the lowest, craziest elements of the right wing base, not even Birther "jokes." COMMERCE, Mich. – At a rally meant to highlight Mitt Romney’s hometown roots here in Michigan, a joke delivered by the candidate seemed to make reference ...

Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:47:55 am
Here's a case study in why the right wing should not be trusted, in anything they say or try to do, because they simply lie and make things up. The Daily Caller is hyping a survey by the "non-partisan" Doctor Patient Medical Association that says: Report: 83 Percent of Doctors Have ...

Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:49:56 am
Scott Walker may have survived the recall in Wisconsin, but in California's first-ever open primary election, loony Birther lady Orly Taitz's challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein went down in flames. The scary part, though, is that despite being a certified Grade A crackpot, Taitz convinced at least 113,000 California right wingers ...

Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:37:56 pm
Their conspiracy theories and fake outrages and persecution fantasies are so irrational and bizarre, we've wondered many times whether today's right wingers might actually be from some other universe. Well, today we have persuasive evidence that this conjecture, crazy as it might seem, is actually the reality. Because Mitt Romney slipped ...