Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:03:38 am
As we noted yesterday, in her rage against the Anti-Defamation League Pamela Geller actually linked to a story at the vile Holocaust denial site called the Institute for Historical Review. Today we note that Geller has quietly changed that link, with no retraction or correction: ADL CONDEMNS PAMELA GELLER AND .....ISRAEL ...

Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:16:39 pm
In other Pamela Geller news, she's been spewing hatred at the Anti-Defamation League for calling her out, and earlier today she posted another attack on them -- and cited a Holocaust denial group as a source: ADL CONDEMNS PAMELA GELLER AND .....ISRAEL - Atlas Shrugs. Here's a screenshot; the link in ...

Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:21:45 pm
Andrew Kaczynski posted video today of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) issuing the latest ridiculous right wing anti-science public statement, citing the Bible story of the Great Flood as evidence that climate change isn't man-made. "I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to ...

Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:39:12 am
Mother Jones has obtained a copy of a secret recording of a private meeting with Mitch McConnell and his aides, brainstorming ways they could smear actor/activist Ashley Judd if she chose to run against McConnell -- and it's just as creepy as you might imagine: Secret Tape: McConnell and Aides ...

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Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:59:23 pm
He'd be Britain's most deranged and dishonest climate change denier if that title weren't already owned by Christopher Monckton, but today's article at The Telegraph by James Delingpole breaks new ground, even for him. As Joe Romm puts it at ClimateProgress, this really does amount to hate speech, an especially ...

Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 10:13:29 am
President Barack Obama won reelection in 2012, but that hasn't stopped the GOP from blocking the President's social agenda at every turn. In turn, Democrats have largely blocked the GOP war on women at the federal level, and just this past week a federal judge ruled that day-after pills must ...

Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:37:57 pm
As potential oil spills go, this one is relatively small, but it's a harbinger of things to come if the Keystone XL project is approved: Everything You Need to Know About the Exxon Pegasus Tar Sands Spill. In Greek legend, every time the winged horse Pegasus struck his hoof to ...

Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:20:09 am
The next Republican to take the step that's guaranteed to hurt him badly with the right wing base: Statement From Senator Kirk on Same-Sex Marriage. When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the Senate with an open mind and greater respect ...

Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 7:32:12 pm
So, everyone knows that Dr. Ben Carson, the right wing's latest hero, is a young earth creationist, right? A May 2012 article at the Washington Post has the details: An unusual controversy has erupted at Emory University over the choice of famed neurosurgeon Ben Carson to deliver this year's commencement ...

Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 10:21:25 am
Sen. James Inhofe may be the leading Republican anti-science climate change-denying religious fanatic, and he's proud of it. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) sees criticism of him in a recent documentary about climate change as a badge of honor. He's among the targets in "Greedy Lying Bastards," a recent film that claims ...

Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:28:08 am
The Daily Caller's hit piece on Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez is blowing up in their faces, as more evidence emerges that their big exposé was a fraud: Dominican Official Links Daily Caller to Alleged Lies About Menendez. A top Dominican law enforcement official said Friday that a local lawyer has ...

Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:51:01 am
Road sign via Shutterstock Right wing religious spokesmen are raising hell over the RNC "rebranding" scam, apparently too dim to understand that they're supposed to lay low for a while: Religious Right Could Be Left Behind by New Republican Plan. Some leaders of the religious right are openly worried this week ...

Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:46:55 am
You've probably heard that RNC chairman Reince Preibus announced a new report today, identifying ways that the Republican Party needs to reform. Call me a cynic, but my reading of the report reveals the same old same old: lots of angst about "messaging" and "reaching out to minorities," and absolutely no ...

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:24:28 pm
I was ready to dismiss this story as an over-reaction: History Channel's Satan Looks a Lot Like Barack Obama. ...until I read this: Hollywood Couple Created 'The Bible' Mini-Series to 'Set the Record Straight'. First, the reality TV show guru Mark Burnett -- the man who made Donald Trump a TV ...

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 11:35:22 am
The next giant right wing freak-out is on the horizon, approaching fast, as President Obama prepares to make good on his promise to act alone in the face of Republican anti-science craziness: Obama Will Use Nixon-Era Law to Fight Climate Change. President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal ...

Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:53:43 pm
At LGF, we've long had the ability to schedule our front page articles for future posting, and now the new version of our LGF Pages posting app has the same ability. (In fact, it's more polished than the feature in our admin app; I'm a bit jealous.) First, if it wasn't ...

Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:15:16 am
This week, conspiracy hounds of the internet were set alight by a rumor that President Obama has ordered "2,700 Light-Armored Tanks" for the Department of Homeland Security. Leading the charge was Jim Hoft who runs the blog Gateway Pundit: Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion ...

Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:54:09 pm
The legacy of George W. Bush's Iraq adventure continues to be a drag on the US economy, with very little to show for it: Too Much Money Spent in Iraq for Too Few Results. Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and ...

Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:44:39 pm
Capping four years of explosive growth sparked by the election of America's first black president and anger over the economy, the number of conspiracy-minded antigovernment "Patriot" groups reached an all-time high of 1,360 in 2012, while the number of hard-core hate groups remained above 1,000. As President Obama enters ...

Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:53:52 pm
President Obama's picks to head the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy are already provoking howls of outrage from the right wing and the energy industry shills who feed them talking points; they're especially worked up about Gina McCarthy. Gina McCarthyWASHINGTON -- President Obama on Monday named two ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:16:37 am
In what was billed as the largest climate rally in U.S. history, thousands of people marched past the White House on Sunday to urge President Obama to reject a controversial pipeline and take other steps to fight climate change. Organizers, including the Sierra Club, estimated that more than 35,000 people ...