Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:23:36 pm
In a move surprising absolutely no one, Arkansas Republicans are supporting Justin Harris, the Republican lawmaker who thought his adopted daughters were possessed by demons and who gave them to a pedophile who raped one of the girls. Secretary of State Mark Martin says Harris "humble and gentle," his critics "hypocritically ...

Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:46:40 am
Texas lawmaker identifies himself as a 'former fetus' on a sign outside his office http://t.co/R7ayDevPlr pic.twitter.com/EeJwDTFMHl — BI Politics (@bi_politics) March 11, 2015 Austin may like to keep it weird, but this is definitely taking that weirdness to new levels. Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Dist 92) is trying to make a ...

Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 1:31:06 pm
By now many people realize that right wing blogger Chuck C. Johnson (who is NOT ME) is one of the worst people on the Internet, but just to really drive this point home, let's take a look at how often Chuck uses Twitter to spread the hate speech of white ...

Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:53:58 pm
YouTube I first saw Phox in an impromptu concert at a restaurant in Philadelphia. I thought the band was talented and charming, and I still do. Phox is six friends from Baraboo, Wis., who make pretty, catchy music. The group's not-so-secret weapon is Monica Martin, who sings with a smoky ...

Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:11:48 pm
[Live event concluded] The Seven Racist E-Mails the Justice Department Highlighted in Its Report on Ferguson Police Although the Justice Department did not identify the people who sent or received these e-mails, it said that the officials involved are all still employed and that several police officers, court supervisors and commanders ...

Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:37:50 am
After months of pretending to really enjoy living in Russia, Edward Snowden is reportedly blinking. "With a group of lawyers from other countries, we are working on the question of his return to America," Kucherena said. "Snowden is ready to return to the States, but on the condition that he is ...

Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 12:04:12 pm
You may have heard that one of the moderators for the Republican presidential debates will be right wing talk radio host Hugh Hewitt, which makes total sense from the GOP's point of view -- because he's guaranteed not to ask any questions that might be embarrassing. For example, whether ...

Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 6:21:39 pm
Russian Liberal politician Boris Nemtsov was assassinated across the street from the Kremlin today: He was shot four times late on Friday night, not far from the Kremlin in the center of Moscow. Police cars blocked the street where he was shot. An ambulance was also nearby. "Nemtsov B.E. died at ...

Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:32:24 pm
CarlaVanWagoner / Shutterstock.com Today we have to say goodbye to the man who breathed life into Star Trek's Mr. Spock, one of the most memorable characters in the history of television -- the great Leonard Nimoy. President Obama pays tribute: LOOK: President Obama on the loss of Leonard Nimoy: "I loved Spock" pic.twitter.com/ezUejFcurU — ...

Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:38:03 am
[Video moved to newer post] This year, once again, CPAC has banned gay conservative group GOProud from attending, while accepting the sponsorship of a white nationalist hate group, so nothing has changed. But then, that's the whole point of being a conservative, isn't it? I went to their website to check the ...

Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:18:27 pm
Tomorrow is the opening day of CPAC, the yearly gathering of right wing nutjobs, once again featuring white nationalist sponsors: Civil Rights Groups to GOP Presidential Candidates: Distance Yourself From CPAC's White Nationalist Ties. Today, People For the American Way, America's Voice, and ColorOfChange.org released an open letter to Republican ...

Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:38:55 pm
Whoops... Looks like the CPAC mobile app has confused @SenatorTimScott for @RealBenCarson pic.twitter.com/bevHJRzx0g — Ben Terris (@bterris) February 25, 2015 Ben Terris, a reporter for the Washington Post noticed this morning that CPAC's webpage for Dr. Ben Carson in fact featured a photo of Senator Tim Scott. On cue, the giggles ...

Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:06:36 am
Since Rudy Giuliani's ugly comments about President Obama not loving America, I've been making the point that Scott Walker is deliberately dodging the question because he simply can't afford to alienate the deeply deranged base of Republican voters if he plans to run for president. Today at the Washington Post, ...

Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 3:26:36 pm
SoundCloud In other news, Ron Paul is still a racist: Ron Paul: Black Caucus Only Against War Because They Want That Money for Food Stamps. "I was always annoyed with it in Congress because we had an anti-war unofficial group, a few libertarian Republicans and generally the Black Caucus and others ...

Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:43:15 pm
What part of the First Amendment, and Article VI of the US Constitution do those polled by a Public Policy Polling survey not get? Oh wait, they're into ahistorical revisionism and imposing a theocracy, so it must be my mistake. PPP polling Feb 20-22, 2015 The poll, the full report of which ...

Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 3:18:59 pm
Yes, Scott Walker is now going there: Walker Says He Is Unaware Whether Obama Is a Christian. "I don't know," Walker said in an interview at the JW Marriott hotel in Washington, where he was attending the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. Told that Obama has frequently spoken ...

Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:26:26 pm
YouTube YouTube As David Corn and Daniel Schulman report, Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem -- and it makes Williams look like a piker when it comes to lying about war zone experiences. Because nobody denies that Williams was actually there in Iraq, but O'Reilly apparently made up entire stories ...

Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:11:49 am
SoundCloud Via Right Wing Watch, here's former Rep. Allen West on religious right radio show "Trunews," agreeing with host Rick Wiles that President Obama is an Islamist enemy of the United States. Following Wiles's claim that "the reason the Obama administration cannot identify the enemy is because they are the enemy," ...

Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 2:19:01 pm
At the Washington Post, Glenn Kessler catches Rand Paul lying outright about his nonexistent biology degree. The Facts Paul mentioned his alleged degree at the conference not once, but twice. First, in an exchange with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Paul said: Arrington: "Let's talk about economics because maybe you can actually ...

Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:33:18 pm
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making an ass of himself in London today, by answering the question, "Do you believe in evolution?" with "I'm going to punt on that one." Walker re: evolution: "I'm going to punt on that one as well. That's a question a politician shouldn't be involved in ...

Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 6:39:05 pm
"Only a short time ago... their [black] ancestors roamed the jungles of Africa in absolute savagery...[Y]ou do not know where the beast is among them. Somewhere in that black mass of people is the man who would outrage your wife or your child, and every man who lives in the ...

Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:15:35 pm
Wasn't too hard to see this one coming; as Jon Stewart pointed out last night, practically the entire media establishment was baying for blood: Brian Williams Suspended for 6 Months Without Pay.

Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:11:30 am
I'll start this post by noting that if Brian Williams is found to have lied about his experiences in Iraq, it's a serious issue that needs to be addressed. But doubt remains about whether he deliberately embellished his story or is suffering from a false memory -- a very common ...

Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:37:34 pm
Photo credit: Charles M. Herring Following up on our previous post about the now almost certainly false claim launched by wingnut stalker Chuck C. Johnson that NBC anchor Brian Williams was "lying" about seeing a dead body floating in a flooded street from his hotel room in New Orleans, the Associated ...

Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:07:53 am
As if the Brian Williams story weren't already murky enough, the helicopter pilot interviewed yesterday on CNN is now questioning his memories that partly supported Williams' account. I text-messaged Krell before dawn, and asked him to call me as soon as he woke up. He replied with this text: "Good morning. ...