How the Far Right ‘Guides’ Voters with Lies

When it comes to lies at election time, many voters point at mistruths they hear from candidates. But voter guides put out by far-right pressure groups in Texas are hardly good examples of honesty themselves. Consider, for example, this question for Texas State Board of Education candidates from the current voter guide put out by Liberty Institute, […]

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Talking Points

From today’s TFN News Clips: “My understanding — I’m not a theologian — but there’s a prophecy in the Bible that says you’ll have to receive a mark, or you can neither buy nor sell things in end times. Some people think these computer chips might be that mark.” — Republican Mark L. Cole of the […]

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Olbermann Talks David Barton

MSNBC talk show host Keith Olbermann talked about “historian” David Barton this week with Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Seems that Barton is getting even more attention these days since he joined efforts to hijack the social studies curriculum in Texas to push his far-right ideological agenda. Check out […]

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Using Extremism to Build a Movement

“After I spent the weekend at the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville, Tenn., it has become clear to me that the movement is dominated by people whose vision of the government is conspiratorial and dangerously detached from reality. It’s more John Birch than John Adams. . . .  Within a few hours in Nashville, […]

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Barton’s Contempt for Religious Freedom

So did the nation’s Founders intend the Constitution to treat all Americans equally, regardless of their religion? A court brief recently filed by his Texas-based WallBuilders organization makes it pretty clear that David Barton doesn’t think so. WallBuilders, which opposes separation of church and state, has filed the brief in a federal appeals court that […]

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