The right’s absurd “War on Christmas” hysteria is upon us again. Check out Jon Stewart’s classic takedown of Fox and its coverage of the WOC last night. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The War on Christmas: Friendly Fire Edition www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire […]
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U.S. Senate Republicans Cite Home-Schoolers for Rejecting Treaty on Rights of the Disabled
Texas Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison joined with other fellow Republicans today in voting down ratification of an international treating protecting the rights of the disabled. Ratification failed 61-38. It needed 67 votes to pass. Talking Points Memo describes the treaty: “The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities essentially makes the […]
Is This One of David Barton’s Favorite Winger Websites?
Looks like David Barton enjoys trolling at least one website filled with right-wing hysteria about FEMA concentration camps, President Obama’s complicity in the murder of a U.S. ambassador and an America on the verge of a new civil war. And check out this Twitter post from the religious right’s favorite phony historian and pseudo-constitutional scholar: […]
David Barton Repeats Zombie Lie about President Obama and Thanksgiving
David Barton, the right-wing propagandist and phony historian from Texas, is repeating the same lie (told by him and others many times already) about President Obama supposedly ignoring God at Thanksgiving. Here is a Twitter post from Barton today: “4th Straight Year: Obama Thanksgiving Resolution Doesn’t Thank God” Barton, a former vice chairman of the […]
Michael Quinn Sullivan Jumps on the ‘Pilgrims Were Commies!’ Bandwagon
Michael Quinn Sullivan, head of the anti-government group Empower Texans/Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, has something in common with failed State Board of Education candidate Gail Spurlock: they both see American history through the cracked lens of ideology. During her campaign for the state board this year, Spurlock claimed that the Pilgrims nearly did themselves in […]
