Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:27:52 pm
So, after genocide-lovin' wingnut Pat Dollard tweeted yesterday that it was "time for Americans to start slaughtering Muslims in the streets," Mother Jones contacted Breitbart "News" for comment, since Dollard's Twitter profile says he's a contributor for them. The response: We asked the editor of Breitbart, Alex Marlow, and the ...

Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:41:26 pm
Breitbart "News" contributor Pat Dollard is advocating genocide on Twitter, in response to the reported shootings at Fort Hood. Just thought you'd like to know. If there is even one more act of Muslim terrorism, it is then time for Americans to start slaughtering Muslims in the streets, all of them. -- ...

Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:31:03 pm
Former National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor dared to criticize the Mighty Glenn Greenwald on Twitter a couple of days ago, and you know what that means -- thousands of vitriolic words at The Intercept: US Takes a Break From Condemning Tyranny to Celebrate Obama's Visit to Saudi Arabia. Greenwald's schtick ...

Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:10:51 am
If you've ever expressed a liberal political opinion on Twitter, you've seen them -- the rabid right wingers who feverishly tweet insults and long-debunked talking points at you, with no attempt at all to really debate anything. The worst ones are blatantly racist, homophobic, anti-Muslim religious fanatics whose online lives ...

Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:04:18 pm
Getty Image Ukrainian servicemen filed out of navy headquarters in Sevastopol on Wednesday with tears in their eyes after the base was seized by pro-Moscow militants, Russian troops and Cossack forces. The assault began when some 200 unarmed militants -- some of them in balaclavas -- sawed through a fence ...

Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 12:36:26 pm
Here's the official statement from the White House on today's Crimean referendum to secede from Ukraine: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2014 The United States has steadfastly supported the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine since it declared its independence in 1991, and we ...

Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:01:35 pm
This image and others like it are making the rounds within conservative and other Tea Party-affiliated social media. Rightwing meme on race In favor of accuracy, below is a fact-check on each of these points: Who started the KKK? Nathan Bedford Forrest, a former Confederate Lieutenant General and war criminal (Fort Pillow massacre). He ...

Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:22:58 pm
Via Business Insider, here's the full text of US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power's strong statement on Russia and Ukraine, from today's meeting of the Security Council. Thank you Madam President. Listening to the representative of Russia, one might think that Moscow had just become the rapid response arm ...

Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 5:01:45 pm
I was looking for a picture of a gay Muslim wedding cake yesterday, just to poke fun at the wingnuts, but I found this Imam instead. He wasn't lost, of course; the rest of us were if we thought he couldn't exist. Imam Daayiee Abdullah. I didn't find a credit for the ...

Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:03:11 pm
Retired Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin is now the executive vice president of the far right Family Research Council, and he gave a humdinger of a speech recently in Dallas for an audience of Republican lawmakers, telling them that Jesus is coming back, and this time he'll be packing serious ...

Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:08:29 pm
Vimeo Simon knows about ducks quite well. They make noise, fly, swim, some even roll. Sometimes, it's a bit confusing and Simon gets lost. Papy3d productions. Thanks to the BLENDER foundation Scenario, Art direction and editing : Jérémy Clapin Producer : Richard Van Den Boom Executive producer : Jérémy Clapin Music : François-Eudes Chanfrault Technical director: Jean-François ...

Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:03:22 pm
Facebook erupted today when a seller posted some allegedly prison-made spur straps sporting a Nazi symbol in that tiny corner of Facebook where Real America Good Country Folk™ are free to be as racist, illiterate, and righteous as ever. Of course it was in ALL CAPS. It didn't take long at ...

Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:10:48 am
Next one up in the Co-Opt MLK Sweepstakes, the always dim-witted Sarah Palin, who uses the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to accuse President Obama of "playing the race card." Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, ...

Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:40:30 am
Here's the complete speech on proposed NSA reforms given by President Obama today, for the record. As Prepared for Delivery - At the dawn of our Republic, a small, secret surveillance committee born out of the "The Sons of Liberty" was established in Boston. The group's members included Paul Revere, and at ...

Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 1:12:39 pm
SoundCloud Family Research Council president Tony Perkins told Washington Watch listeners last Friday that they should oppose gay equality because it will lead to the end of humanity. Perkins agreed with a caller who said that gay people should be asked how they could exist "if it were not for physical ...

Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:17:10 am
Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams reports: Ohio Politician Not Sorry for Incredibly Racist Email. In an age where nearly every day a politician has to step forward and issue an apology for his role in a traffic mess or running over a flock of ducks or what have you, you've got ...

Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:12:06 am
Media Research Center is 'America's Media Watchdog,' a right wing propaganda outlet that calls itself 'The Leader in Documenting, Exposing and Neutralizing Liberal Media Bias.' Of course they don't tell you that by 'neutralizing' they mean putting out alternate and in most ways much worse propaganda than what they perceive ...

Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:46:28 am
As Mitt Romney continued to make missteps in his statements on Benghazi, the GOP had to close ranks around him to protect his campaign. It started almost during the attack with Romney slamming Obama over his statements regarding the anti-islamic film that we now know with certainty instigated the attack. ...

Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:08:05 pm
The right wing narrative on the attacks against the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi is now well-established. It goes something like this: The Obama administration lied when they initially said the attack was provoked by an American-made anti-Islam video. Actually, it was a well-planned Al Qaeda terror attack that had ...

Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 4:47:35 pm
Now some fashion advice for women from GOP surrogate, @GOPfashionista. ProTip. Don't go sleeveless again "@/SandraFluke: Wishing you and your family a Happy Holiday and healthy New Year! pic.twitter.com/LjzhewVYNm" — GOP Fashionista (@GOPfashionista) December 25, 2013 Here's a screen shot of GOP Fashionista's "GOP 2014" outreach page. As you can see, GOP ...

Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:18:09 pm
At the far right propaganda site that Andrew Breitbart spawned, Ben "Friends of Hamas" Shapiro shares his special take on President Obama's planned trip to South Africa: AFTER SNUBBING THATCHER FUNERAL, OBAMA AND MICHELLE TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA FOR MANDELA!!! I've lost track of how many times the Breitbrats have used ...

Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:22:26 am
This woman is pure evil. Pamela Geller is telling her fellow anti-Muslim activists to convince Congress to reject a resolution "urging the Government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma." The Rohingya minority ...

Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:03:53 pm
I have to admit I've never been a big fan of Martin Bashir's hyperbolic style, but it's more than a little pathetic to see MSNBC caving in to the right wing shriek machine, even after Bashir apologized and Sarah Palin accepted it: Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC. Note that Bashir's comment ...

Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:06:43 pm
Political map of Africa (2012) courtesy of UT Perry-Castañeda LibraryYes, Angola again. I know you might be tired of hearing about it by now, but I despise yellow journalism, so I tend to be like a dog with a bone when ridiculous fake stories make the rounds on the internet. ...

Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:16:01 am
An 81-year-old "birther" was arrested today and charged with threatening President Barack Obama's life, according to federal court records. Prosecutors allege that Elwyn Nels Fossedal was in a post office near his Wisconsin home last month when he announced, "If President Obama was here I would shoot him right there ...