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The Ugly Politics of Mass Killings

Steve M. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:01 PST

Where's the liberal cover-up?

Palin Getting Paranoid? Alaska Quit-Bull Bans Laptops, Cell-Phones During Speech

Staff — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:05:01 PST

A national candidate?

Pat Boone Wants to Rid the White House of "Vermin"

David Neiwert — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:32:01 PST

Eliminationism much, Pat?

PETA Teams Up With Glenn Beck to Bash Al Gore

Tara Lohan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:39:01 PST

Apparently Beck thinks PETA is as rad as the NRA. Who knew?

Right-Wing "News" Site Falsely Claims Fort Hood Shooter "Advised Obama Transition"

Staff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:01 PST

They just make it up!

Right-Bloggers React to Fort Hood Exactly as Expected

Roy Edroso — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:26:01 PST

Muuuuuuuuslim!

Report: Hasan Snapped Under Weight of Bullying, Anxiety Over Deployment

Joshua Holland — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:36:01 PST

That's not stopping the usual suspects from crying "jihad."

Jon Stewart Gets Teary-Eyed Over the Plight of Glenn Beck's Internal Organs

AlterNet Staff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:27:01 PST

He's been doing some reading lately.

In the Conservative Movement, the Personal Is Apparently Political

Roy Edroso — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:52:01 PST

Is there anything they won't whine about?

MSNBC's Brewer Adopts Anti-Gay Rhetoric

Jamison Foser — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:53:01 PST

Anchor Contessa Brewer's introduction of a segment about Maine's repeal of a law allowing same-sex marriage is right out of the right-wing playbook.

Palin to Promote Her Book With Multiple Fox News Interviews: 'Variety Is the Spice of Life.'

Matt Corley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:18:01 PST

Apparently, she plans to follow the same strategy as she used during the election.

Note to Media Critics: Fox is the Only Entire News Network with a Blatantly Partisan Agenda

Thers — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:37:01 PST

The false equivalencies are coming fast an furious.

John Harwood Draws Delusional Equivalence Between Fox and Other Cable Nets

Steve M. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:55:01 PST

Real conservatives want to go where they feel completely at home and can get what they want full strength.

White House Visitors-Logs-Gate Sets Right-Wing KeyStone Cops Running

Roy Edroso — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:42:01 PST

The presentation of White House visitor logs for January-July led to some humorous gun-jumping by the usual gang of idiots.

This Someone-Shot-at-Me Nonsense Is the Last Straw: CNN Should Fire Lou Dobbs

Roberto Lovato — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:10:01 PDT

By allowing Dobbs to use the incident to level spurious attacks at his critics, CNN is is seriously undermining its claim to be "the most trusted name in news."