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Donald Trump appeared on ABC’s This Week today, telling host George Stephanopoulos that he’s now “not sure” if Marco Rubio is eligible to be president. Stephanopoulos pressed the issue because Trump yesterday retweeted a supporter’s claim that “BOTH Cruz AND Rubio are ineligible to be POTUS! It’s a SLAM DUNK CASE!!” As he typically does, Trump shrugged off the retweet. …

From the Washington Examiner: The GOP senator has had his presidential bid challenged in recent months by Iowa GOP runner-up Donald Trump, who claimed Cruz’s Canadian birthplace disqualifies him from being president. Two Illinois objectors, Lawrence Joyce and Williams Graham, also agreed that Cruz’s citizenship did not meet guidelines in the Article II of the Constitution. But the board of …

And the civil war ratchets up yet another notch. Via The Hill: Donald Trump slammed Ted Cruz as a Canadian “anchor baby” during a Friday rally in New Hampshire as he continues to ratchet up the attacks against his closest polling rival days before the Iowa caucuses. “Ted Cruz may not be a U.S. citizen,” Trump said at a town …

Trump will be thrilled. Via the Associated Press: State Sen. Jeff Yarbro [PHOTO] and Rep. Jason Powell, both of Nashville, filed the bill on Thursday that would bar the secretary of state from placing the nominee of either party on the ballot if they fail to meet the constitutional eligibility requirements. While the Democrats say the legislation isn’t aimed at …

The Hill reports: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took aim at rival Ted Cruz in a series of Saturday morning tweets, taunting Cruz over challenges to his citizenship and reports that he did not disclose campaign loans. Trump has tried to stoke concerns that Cruz would face legal challenges to his eligibility for president because he was born in Canada. …

It’s officially ON. Bloomberg reports: Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz should be disqualified from the race because he isn’t a “natural-born citizen,” a fellow Texan claims in a “birther” challenge filed against the senator in a U.S. court. The suit seeks a court definition of the term to clarify whether Cruz — who was born in Canada to an American …

Over at Trump World Headquarters the relentless birther attacks on Ted Cruz have this morning’s top headline. From the Los Angeles Times column they approvingly excerpt: The principle of jus sanguinis in 1788 applied to patrilineal descent only: A person born in a foreign country was viewed as a “natural born Citizen” of his or her father’s country. However odious …

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is clearly enjoying the birther battle ripping across Teabagistan this week. Watch below. Earnest: “It would be quite ironic if after 7 or 8 years of drama around the president’s birth certificate if Republican primary voters were to choose Senator Cruz as their nominee. Somebody who actually wasn’t born in the United States and …

Donald Trump today finally picked up the anti-Cruz birther meme that has been burbling across Teabagistan for more than a year. The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace was a “very precarious” issue that could make the senator from Texas vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee. “Republicans are going …

“Obama’s legion of minions, by the way, still claim to this day that Trump’s repeated calls for Obama to release his birth certificate also ‘disqualify’ him from running for president. “One in-the-tank supporter, Gloria Steinem, had this to say: ‘He was a birther. He should be disqualified on the single fact he was accusing President Obama of not being a …

Rep. Alan Grayson has gone birther on Ted Cruz. Via Mediaite: Florida Congressman Alan Grayson told radio host Alan Colmes Wednesday that if Ted Cruz is elected president, he “will file that beautiful lawsuit saying that he’s unqualified for the job” according to the Constitution. “It’s not ‘The Biggest Loser’ that they’re choosing, it’s ‘The Biggest Bigot,’” Grayson said challenging …

Politico reports: Donald Trump is still not sure whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that aired Thursday night, the Republican presidential candidate said he was not that interested in talking about the issue, compared to other ones. Honestly, I don’t want to get into it,” Trump said. Asked whether …

According to World Net Daily, the Tea People are furious with Sen. Marco Rubio for entering the presidential race. Also, he’s not even eligible to run. Not all are enamored with Rubio. Tea party types from his home state say they’ve moved past the Rubio wagon and are looking for a new candidate to support. “I’m through with him,” said …

Earlier today we learned that three-time Just For Men Olympics gold medalist Joseph Farah had been detained at Dulles International because he “forgot” to take a loaded revolver out of his carry-on bag.  In a post written for World Net Daily this afternoon, Farah reveals that he carries a loaded handgun at all times because he’s afraid of the murderous …

The SPLC reports: Joseph Francis Farah, a leading ‘birther’ who runs the right-wing, conspiracy website WorldNetDaily, was reportedly caught by TSA agents on Sunday with a loaded .38-caliber revolver in his carry-on bag as he passed through security at Dulles International Airport outside Washington. Farah, who denounced TSA screening practices in a 2010 column, faces a class 1 misdemeanor charge …

Considering her history, she’ll probably sue over the result.

Batshit crazy birther queen Orly Taitz has filed to run for California Attorney General. If elected she promises to “prosecute state officials who ignored all evidence brought by law enforcement and experts, showing Obama to possess citizenship of Indonesia, fabricated Selective Service certificate, fabricated birth certificate and a CT Social Security number.” She’s not the only looney tune in the …

Cuckoo bird anti-gay crackpot and former SNL cast member Victoria Jackson, who sees communists everywhere, has declared her candidacy for county commissioner in Tennessee. Jackson, who moved to Thompson’s Station last year, is petitioning as an independent to become a candidate for one of two District 2 commission seats, currently held by commissioners Betsy Hester and John Hancock. In recent …

“With all this heavy-duty investigative journalism and newfound faux enthusiasm for the Constitution suddenly on display, it’s obvious the No. 1 fear among the elite media is that Ted Cruz might actually run for president. They fear him not because he was born in Canada. They fear him not because of any concern for the U.S. Constitution. If anyone has …