Tag Archives: McCarthyism

NBC News reports: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Monday afternoon after he called her and three other freshman congresswomen targeted by President Trump “anti-Semitic” and “communists.” Graham made the remarks in defending a series of tweets from Trump aimed at Ocasio-Cortez and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), telling …

Foreign Policy reports: A senior advisor to the State Department appointed just two months ago has been quietly vetting career diplomats and American employees of international institutions to determine whether they are loyal to President Donald Trump and his political agenda, according to nearly a dozen current and former U.S. officials. Mari Stull, a former food and beverage lobbyist-turned-wine blogger …

From World Net Daily: In his blockbuster new book, “Scorched Earth: Restoring The Country After Obama,” Savage calls for nothing less than the restoration of the House Un-American Activities Committee. “I know what’s going to happen: the left will go insane,” he writes. ‘They’ll say, ‘You’re violating our civil rights.’ They’ll say, ‘You do not have probable cause to bring …

Politico today published a fascinating look at Donald Trump’s close association with Roy Cohn, who arguably remains the most infamous homocon in American history. An excerpt: It was the fall of 1984, Trump Tower was new, and this was unusual territory for the 38-year-old real estate developer. He was three years away from his first semi-serious dalliance with presidential politics, …

“A group of gay lefty organizations who CLAIM they exist to work on behalf of gay people actually put out a press release on Friday attacking Rep. Peter King’s hearings on Islamic radicalization. Nevermind that radical Islam teaches that the penalty for being gay is DEATH. Honestly, the Onion couldn’t have written this release. Signing on to this attack on …

The above clip of nutso Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) swept the interwebs this weekend. Bachmann says that Barack Obama “may have anti-American views” and calls for a McCarthy-esque media expose’ on members of Congress to “find out whether they are pro-America or anti-America.” A widespread campaign to have Bachmann censured in the House has already sprung up.