As I noted a few days ago, the Judicial Crisis Network was known as the Judicial Confirmation Network before President Obama took office. Clip recap: A Media Matters investigation of the discredited right-wing group Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), the main source of baseless smears against, and false characterizations of, Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, reveals a familial web of self-dealing …
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Lands’ End Apologizes To Right Wingers After Publishing Gloria Steinem Interview In Latest Catalog
Right wingers have deluged the Facebook page for Lands’ End with vows to boycott the company because they dared to publish an interview with feminist icon Gloria Steinem in their latest catalog. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Lands’ End quickly backpedaled this week from an association with feminist Gloria Steinem after hearing complaints from customers and the publication of an article …
Read More »Right Wing Think Tank: Liberals And The Media Are Partially Responsible For Oregon Militia Shootout
The National Center for Public Policy Research, which once had disgraced lobbyist and felon Jack Abramoff on its board, this afternoon denounced liberals and the lamestream media for giving those heavily armed Oregon militants the idea to occupy federal property. Via press release: Left-wing activists and news outlets that only partially cover their activities are in part to blame for …
Read More »HAWAII: Obama Vacation Spot Rainbow Riles Right
Over the weekend a rainbow appeared directly over President Obama’s vacation spot in Hawaii. Take it away Twitchy commenters: “Wow, wish I had a fan club of professional photographers following me around framing rainbows in my vicinity to make me look like a little demigod. Not really, I prefer to give glory to Christ. Let’s hope this presumptuous little Herod …
Read More »SOUTH CAROLINA: GOP State Rep. Bill Chumley To Introduce Bill To “Nullify” SCOTUS On Marriage
South Carolina GOP state Rep. Bill Chumley has pre-filed a 2016 bill that aims to “nullify” the US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. From the right-wing New American site: In an effort to protect the traditional definition of marriage within South Carolina, the bill states that “It is the policy of the State of South Carolina to defend natural …
Read More »Support For Tea Party Falls To Record Low
According to a just-released Gallup poll, support for the Tea Party is at a five-year record low. Only 17% of those surveyed say they have a favorable impression of the Tea Party, a nearly 50% drop from November 2010. More from Salon: Of course, it has been the Tea Party sympathizers in the House Freedom Caucus and Tea Party Caucus …
Read More »“Anchor Babies” Ad To Air During Dem Debate [VIDEO]
Via press release: Under current policy, when a citizen of another country gives birth to a child on U.S. soil, whether here as a tourist or illegally, the baby automatically gets U.S. citizenship along with taxpayer funded benefits. And once the baby gets citizenship, the parents eventually become eligible for U.S. citizenship and benefits too. Then the parents’ extended families …
Read More »Right Wing PAC Mocks Democratic Debate [VIDEO]
America Rising, the right wing PAC founded by Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign manager, is out today with an 80s sitcom-themed slap at the Democratic debate. The clip centers on Obama’s famous 2008 debate dig at Hillary Clinton when he told her that she’s “likable enough.” Watch below and note the lame Urkel impression.
Read More »Breitbart Headline Of The Day
In today’s top post the knuckle-draggers at Stormfront Breitbart report the SHOCKING news that a rainbow flag has been “confiscated” from the apartment of the Virginia gunman. Which means that he was clearly a hate-crazed homofascist and definitely NOT a religious loony tune commanded to kill by Jesus as the gunman himself declared in his manifesto. They write: The gay …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Attacks Newspaper Editor Who Doesn’t Want Anti-Gay Columns
Alan Keyes: Charleston Massacre Was Actually An Act Of Pro-Gay Terrorism
Alan Keyes teleported in from his home planet today to declare that the Charleston massacre was not a racist act but one meant to terrify Christians who support traditional marriage.
Read More »This Week’s Issue Of Weekly Standard
Above is the cover art for the current issue of Weekly Standard, whose headline blares “Dissent Will Be Punished.” See the full cover at the link. (Tipped by JMG reader James)
Read More »Betty Bowers: Wingnut Vocab Lesson #1
BROOKLYN: Local Tea Party Founder Busted For Possession Of Child Porn
Via the New York Post: An ultra-conservative one-time Brooklyn city council candidate — whose campaign slogan was “Our children are our future” — has been nabbed for possessing and sharing kiddie porn, prosecutors said Friday. Joseph Hayon, 37, was arrested Thursday and admitted to police that he traded the sick pics of kids between the ages of 2 and 12 …
Read More »National Review Has Notorious RBG Sadz: She Totally Destroys The Rule Of Law
Check out this closing paragraph: “The Notorious R.B.G.” is not the beneficiary of a grand expansion of imagination, a leap to a higher plane of Being. She is the result of an ideology of womanhood that has been militantly enforced on American politics and culture over the past half-century, not by latter-day Susan B. Anthonys but by knockoff Betty Friedans. …
Read More »Ben Shapiro Leaves TruthRevolt
Via the Washington Examiner: Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has resigned as editor-in-chief of TruthRevolt, a non-profit news website site that he co-founded just two years ago. Shapiro’s departure from the young media group, which he launched in 2013 along with David Horowitz of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, comes amid the group’s decision to let go of many of its …
Read More »NYC Transit To Ban All Political Ads Just To Stop Pam Geller’s “Killing Jews” Campaign
Via CBS New York: The nation’s largest mass transit system is preparing to ban all political advertising on its subways and buses after a judge ruled that a pro-Israel group was allowed to display an advertisement containing the phrase “Hamas Killing Jews” on New York City buses. The resolution is expected to pass Wednesday at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board …
Read More »Wingnuts Have Fifty Shades Of Sadz
Via press release: Americans should boycott “Fifty Shades of Grey” on Valentine’s Day, say more than 60,000 signatories and a growing coalition of groups that accused NBC Universal of “using a romantic holiday to promote a movie about abuse and degradation.” The news organization LifeSiteNews, joined by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, the Family Research Council, and the website …
Read More »John Oliver Breaks Down Influence On Legislatures By Right Wing Outfit ALEC
Wingnut Dennis Prager: Campaign Against Rape Is A Liberal Lie To Get Votes
“It’s a gargantuan lie to get votes. It’s as big a lie as the ‘culture of rape’ on your campuses. What nonsense. There is a culture of rape on campuses run by the feminist left? What do you cite to sell me this nonsense? One in five women are sexually assaulted on campuses. Do you know what sexual assault means? …
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