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Debunking Right Wing Lies: There Is NO PRECEDENT For Removing A Sitting House Speaker

Debunking Right Wing Lies: There Is NO PRECEDENT For Removing A Sitting House Speaker

The Tea Party meltdown over John Boehner’s re-election as House Speaker is in full throttle already with several conservative websites, such as World Net Daily (WND) and Tea Party News Network (TPNN) publishing hate-filled articles about their failed coup and the impending demise of the Republican Party. The ultra-conservative yahoos at WND were particularly vested […]

Republican Politician Becomes Twitter Punching Bag After Threat To Newspaper Backfires

Republican Politician Becomes Twitter Punching Bag After Threat To Newspaper Backfires

A Republican councilman from Frederick County, Maryland, stepped in it when he posted a threat on his Facebook page regarding an alleged “hit piece” about him published by The Frederick News-Post. In the post, Kirby Delauter wrote that the author of the piece, Bethany Rodgers,  had “absolutely no morals or journalistic ability,” threatening that if […]

GOP Lawmaker: Woman Must Get Man’s Permission For Abortion Except For ‘Legitimate Rape’

GOP Lawmaker: Woman Must Get Man’s Permission For Abortion Except For ‘Legitimate Rape’

State Representative Rick Brattin (R-MO) is introducing a bill that would force a woman to obtain written permission from the man who impregnated her if she wants an abortion. The bill states “[no] abortion shall be performed or induced unless and until the father of the unborn child provides written, notarized consent to the abortion.” […]