Convicted scam artist James O'Keefe has crapped another pair of videos into the world, and while the videos have been burning up social media via the pro-Trump pro-Breitbart crowd, the cable news media has yet to fully pick up the story -- at least that I'm aware of. Nor is it ...read more

Shortly after President Obama's inauguration, a vile prankster named James O'Keefe released a series of fraudulent videos alleging to show how the community organizing group ACORN was engaged in voter fraud. The videos were aired practically around the clock on Fox News and ...read more

As Jon Stewart's 16-year run as influential host of The Daily Show comes to an end this week, it has become all the rage to look back at the targets of his satirical death ray and assess the effects of his influence. On his next-to-last broadcast, Stewart did a bit of this ...read more

No single ideology holds a monopoly on wacky beliefs, unless you count ‘crazy’ as an ideology. But when it comes to the subset of wacky beliefs commonly known as anti-government conspiracy theories, it’s no accident that the American right embraces them with much greater ...read more

ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) was an organization set up in 1970 to advocate for low income families by working on issues like neighborhood safety, voter registration, access to good education, health care and affordable housing. Like every ...read more

Modern conservatives generally suffer from a persecution complex. At every opportunity, they leap at the chance to rend their garments and violently wail about being victimized by liberals. The most evident example of this psychosis is the conservative notion of a "liberal ...read more

And I am, well, I cannot think of anything more ridiculous than considering James O'Keefe anything but a major douchebag so you can just come up with the second part of that sentence yourself. If you have forgotten who O'Keefe is -- good for you! I'll have what you're having ...read more

By Bob Cesca: In the wake of the election, there's no doubt that the Republican Party leadership is capable of making some adjustments to re-brand itself. There are plenty of ways they can do it, but it's obvious to anyone paying attention to what's happening on the far-right ...read more