This Fox headline says the Van Jones resignation "could" embolden critics of the Obama administration. They're already months past emboldened. The Bush administration wasn't even over before they were having their grand freakout over a black president. Hell, before the election ...read more
LA Times' Tim Rutten Republican officials such as the Florida state chairman are playing a dangerous game with an unhinged segment of public opinion that regards Obama not as an elected official with whom they disagree, but as an illegitimate usurper of the presidency. That ...read more
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Glenn Beck's America. As reported by Saturday's NY Post, 'a Long Island mother of three -- armed to the teeth with an assault rifle and shotgun -- was arrested for scouting out and taking pictures of an Air National Guard base.' Her arsenal included an XM-15 assault rifle, a ...read more
Right wing militia groups are calling for an armed march on Washington. No word yet on which congressional Republicans are signing on to this latest bout of teabaggery. ...read more
More right wing paranoia as GOP chairman Michael Steele insists that he and Sarah Palin and anti-abortion activists are being videotaped and having their names written down... [flv:/files/steeleparanoid.flv 320 240] ...read more
While 75% of Texans realize that secession, as discussed by their governor, is a nutty insane crazy idea... 18% of Texans don't. So even at a state level the wingnut percentage remains more or less constant. We need help. ...read more
AWESOME. (via... Little Green Footballs?) Remember, they're not Birchers. Except they are. ...read more
From the ADL, via John Cole. This last comment was a reference to popular right-wing conspiracy theories about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-constructed prisons and concentration camps for U.S. citizens. Such conspiracy theories had long been staples of the militia ...read more
You get the MSM to stop treating you as if you're relevant and we'll stop pointing out when you push craziness then disavow its effects. And to update August's earlier comment, this is now the sixth opinion Glenn Reynolds has promoted because he's too cowardly to put his own out ...read more
He said this with a graphic over his shoulder discussing "civil unrest coming"... ...read more
Rick Moran: So Oliver might want to become better informed before he wildly accuses mainstream conservative outlets of promoting “conspiracy theories.” The Obama is a Muslim - wasn’t born here - fake birth certificate - is a terrorst - crew are relegated to the fringes of ...read more
Remember liberals are totally exaggerating about how the right stokes the fire of violence with their lies about the left. It's just a coincidence. Oh, and the gear glorifying Nazis is a nice touch. ...read more
Remember, they're being responsible participants in our civil dialogue and not pushing conspiracy theories that feed the fevered dreams of their base. U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she fears the Obama administration will create “re-education camps for young people, where young ...read more
The conservative blogs are enraged that people are pointing out that they have and are stoking the fires of an atmosphere of hate that leads to police officers getting killed. As I've written for years, this is part of their pattern of behavior in America and for too long we've ...read more
And then it happens Pittsburgh police say a man wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call, killing three of them. Police chief Nate Harper says the motive for Saturday's shooting isn't clear. Friends say the gunman recently had been ...read more
The right is quickly slipping back into its conspiratorial nutjob posture that it had during the Clinton presidency, seeing black helicopters and one world UN government under their beds at every turn. As a friend of mine noted they were lunatics when the object of their ire was ...read more
