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    • 9 Ratings
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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: lawrence wilkerson, richard clarke, bruce bartlett, david frum, barry goldwater, david stockman, george w bush, colin powell, weekly standard, forbes, washington times, national review, reagan administration, finance capitalism, wall street, plutocrats, robber barons, gilded age, liberty, freedom, allen west, clinton impeachment, authoritarianism, mike lofgren, traditions of civility, walter lippmann, democracy, nullification, fox news, iran-contra, watergate, bill clinton, barack obama, new deal, communist party, right wing extremism, alexis de tocqueville, edmund burke, bismarck, salon, mccarthyism, democratic party, liberalism, fascism, conservatism, michael fumento, neo, the matrix, republican party, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 82 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Mitt Romney's Secret Weapon: Clear Channel Radio

    MAY 28, 2012 10:18PM

    By J Peterson


    Topics: open call, wayne barrett, sean hannity, rush limbaugh, robert reich, rnc, right wing radio, radio stations, newsweek, mitt romney bain capital, mitt romney, huffington post, gop, fox news, conservative talk radio shows, conservative media, clear channel, barack obama attacks bain, bain capital record, bain capital clear channel, bain capital

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 499 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Charles Koch + Roger Ailes = Ohio University?

    MAY 21, 2012 1:49PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, politics news, brave new foundation, roger ailes, robert greenwald, ohio university, media matters, koch brothers exposed, koch brothers, charles koch, education, fox news

    • 3 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Aristocracy Now!

    MAY 20, 2012 12:04PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: no tax pledge, grover norquist, teddy roosevelt, jp morgan, french nobility, french revolution, free market capitalism, freedom of speech, black liberation theology, reverand wright, super pac, nixon enemies list, paling around with terrorists, john mccain, rachel maddow, alexis de tocqueville, fox news, bill o'reilly, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, aristocracy, democracy, catholic bishops, religion, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 124 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Where Is The Outrage? or When is Treachery Not UnAmerican?

    MAY 14, 2012 11:19AM

    By A Patriotic American


    Topics: fox news, congress, tea party, conservatives, liberals, republicans, obama, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 276 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Americans Died So Republicans Could Play Politics

    MAY 3, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, osama bin laden, president obama, max cleland, karl rove, iraq, seal team six, al qaeda, 2002 elections, democratic party, foreign affairs, neoconservatism, john kerry, karl rove, george w bush, tom ricks, fox news, sean hannity, ed gillespie, john mccain, mark mckinnon, uss abraham lincoln, mission accomplished

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1027 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mitt Romney's Lying is the Real Voter Fraud

    APRIL 9, 2012 9:15AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, mitt romney, acorn, voter fraud, voter suppression, conservative movement, atticus finch, to kill a mockingbird, democratic party, fox news, rachel maddow, lying, dana milbank, james fallows, medicare, great depression, president obama, politifact, chevrolet volt, false equivalence, mainstream media, conservative movement

    • 4 Ratings
    • 290 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    "We the People" and other things that aren't true

    MARCH 31, 2012 10:41AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, fox news, propaganda, president obama, freedom, tyranny, plutocracy, economics, tax, sarah palin, republican party, democratic party

    • 7 Ratings
    • 498 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Everyone's biased; only liberals try not to be

    MARCH 29, 2012 12:22PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: truth, impartiality, fairness doctrine, democracy, constitution, james madison, founding fathers, global warming denial, james inhofe, rachel maddow, liberal media, ann coulter, rationality, reason, the enlightenment, motivated reasoning, cognitive dissonance, science, prejudice, msnbc, rush limbaugh, fox news, chris mooney, neuroscience, cognitive science, bias, conservatism, liberalism, right wing, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 345 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Columnist Rachel Marsden takes a WILD swing at Stratfor

    MARCH 9, 2012 3:57PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: fox news, ann coulter, george friedman, wikileaks, intelligence, stratfor, rachel marsden

    • 24 Ratings
    • 663 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Foxy Priest and Stephen Baldwin Weigh in on the New Big "C"

    MARCH 6, 2012 2:39PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: contraception, the daily show, jon stewart, cardinal dolan, stephen baldwin, fox news, father jonathan morris

    • 1 Ratings
    • 176 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Presidential Horserace: “Pooper Snoozeday”

    MARCH 6, 2012 12:00PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: campaign 2012, msnbc, cnn, fox news, cbs, nbc, abc, mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick santorum, ron paul, super tuesday, presidential primaries, commercial, commercial media, media, mass media, news, current events, politics, finance, money, accounting, tea party, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, grover norquist, americans for tax reform, karl rove, american crossroads, dick armey, freedomworks, gordon hilgers

    • 0 Ratings
    • 241 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Flushing Rush Is Too Good For Him

    MARCH 3, 2012 9:05PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: we make it up you drink the tea, slut, sex tapes, santorum, sandra fluke, rush limbaugh, prostitute, oxycontin, john boehner, hillbilly ass catcher, georgetown university law center, georgetown, fox news, flush rush, first amendment to the united states constitution, excellence in broadcasting, crapweasel, coward, bully, boycott, asscake

    • 0 Ratings
    • 144 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

    MARCH 1, 2012 2:30PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: echo chamber, democracy, corruption, brave new foundation, robert greenwald, megyn kelly, manhattan institute, laura ingraham, koch brothers, heritage foundation, federalist society, charles and david koch, cato institute, americans for prosperity, video, rush limbaugh, fox news, bernie sanders, barack obama

    • 7 Ratings
    • 759 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A face full of right wing hypocrisy, up close and personal

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 4:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: heresy, r.j. rushdoony, reconstructionism, john birch society, white supremacists, biblical law, frederick clarkson, the bible, theocracy, iran, secularism, liberalism, conservatism, fox news, dennis prager, christian dominionist, right wing

    • 0 Ratings
    • 316 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Echo chamber repeats likely false story about Muslim judge

    FEBRUARY 24, 2012 8:49PM

    By Andrew E. Mathis


    Topics: news, belief/religion, journalism, fox news, islamophobia

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1041 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Republicans (and we) face "Rule and Ruin" without moderates

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 2:23PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: george romney, eisenhower, rush limbaugh, fox news, glenn beck, founding fathers, grover norquist, good government, civility, bi-partisanship, president obama, tea party, new nationalism, teddy roosevelt, white supremacists, fascists, social liberal, fiscal conservative, diversity, ronald reagan, rule and ruin, geoffrey kabaservice, supply side economics, david stockman, moderates, right wing, republican party, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 598 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Citizens United: A Very Catholic Ruling

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 11:14AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, campaign contributions, sex abuse, fox news, vatican ii, right wing, republican party, justice scalia, president obama, ej dionne, citizens united, catholic church, birth control, supreme court, religion, poltics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 8448 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    The Fictional Obama

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 9:02PM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: politics, 2012 election, 2012 primary, abortion, civil liberties, defense, financial reform, fox news, gay rights, goldman sachs, gun control, media, military, obama, religion, republicans, taxes, terrorism, wall street

    • 0 Ratings
    • 177 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Obama Conundrum: Is Accepting Super PAC Money Hypocrisy?

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 5:37AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: news, television, politics, business, gay marriage, cpac, banks, financial crisis, economy, liberals, conservatives, health care reform, mitt romney 2012, financial crisis, environment, gay rights, democratic party, republican party, congress, elections 2012, super pac money, marquess of queensberry, joe lieberman, ben nelson, supreme court, tea party, fox news, abc, cbs, msnbc, nbc, cnn, anderson cooper, the house of representatives, the senate, democrats, newt gingrich, rick santorum, mitt romney, sheldon adelson, swift boat veterans for truth, george w. bush, 2012 presidential campaign, barack obama, john kerry, ram productions international, michael russnow

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