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Right Wing Round-Up - 4/10/13

Briefing
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Sofia Resnick @ The American Independent(link is external): University of Texas professor behind controversial study wades further into gay-marriage debate.

  • Adam Serwer @ Mother Jones(link is external): At Howard University, Rand Paul Falsely Claims He Never Opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

  • Andrew Kirell @ Mediaite(link is external): Beck Disregards Small Sample Size, Takes Basketball Shots To Prove He’s ‘Three Times As Good As President’.

  • Warren Throckmorton(link is external): After getting history wrong, David Barton claims he was misunderstood about the destruction of Indians.

  • Andrew Kaczynski @ BuzzFeed(link is external): Republican Congressman Cites Biblical Great Flood To Say Climate Change Isn't Man-Made.

On the Watchlist
David Barton

David Barton

Despite having obtained only a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oral Roberts University in the 1970s, David Barton now routinely bills himself as “America’s premier historian” and has established a reputation as the Religious Right’s go-to “expert” for making the case that the Founding Fathers intended to establish America to be a Christian nation that operates according to the laws of God as set out in the Bible.
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Rand Paul
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Joe Barton