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Right Wing Round-Up - 8/31/16

Briefing
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Media Matters(link is external): Alex Jones Says He "Personally Talked To" Trump And Encouraged Him To Push Rigged Election Conspiracy Theory.

  • Josh Feldman @ Mediaite(link is external): ‘You Own Her!’: Hannity Goes on Another Angry Rant Against #NeverTrump-ers, Glenn Beck.

  • Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog(link is external): LePage vows not to resign, promises media silence.

  • Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist(link is external): Michele Bachmann: God “Raised Up” Donald Trump to Be the Republican Nominee.

  • James Landis @ Praxis(link is external): Rush Limbaugh, Not Hillary Clinton, Legitimized the Alt Right.

  • Warren Throckmorton(link is external): What Original Source Did David Barton Use for His Louis L’Amour Story?

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Alex Jones Infowars

Alex Jones
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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Michele Bachmann