• November 4, 2010 5:16 pm

    The Tea Party and Religious Right Movements: Frenemies with Benefits

    …the Religious Right was there. The American Family Association, one of the oldest and largest Religious Right organizations, used its extensive online networks to encourage activists to participate in the…

  • September 1, 1996 11:21 am

    Dobson’s Choice: Religious Right Leader Becomes Political Power Broker

    …“First Objective: Pass the Federal Marriage Amendment!” July 2004, http://www.focusaction.org/articles/A0000015.cfm ; “Focus on the Family Action Takes on Swing State Senators over FMA,” http://www.focusaction.org/activities/a0000010.cfm ; Sample ad: http://www.focusaction.org/pdfs/SouthDakotaFMA.pdf [71] “Dobson…

  • December 15, 2010 9:47 am

    Meet the Leadership: Corporate America and the Religious Right’s New Team in the House

    …student loan companies that he has “tricks up my sleeve to protect you,” and he later helped pass a law to bar individuals from refinancing their student loans. According to…

  • May 20, 2020 8:00 am

    Disinformation, Coronavirus, and the 2020 Presidential Election

    …amplify every lie, false conspiracy, and misdirection online. Domestic disinformers have adopted tactics deployed by Russia and other hostile actors in 2016, optimizing them for 2020. The lessons of 2016…

  • June 18, 2009 5:10 pm

    Free Speech, Irresponsible Speech, and the Climate of Intolerance in 2009

    …of online activists. And far too often, high-ranking elected officials join pundits and other extremists in promoting wildly false and inflammatory charges designed to convince Americans that President Obama and…

  • September 1, 2006 11:31 am

    David Barton: Propaganda Masquerading as History

    …that he was “to search the library and find the date that prayer had been prohibited in public schools [and] obtain a record of national SAT scores … spanning several…

  • October 3, 2011 8:01 pm

    The Right to Vote Under Attack: The Campaign to Keep Millions of Americans from the Ballot Box

    …the illegal voting it alleged. Between 2002 and 2006, the DOJ’s efforts resulted in only 86 convictions out of nearly 200 million votes cast, a rate of 0.0000004%. Unfazed by…

  • October 28, 2020 8:31 am

    Running on Racism: Far-Right Congressional Candidates in the 2020 Elections, and Those Who Lean That Way

    …to run for office. Even if they lose, these candidates will have raised their profiles and built audiences of like-minded followers online, affording them the ability to continue influencing the…

  • October 5, 2017 9:15 am

    White Supremacy Figured Out How To Become YouTube Famous

    …year, when alt-right activists who had organized online converged on Charlottesville for a “Unite the Right” rally that ended in the death of a counter-protester. On YouTube, major right-wing internet…

  • August 6, 2015 4:56 pm

    2016 Republican Candidates Report

    …Wall Street have helped launch his recent fundraising bonanza. For a candidate trying to break free from the shadow of his brother, who presided over the 2008 financial meltdown, undermined…

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