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May 12, 2023 10:53 am
Ted Cruz Wants Money to Defend Clarence Thomas’s Lawbreaking
The revelations about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failing to report financial favors given to him and his family by billionaire and Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow just keep coming. Given how central Thomas has been to the right-wing effort to gain ideological dominance of the federal courts—and use that dominance to return the U.S. to […]
May 11, 2023 5:08 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: The Proof Must Be Inferred
Eric Hananoki @ Media Matters: Eric Trump will finally stop appearing with Hitler-promoting antisemites (for at least this week). David Edwards @ Raw Story: George Santos defiant after arrest: ‘I’ll be a chairman of a committee in a couple of years.’ Marquise Francis @ Yahoo News: Who are ‘Moms for Liberty’ and why is the […]
May 11, 2023 5:06 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Wishing for Trans Genocide
Mark Driscoll asked, “Do powerful demons run religion and government through false prophets?” He then answered his own question: “The answer is yes.” William Kilpatrick sees a lot of similarities between today’s “trans mania” and the Salem Witch Trials: “Three hundred years ago, the people of Salem were told they could save their souls and […]
May 11, 2023 4:30 pm
Christian Nationalist Mark Robinson Has to Remind Himself That ‘This Is a Constitutional Republic, It’s Not a Theocracy’
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is an unabashed Christian nationalist and virulent anti-LGBTQ bigot who recently announced that he is running for governor. On Wednesday, Robinson appeared on religious-right broadcaster David Brody’s “America 180” program where he complained about the supposed “dangers of this transgender movement,” claimed that teaching children about LGBTQ issues is […]
May 11, 2023 3:58 pm
Leave Abortion to the States? No, Say Anti-Choice Activists Demanding National Ban
Now that Roe v Wade has been trashed by the hard-right Supreme Court majority created by former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, anti-choice activists are no longer promoting the fiction that their goal in overturning Roe was to return the question of abortion to the states. The Family Research Council is one of the […]
May 10, 2023 5:04 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: ‘I Call Them Americans’
Oliver Darcy @ CNN: Tucker Carlson announces plans to relaunch his show on Twitter. Matt Shuham @ HuffPost: Right-Wingers Are Getting Desperate After Another Shooting By A Far-Right Extremist. Gideon Rubin @ Raw Story: ‘I call them Americans’: GOP senator doesn’t see a problem with white nationalists serving in the military. Greg Sargent @ The […]
May 10, 2023 5:03 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: A Secular Prophet
Gordon Klingenschmitt declares that Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News “because of his Christian faith”: “The devil was angry with Tucker Carlson and that’s why he got fired.” Lance Wallnau says Tucker Carlson is a “secular prophet” and his move to Twitter is all part of God’s plan to use the platform to bring […]
May 10, 2023 2:42 pm
David Barton Doesn’t Just Lie About History. He Lies About Current Events Too
Right Wing Watch has spent years exposing and debunking the false history promoted by Christian nationalist pseudo-historian David Barton of WallBuilders. While a lot of our focus has been on correcting Barton’s lies about the founding era and the creation of this nation, Barton also has a tendency to lie about contemporary issues that can […]
May 9, 2023 5:17 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Battery and Defamation
Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: Jury Finds Trump Liable For Sexual Abuse, Defamation In E. Jean Carroll Rape Case. Jessica Piper @ Politico: Kanye West treasurer resigns, alleges possible ‘unlawful’ campaign transaction. Roger Sollenberger @ The Daily Beast: Milo Yiannopoulos Caught in Marjorie Taylor Greene-Kanye West Campaign Cash Scandal. Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: […]
May 9, 2023 5:15 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Promote an Agenda
It is rather ironic to hear Tim Barton accusing academics of failing “to be intellectually honest” about American history because they seek “to promote a narrative and an agenda” given that they exact same thing can be said about him and his Christian nationalist pseudo-historian father. Speaking of the Bartons, Rep. Daniel Webster was thrilled […]