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WATCH: Anti-Gay Group's Bizarre Titanic Tribute

Posted 04.13.2012

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The Titanic might be re-surfacing in the public consciousness as the 100th anniversary of her ill-fated maiden voyage draws near, but we're not sure t...

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Climate Change Deniers Don't Want Us to Connect the Dots on Extreme Weather

Kelly Rigg | Posted 06.02.2012

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I've just had a fascinating up close and personal experience of the right-wing climate denial echo chamber in action.

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Right-Wing Bullies Continue to Attack Children

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.28.2012

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It's difficult to assign psychological motive when it comes to political tactics, but based upon the collective behavior of far-right conservative Republicans, we can only deduce that a considerable number of them are bullies and ought to be treated as such.

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Money

Steven Weber | Posted 04.15.2012

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Money does make the world go 'round. But without a country full of healthy, educated, secure, united, hopeful people to make it, save it and spend it wisely, then really, what the hell good is it?

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It's Time to Occupy Our Symbols

Sarah A. W. Fitts | Posted 04.13.2012

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I am a patriotic American and I love America. It's time for the rest of us to speak up and stop letting right wing media and media-loving right wing politicians put words in our mouths. It's time to take back our American symbols.

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Newt's Surge: 'It's The Media, Stupid!'

Charles Higgins | Posted 03.27.2012

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Gingrich evokes the same emotional reaction in the Republican base as do the right-wing pundits. In psychology this is called a Pavlovian Response. It could be one of the underlying reasons for Newt's surge.

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Why the Right Wing Hates the Left Wing

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 02.25.2012

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Read my lips. Two words will explain why... "Fearful aggression." Fearful aggression is well-known to show dog and thoroughbred horse trainers. It oc...

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Tim Groseclose's Theory of Liberal Media Bias Remains Shaky

Terry Krepel | Posted 12.28.2011

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Neither AIM nor anyone else in the right-wing media are going to call Groseclose on the flaws in his work -- the end result is all that matters.

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What Happened to the Presidential Bully Pulpit?

Tom Athans | Posted 12.24.2011

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There was a time when the President created the framework of political debate in this country. How is it that this President struggles so much to connect with the electorate or to inspire Americans to act on their own behalf?

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People: Get Ready

Steven Weber | Posted 12.05.2011

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Lacking actual creative imaginations (but mistakenly thinking "shrewd deception" is the same thing), the right-wing corporate machine may have bought up all the gullible Tea Party's concerns and transmogrified them with craven corporate cant.

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Right Wing "Facts" V. Reality

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 08.12.2011

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Even when a conservative and I agree on a premise, we come to completely different conclusions. Why? My own guess is that conservatives' source for facts is the right wing media, a more or less alternate reality filled with alternate facts.

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Some Advice for Anthony Weiner

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 08.06.2011

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You're going about this thing all wrong. You've got to play the game that got you here. Up until now, you've been smart, funny and, to use perhaps an inappropriate word in this situation... cocky.

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Ghost in the Republican Machine

Steven Weber | Posted 06.06.2011

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The Republican machine is an ideological neutron bomb, obliterating lives but leaving the infrastructure intact to be used after the people are gone.

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The True Alar Story

Wendy Gordon | Posted 06.09.2011

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Actually, the truth is that Alar was -- and is -- not a safe chemical. And it was not necessary for the health of the nation's apple industry.

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And the Oscar for Best Ideologue Goes to the Angry Fat Guy

Cynthia Dill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Convinced that all government is in a state of complete and utter crisis? Is the heavy weight of debt crushing the life out of our future prosperity? ...

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Jared Loughner And The Incarnation Of Violent Rhetoric

Ben Daniel | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't believe that the purveyors of nasty speech actually wanted to see their words come to life in a Tucson. But in the end, all that future generations will remember is the death of six people.

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In the Wake of the Arizona Tragedy, Are Right Wing Pundits Telling the Truth?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the days since the massacre in Arizona, the mainstream political media (and much online discussion) have zeroed in on one question: Did the uncivil...

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Heaven To Earth: Obama Is Not The Antichrist!

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a Christian and Jesuit-schooled Catholic, I can tell you in no uncertain terms: President Obama is not the Antichrist, although though that's what about 25 percent of Republicans believe.

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Let's Be Honest About Why Social Security is Going Broke

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's funny how you often find insights where you least expect them. A few weeks ago, my dog Kiva got bitten on the nose by a rattlesnake and I ended ...

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Let's Be Honest: About Jobs and the Economy

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

There's not a thing that Obama or any other politician can do to lower unemployment in the private sector as long as CEOs and shareholders of our largest companies are getting richer and richer.

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Lower Case Capitalism

Matthew Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new finding suggests that the whole of the Capitalist "surge" is predicated on false assumptions. America has been chasing its proverbial tail for more than two hundred years.

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Breitbart Award

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weak Knees

Paul Hodes | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm sick and tired of Democrats getting weak knees every time the right-wing media flexes their muscles. The firing of Shirley Sherrod is the latest example.

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It Seems Fitting that as Palin Lies Again, ABC News Cuts a Quarter of Its Staff

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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This weekend's Palin and ABC News stories -- lies and layoffs, respectively -- remind us that the sources of our shared facts are all but gone. And who wins as a result? Those who would seek to create lies to further political goals.

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Penn State Completely Exonerates Climate Scientist Michael Mann On Bogus Climategate Accusations

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pennsylvania State University today issued its final report thoroughly exonerating climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann of any wrongdoing in the wake of the "Climategate" myth.

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