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The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics
Dave Johnson

This story that is being repeated and treated as "true" is just not what happened at all. It is one more right-wing victimization fable, repeated endlessly until the public has no choice except to believe it.

10 Examples of Bush and the Republicans Using Government Power to Target Critics

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics
Bob Cesca

The congressional Republicans are outraged by the IRS story, but they haven't been able to scramble to the floor of the House quickly enough to target left-leaning groups.

O'Keefe Agrees To Pony Up To ACORN Employee He Got Fired

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 03.08.2013 | Politics

Conservative provocateur James O'Keefe agreed on Thursday to shell out $100,000 to former ACORN employee Juan Carlos Vera to settle a longstanding law...

Zach Carter

Republicans Cut Defunct Agency (Again) In New Budget Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A new short-term budget bill introduced on Monday by House Republicans includes a bizarre provision banning federal funding to anti-pove...

The Crazy Base Won't Let the Republican Party Change

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
Bob Cesca

The bumper-sticker party of "these colors don't run" -- the party that practically branded the notion of American patriotism -- is only around half-sure that it doesn't want to abandon the United States. The other half is split between still making up its mind on secession and totally wanting to secede right away.

Jason Linkins

Republican Voters Pretty Sure 2012 Election Was Stolen By Non-Existent Organization

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.05.2012 | Politics

How badly are Republican voters taking the results of the 2012 election? Pretty badly, according to the latest numbers from Public Policy Polling. Ful...

Blocking the Vote: It's Time to Apply the ACORN Rule and Defund the GOP

John Atlas | Posted 12.29.2012 | Politics
John Atlas

It's time to turn the tables. Not only should there be a federal investigation, but Democrats and progressives should also use the so-called "ACORN rule" to cut Federal funding to the Republican Party.

Michael McAuliff

GOP: ACORN'D In North Dakota

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- If Republicans had an acronym for their aggressive voter outreach in North Dakota's oil fields, it could be ACORN'D: Association of Cons...

Fox News' ACORN Fanatics Still Won't Address GOP's Widening "Voter Fraud" Scandal

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.02.2012 | Media
Eric Boehlert

Fox News made its bogus "voter fraud" bed back in 2008 with its ACORN crusade. Now, with the spotlight on allegations of Republican fraud, Fox talkers won't condemn, or even discuss, possible GOP attempts to taint the election process.

The Republican War on Reality, Revisited

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics
Jonathan Weiler

With growing horror, the right-wing is watching the detested president take what appears to be a solid lead in virtually all major polls (including those of FOX). Its increasingly agitated response to that development? Insist that the polls are hopelessly biased.

Exposing Real Voter Fraud

Jim Worth | Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
Jim Worth

Every American has the right to vote. Any attempt to suppress that vote should be met with a passionate rebuke of the offenders.

The American Politics of Canadian Health Care

Graham Milne | Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
Graham Milne

Can you imagine the reaction on the right if an Obama-supporting Super PAC ran an ad featuring Canadians demanding higher taxes on the rich? Cries from the Fox News cabal about filthy foreigners tampering with the sacred trust of American elections would be positively deafening.

Voter ID Laws Could Hurt Obama

Reuters | Posted 06.22.2012 | Politics

* In Florida, a court challenge over voters' rights * Groups say registering voters more difficult now * Obama, aided by...

Should This Blogger Stop Writing About CO Secretary of State's Misinformation and Innuendo?

Jason Salzman | Posted 06.16.2012 | Denver
Jason Salzman

What about our basic trust in government, which rests to some degree on faith in elections? How seriously should take it, or should we ignore it, when our Secretary of State is on the radio making accusations of very recent election fraud?

Hey, Etch A Sketch Conservatives: Time to Resurrect Some Honesty

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 06.09.2012 | Politics
Leo W. Gerard

A spring awash with Etch A Sketch conservatives, camera-wielding GOP con men and a bogus deficit reduction budget from House Republicans shows that for the right, wrong is justified when it achieves the desired results.

Andrew Breitbart: The Extended GQ Interview

Death Race | Posted 05.02.2012 | Media
Death Race

On February 3, 2011, right-wing firebrand Andrew Breitbart, who died early Thursday morning in Los Angeles at the age of 43, gave GQ an extended interview on the eve of the publication of his book, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World!

Democrats Hitting Back Against GOP Voting Measures

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 01.31.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Democrats said Thursday they are planning a major effort to protect voting rights in the 2012 election after several states passed ...

O'Keefe Group Facing Major Difficulties As Conservative Activist Misses Targets

Politico | Ken Vogel | Posted 11.17.2011 | Politics

After pulling off the brazen hidden camera sting credited with bringing down the liberal organizing group ACORN, James O'Keefe dreamt up an even bolde...

Michael McAuliff

Darrell Issa Seeks Probe Of New York Group Tied To Defunct ACORN

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.07.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is pushing for a federal probe of a New York City community organization based ...

Occupy Wall Street at 6AM Sunday

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 12.19.2011 | Politics
The Relentless Conservative

I woke up very early on Sunday morning and thought the Relentless Conservative (RC) should head on down to see what Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was all about.

Michael McAuliff

Dems Fear Voter Suppression Could Cost Them 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats alarmed by reports that new voter laws could bar some five million people from the polls are launching an ambitious onl...

80 Million Disenfranchised and Disinterested Americans Didn't Vote In '08. What Portends for 2012?

Pearl Korn | Posted 11.19.2011 | Politics
Pearl Korn

As the 2012 Presidential campaign heads into high gear, we must engage eligible non-voters who are young, uneducated and economically deprived.

Dear Mr. President Obama: Five Ideas for Winning the Latino Vote

Maria Teresa Kumar | Posted 10.10.2011 | Latino Voices
Maria Teresa Kumar

It's well known inside the Beltway that the Latino vote could make or break President Obama's re-election, and soon it'll be national news. By then, it may just be too late for the president to win back Latinos.

Bertha Lewis: From ACORN To The Black Institute

Posted 10.04.2011 | Black Voices

From NPR: In this week's "Wisdom Watch" segment, host Michel Martin speaks with Bertha Lewis, former CEO of the Association for Community Organizat...

Amanda Terkel

ACORN Comeback? Conservatives Fear Resurgence Of 'Nutty' Liberal Fringe

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.07.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) spent years being a conservative villain and was finally felled in Nov...