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Q&A Bill Frist: Healthcare, The GOP and Birthers

David Goodman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Gop, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Republican Party, Health Care, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News
David Goodman

Bill Frist is the former Republican Senate Majority Leader. He is the author of the new book: A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing.

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Birthers Rarely Leave U.S., Less Likely To Vote: Hunch Profile

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Hunch, a new website that helps people make decisions based on survey questions, found some interesting stuff when they crunched the numbers on site u...

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Orly Taitz Lawsuit Thrown Out By California Judge

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Another challenge from birther queen Orly Taitz against President Obama's birth certificate has been thrown out of court. U.S. District Judge Davi...

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Who's On First?: Haters, Conspiracists and the Conspiracists Who Hate Them

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, World Net Daily, Orly Taitz, Hate, Cair, Michael Savage, Alan Keyes, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

With unemployment in the United States at a 26 year high of 9.8% and the UK not far behind, a sector of the economy in both nations is booming -- extremism.

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Orly Taitz Slapped With $20,000 Sanction

Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Birther leader Orly Taitz has been fined for "wasting the judicial resources" of the Middle District of Georgia with her "frivolous and sanctionable c...

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Orly Taitz: Washington Post Profiles 'Birther Queen'

The Washington Post | Liza Mundy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.-The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, al...

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Birther Billboards Spring Up In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Birthers, Colorado, Obama Birth Certificate, World Net Daily, Birther Movement, Peter Boyles, Denver News

According to billboard owner Phil Wolf, Denver's "birther boards" will go up mid-day today at Kipling and I-70 on the north side of frontage road. Wes...

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Birther Poll: 42 Percent Of Republicans Believe Obama Not Born In U.S.

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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A new study from Public Policy Polling finds that 42 percent of Republicans believe that President Obama was not born in the United States, while 22 p...

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Criticism of Obama Not About Race, Says New Poll of White People

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

The survey, conducted by the University of Minnesota's Opinion Research Institute, measured the opinions of a large cross-section of the nation's most virulent white Obama critics.

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Paglia: 'Birthers' Aren't Racist, And They Have A Point

washingtonindependent.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Camille Paglia, the lone Salon.com columnist who can count on her ramblings getting regular links from The Drudge Report, appeared on NPR's "On Point"...

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Orly Taitz Rambles, Is Yelled At By Dylan Ratigan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Chief 'Birther' Orly Taitz appeared on MSNBC Friday morning either to defend her increasingly derided conspiracy theories or, as she seemed to see it,...

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GOP Leadership Worried About Damage To Party's Reputation From Base

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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"I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents," he said. Long before the tea parties or...

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Inhofe A Birther? Says Suing Would Take Years, "Damage Is Already Done"

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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This morning, at the "Freedom Summit" that kicked off three days of small government Tea Party protests, I broke from a conversation I'd been having w...

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Rep. Jean Schmidt to Birther: "I Agree With You" (VIDEO)

Think Progress | Victor Zapanta | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Rep. Schmidt, Birthers in Congress, Ohio, Cincinnati, Obama, Jean Schmidt, Politics News

Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) spoke at the Voice of America tea party this Labor Day weekend outside of Cincinnati, OH. Following a tense Q&A session -- du...

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Birthers Gone Wild: A Review of 'A Question of Eligibility'

Terry Krepel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: A Question of Eligibility, Obama Birth Certificate, Joseph Farah, Worldnetdaily, Orly Taitz, Alan Keyes, Janet Porter, Media News
Terry Krepel

I watched the entirety of the Birther documentary, and found it to be every bit as biased and factually deficient as one would expect.

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DC or Bust: Lou Dobbs and His Hate Groupies

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

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Karl Frisch

If Dobbs won't end his association with FAIR, which the Southern Policy Law Center has designated as a hate group, CNN should do the right thing and end its association with Dobbs.

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Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

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Whitewashing Orly Taitz

Terry Krepel | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

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Terry Krepel

WorldNetDaily has long had a symbiotic relationship with Orly Taitz, the California attorney/dentist/real estate agent who has been a lead filer of lawsuits against President Obama regarding his birth certificate.

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Jason Linkins

Pro-Birther Movie Steals Media Matters Content (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

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Once you get to know the "birthers," you become aware that a singular trait that they all share is a chronic and indefatigable laziness. After all, w...

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Rep. Trent Franks Flip Flops On Birther Stance

POLITICO | Andy Barr | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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A month before Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told a town hall audience that there is not enough evidence that President Barack Obama is a natural-born c...

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Three Questions the Media Must Ask Republicans

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Republican Senators, Faux News, Birthers, Deathers, Obama Birth Certificate, Media Responsibility, Republicans in Congress, Death Panels, Guns at Obama Events, Media News
Robert S. McElvaine

One of the principal reasons why large percentages of Americans have been misled about health insurance reform and President Obama is the abdication of responsible journalism by much pf the mainstream media.

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Liz Cheney: Favorite Pretty Princess (VIDEO)

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy

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Warren Holstein

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WorldNetDaily Does Not Do Journalism

Terry Krepel | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

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Terry Krepel

WorldNetDaily columnist, Joseph Farah, is using the same playbook against Obama that he used against Clinton in the 90s, using his Western Journalism Center to promote conspiracies.

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Sotomayor, Obama, and the Looming Republican Race Problem

William Bradley | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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William Bradley

The "Manchurian Candidate" fantasy is alive and well in Republican ranks. And is it a long-term problem that they are largely opposed to the first black president and first brown Supreme Court justice?...You bet.

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Lobbyist-Run Group Provides Birther With Talking Points For Town Hall

Think Progress | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Jack Abramoff, Obama Birth Certificate, Tom Delay, Town Hall, Birth Certificate, Lobbyists, Tom Perriello, Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Townhall, Politics News

Last night, ThinkProgress attended Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) town hall in Ruckersville, Virginia. Inside, many people were holding signs provided by...

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