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Paul Krugman Is Forgetting One of the Bush Administration’s Big Lies

By Joshua Holland On July 15, 2011  

Krugman has a good column today looking at the insanity inherent in the GOP’s new and extreme adherence to ideological purity-tests. In the middle of it, however, the following passage jumped out at me:

Supply-side voodoo — which claims that tax cuts pay for themselves and/or that any rise in taxes would lead to [...]

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Rep. Young (R-AK) Signed Seditious Document Circulated by Man Just Indicted in Plot to Kill Judge(s), State Troopers

By Paul Rosenberg On March 14, 2011  

Congressman Don Young, has publicly endorsed a seditious documents drafted and promoted by the leader of a militia group just indicted for conspiracy to murder at least one judge and any number of state troopers in Alaska. Will he be charged with violating his oath of office? Cross-posted from Merge-Left

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Changing the Subject: The World Is Object, Those Who Would Change It Are Subject. For Really Big Change, Change the Subject

By Paul Rosenberg On March 11, 2011  

Limitations of vision that can most readily be grasped when looking at rightwing militia groups, for example, also apply to the relatively much more sophisticated structures of traditional liberal theory. A look at a couple of recent posts this week serves to illustrate the point.

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Right-Wing Lies About “Union Thugs” Becoming Downright Comical

By Joshua Holland On March 3, 2011  

It’s a tough job to portray pro-union demonstrators as “thugs” when the local police department is busy issuing press releases thanking them for conducting themselves “ with great decorum and civility.”

But the Right has never been known to let reality get in the way of a good story, and the intellectual gymnastics they’re performing [...]

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The Craziest Wingnut in America Wants to Criminalize Unauthorized Vaginal Bleeding

By Joshua Holland On February 24, 2011  

With the rise of the Tea Partiers, there’s intense competition for the title of Craziest Wingnut Holding Public Office.

But Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has to be considered the top contender. He was the one who proposed a law that would require rape and sexual assault victims — but not the victims of [...]

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