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“Right-Wing Hack” Laura Ingraham Hired by Major Network’s News Division
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Guess which major network’s news division just hired “right-wing hack” Laura Ingraham as a news contributor? ABC! George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s This Week, made the announcement last Sunday. Politico reported on Monday that Ingraham will continue … Continue reading
The Tenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Republican Candidate for Congress in Virginia Thinks That Sometimes Incest Is “Voluntary”
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Bob Marshall, a senior Republican member of the Virginia General Assembly, is running for an open seat in the House of Representatives. He’s a political candidate who has already gained notoriety “for his long track history of … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Government, Politics
Tagged Abortion, Oh My Achin' Head, Planned Parenthood
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Sheldon Adelson—Billionaire, Casino Magnate…and Political Kingmaker? (With a Mark Fiore Video)
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in late March, Josh Green of Bloomberg Businessweek spoke on Bloomberg TV about a number of Republican politicians who traveled to Las Vegas to meet with—and “kiss the ring” of—Sheldon Adelson. The politicians—including governors Chris Christie … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Politics, United States
Tagged Chris Christie, John Kasich, Money in Politics, Scott Walker
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Esquire’s Scott Raab Reports That Christie Prosecutor Gets Its Star Witness to Start Talking
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO I was doing research for a new post that I hope to write about Chris Christie and the Mastro Report, which exonerated the governor of New Jersey from any wrongdoing in the Bridgegate scandal, when I came … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon: Religious Liberty for Corporations
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Mark Fiore says that since corporations got their free speech rights—they’re now fighting to get freedom of religion. He adds, “With the “Hobby Lobby” case before the Supreme Court, the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Constitutional Law, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS
Tagged ACA, Birth Control, Mark Fiore
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It’s Friday!: Time for Another Mark Fiore Video…and a Video of Anti-Sceince Legislator Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia
The following Mark Fiore House Science & Ladyparts Committee video is from August 2012. It’s a bit outdated—but much of it still holds true today. It’s also one of my favorites!
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Biology, Conservatives, Cosmology, Creationism/Intelligent Design, Politics, Science
Tagged Mark Fiore
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New Media Alert: Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight
Slashdot is reporting that superstar statistician Nate Silver has officially launched his own website (another WordPress blog) call fivethirtyeight.com. If you’re a fan of applied mathematics and/or infomatics or just really interested in the numbers behind the news, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society
Tagged Nate Silver
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The Eighth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Michele Bachmann Talks about Gay Bullies and Democrats Intimidating Billionaires during Radio Interview at CPAC
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO On Tuesday, Charles Pierce wrote about watching “The Girl with Faraway Eyes” working “radio row” at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on The Politics Blog at Esquire. Pierce said he hadn’t realized that Rep. Michele … Continue reading
The Seventh Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Alaska State Senator Claims That Birth Control Is So Cheap That Citizens Shouldn’t Be Required to Pay for Other People’s “Recreation”
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Fred Dyson is a Republican State Senator from Alaska. Dyson feels that access to affordable contraception isn’t a problem in his state. During a floor speech this past Wednesday, Dyson claimed that he had “researched the issue … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics
Tagged Birth Control, Oh My Achin' Head
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Laser Klan: A KKK Science Fiction and Fact Post
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last week, Stephen Colbert aired a segment on his Comedy Central show about the Ku Klux Klan titled Laser Klan. Colbert got the idea for the segment from a 2013 news story about a General Electric Co. … Continue reading
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