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Far-Right Site Gains Influence in Obama Era

By | 09.04.09 | 6:00 am

On April 12, the conservative Website WorldNetDaily published an expose on newly appointed White House “green czar” Van Jones that labeled the environmental activists a “an admitted radical communist and black nationalist leader.”

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‘Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless’

By | 08.06.09 | 1:18 pm

It’s looking more and more like the forged “Kenyan birth certificate” released by Orly Taitz on Sunday was a prank by a supporter of President Obama. Politijab points to an anonymous blogger at FearlessBlogging, who has uploaded four photos of the original forgery and a mocking declaration:

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The Greatest Conspiracy of All

By | 08.05.09 | 10:00 am

This thread at the Right Side of Life, keying off of a FreeRepublic.com thread, is actually a pretty useful look at the way facts bounce off of the “birther” community like so many eggs off of a Humvee.

David Wiegel (sic) is a regular poster at the 

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WorldNetDaily Responds to Hoax Accusation

By | 08.04.09 | 10:09 am

The editor-in-chief of WorldNetDaily left a comment at TWI’s sister site, The Minnesota Independent, taking issue with the statement that the site “has been accused” of publishing hoaxes in the past, such as “poorly written and unauthenticated emails” allegedly between Barack Obama and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

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‘Birthers’ Latch Onto Forged Kenyan Birth Certificate

By | 08.03.09 | 8:50 am

On Sunday night, the online community of “birthers” erupted after Orly Taitz released a photo of a “Kenyan birth certificate” for Barack Obama. The “birther” movement quickly divided between the credulous — people who believed that the new certificate was genuine — and skeptics who believed that their movement was More…

‘Dr. Ron Polarik,’ Exposed

By | 07.29.09 | 9:49 am

For nearly one year, a mysterious “graphics expert” who goes by the name “Dr. Ron Polarik” has claimed to have proven that the certificate of live birth provided by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is forged. “Polarik’s” lengthy analysis, posted at his Townhall.com blog, became the basis for people More…

A Look at Those Birther ‘Grand Jury Presentments’

By | 07.28.09 | 12:26 pm

I’ve obtained a number of the documents that one wing of the “birther” movement are using to organize “citizens’ grand juries,” including instructions for jurors and a list of the “evidence” they use. But first, I wanted to post the “presentments” that one jury came up with. This was some More…

Will the Hawaii Resolution Calm the Birthers?

By | 07.28.09 | 9:40 am

Greg Sargent asks whether the unanimously passed Hawaii statehood anniversary resolution in the House will “reveal how absurd it is for Lou Dobbs to continue to turn CNN’s airwaves over to birthers.” We don’t know how it will affect the birthers themselves, but the reaction from FreeRepublic, a More…

Weigel Talks ‘Birthers’ With Rachel Maddow, Part Deux

By | 07.28.09 | 9:24 am

In case you missed it, TWI’s David Weigel was back on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” last night, talking about the mainstreaming of the “birther” movement within the Republican Party. Video after the jump.

Crazy Eileen, Revealed!

By | 07.27.09 | 3:41 pm

My hometown newspaper discovers the identity of the screaming woman in the infamous Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) video:

The star of the show — known as “Crazy Eileen” to callers of a Sussex County talk radio station — has gone into seclusion, declining interviews and avoiding

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