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Meghan McCain Picks, Throws a Fight With Michelle Malkin

By | 08.11.09 | 11:31 am

The mysteriously omnipresent daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) picks her latest fight with a conservative pundit and produces my favorite quote of the day.

Malkin has the No. 1 book on The New York Times bestseller hardcover nonfiction list, but I have nearly twice as

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Michelle Malkin Appearing on ‘This Week’

By | 07.31.09 | 6:05 pm

The conservative blogger/reporter/columnist, author of “In Defense of Internment” and “Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies,” will join the panel on ABC’s Sunday talk show “This Week.” The probable subject of discussion: How the liberal media shuts down conservative voices.

Sotomayor’s ‘Controversial’ Comments Backed Up By Academic Research

By | 05.26.09 | 3:15 pm

One of the things that most infuriates conservative commentators like Michelle Malkin and Stuart Taylor about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is that in delivering a 2002 speech at UC-Berkeley, the judge said that “our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions” and that “I More…

Right-Wing Restrictionists Blame Illegal Immigrants for Swine Flu

By | 04.28.09 | 12:49 pm

It was just a matter of time, but right-wing bloggers, restrictionist immigration groups and now even some politicians are blaming illegal immigrants and the government’s failure to keep them out for the swine flu pandemic.

Michelle Malkin writes, “hey maybe we’ll finally get serious about borders now,” adding that she’s More…

Swine Flu May Come From Corporate Pig Poop

By | 04.28.09 | 12:23 pm

Although the mainstream media in the United States hasn’t picked up on it, at least one Mexican newspaper and some U.S. bloggers are reporting that swine flu may have originated from mounds of porcine fecal matter at the Mexican subsidiary of U.S.-based Smithfield Foods — the world’s largest pork packer More…

Bow Down Before the One You Serve

By | 04.02.09 | 4:39 pm

The latest fringe right meme: President Obama tipped us off to, uh, something, by briefly bowing before the king of Saudi Arabia. Townhall.com has the video (after the jump):

Blaming Obama for the Dow

By | 03.03.09 | 2:34 pm

The Republican National Committee emails reporters President Obama’s comment that “the stock market is sort of like a tracking poll in politics” and that people should fret about it. The RNC writes:

Please note President Obama’s comments at today’s media avail that he is not spending much time “worrying about

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Just Another Homeless Wannabe

By | 02.12.09 | 9:42 am

CNN covers Henrietta Hughes — the newly homeless woman who told President Obama that she needed help at a town hall Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla. — and it makes sense because it’s a compelling little human interest story. What makes less sense is this detour halfway through More…