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Republican lawmakers, conservatives use arrest of Obama’s uncle to attack deportation reform

By | 08.30.11 | 5:35 pm

Onyango Obama, half-brother to President Barack Obama’s father, was arrested last week in Massachusetts on suspicion of drunken driving. He is now being held without bail by federal immigration officials because, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he had a prior deportation order at the time of his More…

Get ‘Going Rogue’ for $0.00!

By | 11.16.09 | 1:10 pm

National Review is riding the Sarah Palin phenomenon this week with a blog all about “Going Rogue,” but Newsmax.com is really setting the standard – it’s offering copies of the book either for free or for $4.99 with different subscription deals. (I first saw this offer on TV More…

RNC Advertises with Newsmax.com

By | 09.30.09 | 3:30 pm

Following up the story of far-right site Newsmax.com taking ads from Massachusetts GOP candidate Scott Brown, there’s this: A friend who’s subscribed to Newsmax.com’s email list passes on a fundraising letter from the Republican National Committee. “Dear Newsmax Reader,” the email begins. “Please find below a special message from More…

Massachusetts Senate Candidate Advertises on Newsmax.com ‘Coup’ Article

By | 09.30.09 | 1:02 pm

TPM has been all over the bizarre John Perry “military coup against Obama” column at Newsmax.com–an incredibly popular conservative site, as I discovered in my story on WorldNetDaily. The liberal BlueMassGroup blog has an interesting wrinkle. Scott Brown, the credible GOP candidate for the open Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat, More…

Pat Boone Joins the Birthers

By | 06.29.09 | 2:57 pm

The aging song stylist uses the latest edition of his Newsmax.com column to demand the president’s birth certificate (it’s here, by the way), repeating some rumors about the conspiracy theory that were debunked months ago.

Lanny Davis, Reporting for Newsmax.com

By | 06.08.09 | 1:05 pm

The far-right site Newsmax.com has quietly launched a blog by stalwart Bill and Hillary Clinton ally Lanny Davis, and it’s as entertainingly scattered and apologetic as, well, everything else Davis does. The title of his May 17 post:

Indict Cheney

The title of his very next post from 11 More…