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Civil War Raging in Right-Wing Blogosphere

By | 04.21.09 | 12:48 pm

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, jazz musician and Web designer Charles Johnson has devoted his blog, Little Green Footballs, to exposing Muslim extremism in and outside the United States. His targets have included the Council on American-Islamic Relations, filmmaker Michael Moore, Reuters, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), More…

Right-Wing Law Center Sues Napolitano Over ‘Extremism’ Report

By | 04.20.09 | 12:55 pm

And the winner in the “Who Can Milk the Department of Homeland Security  ‘Rightwing Extremist’ Report the Hardest” contest is … the Thomas More Law Center, which has filed a (hilarious) lawsuit against DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The Commander-in-Chief Hates the Troops, Part XXVII

By | 04.16.09 | 9:32 am

Republicans put some effort into painting presidential candidate Barack Obama as an insufficient friend of American soldiers, with Exhibit A being his decision not to visit wounded soldiers in Germany. Once Obama became commander-in-chief, it became harder to argue that he hated his own troops. But the Department of More…

Stay Classy, Dana Rohrabacher

By | 04.15.09 | 9:00 am

The Republican congressman from California who’ll be speaking at an Orange County Tea Party complains about the Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism to The Washington Times:

The last time a liberal left administration tried to increase public apprehension about alleged right-wing extremism, they ended

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To the Extreme!

By | 04.14.09 | 2:01 pm

Stephen Gordon whacks me for not understanding the fuss over the Department of Homeland Security report:

To help Dave find what’s wrong with the report, I’ll suggest a little mental exercise.  Let’s break down one little piece of the report he provided: “…has likely spurred rightwing extremists—as well as

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The American Legion Sticks Up for Right-Wing Extremism

By | 04.14.09 | 1:34 pm

Most of the criticism of the Department of Homeland Security’s guide to right-wing extremism has been along the lines of Pamela Gellar’s panic about “the fascist blueprint to create a police state and legalize gulags.” But the American Legion is jumping in to give a patina of respectability to More…

Protesting Too Much

By | 04.14.09 | 9:04 am

My friend Steve Gordon posts “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Environment Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” a nine-page Department of Homeland Security document about, well, right-wing extremism.

DHS/I&A assesses that lone wolves and small terrorist cells embracing violent rightwing extremist ideology are the most dangerous domestic terrorism

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