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Gingrich: Obama will lose in ‘fair’ fight, House should investigate Holder’s beliefs

By | 05.12.11 | 9:49 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Hours after officially throwing his hat into the 2012 presidential contest via Twitter, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich told a national news outlet that he doesn’t expect to “get a break from elite media,” President Barack Obama will lose in 2012 if it is a “fair” fight, and More…

Hannity, Ellison debate portrayal of Muslims on Fox News

By | 04.21.11 | 1:53 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Conservative Fox News commentator Sean Hannity went after Rep. Keith Ellison in an interview Wednesday evening, criticizing the Minnesota congressman for saying Fox News has contributed to the scapegoating of Muslims.

Hannity asked Ellison about a statement he made recently: “I think if you listen to Fox News, the More…

Bachmann abruptly drops birtherism on GMA

By | 04.20.11 | 2:17 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinU.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) no longer appears troubled about President Barack Obama’s place of birth.

In fact, in an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America Wednesday, Bachmann, a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2012, told

Fox News focus group in Iowa: President Obama is Muslim

By | 02.08.11 | 3:00 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

On Sean Hannity’s program Monday night, pollster Frank Luntz hosted a focus group of Iowa Republican caucus-goers, gauging their reaction of President Barack Obama’s Sunday afternoon interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly.

After a question by O’Reilly about the Muslim Brotherhood’s role

Will Palin’s Endorsement Change The Odds in Delaware?

By | 09.10.10 | 9:31 am

On late Tuesday, a Sarah Palin “retweet” with favorable words for Delaware GOP Senate primary candidate Christine O’Donnell provoked a controversy: was a retweet the same as a tweet? More importantly, did it count as an endorsement? O’Donnell, for her part, stayed coy: “No, that’s a retweet. That’s a, More…

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Tea Party Favorite O’Donnell Falters in Delaware

By | 09.10.10 | 6:45 am

After Tea Party candidate Joe Miller’s shocking upset over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in Alaska’s Republican Senate primary, the media’s attention shifted quickly to an unlikely location — the politically staid state of Delaware. Seemingly overnight, the press discovered Christine O’Donnell, the perennial (and unsuccessful) far-right candidate challenging longtime More…

National Organization for Marriage Shills for Hannity

By | 03.31.10 | 10:40 am

The anti-gay marriage group emails supporters, asking them to buy a copy of Sean Hannity’s new book. The email is after the jump.

CREW, VoteVets File Complaint Against Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concerts

By | 03.29.10 | 2:56 pm

Last week’s poorly researched Debbie Schlussel story on Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concerts burned some of the people who posted on it, such as David Frum. Schlussel’s claim that Hannity’s organization wasn’t giving much of the money from the concerts to charity didn’t hold up. But the door was wedged More…

[UPDATED] Is Sean Hannity’s ‘Freedom Concert’ Series Skimping on Charity?

By | 03.19.10 | 10:54 am

Conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel follows a tip and finds enough problems with Sean Hannity’s “Freedom Concerts” — star-studded events meant to pay for scholarships for the children of fallen soldiers — to dub them “scams.”

According to its 2006 tax returns, Freedom Alliance reported revenue of $10,822,785,

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Scott Brown on Hannity

By | 01.08.10 | 5:16 pm

The GOP candidate in the Massachusetts special election for Senate will be on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show tonight, according to David Bernstein of the Boston Phoenix.

This is all becoming extremely reminiscent of the conservative push for Doug Hoffman in NY-23: After flying under the radar for weeks, More…