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WorldNetDaily Does Victory Lap on Van Jones

By | 09.06.09 | 10:09 am

I reported on Friday that the earliest attacks on Van Jones came from WorldNetDaily. Today, the Website is taking full credit for Jones’ resignation.

President Barack Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar” Van Jones quit late last night after pressure mounted over his extremist history first exposed in WND

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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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Joseph Farah Responds to WorldNetDaily Critics

By | 09.02.09 | 9:20 am

Joseph Farah, who’s edited the conservative WorldNetDaily.com since its founding in 1997, is swinging back at an ad hoc campaign led by conservative blogger Jon Henke (“this fellow I have never known nor associated with nor even heard of before”) to get “decent” conservatives to boycott the site. More…

Birthers: The Movie

By | 08.25.09 | 9:03 am

On Aug. 4, President Obama’s birthday, WorldNetDaily released and began shipping “A Question of Eligibility.” It’s an hour-long documentary produced by an “award-winning team” who chose, naturally, to, keep their identities “secret for fear of retribution from the administration.” To call it a “rip-off” would be to go easy More…

WorldNetDaily Blows the Obama Birth Conspiracy Wide Open

By | 08.17.09 | 3:26 pm

The only question after seeing this headline is not: “Should there be impeachment hearings?” It’s: “When do we start them?”

Bachmann Holding Out for Signal From God Before Mounting Presidential Bid

By | 08.17.09 | 9:37 am

The Minnesota Independent’s Andy Birkey points to a recent interview Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) gave to the conservative Website WorldNetDaily, in which Bachmann said she will only make a bid for president if God calls on her to run.

“If I felt that’s what

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Oh, and Van Jones Is a TERRORIST, Too

By | 08.14.09 | 11:25 am

The plot against Van Jones thickens! Not only is the guy a communist, but he’s also … wait for it …

JERUSALEM – Van Jones, the man appointed as “green jobs czar” to the White House, previously served on the board of an environmental activist

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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:

Fine

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WorldNetDaily: We Had ‘Journalistic Responsibility’ to Post Forged Document

By | 08.03.09 | 1:58 pm

WorldNetDaily has put out a news release on its, uh, “scoop” about the forged “Kenyan birth certificate” that Orly Taitz has filed in court as proof of the president’s foreign ties. WND, says editor-in-chief Joseph Farah, is “working with document experts in the U.S. and with sources More…

FreeRepublic.com Founder Attacks ‘Kenyan Birth Certificate’ Forgery

By | 08.03.09 | 9:30 am

The FreeRepublic.com forums have been roiled by conservative activists debating whether or not the Kenyan “certified copy of registration of birth” released by Orly Taitz is genuine. Jim Robinson, the Fresno, Calif.-based founder and owner of the site, has chimed in with his own view that the document is More…