Huckstering for Bucks!
According to a story in Politico, political operatives have begun to offer candidates an opportunity to fill the Twitter accounts of potential voters with pro-candidate Tweets… for a price. These…
Journalist David Neiwert: American Left Not Ready For RW Terror
Responding to the title of a recent article on the militia movement, America’s best reporter on armed right wing politics says that liberal and progressive activists are unprepared for the…
‘Spies Like Us:’ Koch Brothers Political Espionage Agency Exposed
At POLITICO, Kenneth Vogel discloses the existence of a secretive “competitive intelligence” operation within the Koch brothers’ political network created to spy on their political enemies. The competitive intelligence team…
John McAfee Enters Presidential Race,Tells It Like It Is
John McAfee has announced his bid for President. He wants to form a new political party yet so far he has not announced what that party will be. However, in…
Ali Akbar’s Latest Tea Party Scam Is His Most Disturbing Yet
Among the first characters on whom we ever reported at BU, Ali Akbar is a convicted petty felon with a years-long, well-documented history of running fraudulent conservative political enterprises. In…
Define ‘Love:’ Mike Huckabee Mansplains It All For You
With each day that passes since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning state bans on marriage equality, conservatives let the cover slip a little further on the true source of their…
Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted For Duggary
Just a week ago, revelations that Josh Duggar had molested five underage girls, including four of his sisters, blew the lid off the Duggar megafamily’s public image of absolute sexual…
Duggars Finally Scrutinized. Will TLC Stop Aiding Fraud?
Last week, the wholesome facade that TLC and ‘family values’ conservatism had draped around the Duggar family was ripped away forever by revelations that Josh Duggar had molested his sisters…
Thursday THREATCON – 23 April 2015
It’s Thursday Threatcon, your intelligence briefing on right wing activity. Below are the best reports, investigations, exposées, and debunkery of the wingnutosphere this week. Due to disgraced anti-vax/Benghazi/hacking conspiracy nut…
Did Sen. Pat Roberts’s Campaign Ad Ambush K-State Coach Bill Snyder?
UPDATE: Sen. Roberts’s campaign is letting the ad run end tonight. The commercial was to complete a run through the weekend in accordance with a schedule set by Roberts’ campaign,…