Ted Cruz Stops Short Of Endorsing Steve Stockman
For the new year, we half-humorously predicted that Ted Cruz would endorse Steve Stockman’s primary bid against John Cornyn. But Cruz has instead chosen to be cagey and not endorse…
Right Wing Radicalism Has Become Mainstream Conservatism
The SPLC reports that the number of hate groups in America diminished last year while Republicans’ legislation correspondingly became more hateful. The Obama-era boom in hate groups has transited into…
Ted Cruz Makes Paul Teller His Deputy Chief Of Staff
Ted Cruz has made his clearest signal yet that he will be the Tea Party’s man in 2016 by naming Paul Teller, who was fired from the Republican Study Committee…
Did The Leadership Institute Teach Ali Akbar “How To Beat The IRS”?
In February 2011, Ali Akbar was an instructor at Morton C. Blackwell’s conservative Leadership Institute. Akbar presented attendees with information about online fundraising (PDF) while he was still on probation…
Catching Up With Friends Of Akbar
Ali Akbar has never managed to attract much mainstream notice, but he has good friends who have been in the news a lot lately. Rand Paul has been caught plagiarizing…
Friends Of Akbar: Ted Cruz
Remember earlier this year when Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) attended Ali Akbar’s Blog Bash and told a room full of right wing bloggers that Washington was scared of them? We…