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John Birch Society

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Name: John Birch Society

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

The Fight For Our Precious Bodily Fluids

With Oregon in the healthcare news so much lately, it's only fitting that Portland is holding a vote today on water fluoridation. The fluoride vote will happen Tuesday and the most recent polls have the anti-fluoride camp up 50 percent to 43 percent. ... [Published Mother Jones - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Fluoride, John Birch Society, Kevin Drum, Statins

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Protesters demand Leatherman move to nullify Obamacare

John Grastom (left), state coordinator of the John Birch Society, and Trevor Tiessman of Fort Mill, SC stand with other protestors in front of Leatherman Reality on West Evans Street in Florence on Friday, May 17, 2013. About a dozen protestors from across ... [Published SC Now - May 17 2013]

Entities: Hugh Leatherman, Protesters, Obamacare, Annulment

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Richard Nixon

IRS

5:01pmThe has admitted that it targeted conservative political groups, particularly those with the words ?tea party? or ?patriot? in their names. At issue was their application for nonprofit status, many of which were then subjected to lengthy delays ... [Published Cortez Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Richard Nixon, Abuse, Lyndon B Johnson, Franklin D Roosevelt

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself

I don’t appreciate the serious state of our country. I’m not yet convinced of the total governmental takeover and how Obama represents the end. Although I have lots of weapons I’m not convinced that they need to be taken up in arms to save our people ... [Published Lubbock Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Dallas (Texas, United States), Waggoner Carr, Attorney General, Barack Obama, Hate Speech

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

John Birch Society

Examining today's America

0 commentsI make no claim to be the smartest person in the world. In fact, I make no claim as to being the smartest person you know (or read, or curse or forget about). But I just cannot handle what America has become. My vehemence on the subject actually ... [Published Frederick News-Post - May 15 2013]

Entities: John Birch Society, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Executive (government)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Guest column repeats a list of divisive cliches

CHRIS VANCEThe most remarkable thing about Martha Pierces recent attack on Republicans (Republicans need to clean house, May 6) is that a paper as reputable as The Olympian chose to publish it.Pierce says the Republican Party is on life support. Really? ... [Published The Olympian - May 12 2013]

Entities: John Birch Society, Tim Eyman, Joseph Schumpeter, Herbert Hoover

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

How One Conspiracy Theory Group Pushes Anti-U.N. Legislation Around The Country

A John Birch Society-sponsored sign (Credit: Wikimedia) A fringe conspiracy theory group that believes the United Nations is out to steal the freedoms of the American people has been working with state legislatures around the country to pass a series ... [Published Think Progress - May 09 2013]

Entities: Agenda 21, John Birch Society, Conspiracy, Tea Party Movement

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Party Poopers

Here’s a press release (via email) from Princeton University Press for a forthcoming book, Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America , by Christopher S. Parker and Matt Barreto:The book presents data from an unprecedented ... [Published National Review - May 09 2013]

Entities: Tea Party Movement, John Birch Society, Princeton University Press

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Talk of armed revolution in the US shifts from the Left to the Right

Headlining a National Rifle Association rally in Houston, Glenn “Too Crazy Even for Fox News” Beck compared New York City’s Jewish mayor Michael Bloomberg to a Nazi (complete with a Photoshopped picture of him wearing an armband and giving a fascist ... [Published Harry's Place - May 06 2013]

Entities: NRA National Rifle Association, Robert Welch, Houston (Texas, United States), James Porter

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

John Birch Society keeps a low Elkhart profile, but it has endured

Long time member of the John Birch Society LeRoy Chaffee sorts through lots of info from the society Monday April 29, 2013 in Bristol. (Truth Photo By Larry Tebo)Long time member of the John Birch Society LeRoy Chaffee sorts through lots of info from ... [Published Elkhart Truth - May 04 2013]

Entities: John Birch Society, Chaffee (United States), Agenda 21, Tim Neese

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

The Rise of the Neo-Birchers

A cancer is eating away at a once Grand Old Party, and if the party doesn't wake up and take precautions, it may wind up only a shadow of its better self -- a hollowed-out refuge for haters and paranoids and the kind of ideological parasites that can ... [Published Talk Radio 860 AM WGUL - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: John Birch Society, Civilization, Harun al-Rashid, Richard Hofstadter

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 3 reports

Asians now California dreaming

David Fung (left) and brother Andrew (near right) with Matthew Hui in Monterey Park. Photo: The New York TimesBeneath the palm trees that line Huntington Drive, named for the railroad magnate who founded San Marino, hang signs to honour families who have ... [Published Boorowa News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Immigration, David Fung, San Marino

Quotes

...But was it? Under questioning by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Holder dismissed the notion of prosecuting reporters as, basically, nuts. "You´ve got a long way to go to try to prosecute people—the press for the publication of that material" Holder declared. "This has...not fared well in American history...

How Hope and Change GaveWay To Spying on the Press [Published Lucianne.com - 9 hours ago]

..."'Mr Kennedy', the ad concluded, "we DEMAND answers to these questions, and we want them NOW."

Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself [Published Lubbock Online - May 17 2013]

"After reading his 34-paragraph screed, I am struck by how his alienation is similar to that we're hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea PartyTea Party movement" wrote Jonathan Capeheart of the Washington Post in a blog item. According to a piece on Fox News:

Andrew Joseph Stack Flew a Plane Into the Austin IRS Office 1 Week Before the Tea-Party Scrutiny ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 15 2013]

..." A spokesman for Lt. Chris Moews, a Democrat running against Clarke next year, criticized the sheriff for these dalliances with the far right. "It is astonishing that Sheriff Clarke won't distance himself from a nut that said, 'The greatest threat we face today is not terrorists; it is our own federal government,' and instead chooses to sling mud and come up with some silly political spin" said Moews campaign manager Sachin Chheda in an email. "It's time for Sheriff Clarke to go...

David Clarke touts honor from anti-federal government group [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 15 2013]

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The Fight For Our Precious Bodily Fluids [Published Mother Jones - 2 hours ago]
Americans should remember: Politicizing the IRS... [Published Christian Science Monitor - 3 hours ago]
How Hope and Change GaveWay To Spying on the Press [Published Lucianne.com - 9 hours ago]
Marathon Bombing Investigators Ask WhatAttracte... [Published Lucianne.com - 9 hours ago]
Liberals Just Don?t Get It [Published Redstate - May 19 2013]
Protesters demand Leatherman move to nullify Ob... [Published SC Now - May 17 2013]
Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used t... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 17 2013]
After IRS scandal: Right-wing fear of governmen... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 17 2013]
Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself [Published Lubbock Online - May 17 2013]
IRS [Published Cortez Journal - May 17 2013]
Andrew Joseph Stack Flew a Plane Into the Austi... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 15 2013]
David Clarke touts honor from anti-federal gove... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 15 2013]
Examining today's America [Published Frederick News-Post - May 15 2013]
IRS Has Long History of Dirty Tricks [Published ABC News - May 15 2013]
Taxing the tea party [Published Baltimore Sun - May 13 2013]
Presidents and IRS have dicey relationship [Published USA Today - May 13 2013]
Christopher S. Parker: The Tea Party Isn't Cons... [Published YubaNet - May 13 2013]
Could Texas soon have the golden touch? [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
Jennifer Rubin Is Never Satisfied: Grover Norqu... [Published VDare - May 13 2013]
Guest column repeats a list of divisive cliches [Published The Olympian - May 12 2013]
Resolution opposing UN policy studied by Pataskala [Published Newark Advocate - May 11 2013]
Missouri lawmakers pass previously abandoned bi... [Published KansasCity.com - May 10 2013]
How One Conspiracy Theory Group Pushes Anti-U.N... [Published Think Progress - May 09 2013]
Party Poopers [Published National Review - May 09 2013]
Bullies at the Border [Published Tucson Weekly - May 09 2013]
Claire Conner at Pasco NOW Meeting [Published New Port Richey Patch - May 09 2013]
Legislature sends bills barring Agenda 21, Shar... [Published STLtoday.com - May 09 2013]
Why Conservatives Can’t Win Non-White Votes, He... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - May 08 2013]
John Nichols: Dems shouldn't count on GOP infig... [Published Capital Times - May 08 2013]
Open Thread: Dregs of the NRA Convention [Published Balloon Juice - May 07 2013]

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How One Conspiracy Theory Group Pushes Anti-U.N... [Published Think Progress - May 09 2013] A John Birch Society-sponsored sign (Credit: Wikimedia) A fringe conspiracy theory group that believes the United Nations is out to steal the freedoms of the American people has been working with state legislatures around the country to pass a series ...
Why Conservatives Can’t Win Non-White Votes, He... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - May 08 2013] How do we know the Heritage Foundation is made up of smart, capable thinkers? Why, just look at their faces! ___________________________________________________ After each national election since I can remember, conservatives have wondered ...
Open Thread: Dregs of the NRA Convention [Published Balloon Juice - May 07 2013] (Jeff Danzger’s website ).For all the noisy triumphalism, the NRA isn’t really coming across as a bunch of winners — just whiners. Elspeth Reeves at the AtlanticWire reports “ The NRA Convention Is Packed with Heat, Dip, and Sore Winners “: The ...
Talk of armed revolution in the US shifts from ... [Published Harry's Place - May 06 2013] Headlining a National Rifle Association rally in Houston, Glenn “Too Crazy Even for Fox News” Beck compared New York City’s Jewish mayor Michael Bloomberg to a Nazi (complete with a Photoshopped picture of him wearing an armband and giving a fascist ...
Feeding the Paranoid Right [Published TAPPED - May 03 2013] In today's edition of Republicans Think the Darndest Things, a poll from Farleigh Dickinson University that came out the other day found, as polls regularly do, that Americans in general and conservative in particular believe some nutty stuff. That's ...