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Smith & Wesson sales spike 48 percent amid mass shootings, Obama re-election
The 2012 campaign season and a year of high-profile shootings have resulted in big profits for one of America’s top firearms companies. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation announced on Thursday that sales had spiked 48 percent in its second fiscal quarter of 2013, setting a record of $136 million. “The…
Fox News celebrates Michigan union busting as ‘Victory for Capitalism!’
The Fox News morning show Fox & Friends on Friday declared that a law in Michigan that weakens unions was a “Victory for Capitalism!” On Thursday, the Republican-controlled state legislature in Michigan had quickly pushed through a new measure that would make the birthplace of the country’s labor movement a…
Monica Crowley: Obama’s win was ‘national suicide’ because rich will pay more taxes
Fox News contributor Monica Crowley says that America committed “national suicide” by re-electing President Barack Obama because tax rates will probably go up on the top earners in the country. During a Thursday segment about Obama’s fiscal cliff “ultimatum,” Fox Business host Lou Dobbs wondered where was the “coordinated action…
‘Fox & Friends’ hosts: Why weren’t we invited to the White House with MSNBC?
The hosts of a Fox News morning show that created and aired a four-minute, attack ad-style video filled with falsehoods about President Barack Obama during his re-election campaign are wondering why they did not get invited to the White House with other media personalities on Tuesday. Several reports confirmed on…
Right-wing misinformation leads half of Republicans to believe ACORN stole 2012 election
Nearly endless gobs of misinformation spewed from partisan media outlets in recent years had resulted in an astonishing achievement: 49 percent of Republicans now say that the disbanded community organizing group ACORN stole the 2012 presidential election for President Barack Obama, according to a survey by Public Policy Polling (PPP)…
Ron Paul super PAC spent most of its money on non-campaign activities
The pro-Ron Paul group Revolution PAC spent 83 percent of its $1.2 million total fundraising haul on administrative costs and not on campaign activities, Bloomberg News revealed Tuesday. Bloomberg‘s report noted that Revolution PAC director Gary Franchi paid himself and his companies roughly $153,000, including money for the PAC’s rent.…
Nugent: Budget deal should suspend welfare recipients’ voting rights
Conservative rocker Ted Nugent is urging the Republican Party to “stop the insanity” and insist that voting rights be suspended for welfare recipients as a part of a larger budget deal. In his Monday Washington Times column, Nugent ranted that talk about raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans proved that…
Warren to sit on Senate Banking Committee: Reports
Multiple sources are confirming that Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will be appointed to the Senate Banking Committee, according to reports published Tuesday. The former Harvard professor helped create President Barack Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she was set to lead before Senate Republicans blocked her confirmation. While the appointment…
Bob Shrum schools Ron Johnson: ‘Fantasyland’ to credit Reagan for Clinton economy
Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that former Republican President Ronald Reagan is responsible for the country’s economic success under former Democratic President Bill Clinton and the American people “don’t really understand” economic growth. Johnson told CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Tuesday that it would not be necessary to…
O’Reilly: Cardinal Dolan ‘should have done an exorcism’ on Caroline Kennedy over women’s rights
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly suspects that demonic possession may be responsible for Caroline Kennedy’s support of reproductive rights for women and that conservative Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan “should have performed an exorcism” on her when he had the chance at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) earlier this year. During…
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