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Rep. Paul Broun boasts about killing a lion: ‘It was kind of chewy’
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) is wooing Georgia voters with tales of his hunting prowess as part of an effort to be the next senator from Georgia. During a recent interview with the National Review, Broun bragged about the various exotic dead animals that decorate his Capitol Hill office. “One politico…
‘Troublemaker of the Year’ tells Moyers science studies needed to ‘ensure the survival of the human race’
The 19-year-old activist who was named “Troublemaker of the Year” by … told Bill Moyers on Friday that teaching children humanity’s origins will help the species survive. Rep. Paul Broun’s (R-GA) infamous speech calling evolution and other scientific theories “lies from the pits of hell,” education advocate Zack Kopplin told…
Broun fundraising plea brags that he called Obama a ‘socialist’ first
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), who has announced a run for Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ (R-GA) seat, is asking voters to donate to his campaign because he was the “first Member of Congress” to call President Barack Obama a socialist. In a fundraising letter obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Broun says that…
Georgia Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss to announce retirement
Georgia’s Gov. Nathan Deal (R) has announced that he was received notice that Sen. Saxby Chambliss will be retiring at the end of his second term. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution‘s Political Insider blog, Deal asked Chambliss to finish his current term before retiring. “I told him to make…
Bill Nye: GOPers disbelieving evolution ‘betrays the best use of our brains’
Bill Nye, he of the popular 90s science education TV show, continued Saturday to question the logic of several prominent Republican lawmakers who’ve publicly doubted evolution, saying that such a disbelief is profoundly, unreasonably wrong. Appearing on MSNBC, Nye said it made no sense why anyone would argue with evolution…
Akin: Evolution is not ‘a matter of science’
The Missouri Republican Senate candidate who asserted that women could not get pregnant through “legitimate rape” shared some more wisdom with a tea party group on Thursday, telling them that evolution was not “a matter of science” because “all of the different things that have to be lined up” to…
Bill Nye slams GOP Rep. on science committee: Creationism is ‘not in the national interest’
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) sits on the House science committee, but Bill Nye doesn’t think he’s much of a science guy. Reacting to a video of Broun dismissing various scientific theories, including the theory of evolution, the longtime children’s television host declared that Broun’s creationist views “are not in the…
Civil rights icon shames Republican into dropping anti-voting rights measure
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) learned a lesson in humility on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday night. Reacting to an amendment proposed by Broun that would withhold funding for the enforcement of a key portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who actually…
Rep. Paul Broun to TSA administrator: Resign immediately
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) on Wednesday called on Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole to resign from his position immediately. The Congressman noted that the agency had been swamped with complaints regarding its security procedures at airports, which include new body scanner machines and pat-downs. The ACLU received over…
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