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Limbaugh launches ‘babe’ outreach effort
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has launched “Rush Babes for America,” an outreach effort conceived as a pre-emptive strike against activist organizations trying to have “The Rush Limbaugh Show” pulled from the air, according to Politico. The group’s Facebook page declares itself to be “dedicated to the millions of conservative…
Rush Limbaugh is still gross; thinks Spanx are killing the women’s movement
Rush Limbaugh is being disgusting again. Surprise! Looks like the #StopRush efforts are getting to him. Not only has Limbaugh resumed his attacks against Sandra Fluke, but he’s attacking Hillary Clinton, calling her “just the secretary” and someone who needs “Spankles” instead of Spanx: Now, Huma doesn’t need a Spanx.…
Limbaugh: Barbara Boxer supports ‘murdering women before they’re born’
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Monday blasted Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-FL) as someone who supports “murdering women before they’re born” after she recently claimed that the Republican “war on women” was real. In an op-ed for Politico over the weekend, the Democratic senator wrote that “Republicans have launched a…
Why the #StopRush Effort is *not* Censorship
Jay Adler has an excellent post that pushes back against Rush Limbaugh, his “crisis management” team, and his army of Twitter minions who now complain that the #StopRush efforts, which began as a response to Limbaugh’s misogynistic attacks on Sandra Fluke — amounts to liberal censorship. As you might expect,…
Clinton praises U.S. for uproar over Limbaugh comments
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised the uproar over radio host Rush Limbaugh’s insulting of a young woman as the top diplomat voiced hope that US women can set an example for the world. In a rare return to commentary on domestic politics, the woman who nearly became the first female…
Coulter: Maybe time to ‘go after the Obama children’
Ann Coulter, a controversial backer of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, suggests that conservatives should begin attacking President Barack Obama’s two young daughters. On Wednesday, Fox News host Sean Hannity told Coulter that liberals had been “feigning outrage” over radio host Rush Limbaugh calling Georgetown University law student a “slut”…
FCC decision strikes critical blow to right-wing radio dominance
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision issued Monday (PDF) will clear the runway for hundreds of new community radio stations that broadcast on low-power FM signals, bringing progressive, community voices to urban areas that have for decades only known what’s being broadcast by major corporations and America’s political right. In…
Quick round-up on recent stories ignored for SXSW
I’ll be traveling today, but completely back tomorrow for normal working and blogging. Thanks to everyone for hanging in! It’s funny, but it does seem that when I’m traveling and away from blogging, it’s when a whole bunch of stuff goes down that I could probably comment on but don’t…
Bill Maher decries ‘false equivalency’: Limbaugh went after a civilian
Comedian Bill Maher said Thursday it was ridiculous to equate offensive language he used to describe Sarah Palin with the offensive language Rush Limbaugh used to describe Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. “He went after a civilian about very specific behavior, that was a lie, speaking for a party…
Limbaugh: Judging Miss America proves I’m not anti-woman
Conservative talker Rush Limbaugh says the fact that he judged the Miss America pageant proves that he’s not sexist as his critics have claimed. Limbaugh has been at the center of a controversy over women’s rights after he called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute”…
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