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Four Republican presidential candidates sign NOM marriage pledge

Tim Pawlenty has become the latest Republican presidential candidate to sign a pledge from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), according to Politico. The group is dedicated to fighting same sex marriage and preventing same sex couples from adopting children. Republican candidates Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have…

Bachmann releases list of 100+ faith-based endorsements

While Texas Gov. Rick Perry conducts a National Day of Prayer in the Lone Star State, Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) continues to reach out to faith leaders in Iowa. Bachmann has spoken at a different church in the politically important early primary state every Sunday, and yesterday…

U.S. Senate to hold 11th hour vote on debt plan

With only hours to go before a deadline, the US Senate is expected Tuesday to approve a massive austerity plan to avert a debt default that would have wreaked havoc through the global economy. The vote comes a day after the polarized US House of Representatives came down on a…

Herman Cain wins Denver GOP straw poll by landslide

Republican presidential hopeful and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain dominated the straw poll at Denver’s Western Conservative Summit Sunday, taking 48 percent of the vote, Politico reported. Cain garnered 246 ballots of the 508 cast, while the next runner-up, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (who has not officially declared his…

Bachmann borrowed from the federal home loan programs she wanted to shut down

Despite the fact that she has spoken against loan insurers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Washington Post discovered that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) took out a mortgage totaling $417,000 to help finance her golf course home — backed by Fannie or Freddie. Weeks later, the woman who would become…

Anti-gay heavy metal preacher files lawsuit against Rachel Maddow

Attorney Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a lawsuit against NBC, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow and The Minnesota Independent on behalf of Bradlee Dean, head of the religious ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International. “This case is filed as a matter of…

Palin’s ‘Undefeated’ is defeated at box office, already on pay-per-view

By Glynnis MacNicol Further evidence Sarah Palin has lost her crowd appeal. The Undefeated, the documentary (propaganda film) Palin commissioned about herself ahead of a possible 2012 run, has already bottomed out at theaters. The movie received wide release back in June but failed to catch on with the masses, pulling in…

Which GOP superstars are attending Glenn Beck’s Jerusalem rally?

Soon-to-be-former Fox News host Glenn Beck is in the process of planning his upcoming rally in Israel, and according to one report, the guest list will be an unholy mash-up of conservative notables. The August 24 rally “to restore courage” (sequel to last summer’s “rally to restore honor” Beck threw…

Rep. Bachmann’s hot son refuses to pose nude for Playgirl

The 28-year-old son of Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R) has turned down an offer to pose nude for the adult magazine Playgirl. Daniel Nardicio, a spokesman for the magazine, told PopEater that the magazine made the offer to Lucas Bachmann after being struck by “how absolutely adorable he is.” “Plus,…

Bachmann to kick off 2012 campaign by hiring a birther

WASHINGTON – Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has all but made it official that she’ll run for president in 2012. And the tea party darling’s first hire for her campaign, according to CNN, will be a prominent Iowa birther. On Thursday, Bachmann told ABC News, “I’m in for 2012,” but didn’t…

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