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Mike Huckabee To Headline Conference On EMP Attacks
Source: The Huffington Post

Matt Corley over at ThinkProgress noted yesterday that former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has got a brand new thing going on, freaking out America with worry that terrorists are going to subject the United States to an electromagnetic pul …

Lobbyist-Run Group Americans for Prosperity Provides Talkings Points To 'Birther' At Rep. Perriello Town Hall
Source: Think Progress

Thinkprogress uncovers powerful right wing lobbying groups behind the "grassroots" disruption campaign against health care reform and Obama

Drudge smears "joker" Franken with (heavily) doctored photo
Source: Media Matters for America

On May 4, the Drudge Report posted a photo of Minnesota Democrat Al Franken wearing a diaper and bunny ears. As the blog ThinkProgress noted in October 2006, the photo is doctored.

Stop The O'Reilly Harassment Machine
Source: Think Progress

Last Saturday, March 21, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly sent two of his employees to stalk, ambush, and harass ThinkProgress.org Managing Editor Amanda Terkel.

UPS Is Stopping Delivery On Advertising Dollars for Bill O'Reilly
Source: Think Progress

Thank you for sending an e-mail expressing concern about UPS advertising during the Bill O'Reilly show on FOX News. We do consider such comments as we review ad placement decisions which involve a variety of news, entertainment and sports programming.

O'Reilly: NYT Ombudsman Is 'Blatantly Dishonest' For Using 'Far Left' ThinkProgress As 'A Primary Source'»
Source: Think Progress

In July, Robert Lichter, the president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs, released a study showing that ABC, NBC, and CBS had been tougher on Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) than Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) during June and July.

Despite CNN Distortion, Americans Prefer Obama Tax Plan
Source: Crooks and Liars

As ThinkProgress reported, CNN on Tuesday showed a deceptive chart which wrongly suggests that John McCain's tax plan provides more Americans with greater savings than that offered by Barack Obama.

Juan Cole | Bush Pressured FBI to Blame al-Qaeda for Anthrax; McCain fingered Iraq on Letterman; Can't we Change the Name of Washington National Airport?
Source: Informed Comment

One thing I haven't seen mentioned with regard to the attempt to implicate Iraq in the anthrax scare in fall of 2001 is the reason Iraq was hard to rule out as a source. It was that it clearly originated in labs in Ames, Iowa.

Thanking Helen Thomas

On April 23, 2008 Helen Thomas of Hearst Newspapers did an amazing thing.

If Dick Cheney Didn't Have Government Care, 'He'd Probably Be Dead Now'
Source: Think Progress

In Iowa today, 10 newspapers are running a full page ad advocating for a single-payer health-care bill, highlighting the fact Vice President Dick Cheney has benefited from his government-provided coverage.

Fox "News" Thinks Al Qeada Set the CA Fires!?
Source: Daily Kos

Just like preverbial boogey man of Myth, Fox News sees Al Qeada under every rock. Al Qeada is responsible for the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq. Al Qeada is responsible for Shia Death Squads. Al Qeada in Iraq has been "defeated", except when they haven't.

Glenn Beck: All bloggers "live in their mom's basement."
Source: Think Progress

Yesterday, GQ writer Ben Wallace, who recently wrote a profile on Glenn Beck, told the CNN Headline News host that he was "good at pushing the buttons of a certain, you know, set of bloggers, and so." Beck responding by dismissing bloggers: "I mean, they all live in their m …

Snow Falsely Claims Bush Said 'Stay The Course' Only 8 Times (Actually, It's At Least 30)
Source: Think Progress

Apparently, the White House research team isn't very good at "the Google." ThinkProgress has documented 30 times that Bush has used the phrase to describe his policy in Iraq:

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