Tag: alternative facts

Dana Loesch at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore,

Busted! NRA’s Dana Loesch Lied About Florida Crowd Calling For Her...

Whenever the National Rifle Association wants to bully its critics into submission, they usually turn to far-right radio host Dana Loesch. You may know...
Judge Jeanine Pirro with Rudy Giuliani (image from Pirro's Facebook)

Judge Jeanine Says Obama Is Responsible For An Abuser Being In...

We expected to hear some pretty bizarre, unhinged, and flat-out dumb attempts by Donald Trump's diehard supporters to spin White House staff secretary Rob...
John Kelly being sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security (image courtesy Department of Homeland Security, part of public domain)

John Kelly Can’t Keep Story Straight About Former Staffer’s Abuse Allegations...

John Kelly was supposedly brought on as White House chief of staff to bring a semblance of order to the Donald Trump White House....
FBI director James Comey giving a briefing on the Orlando massacre (image courtesy FBI's Flickr feed, part of public domain)

FBI Agents Were Blindsided By Comey’s Firing–And These Documents Prove It...

By now, you know that everything the White House has told us about the firing of FBI Director James Comey is false. We were...
Devin Nunes talking with farmers in his district (image courtesy Nunes' Facebook)

National Review Discovers Yuuuge Flaw In Nunes Memo (TWEETS)

A lot of things have been said about the memo crafted by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes that supposedly claims the FBI and...
Christopher Wray being sworn in as FBI director (image courtesy Matthew Nichols for Department of Justice, part of public domain)

FBI Calls BS On Nunes Memo, Has ‘Grave Concerns’ About Accuracy...

On Monday afternoon, the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to release a memo that supposedly accuses the FBI and the Justice Department of...
Donald Trump at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Fox News Admits Obama Is Better At Creating Jobs Than Trump...

For the last two-plus years, Donald Trump has taken the "jobs, jobs, jobs!" mantra and made it his own. After all, he ran for...
Donald Trump in the bunker (screenshot courtesy YouTube)

Golfer-In-Chief Says It’s Time To Get ‘Back To Work’–Golfing (VIDEOS/TWEETS)

Donald Trump never lost an opportunity to slam Barack Obama for spending too much time on the golf course. Indeed, as early as 2011,...
David Clarke with Donald Trump (image from Clarke's Twitter)

Trump’s Favorite Sheriff Tweets Violent Attack On CNN (TWEETS)

When Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio was fired by his constituents in 2016, the title of "looniest sheriff in America" went to Milwaukee...
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No, Donald–Obama DID Say ‘Merry Christmas’ (TWEET/VIDEOS)

One would have hoped that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day would have passed without an unhinged Twitter rant from Donald Trump. Unfortunately, it doesn't...
Donald Trump at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Social Scientist: Trump’s ‘Flood Of Deceit’ Is Worst She’s Ever Seen...

It's no secret that Donald Trump lies, and lies often. Indeed, he lies so often that we've coined a new term for them--"alternative facts."...
Donald Trump at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Trump Promotes Website Overflowing With Alternative Facts (TWEETS)

Late Saturday afternoon brought something which has become almost as certain as death and taxes in the last 11 months--an unhinged tweetstorm from Donald...
Donald Trump at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Trump Now Says That He Doesn’t ‘Grab ‘Em By The P***y’...

By any standard, Donald Trump is cratering. His average approval rating, as calculated by FiveThirtyEight, now stands at 38.4 percent. He's increasingly becoming a...
Steve Strang posing with a copy of Jonathan Cahn's book, "The Harbinger" (image courtesy Strang's Twitter)

Trump Is A Christian–Really–And This Publisher Can ‘Prove” It (VIDEOS)

The religious right would have us believe that Donald Trump is not only being used by God to make America great again, but has...
Bryan Fischer in studio (image from Fischer's Facebook)

RWNJ Radio Host: Constitution Allows Us To Ban Muslims From Capitol...

The religious right would like you to believe that it only wants a place at the table for Americans with traditional values. But those...
The Dodge Charger that mowed through a crowd in Charlottesville (image courtesy Ryan M. Kelly, The [Charlottesville] Daily Progress)

Fundie Masters Of Deflection Blame Charlottesville Carnage On The Left (VIDEO)

Earlier this week, we learned that we may have been about to witness one of the most outrageous moments in the aftermath of last...

Trump Flat-Out LIED About Receiving Thank-You Call From Boy Scouts (TWEETS)

When Donald Trump spoke at the Boy Scout Jamboree, he delivered a speech laden with red meat and encouraged the 40,000 boys in attendance...
Anthony Scaramucci at SALT 2016 (image courtesy Jdarsie11, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Anthony Scaramucci Tries To Peddle Alternative Facts On Russia And Fails…...

In the 48 hours since being named White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci has proven beyond all doubt that he fits right in with Donald...
Lance Wallnau at Convergence 2016 (image from Wallnau's Facebook)

Nut Job Pastor Goes To War Against ‘Curses’ Attacking Trump (VIDEO)

Earlier this week, Public Policy Polling released a new national poll that revealed the stark gulf between diehard supporters of Donald Trump and the...
Donald Trump Jr. speaking at Arizona State University (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Trump-Worshiping Fundies Join Chorus Peddling Alternative Facts About Junior’s Russian Meeting...

Even in the face of Donald Trump Jr. admitting that he met with a Russian lawyer in hopes of getting Kremlin-flavored "opposition research" about...