Filed Under: “Conservatives”
Barry Goldwater’s critics saw today’s Republican extremism in 1964
By Seth Cotlar
The conspiracism, Christian nationalism, and pandering to racists we see today in the GOP was brought into the party long before Trump
‘Spy’ couple leveraged big donations to spy on politicians opposed by far-right
By Jessica Corbett
New York Times report raises questions about whether far-right activists used illegal funds to make donations to politicians they opposed
The Senate filibuster hasn’t just stopped progressive legislation, it’s also radicalized Republicans
By Matthew Sheffield
Mitch McConnell’s filibuster abuses have enabled the GOP to avoid electoral consequences for its unpopular policies, and skewed the center of U.S. politics to the right
Obsessed with DC, elite media mostly ignored state-based abortion restrictions
By Julie Hollar
National journalists have given very little coverage of well-funded and successful efforts to restrict abortion access in various states
Supreme Court review of Mississippi abortion law is culmination of right-wing group’s years-long plan
By Peter Montgomery
Christian supremacist activists at Alliance Defending Freedom boasted of designing abortion restriction laws for multiple states
Rick Santorum and CNN’s long history of hiring bigoted and dishonest commentators
By Eric Boehlert
While some CNN employees have rightfully begun to call out far-right dishonesty, the network has a long history of enabling shady pundits