Tracy Bloom / TruthdigOct 24, 2012
Remember that "very big," potentially game-changing announcement the billionaire business mogul has been touting regarding the presidential race? Well, it's basically more of his Obama birther madness. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 28, 2012
Chris Matthews tore into Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus during MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday, getting visibly angry over a recent birth certificate joke made by Mitt Romney and by false claims that President Obama got rid of the welfare work requirement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2011
After winning laughs joking about the birth certificate controversy at the White House correspondents' dinner earlier this month, President Obama has found a new way to profit from birtherism: comedic T-shirts. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigApr 29, 2011
This just in: President Obama has proved, yet again, that he is a natural-born citizen of the United States. Which we already knew -- "we" meaning those of us who believe there is such a thing as objective reality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2011
After President Obama released his long-form certificate earlier this week, you'd think that the birther scandal would be finally put to rest. But no … (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigApr 28, 2011
The certificate and its release prove two things most people should already know: Obama is an American. And, as Tavis Smiley put it, the 2012 presidential race is shaping up to be “the ugliest, the nastiest, the most divisive, and the most racist in the history of this Republic." As with any post-racial attack—appealing to racists but also appealing to deniability—Trump’s latest complaint feeds directly into our nation’s history of racism and racist entitlement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 24, 2009
CNN is in some agua caliente with pro-immigration groups after airing a four-hour "Latino in America" documentary -- an attempt to woo a Latino audience -- while at the same time employing Lou Dobbs, the commentator notorious for his anti-immigration views. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigAug 6, 2009
Why this obsession over Obama's birthplace persists is a question that evokes disturbing answers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 4, 2009
On this Tuesday, the 48th anniversary of your birth, we thought we'd remind you that you were born in Honolulu, which is in the United States of America, no matter what those pesky "birthers" have to say about it. Here's a copy of your birth certificate, in case you need one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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