Joe Scarborough Belittles Female Co-Host for Trying to Talk About Actual News

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 Mika Brzezinski calls out her colleague and MSNBC panel for "capitalizing on a non-story for ratings because people's imaginations are pricked by this and that is not responsible." This leads them to talk down, belittle and show a complete disregard for who she is and what she says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Kennedy Myth? The Kennedy Legacy?

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Nov 16, 2013 This month alone, at least 140 books about our 35th president have been or will be released. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Deluded by ‘Skewed’ Polls

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 28, 2012 Conservative activist circles are abuzz with a new conspiracy theory: Polls showing President Obama with a growing lead over Mitt Romney are deliberately being skewed by the Liberal Mainstream Media so that Republicans will be disheartened and stay home on Election Day. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NYC Campaign Fundraiser Arrested on Alleged Fraud

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2011 A fundraiser for New York City Comptroller John C. Liu was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of misrepresenting the origins of campaign donations. The arrest bodes poorly for Liu—the city's chief officer in charge of revenue and audits, pictured above—who is considered a possible successor to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Lamest Conspiracy Theory

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2011 A group of skeptics has been hounding victims of the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson that claimed six lives and nearly killed U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, claiming the massacre was a government hoax. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Birther Conspiracy Theory, Part Deux

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

DeLay Gets Three-Year Jail Sentence

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 Despite drumming up support in the form of testimony from former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, onetime US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and his legal team have failed to ward off a jail sentence . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dishonoring Pat Tillman

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2010 Veterans were honored all across America Thursday, while the most famous veteran of our ongoing wars continues to be dishonored.Veterans were honored across America Thursday, while the most famous veteran of our ongoing wars continues to be dishonored. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Accused Russian Spies Rekindle Cold War Passions

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2010 Russian authorities are up in arms over the arrest of 11 Russians accused of spying on the U.S. The FBI announced the arrests Monday, "in the spirit of the spy novel intrigues of the Cold War era," as the Russian Foreign Ministry put it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Obama Changed the Right

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 21, 2010 Barack Obama's campaign promise of change did not include a pledge to transform American conservatism. But one of his presidency's major legacies may be a revolution on the American right in which older, more secular forms of politics displace religious activism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Christian Militia Group Members Charged With Conspiracy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2010 Nine members of the Hutaree, a Christian militia group based in the Midwest, were charged Monday with conspiracy after allegedly planning to kill a law enforcement officer in Michigan and then attack others at their initial target's funeral using improvised explosive devices. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Surge in Right-Wing Extremism

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2010 A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center outlines a surge in extremist "patriot" groups in the U.S. The center claims that the number of right-wing extremist groups increased by 250 percent in 2009. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )