Lawmaker Gives Atheist ‘Prayer,’ Glenn Beck’s Latest Controversial Comment, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 23, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Rep. Darrell Issa decides to withdraw a subpoena related to the Benghazi hearings and a top IRS official pleads the Fifth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fighting Tyranny

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune May 9, 2013 Dig deeper

Harry Reid Renounces Ted Cruz, Jon Stewart Mocks the NRA Convention, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 8, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including another state legalizes gay marriage and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reveals how he's trying to slim down. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Conservatives Outraged by Cesar Chavez Google Doodle on Easter

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 1, 2013 Members of the right wing are freaking out online after Internet search giant Google chose to honor Cesar Chavez with a doodle on Easter Sunday instead of something Christian holiday related. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rove Takes on the Tea Party, Maher Rips ‘Con Men’ Limbaugh and Beck, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 4, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Paul Krugman calls out "insane" NRA and Rick Perry weighs in on the news that the Boy Scouts may be ending its policy of banning gay members. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Death of the Republican Party, Schwarzenegger’s Sex Picture, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 30, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the country's new secretary of state, President Obama's immigration reform plan and some bad news for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck Plans to Build Libertarian Commune Inspired by Ayn Rand

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 14, 2013 Glenn Beck and his delusions of grandeur were on full display last week, as the conservative media figure completed his wholehearted embrace of Ayn Rand's philosophy by announcing he would build a $2 billion utopian community somewhere in Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pity the Bamboozled and Confused

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 8, 2013 “Every problem that the editorialists fret about today will get worse,” Harper’s Magazine columnist and author Thomas Frank told an audience in November. “Inequality, global warming, financial bubbles, one after another. But it won’t matter. On America will go, chasing the only ideology that our country has left, down into the seething Arcadia of all against all.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck to Sell ‘Obama in Pee Pee’ Art

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 29, 2012 The conservative rabble-rouser is defending, as only he can, the First Amendment rights of an artist who painted President Obama being crucified on a cross. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Postal Service Closures, O’Reilly’s Non-Apology, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 30, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including congressional action on student loan rates and Glenn Beck trying to profit off of the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sandra Fluke: Rush Limbaugh’s Apology Changes Nothing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2012 She became a household name over the last week, thanks to the vitriolic attentions of one Rush Limbaugh, and on Monday, Georgetown University law-student-turned-culture-war-front-liner Sandra Fluke went on "The View" to tell Barbara Walters and her cohorts about the controversy and Limbaugh's attempt at an apology. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Right-Wing Press Ignores Terrorist Attack on Clinic

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2011 Did you hear that a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, was firebombed last Tuesday? If you read only the conservative press, then chances are you didn't. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )