Can’t Have a Decent Apocalypse Without a Full Cast

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Apr 19, 2010 According to a source close to Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, they have already drawn up a list of possible candidates for the additional two horsemen, a list which includes Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter and the entire Cheney family. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tea Party Movement Losing Steam?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2010 What if they threw a tea party convention and Michele Bachmann didn't come? The first official such gathering of the right-wing "grass-roots" movement kicked off in Nashville on Thursday, and while it appears that the Republican congresswoman from Minnesota did pull out, Twitter-happy keynote (teanote?) speaker Sarah Palin was still very much on the books for her big moment Saturday. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Michele Bachmann: Welfare Queen

Yasha Levine / Truthdig Dec 22, 2009 The anti-government insurrectionist has taken more than a quarter-million dollars in government handouts thanks to corrupt farming subsidies she has been collecting for at least a decade.The anti-government insurrectionist has taken more than a quarter-million dollars in government handouts. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Cold Busted, Sean Hannity

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2009 "The Daily Show" has one eagle-eyed research team, judging by its consistent practice of catching the colorful pundits of Fox News in their most fact-challenged moments. Take this latest Fox pas, courtesy of Sean Hannity's show, which Jon Stewart pointed out on his own show Tuesday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: The Men Who Stare at Votes

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2009 We all saw the shenanigans that transpired outside the Capitol during last Thursday's wingnut clusterf "House Call" health care rally organized by the certifiable Rep Michele Bachmann, but the freak show from the inner chambers of Congress was even better in the final lead-up to Saturday's House vote on health care reform legislation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservatives Descend on Capitol for ‘House Call’ Protest

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2009 Thursday would have been a good day for members of Congress to use those underground tunnels to get around the Capitol. Outside, throngs of conservative protesters, heeding Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's loony call, converged on the Hill to demonstrate against the proposed health care bill -- also known, in GOP-speak, as the first official step in the socialist takeover of our government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bachmann Alarmed About ‘Re-Education Camps’ for America’s Kids

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2009 Rep. Michele Bachmann is sounding the alarm to radio-show host/wingnut Sue Jeffers about the scary government-controlled future that will surely result if Barack Obama has his way with us -- starting with "mandatory" re-education camps for American children. And don't even get her started on SCHIP. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal Blasts Racism Claim

BLANK Nov 11, 2008 Gore Vidal, racist? Au contraire, the renowned author asserts in this response to a recent piece on The Huffington Post that claimed Vidal had a problem with Barack Obama's bid for the White House because of the president-elect's race. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s Apology Fail

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2008 Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann apparently understood that she needed to do a little spin control following her jaw-dropping flirtation with McCarthyism on "Hardball" last week, but she apparently didn't feel the need to apologize to anyone, judging by her latest campaign spot. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Communication Scholars Speak Out About Negative Campaigning

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2008 A group of top American communication professors have crafted and signed a statement calling on the McCain campaign, primarily, to stop its negative campaigning. "The purposeful dissemination of messages that a communicator knows to be false and inflammatory is unethical. It is that simple," the statement says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rep.’s ‘Anti-American’ Comments Could Cost Her Re-Election

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2008 Rep. Michelle Bachmann was cakewalking to re-election in her Republican-leaning Minnesota district until she told Chris Matthews the media should investigate anti-Americanism in Congress. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee calls that a "$1 million mistake." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Needs Robocalls When You Have Robo-Rep. Bachmann?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2008 Shades of McCarthyism? In her televised rundown of practically all of the anti-Obama talking points conjured up this election season, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., calls the Illinois senator (and other "liberals" in Washington) "anti-American" on Friday's "Hardball." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )