The NRA and Alleged Russian Operative Maria Butina
The NRA has been in the news repeatedly in connection with the Mueller probe of U.S. ties to Russian operatives. Back in April, Rolling Stone published a lengthy article by Tim Dickinson which detailed the efforts of Russian nationals connected to Vladimir Putin to infiltrate the NRA under the guise of supporting gun rights in…
Read MoreCourt Evangelicals Franklin and Jack Graham Stick With Trump as Trump Sticks With Putin
Jack Graham, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, TX came out in support of Donald Trump’s acceptance of Vladimir Putin’s assurance that Russia didn’t meddle in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump said this in response to a question about who Trump believed: our intelligence community or Putin. There are three kinds of leaders….Caretakers. Undertakers.…
Read MoreOver U.S. Intelligence, Donald Trump Accepts Putin’s Strong Denial of Russian Election Interference
Social media is ablaze with outrage over Donald Trump’s answer to a question about who he believes regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In short, he said he has confidence in Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats but he believes Putin. Watch: Asked if he believes US intel agencies or Putin about Russia's interference…
Read MoreDavid Barton Again Uses Fake Abe Lincoln Quote on Education to Criticize Education
On Friday, David Barton tweeted a video of a talk he gave to legislators in 2017 about education. In it, he gave lots of statistics and what he claimed were historical facts. Much of what he said sounded either obvious or false but I can’t say for sure since I haven’t checked it all. However,…
Read MoreHowmuch.net Removes FAIR’s Biased Illegal Immigration Information
Recently I posted a rebuttal to Wayne Grudem’s attempt to theologically defend Donald Trump’s border wall. A commenter on that post cited a Howmuch.net article claiming that the costs of illegal immigration are far greater than building Trump’s wall. The source for that Howmuch.net article was the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s (FAIR) widely quoted estimate…
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