(image via Facebook) Activists Jason Charter and Ryan Clayton of the group Americans Take Action pranked the conservative event CPAC today by passing out red, white and blue flags with the word…
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CPAC Un-Invites Milo Yiannopolous As Keynote Speaker
Earlier today, I posted about professional conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopolous’ comments regarding young boys and adult men on the “Drunken Peasants” podcast last year which came to light in the past day.…
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Donald Trump Cancels On CPAC Last Minute
Interesting that Donald Trump would cancel a speaking gig at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the last minute. The Trumpster was scheduled to speak at the conference on Saturday at 8:30am.…
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Sen. Rand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll
(via Washington Times) Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), probable 2016 GOP presidential candidate, won the 2015 CPAC straw poll edging out recently surging Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. This marks the third year in…
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Unions Demand Apology From Gov. Scott Walker For Comparison To Terrorists
Yesterday at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker compared a president standing up against ISIS to his standing up to protesting union workers in his state: “I want a…
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Sen. Rand Paul is the dubious winner of this year’s CPAC Straw Poll
As this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) wound down, it was announced that Sen. Rand Paul won the 2014 CPAC Straw Poll with 31%. Paul won last year also with 25%.…
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Conservative commentator Michael Medved at CPAC: No state has ever banned gay marriage
Conservative commentator Michael Medved at CPAC I posted earlier about Oliver North speaking at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) which is the right-wing’s favorite week to try and “out cheer-lead” each other…
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Oliver North: Conservatives should fight against marriage equality like they fought slavery
To be honest, it’s hard to understand what Oliver North is really saying. As one in a long grey line of conservatives throwing red meat to their base at CPAC, Ollie spoke…
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Sarah Palin at CPAC: Todd’s got the rifle, I’ve got the rack
The former half-term governor of Alaska speaks at CPAC this year. Ever classy. Then a sip from a Big Gulp because “Bloomberg’s not around.”
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CPAC attendees react to GOP Sen. Rob Portman’s support of marriage equality
Yesterday, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman announced his support of marriage equality due, in part, to his own son coming out as gay. Today, ThinkProgress asked attendees at CPAC what their thoughts were…
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Today at CPAC: African-Americans should be “allowed to vote in Africa”
At a CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) panel today on minority outreach, there was a heated moment when one participant suggested that slavery had been good for African-Americans. Scott Terry, from North…
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Donald Trump draws handful of crowd at CPAC
You know, Donald Trump was invited to CPAC not for his “conservative bona fides” but because he supposedly draws a crowd. Maybe someone could “draw” a crowd in with a crayon, or…
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Anti-gay speakers gather tens of listeners at CPAC
Via Chris Geidner’s Instagram comes this photo of the CPAC panel featuring National Organization for Marriage’s Brian Brown, anti-gay activist Cleta Mitchell, and Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro. I know, I know. It’s…
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Palin Imposter at CPAC
From MSNBC: A woman, who looked and dressed like the famous Republican, started walking around and doing interviews. In fact, she began drawing a crowd. People requested pictures, asked questions, and expressed…