founding fathers

Chuck Schumer Shames Republican Fake Patriots by Citing the Founding Fathers’ Warning

Chuck Schumer Shames Republican Fake Patriots by Citing the Founding Fathers’ Warning

"The Founding Fathers in their wisdom wrote in the Constitution that we had to worry about foreign interference," Schumer warned…

8 years ago

Phil Robertson Dishonestly Claims Founding Fathers Opposed Federal Disaster Relief

The first federal disaster relief act was the Congressional Act of 1803, “A Bill For the relief of the sufferers…

8 years ago

Tony Perkins Complains Haters are Being Forced into “Spiritual Ghettos” Because They Can’t Persecute People

"We see the left creating these spiritual ghettos where we are forced into...trying to quarantine faith so it's more easily…

8 years ago

President Obama’s Brilliant Religious Freedom Speech Lost On Religious Republicans

Some may argue that evangelicals lack any humanity, because if they did they would not be driven by inhumanity toward…

9 years ago

Bush-Appointed Judge Forces Kentucky Taxpayers To Fund An Evangelical Ministry

Kentucky taxpayers are being "compelled" to spend at least $18 million to build and support the Answers in Genesis Noah's…

9 years ago

The Founding Fathers Promoted Public Education But Rafael Cruz Says it’s a Commie Plot

Ted Cruz's father says public education is a communist plot, but for the Founding Fathers, it was America's hope for…

9 years ago

It’s Indisputable – Republicans Hate America’s Democracy And Its Constitution

Over the past 7 years, Republicans have shown interest in eliminating parts of the Constitution that prevent them from ruling…

9 years ago

Republicans Only Have Religious Freedom Because The Founders Created A Secular Nation

If these evangelicals in the Republican ranks had even the slightest clue how fortunate they are to live in a…

9 years ago

David Barton Claims Conservatives Want to Know All the Facts Before They Speak

David Barton who invents fact like nobody else, claims conservatives like him don't open their mouths unless they know all…

9 years ago

Ben Carson Falsely Claims Founding Fathers Would Have Rejected Muslim President

Ben Carson claims the Founding Fathers would have rejected a Muslim president, but their words show him to be a…

9 years ago

Ben Carson’s Use of Fake Jefferson Quote Reveals His Distance from Founding Ideals

Ben Carson repeatedly used a quote he attributed to Thomas Jefferson to justify his gun position. Unfortunately for Carson, Jefferson…

9 years ago

It Is Time For Americans To Declare Their Independence From GOP Religious Oligarchy

Americans should take time today to reflect on just how far the nation has drifted from the Founders' "we the…

9 years ago

Michigan And North Carolina Republicans Enact Un-Constitutional Theocratic Laws

Today, more so than at any time in the nation's history, evangelical Republicans are on a crusade to base the…

9 years ago

President Obama Single-Handedly Protects Americans’ Health and Combats Climate Change

Now, every Republican and related conservative is under the illusion that providing for the general welfare means providing for the…

10 years ago

Right-Wing Justice Scalia is Crusading to Establish Religion by Constitutional Fiat

Koch and Vatican surrogate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia delivered a judicial sermon at Colorado Christian University and informed 400…

10 years ago

Airman Ordered to Swear a Religious Oath or Get Out of the Air Force

The United States Air Force, itself sworn to "support and defend the Constitution," cannot abide by, support, or defend either…

10 years ago

It Is Time For Constitution Loving Americans To Stand Up To Right Wing Republicans

Americans who value their freedoms, religious or otherwise, would do well to avoid the pitfalls of staying silent for fear…

11 years ago

The Republican Party and the un-Founding of America

Republicans claim to be the defenders of the Constitution; this while wishing to do away with every amendment save the…

12 years ago

Republicans Use Their Power to Establish State Religion and Steal Individual Rights

There are those who say the mood of the nation toward gays and women's rights are changing for the better,…

12 years ago

The Right Tries and Fails to turn Marriage Into a Religious Institution

Whether bible-loving opponents of same-sex marriage like it or not, marriage is not a religious institution.

12 years ago

Ted Nugent, the Civil War, and the GOP’s Anti-Constitutional Fantasies

Ted Nugent believes we'd be better off if the South had won the Civil War, completely ignoring that states rights…

12 years ago

The Barton Lies: A Review of David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies

In the Jefferson Lies (2012), David Barton lets loose a barrage of lies and invents terms to turn Thomas Jefferson…

13 years ago

Our Founding Fathers Were Liberal, NOT Conservative

A lot has been said about our founding fathers in recent years. The tea party has all of a sudden…

14 years ago

American Pariah: Why the Founding Fathers Would Reject the GOP

Republican lawmakers, pundits, and Tea Party patriots all claim a desire to return to the Founding Father’s view of America…

14 years ago

Chris Matthews Slams Sarah Palin for Not Knowing the Founding Fathers

On his MSNBC program Hardball tonight, host Chris Matthews took Sarah Palin to task for not knowing who the Founding…

15 years ago

July 4th: Happy [Education] Day!

July 4th is more than flags and firecrackers, hot dogs and apple pie. It's even more than Independence Day. According…

15 years ago

Republicans Claim that Obama is Speaking in Code

Frank Gaffney the director of the conservative think tank the Center for Security Policy was on MSNBC's Hardball today where…

16 years ago

Congressional Republicans Want Dick Cheney to Go Away

Some congressional Republicans have been expressing grief that former vice president Dick Cheney has been attacking President Obama in the…

16 years ago

“With Liberty and Marriage for All”

California's new motto: we do more before 10am than most people do in a day.

17 years ago