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May 13, 2011

A devastating report on the Ensign affair

The Senate Ethics Committee pulls no punches in its report on the former Republican senator
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Published on May 13, 2011 05:05

The tragic, pathetic demise of a birther

Broke and jobless, Terry Lakin leaves jail -- and now that Obama's birth certificate is out, he can't raise money
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Published on May 13, 2011 05:05

May 1, 2011

The many deaths of Osama bin Laden

A look back at the years of false reports that preceded Sunday night's announcement of the real thing
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Published on May 01, 2011 21:05

April 30, 2011

How conspiracy theorists think

A journalist who spent years interviewing truthers talks about 9/11 conspiracies and the persistence of birtherism
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Published on April 30, 2011 07:04

April 29, 2011

How far will Orrin Hatch go to survive?

A section of the Utah Republican's website is scrubbed after Salon points out his birther-unfriendly past
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Published on April 29, 2011 14:04

Santorum calls sharia "existential threat" to U.S.

Likely 2012 hopeful also offers his take on what sharia actually means
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Published on April 29, 2011 09:04

April 28, 2011

Donald Trump's racial discrimination problem

In the 1970s, he was sued by the feds for not renting to African-Americans
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Published on April 28, 2011 14:04

When the GOP wanted a foreign-born president

A few years ago, a GOP senator proposed a measure to allow foreigners to run for president. How times have changed
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Published on April 28, 2011 09:04

April 27, 2011

A history of GOP birther appeasement

Looking back at the Republicans' uncomfortable association with birtherism
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Published on April 27, 2011 18:04

Joseph Farah owes $15,000 to Kapi'olani Medical Center

Birther czar Joseph Farah promised to give at least that amount to the hospital listed on Obama's birth certificate
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Published on April 27, 2011 14:04

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