wing-nut welfare

disambig, i just like the name<div>
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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr;">wingnut welfare refers to job offers or deals on the basis of ideological purity rather than talent or experience. The term was coined in 2005 by blogger Jane Hamsher, who used it in reference to <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pajamas_Media" title="Pajamas Media" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Pajamas Media</a>.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a>Are you surrounded by yes-men and lackeys and feel under political threat? No need to toss reporters into jail for daring to criticize Dear Leader—that's what public relations is for! You see, in "Real Democracies™" you just slander real journalists and incentivise shills.Wingnut welfare typically flows from <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservative" title="Conservative" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">conservative</a> publishing houses, opinion journals, and websites. Such operations are heavily subsidized by wealthy benefactors such as the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Koch brothers</a>, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Regnery_Publishing" title="Regnery Publishing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">William Regnery Jr.</a> and <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Richard_Mellon_Scaife" title="Richard Mellon Scaife" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Richard Mellon Scaife</a>, as well as organizations such as the John M. Olin Foundation. However, not all such publications are considered wingnut welfare. The term is limited to deals that are divorced from <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Free-market" title="Free-market" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">free-market</a> business principles. Put simply, wingnut welfare recipients are not expected to generate profit or even make any money at all, but rather, to act as "loss leaders" in the promotion of right-wing ideas to the masses. The wingnut circuit isn't that different from the old (<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RT" title="RT" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">or current</a>) Soviet propaganda apparatus.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#Notable_recipients" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Notable recipients</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#Notable_sources" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Notable sources</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#Wingnut_welfare_and_the_Bush_II_administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Wingnut welfare and the Bush II administration</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#Armstrong_Williams" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1Armstrong Williams</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#George_C.Deutsch" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.2George C. Deutsch</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#Maggie_Gallagher" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.3Maggie Gallagher</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#In_Iraq" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.4In Iraq</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#See_also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5References</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3;">Notable recipients[</h2><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Keith_Ablow" title="Keith Ablow" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Keith Ablow</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">He's got political aspirations. Those almost always include eagerness to put somebody else's "boots on the ground."</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael "Decius" Anton</dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">So, basically the conservative utopia is a less-noisy bar.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> This guy once had a job on the National Security Council.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Glenn Beck</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The harm this man did with a camera and chalkboard is amazing. He is a nefarious Stephen Colbert.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Andrew_Breitbart" title="Andrew Breitbart" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Andrew Breitbart</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Helped bring down that evil organization known as ACORN, granted he continuously cited <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe" title="James O'Keefe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">a highly-edited, out-of-context and fabricated "sting video"</a> that had little-to-no-factual basis at all. Of course the use of doctored footage didn't mean shit to him or <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Fox</a> as long as they were able to further their agenda.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ben_Carson" title="Ben Carson" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ben Carson</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Carson had pretty amazing fundraising numbers for a guy that walks around with his eyes closed. There's been speculation that Carson's whole Presidential campaign is a scam, with millions of dollars in donations being spent and recycled by advertising, bulk mailing, and other PR companies.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> If there was ever a case of someone using the race to the White House for personal profit (or, like so many failed Republican candidates, becoming a paid commentator for <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fox News</a>), this is it. When asked about whether he'd settle for a VP slot, he said "I'm not looking for a job."<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> Yeah, except for the job of becoming the President of the Fucking United States.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter" title="Ann Coulter" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ann Coulter</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">She is an agitator. She doesn't appeal to many, but she offends millions. She knows that pissing off the left is a <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Proll" title="Proll" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">great way to keep herself in the spotlight</a>. She doesn't have to appeal to anyone on the right, she can maintain her celebrity by manipulating the left.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Damore" title="James Damore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">James Damore</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Went from novice software engineer to "<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">alt-right</a>" celebrity overnight, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ironically" title="Ironically" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ironically</a> with a memo asserting workplace diversity <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Projection" title="Projection" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">gave undeserved rewards</a> to minorities.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dinesh_D%27Souza" title="Dinesh D'Souza" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dinesh D'Souza</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">While in Dartmouth College, became a staffer for the campus's newly formed conservative newspaper, The Dartmouth Review, which was <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Astroturfing" title="Astroturfing" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">subsidized by outside donors</a>.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ross_Douthat" title="Ross Douthat" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ross Douthat</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The man hired to replace Bill Kristol at the New York Times. After Kristol left, the Times felt obliged to hire a conservative to replace him.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/19_Kids_and_Counting" title="19 Kids and Counting" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Josh Duggar</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">A truly odious example. Received a high-ranking job at the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Family_Research_Council" title="Family Research Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Family Research Council</a>, even though he was only in his early twenties, presumably for no reason other than being the eldest son of the Duggar family. This backfired massively when certain facts about young Josh and his contact with police and his younger sisters at an earlier age came to light, along with a paid account for the adultery facilitating website, Ashleymadison.com.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rudy Giuliani</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Giuliani was respected before he went crazy and sunk into right-wing news circuit hell.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jonah_Goldberg" title="Jonah Goldberg" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Jonah Goldberg</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">One of the most commonly-printed conservative columnists, and a lifelong (literally from the womb) recipient of wingnut welfare. Pretty much any one of his columns can be summed up as "DAE LIBERALS ARE SO SMUG"</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bill_Kristol" title="Bill Kristol" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bill Kristol</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">A textbook case, Kristol manages to find consistent employment in spite of the fact that he's been wrong about <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fractal_wrongness" title="Fractal wrongness" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">virtually every claim he's ever made</a>.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Laffer_Curve" title="Laffer Curve" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Art Laffer</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Laffer is still making the rounds? (Explains the depth of economic illiteracy in government if people are listening to him.) It was clear even as Reagan was trying it that Laffer's results weren't as forecast. Also, his own proof (which <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hand_wave" title="Hand wave" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">doesn't actually prove anything</a>) shows that government spending is sometimes a good thing.</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">This is the guy who, in 2007, when asked if a recession is coming said "the US economy has never been in better shape!"<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[7]</a> Economics has to be the only field where you can be dead wrong and still have a lucrative career.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rush Limbaugh</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">After years of struggling as a sportscaster he finally found his bread and butter. Not a surprise that Rushbo's syndicator, Premiere Radio Networks, is the single largest "independent contractor" of the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Heritage Foundation</a>, receiving $2,236,555 from the think tank in 2013.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Megan_McArdle" title="Megan McArdle" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Megan McArdle</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">A former blogger, now an opinion columnist at the Washington Post. Managed to get hired as an <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Economics" title="Economics" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">economics</a> writer in spite of the fact that she has no expertise in economics. Before 2013 at The Atlantic. From 2013 to 2018 she used to write at Bloomberg, much to the dismay of Barry Ritholtz. Now she writes at the Washington Post, to the dismay of everyone.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Christopher_Monckton" title="Christopher Monckton" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Christopher Monckton</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">He refused to cough up the name of the financier who pays him to "investigate" climate science. However, DeSmog UK has discovered that mystery man's identity: Edgar Miller, a right-wing <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Texan</a> who made his fortune in shale gas.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a></dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Stephen Moore</dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><s style="">Chief <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Economist" title="Economist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">economist</a></s> "Distinguished Visiting Fellow" of the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Heritage Foundation</a> despite having so many factual mistakes in his writings the Kansas City Star stated it could no longer print his work. (Unsurprising, since Moore isn't actually an economist.) His <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">PolitiFact</a> score has never been above "Half-true".<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a></dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve" title="The Bell Curve" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Charles Murray</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The thinking man's white supremacist. NYT published an article by the pepes who invited this guy to their college, and they're just bewildered why anybody would object to this cross-burning caliper-clutching race scientist speaking there.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist" title="Grover Norquist" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Grover Norquist</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">According to the immodestly-titled "Norquist pledge", any revenue gained from the closing of tax loopholes must go toward lowering tax rates, and thus be <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast" title="Starve the beast" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">revenue neutral</a> (as Romney insisted with his "tax reform" proposal). We've been hearing this Abramoff/Nixon/Reagan/Bush crony cajole and bully and whine for decades, but nobody has the spine to tell Norquist to fuck off. He's just another corrosive influence on politics for personal gain.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe" title="James O'Keefe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">James O'Keefe</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Receives a salary of $230,000 a year, much of it from the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Koch_brothers" title="Koch brothers" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Koch brothers</a>, for using deceptive tactics to stage "sting operations" and show doctored videos to the right-wing echo chamber. Though most of these operations have failed on every conceivable level, O'Keefe has kept his high-paying position for seven years.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a></dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia" title="Camille Paglia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Camille Paglia</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Take archaic assertions about women (which sound an awful lot like <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Redpill" title="Redpill" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">redpill</a> arguments), dress them up with $2 words, declare it a breakthrough in gender politics. Her latest, It's A Man's World, And It Always Will Be earned her <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">a new generation of fans</a>. (People think it's interesting that she would criticize feminism, seeing that she is a "<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Concern_troll" title="Concern troll" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">female intellectual</a>".)</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Although she calls herself a feminist, she seems more misanthropic than anything. However unlike say, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly" title="Phyllis Schlafly" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Phyllis Schlafly</a>, Paglia is, fundamentally, all about attention-seeking and saying radical contrarian things to seem smart. She occasionally writes <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense" title="Chewbacca defense" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">incoherent rants</a> for Salon (strange, considering it's something of a <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Moonbat" title="Moonbat" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">moonbat</a> welfare provider) covering topics like: lesbian bed death, comparing Sarah Palin's word vomit to listening to some pretty excellent jazz, how global warming is not real, etc. etc.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sarah Palin</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Someone loves her enough to subsidize her family tooling around in a Hummer limousine.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a> But wait, it gets dumber. Remember when Bristol Palin, daughter of national oddity Governor Palin, was on Dancing with the Stars? When the audience was asked to call in and vote, she won in a landslide-and it was determined that Republicans, hoping to raise her Q rating so it might rub off on her mother in that election, brigaded the show: They used their campaign's robo-call system to flood the lines with votes for Bristol and swarmed the website.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Star Parker</dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Switched from actual <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Welfare" title="Welfare" class="mw-redirect" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">welfare</a> to wingnut welfare after realizing it paid better. A combination of wingnut welfare and <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tokenism" title="Tokenism" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">tokenism</a> who spends most of her time claiming that the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/African-American" title="African-American" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">African-American</a> community (except her, naturally) is <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sheeple" title="Sheeple" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">brainwashed</a> and needs to <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wake_up" title="Wake up" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">WAKE UP!!!</a></dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ron Paul</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Ron would often add earmarks to bills that were guaranteed to pass, siphoning money to his state, and then he would <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Triangulation" title="Triangulation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">vote against those bills</a>, just to show ideological purity. Which actually makes him an even worse hypocrite than the majority of congress!</dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">This is the same "maverick" who holds moneybombs every other weekend—including his own birthday and Labor Day (because "Ron Paul" is the first name we associate with everything Labor Day is about). <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">His son's</a> presidential money bombs were really sad—especially toward the end, where he would continuously struggle to raise a paltry $50k over the course of a week.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson" title="Jordan Peterson" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Jordan Peterson</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">There is a reason why it's advised to stay away from people in the "self-help" section.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Ben_Shapiro" title="Ben Shapiro" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Ben Shapiro</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The gravy train began after he published his first book at age 20, Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth, a book with every innuendo against the supposed liberal bias of colleges that conservatives want to hear. Has made a career out of this kind of "political analysis" since then.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Amity_Shlaes" title="Amity Shlaes" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Amity Shlaes</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">A prominent <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">New Deal</a> denialist. Makes quite a bit of coin, despite not having a formal degree in economics or history (and being heavily criticized by those who do).</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Christina_Hoff_Sommers" title="Christina Hoff Sommers" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Christina Hoff Sommers</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">An incredibly sloppy, lazy pundit who embarrassed herself with <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gamergate" title="Gamergate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gamergate</a>. Thinks rape is a social construct.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bruce Tinsley</dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Creator of <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mallard_Fillmore" title="Mallard Fillmore" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mallard Fillmore</a>, the primal scream in comic strip form. His strip is put on Opinion pages as a balance to Doonesbury in some papers.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Blaire_White" title="Blaire White" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Blaire White</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">A <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">trans</a> woman who tells transphobic people what they want to hear. Considered more important than actual research because she makes bigots feel comfortable about their beliefs, whereas research doesn't.</dd><dt style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos" title="Milo Yiannopoulos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Milo Yiannopoulos</a></dt><dd style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">An exposed <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Neo-Nazi" title="Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Neo-Nazi</a> and compulsive liar who laundered white nationalist ideas into an "alt-right manifesto" that he co-authored (and still has the nerve to say he's not a member of the alt-right).<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> Whines about the mistreatment of gays in Iran, then calls them "tranny faggots" in the same breath. (Most Americans are familiar with him as the guy who gave them "permission" to use the word "faggot.")</dd></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Before that, he ran The Kernel, a failed technology blog, which tried to capitalize on <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gamergate" title="Gamergate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gamergate</a>. Most of YouTube's leading lights launched their careers on it and, as we all know, the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">alt-right</a> is heavily rooted in it. Milo, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad" title="Sargon of Akkad" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sargon</a>, and <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mike_Cernovich" title="Mike Cernovich" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cernovich</a> existed before, but Gamergate is arguably what made them relevant to a US presidential election. Milo leveraged it into a managing editor position at <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Breitbart.com" title="Breitbart.com" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Breitbart.com</a>. Simon & Schuster paid him 250K to <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">regurgitate</a> stale <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/4chan" title="4chan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4chan</a> memes and <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/MRA" title="MRA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">MRA</a> arguments (The solution to harassment online? Stop going on the internet, ladies!)</dd></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Over the years of getting banned from platforms, payment methods suspended<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a>, and dropped by financiers, he's gone from being a rich trust fund kid to 2 million in debt<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a>.</dd></dl><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3;">Notable sources[</h2><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Regnery_Publishing" title="Regnery Publishing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Regnery Publishing</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Once the publisher of choice for conservative intellectuals, Regnery Publishing has become a clearing house for every right-wing commentator with a pulse and a dream. Among the authors published by Regnery are <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michelle_Malkin" title="Michelle Malkin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Michelle Malkin</a>, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dinesh_D%27Souza" title="Dinesh D'Souza" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dinesh D'Souza</a>, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Steve_Milloy" title="Steve Milloy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Steve Milloy</a> and <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris" title="Chuck Norris" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chuck Norris</a>. Regnery is known for poor production values, selling books to affiliated book clubs to artificially inflate sales, and less-than-friendly contracts.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a></dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Salem_Radio_Network" title="Salem Radio Network" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Salem Radio Network</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Salem Radio Network is the home of quite a few <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Partisan" title="Partisan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">partisan</a> hacks who manage to keep their jobs despite being horribly wrong on nearly every prediction they bother to make<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a> or voicing opinions so atrocious that anyone with standards would have fired most of them long ago,<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a> and they rarely receive even a slap on the wrist for their stupidity.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/National_Review_Online" title="National Review Online" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Review Online</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">The online branch of the National Review (arguably a source and recipient of wingnut welfare itself—it has never been self-supporting) is home to many hack writers. While Jonah Goldberg is the most notorious, a far more egregious example can be found in <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Kathryn_Jean_Lopez" title="Kathryn Jean Lopez" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kathryn Jean Lopez</a>, who was made an editor despite the frequent spelling and grammar errors present in her own posts.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Townhall.com" title="Townhall.com" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Townhall.com</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">To the right of National Review and has an enormous amount of columnists because they let nearly any wingnut with a keyboard and an internet connection contribute an article to the site.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/WorldNetDaily" title="WorldNetDaily" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">WorldNetDaily</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">While definitely low on the totem pole, WND does provide sinecures for many bad writers.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RenewAmerica" title="RenewAmerica" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">RenewAmerica</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">While about as pathetic as you can get while still remaining at least slightly notable, it does still have many writers who are given a home there despite (or perhaps because of) their <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong" title="Not even wrong" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">incoherent rambling</a> and general <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Insanity" title="Insanity" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">insanity</a>.</dd><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Breitbart.com" title="Breitbart.com" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Breitbart.com</a></dt><dd style="margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Whether you're a racist former US Representative (<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tom_Tancredo" title="Tom Tancredo" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tom Tancredo</a>), a washed-up character actor (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Davi" class="extiw" title="wp:Robert Davi" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Robert Davi</a><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" />), an actual FBI <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur" title="Agent provocateur" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">agent provocateur</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Darby" class="extiw" title="wp:Brandon Darby" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brandon Darby</a><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" />) or failed tech blogger (see above), if you toe the line on populist conservative orthodoxy and can write poorly reasoned, hyperbolic, Manichean sentences easily understood by the more ignorant swaths of the American Right, then Breitbart.com has a place for you.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a> Through Breitbart.com, millionaire owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Bannon" class="extiw" title="wp:Stephen Bannon" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Stephen Bannon</a><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" /> has emerged as one of the more significant Daddy Warbucks of the reactionary right, and his largess appears to know no benefactor too disreputable or too discredited. So long as long as they adhere to his populist, anti-intellectual, far-right worldview, then they can post whatever crosses their minds in his echo chamber.</dd></dl><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3;">Wingnut welfare and the Bush II administration[</h2>Most wingnut welfare comes from the private sector. However, during the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bush administration</a> there were numerous high-profile cases of individuals receiving money or public sector positions on the basis of their beliefs. Here are a few of the more notable cases:<h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6;">Armstrong Williams[</h3>In 2005, the Department of Education signed a contract with <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/PR" title="PR" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">PR</a> firm Ketchum to promote <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind" title="No Child Left Behind" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">No Child Left Behind</a>. As part of their campaign, Ketchum paid $240,000 to commentator Armstrong Williams to promote NCLB on his television and radio programs.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a> In the wake of the scandal, the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">White House</a> disavowed any knowledge of the payoff, and Williams was released from his contract with Tribune Media Services. While Williams apologized, he also claimed that the only reason his conflict of interest was controversial was because he was <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Black" title="Black" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">black</a>.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6;">George C. Deutsch[</h3><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/George_C.Deutsch" title="George C. Deutsch" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Deutsch</a>, who worked on Bush's reelection campaign, was appointed to NASA's press office. A <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Creationist" title="Creationist" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">creationist</a>, Deutsch attempted to have the word "<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Only_a_theory" title="Only a theory" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">theory</a>" added to every instance of the phrase "<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Big_Bang" title="Big Bang" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Big Bang</a>" on NASA's website. He also allegedly <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">kept the press from talking</a> to Dr. <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Hansen" title="James Hansen" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">James Hansen</a>, an expert on <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Global_warming" title="Global warming" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">global warming</a>.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a> He was released from his position in 2006 after blogger Nick Anthis discovered that Deutsch had lied on his résumé and had never actually graduated college.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a> He later claimed that the only reason his appointment was controversial was because he was a <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Christian</a>.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a> (Noticing a pattern here?)<h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6;">Maggie Gallagher[</h3>The noted <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Homophobe" title="Homophobe" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">homophobe</a> Maggie Gallagher received a $21,500 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to push Bush's marriage initiative.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a><h3 style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6;">In Iraq[</h3>Perhaps the most disastrous examples of wingnut welfare occurred in the Coalition Provisional Authority in <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Iraq</a>. The problems stemmed from James O'Beirne, the White House liaison to the <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pentagon" title="Pentagon" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Pentagon</a>.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a> O'Beirne's interviews of prospective CPA staffers included questions about their political beliefs and voting records. As a result, the CPA was largely staffed by loyal <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Republican" title="Republican" class="mw-redirect" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Republicans</a> with little or no relevant experience. Among the more egregious appointments was Jay Hallen, a 24 year-old who was placed in charge of reopening the Iraqi stock market despite having no financial experience whatsoever.<a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3;">See also[</h2><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");"><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservative_talk_radio" title="Conservative talk radio" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Conservative talk radio</a></li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Patronage" title="Patronage" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Patronage</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tokenism" title="Tokenism" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Tokenism</a>, a quick ticket to wingnut welfare</li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3;">References[</h2><div class="references-small" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); column-count: 2;"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Drew Magary, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deadspin.com/the-skins-are-still-one-long-ongoing-con-job-1737617244" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Deadspin</a></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/26/wingnut-welfare/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Wingnut Welfare</a>, Firedoglake, 12/26/05</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Gray, Rosie, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/does-trumps-resident-intellectual-speak-for-his-boss/520683/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"The Populist Nationalist on Trump's National Security Council"</a>, Atlantic (3/24/17 at 5:00AM).</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Graham, David A., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/ben-carson-thinks-maybe-his-campaign-was-a-scam/470715/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Does Ben Carson Suspect His Campaign Was a Scam?"</a>, The Atlantic 2.24.16.</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2016/02/17/rush-transcript-dr-ben-carsoncnn-republican-presidential-town-hall-greenville-sc/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Transcript: CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall, Greenville, SC.</a></li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/flashback-duggars-call-lgbt-people-threat-child-safety-duggar-resigns-frc" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Flashback: Duggars Call LGBT People A Threat To Child Safety; Duggar Resigns From FRC</a>, Right Wing Watch</li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Serchuk, Dave, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/daveserchuk/2011/12/28/great-moments-in-punditry-art-laffer-edition/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Great Moments In Punditry: Art Laffer Edition"</a>, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Forbes</a> (12/28/2011 @ 9:49AM).</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Montague, Brendan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmog.uk/2014/09/30/lawson-climate-denial-backer-boasts-shale-gas-investment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Lawson's Climate Denial Donor Boasts of Shale Gas Investment"</a>, DeSmog UK (9/30/14 -at 1:15 am).</li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/personalities/steve-moore/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">2 of his 3 scores is in false territory, too.</a></li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thinkprogress.org/project-veritas-funding-2e4ef0319195/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Meet the people bankrolling James O’Keefe’s group</a></li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Itkowitz, Corey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/09/11/stretch-hummers-a-bloody-brawl-and-sarah-palin/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Bristol Palin Throws a Mean Right Hook"</a>, <a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/WaPo" title="WaPo" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">WaPo</a> 9.11.14.</li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Morrissey, Tracie Egan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jezebel.com/5691445/how-palin-conservatives-are-cheating-the-dwts-voting-system#ixzz15VQaecCT" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"How Palin Conservatives Are Cheating The DWTS Voting System"</a>, Jezebel (11/16/10 1:21pm).</li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Guthrie, Marisa, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bristol-palin-dancing-stars-44515" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Why Bristol Palin Is Still on 'Dancing With the Stars'"</a>, The Hollywood Reporter (11/11/10 at 5:59 AM PST).</li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> Bernstein, Joseph (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/heres-how-breitbart-and-milo-smuggled-white-nationalism" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream</a></li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18127994/milo-yiannopoulos-patreon-comeback-ban-hate-speech?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18127994/milo-yiannopoulos-patreon-comeback-ban-hate-speech?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter</a></li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/blakersdozen/status/1012463261613035520" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); 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padding-right: 13px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/03/milo-yiannopoulos-more-than-2m-in-debt-australian-promoters-documents-show</a></li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/books/07cons.html?r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Conservative Authors Sue Publisher</a>, The New York Times, 11/07/07</li><li id="cite_note-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thedailybanter.com/2012/09/romney-cheerleader-hugh-hewitt-always-wrong-on-everything/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hugh Hewitt being wrong on virtually every election outcome in both 2008 and 2012</a></li><li id="cite_note-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/02/14/friends_of_hamas_the_scary_sounding_pro_hagel_group_that_doesn_t_actually.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hugh Hewitt being wrong on the "Friends of Hamas" manufactroversy</a></li><li id="cite_note-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hughhewitt.com/friends-of-hamas-who-is-supporting-hagel/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hewitt doubles down on "Friends of Hamas"</a></li><li id="cite_note-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/257836/god-and-congress-dennis-prager" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Dennis Prager being wrong on the “In God We Trust” motto not being shown on television</a></li><li id="cite_note-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sadlyno.com/wordpress/uploads/2011/01/sotu_2010.jpg" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Picture of "Under God" motto shown on CBS News</a></li><li id="cite_note-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Odds-Against-Obama-President-ebook/dp/B0093L8YXW" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Michael Medved's book on why Obama will lose in 2012</a></li><li id="cite_note-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/24/opinion/bennett-final-debate/#cnn-disqus-area" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Bill Bennett on Mitt Romney's "momentum".</a></li><li id="cite_note-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/14/michael-medved-says-something/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Michael Medved on the inferior genetics of African slaves</a></li><li id="cite_note-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2006/11/28/america,not_keith_ellison,decides_what_book_a_congressman_takes_his_oath_on/page/full" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Dennis Prager on why Muslims (Keith Ellison, specifically) shouldn't be allowed to be sworn into office on the Koran</a></li><li id="cite_note-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092902126.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down."- Bill Bennett</a></li><li id="cite_note-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newshounds.us/2006/08/15/fox_news_airs_call_for_muslimonly_line.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Mike Gallagher calls for a "Muslims only" line at airports</a></li><li id="cite_note-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/tancredo-if-you-cant-spell-vote-should-you-be-allowed-to/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Tom Tancredo: If You Can't Spell Vote, Should You be Allowed To?</a></li><li id="cite_note-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/11/exclusive-davi-trump-lion-need/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Robert Davi: Trump: The Lion We Need</a></li><li id="cite_note-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/03/left-media-just-cant-stop-trashing-sheriff-joe-arpaio-for-doing-his-job/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Brandon Darby: Left Media Just Can't Stop Trashing Sheriff Joe Arpaio for Doing His Job</a></li><li id="cite_note-33" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/10/29/donald-trump-is-americas-number-one-victim-of-cyber-violence/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Milo Yiannopoulos: Donald Trump is America's Number One Victim of Cyber Violence</a></li><li id="cite_note-34" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law</a>, USA Today, 1/7/2005</li><li id="cite_note-35" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/politics/17williams.html?r=1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Commentator Caught Up in Controversy Tries to Move On</a>, The New York Times, 02/17/05</li><li id="cite_note-36" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_C.Deutsch" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">[1]</a></li><li id="cite_note-37" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scientificactivist.blogspot.com/2006/02/breaking-news-george-deutsch-did-not.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University</a>, The Scientific Activist, 02/06/06</li><li id="cite_note-38" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001766.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Censorship Is Alleged at NOAA</a>, The Washington Post, 02/11/06</li><li id="cite_note-39" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wingnut_welfare#cite_ref-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36545-2005Jan25.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%20standalone%3D%22no%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2212%22%20height%3D%2212%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%20d%3D%22M1.5%204.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M5.765%201H11v5.39L9.427%207.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393%209.35l-2.69-2.688%202.81-2.808L4.2%202.544z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M9.995%202.004l.022%204.885L8.2%205.07%205.32%207.95%204.09%206.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E"); 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</div><div> =<a href="https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/paul-krugman-explains-why-the-gop-cant-drop-trump-they-think-democrats-have-no-legitimate-right-to-govern/">https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/paul-krugman-explains-why-the-gop-cant-drop-trump-they-think-democrats-have-no-legitimate-right-to-govern/</a>no lnx
Paul Krugman explains why the GOP can’t drop Trump: They think Democrats have ‘no legitimate right to govern’
Written by Alex Henderson November 22, 2019When President Richard Nixon resigned in August 1974, some decidedly right-wing Republicans — Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, for example — had turned against him because of Watergate. President Donald Trump, by contrast, is likely to be acquitted by a GOP-controlled U.S. Senate if he is indicted by the House on articles of impeachment. Liberal economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is troubled by the fact that Trump still enjoys unwavering support from so many Republicans in Congress despite the Ukraine scandal, stressing in a new column that it underscores the corruption of not only Trump, but the modern GOP in general.
Reflecting on all the damning testimony presented this month during the House’s impeachment inquiry, Krugman writes, “In a different era, when both parties believed in the Constitution, Trump’s abuse of his position for personal gain would have led to his removal from office long ago….. The inquiry hasn’t found a smoking gun; it has found what amounts to a smoking battery of artillery. Yet almost no partisan Republicans have turned on Trump and his high-crimes-and-misdemeanors collaborators. Why not?”Krugman goes on to explain why not: most modern-day Republicans, as Krugman sees it, will justify Trump’s actions because their disdain for Democrats runs so deep.“I don’t think most observers realize, even now, the extent to which many Republicans view their domestic opponents not as fellow citizens, but as enemies with no legitimate right to govern,” Krugman asserts.
Trump, Krugman emphasizes, is not an anomaly within the Republican Party — he reflects the party in general.“The GOP is now a thoroughly corrupt party,” Krugman declares. “Trump is a symptom, not the disease — and our democracy will remain under dire threat even if and when he’s gone.”Krugman notes that one thing that keeps Republicans afraid to criticize Trump are financial incentives: even if they get voted out of office, they will find lucrative job opportunities on the right.“The modern U.S. right contains many institutions — Fox News and other media, right-wing think tanks, and others — that offer sinecures to former officials,” Krugman observes. “However, this ‘wing-nut welfare’ — which has no counterpart on the left — is available only to those who continue to toe the line.”
Krugman, however, acknowledges that some conservatives still have the guts to publicly reject Trumpism.
“So, are all Republicans corruptly subservient to Trump?” Krugman asks. “No, there are some honorable Never Trumpers, including many of the foreign-policy neocons like William Kristol. Some of us will never forgive this group for misleading us into war, but it turns out that they really do have principles — and deserve recognition for their current political courage.”
Although Krugman makes it clear that he doesn’t believe all conservatives are corrupt and unscrupulous, he concludes his column on a troubling note and asserts that the modern GOP is probably beyond redemption.
“Even catastrophic electoral defeat next year probably wouldn’t do much to change Republican behavior,” Krugman warns. “The big question is whether America as we know it can long endure when one of its two major parties has effectively rejected the principles on which our nation was built.”
ONE BAK=capt 1217, bak 1119 wing-nut welfarethis refers to lifetime guarantee of work via RWIexpand 6/17 to include zombie/pundit ability to be useful/paid even after outed eg happer, soon note that some seem to be going for academia heads vs corp boards etc, maybe more prestige (also can attract funding, since feds cut aid to states? in Gt rec, sequester?) eg Boren,(u okla, deny frack earthquake suppress)  John Graham at Indiana Univ, starr pepperdine --6/18 neo-cons geo shultz and yoo are back sd pundits b/c of contrast with disaster djtomfgbrownback get religious ambassador gig?omg<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170704023123/https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/tim-huelskamp" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tim Huelskamp</a> served for three terms in Congress, representing the 1st District of Kansas. During his time in congress, he worked on the Veterans Affairs Committee where, according to his profile at the Heartland Institute, he “was a leader in exposing the corruption and failures at the VA and pushing through a historic health care choice option for veterans.” He also chaired the Elections and Local Government, Information Technology, and Medicaid Reform committees.<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [2]</a>He was elected for his first term in November 2010, and subsequently re-elected in 2012 and 2014. Huelskamp was chairman of the the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tea_Party" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tea Party Caucus</a> from February 2015. He ran for re-election in 2016 to be <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article93390117.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">defeated in the Republican primary by Roger Marshall</a>. His House term ended January 3, 2017. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s3" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s4" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a>“In Congress, Congressman Huelskamp is a leading conservative advocate for life, marriage, cutting spending, reducing taxes, lowering regulatory burdens, and repealing Obamacare,” his <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151228025734/http://huelskamp.house.gov/about/full-biography" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">archived Congressional biography reads</a>. He also proudly declares “He leading the battle to reduce government regulations, such as the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1732?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Tim+Huelskamp%22%5D%7D" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">intrusive Waters of the United States rule</a> and the Endangered Species Act.” Among his stances, Huelskamp has also<a href="https://live.washingtonpost.com/congressmembers-debate-planned-parenthood-funding.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> strongly supported defunding Planned Parenthood</a> and is against gay marriage. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s3" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s2" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s5" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s6" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a>In June, 2017, the<a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/heartland-institute" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> Heartland Institute</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170630221549/https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/press-release-heartland-institute-names-former-congressman-tim-huelskamp-incoming-president" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </a>announced that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170630221549/https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/press-release-heartland-institute-names-former-congressman-tim-huelskamp-incoming-president" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Huelskamp would replace Joe Bast</a> as the Institute's president, beginning his work in July 2017. Huelskamp maintains a<a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/tim-huelskamp" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> lifetime score of 5% with the League of Conservation Voters</a>, with a score of 0% in 2016. A full list of<a href="https://www.congress.gov/member/tim-huelskamp/H001057?resultIndex=25" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> legislation sponsored or cosponsored by Huelskamp</a> is available at Congress.gov. According to his <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Tim_Huelskamp_Energy+Oil.htm" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">voting record tracked at OnTheIssues</a>, Huelskamp has consistently voted against any legislation that would combat fossil fuel emissions or climate change. <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s7" style="text-decoration-line: none;"> [7]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s8" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[8]</a>, <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s9" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[9],</a> <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/tim-huelskamp#s10" style="text-decoration-line: none;">[10]</a>pension plan:  Graham, Dudley, Bolten, ebharrisonsee public pension and Divestment i thought i made up a metaphor, but: There is so much money in conservatism these days that Karl Rove rightly boasts, “We can now go to students at Harvard and say, ‘There is now a secure retirement plan for Republican operatives.’” The young people who, like Jack Abramoff before them, have answered conservatism’s call over the past three decades were obeying their conscience, perhaps, but they were also making a canny career move.  wrecking crew
 full:For some in winger Washington this is an idealistic business, but what gives it power and longevity is that it is a profitable business. I mean this not as polemic but as a statement of fact. Washington swarms with conservative ideologues not because conservatives particularly like the place but because there is an entire industry here that supports these people—an industry subsidized by the nation’s largest corporations and its richest families, and the government too. We are all familiar with the flagship organizations—Cato, Heritage, AEI—but the industry extends far beyond these, encompassing numerous magazines and literally hundreds of lobbying firms. There is even a daily newspaper—the Washington Times—published strictly for the movement’s benefit, a propaganda sheet whose distortions are so obvious and so alien that it puts one in mind of those official party organs one encounters when traveling in authoritarian countries.
 There are political strategists, pollsters, campaign managers, trainers of youth, image consultants, makers of TV commercials, revolutionaries-for-hire, and, of course, direct-mail specialists who still launch their million-letter raids on the mailboxes of the heartland. Remember the guy who wrote all those sputtering diatribes for your college newspaper? Chances are he’s in D.C. now, thinking big thoughts from an endowed chair, or churning out more of the brilliant usual for one of the movement’s many blogs. The campus wingnut whose fulminations on the Red Menace so amused my friends and me at the University of Virginia, for example, resurfaced here as a columnist for the Washington Times before transitioning inevitably into consultancy. A friend of mine who went to Georgetown recently recalled for me the capers of his campus wingnut, whom he had completely forgotten until the guy made headlines as the lead culprit in a minor 2004 scandal called “Memogate.” Later he worked for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, teaching democratic civics to Iraqi politicians.
There is so much money in conservatism these days that Karl Rove rightly boasts, “We can now go to students at Harvard and say, ‘There is now a secure retirement plan for Republican operatives.’” The young people who, like Jack Abramoff before them, have answered conservatism’s call over the past three decades were obeying their conscience, perhaps, but they were also making a canny career move.<div>
</div>  DESTROYS PENALTY FOR BAD CONDUCT; even nixon rehabbed? but also attractor // incubator: you can't fail ~ market dogma (irony)  ; thus encourages more extreme behavior? (amply fdbk)
 This is a somewhat ironic name for the phemomenon of all the different ways that an "ideological entrepreneur" can milk the RWI:  a big part of this is the revolving door, another aspect is that the same output can be disseminated (and thus paid) over various media.  The most important aspect, however, is that the right is the only ppl who have a lifetime guarantee for income, even if convicted of criminal offense, larry craig, scooter? Related aspects:  sometimes money is laundered by giving wife a sinecure (eg patrick henry college), see also nepotism pvt intel corps also a retirement plan for retired military and gov't ppl? tho/and presumably huge homeland defense indisry (cf dana priest) and big data assure many lucrative gigs =5/15<a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=151ab1da6b&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">CRP’s revolving door data</a>, which we will continue to update, shows that 42 of the 75 who left Capitol Hill at the end of the last Congress or sometime during that two-year term are currently employed — 18 of them by lobbying firms or law firms that also lobby.They include, among others, former Sen. <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=2cb716fbe0&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Mark Begich</a> (D-Alaska), who lost his bid for re-election and is now a “strategic advisor” at <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=2f795c226e&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck</a>; Rep. <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=33ac351abc&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Lee Terry</a> (R-Neb.), one of only two incumbent GOP House members to lose his seat in the 2014 Republican wave and now a senior adviser at <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=4e18aa4a8f&e=44dfb36771" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432137493279_77690" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Kelley, Drye & Warren</a>; and Reps. <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=9cc3fe94e2&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Jim Matheson</a> (D-Utah) and <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=19437ec804&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Jack Kingston</a> (R-Ga.), who were both poached by powerhouse firm <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=4443f65012&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">Squire Patton Boggs</a>. Matheson retired, while Kingston lost his bid for a Senate seat to <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="http://opensecrets.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aa7cf182bf7041258bb250f9d&id=11e8a86f12&e=44dfb36771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; background: transparent;">David Perdue</a> (R).
=kochtopus has its own HR:<ul class="list-unstyled" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; list-style: none; line-height: 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://assets.motherjones.com/interactives/projects/features/koch-network/shell19/index.html?initialWidth=960&childId=graphic#" class="show-entity" data-name="Center for Shared Services" data-entity-index="89" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Center for Shared Services: $8,500,387</a><div class="entity-details" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><section style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0.5em 0em 0.5em 1em; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);">As the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-players-in-the-koch-backed-400-million-political-donor-network/2014/01/05/714451a8-74b5-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background: 0px 0px;">Washington Post</a> has put it, this is a "human resources hub" for the Koch network. It recruits job candidates and provides adminstrative services to Koch network affiliates.<ul class="list-unstyled" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style: none;">Received money from:<li style="list-style: none;" /><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://assets.motherjones.com/interactives/projects/features/koch-network/shell19/index.html?initialWidth=960&childId=graphic#" data-target="Freedom Partners" class="donor-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background: 0px 0px;">Freedom Partners</a> $6,738,000</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://assets.motherjones.com/interactives/projects/features/koch-network/shell19/index.html?initialWidth=960&childId=graphic#" data-target="TC4 Trust" class="donor-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background: 0px 0px;">TC4 Trust</a> $1,762,387</li></ul></section></div></li></ul>rt nation PENSION 169: rw college? paper to intern fellow at aei, u chic, ctt, admin post (each strain of rw has its own places). columns, fox, speechs eg D'Souza (bio of falwell)In a third category are tactics and situations that will be very difficult for Democrats to emulate, and equally difficult to eliminate. The most important of these, well described in both books, is what Edsall calls “the merger between the Republican Party and business.” This is not just a matter of campaign contributions; that’s a very small part of it. There is, for example, the practice of getting businesses to hire Republican operatives and politicians, allowing Rove to exult, “We can now go to students at Harvard and say, ‘There is now a secure retirement plan for Republican operatives.’” one party to rule them all schmitt = leftover, but interesting contrast: [social sec the biggest prize for privatization, aside maybe from education?AMY GOODMAN: You write, "Deregulation is one of the greatest triumphs of America’s ruling class, but [for] middle-class workers and their families the fallout has been devastating." What about retirement and pensions?JAMES STEELE: One of the most astonishing statistics that we think we have in the book, because we were not aware of this statistic: since 1985, almost 85,000 pension plans have been killed. In the '50s, the ’60s, the ’70s, even into the early ’80s, more and more people were eligible for pensions, defined benefit plans where you got a specific benefit when you did retire. But since the mid-'80s, corporations, with the great assistance of Congress, have been shifting people out of pensions into 401(k) plans. Now, there’s nothing wrong with 401(k) plans, but originally they were viewed just as a supplement to a pension. They were not viewed as a pension. But corporations saw this would be a lot cheaper for them. It would shift the responsibility totally to the employees and the workers. But it would also not contribute enough to really take care of their retirement needs.So, what’s happened in—this is one of the greatest title shifts in the country, because we were going in a certain direction for decades, middle-class people—I mean, not everybody had a pension. We know that. But more and more did over time. But since the '80s, this has now been totally reversed. And it raises all kinds of questions about what retirement is going to be like for people. The main question is, people are going to have to work forever, and yet what are those jobs going to be? What are they going to pay? And it also puts pressure then on people coming into the workforce. How are they going to get a job if people are having to work between 65 and 75 years old? That's going to put even more pressure on the jobs that are left. DONALD BARLETT: And the other irony of this is—this is almost another Sandy Weill incident. You have the current head of AIG, who was not there during the collapse. He had nothing to do with it. He worked for another global insurance company. He was brought in after AIG collapsed, and the taxpayers bailed them out, and they still haven’t paid everything back yet. He was quoted as saying earlier this year that people are just going to have to get used to the idea of working until they are 70 or 80. Now, he made that pronouncement from his villa in Dubrovnik in Croatia. 
 
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</div><div>bak 1119</div><div>=this refers to lifetime guarantee of work via RWIexpand 6/17 to include zombie/pundit ability to be useful/paid even after outed eg happer, soon note that some seem to be going for academia heads vs corp boards etc, maybe more prestige (also can attract funding, since feds cut aid to states? in Gt rec, sequester?) eg Boren,(u okla, deny frack earthquake suppress)  John Graham at Indiana Univ, starr pepperdine impeach trump so toxic fail?<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><header class="headline_block" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="headline " style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">EPA appointee faces blowback in move to academia</h1><section class="byline" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.eenews.net/staff/Sean_Reilly" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Sean Reilly</a>, E&E News reporter<time datetime="2019-11-22 13:07:57 -0500" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 400;">Published: Friday, November 22, 2019</time></section></header><section class="login" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><section class="excerpt" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last month, former deputy EPA air chief Clint Woods took a newly minted job at Ohio State University to forge "strategic partnerships" with outside organizations.</section></section></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><article class="story" id="story_1061618367" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;"><a href="https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1061618367" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"></a><h2 class="slug gw" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1061618367" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">PEOPLE</a></h2><h1 class="headline" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 400;">EPA appointee faces blowback in move to academia</h1><section class="byline" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 700;"><time datetime="2019-11-22 13:07:57 -0500" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 400;">Greenwire: Friday, November 22, 2019</time></section><section class="byline" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 700;"><time datetime="2019-11-22 13:07:57 -0500" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 400;">
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CNN hired a habitual liar as the Republicans’ strategy to ‘work the refs’ pays offWritten by Eric Boehlert / Daily Kos October 23, 2019Former Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, recently hired by CNN to be a paid political commentator, can’t stop fabricating facts when he goes on the air. Since making his CNN debut on Sunday, Duffy has lied about the shooting of Rep. Gabby Giffords. He’s lied about Joe Biden trying to fire a Ukraine prosecutor in order to protect his son. And Duffy’s helped spread the preposterous lie about the Democratic National Committee’s email servers from 2016 somehow ending up in a foreign country.
Sean Duffy, who staked his congressional reputation in recent years on being an undying Trump loyalist, is not a serious person. And Sean Duffy appears to be a habitual liar. (He once claimed George Soros was rigging voting machines, and that Hillary Clinton’s longtime aide had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.) You would think those unfortunate traits would represent two large check marks against someone who wanted to be in the business of commenting on the news.
And yet, here we are.
CNN executives, having surveyed the political landscape in search of new voices to add to its discussions, decided to hire Duffy, which says a lot more about CNN than it does Duffy. What’s newsworthy about Duffy’s hiring is the timing. It just seems odd since much of the press, including CNN, has moved to toughen up Trump coverage in recent weeks and temporarily abandon the hallmark timidity that has defined so much of the reporting and commentary over the last two-plus years.
“The mainstream media seems to have quietly removed its Trump-normalizing gloves in the past few weeks,” wrote Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan.
CNN anchors and commentators have often been part of that change. They have been out front since the Ukraine collusion scandal broke last month, emphasizing that Trump’s pronouncements and denials are almost always wrapped in lies and deceptions. That’s a good thing.
So why now, of all times, would CNN decide to shift into reverse and hire another Trump loyalist who cannot be trusted to be honest or state anything factual each time he appears on air? Why would CNN want to go back to playing the silly and time-consuming game of blocking off lots of airtime so conservative contributors can make stuff up, which CNN anchors then have to point out is, y’know, made up? What does CNN hope to accomplish with this?
It’s all just a colossal waste of time, and CNN already tried to pull off that losing strategy for two years. Looking to capture the cable news “middle” between Fox News and MSNBC, CNN often obsesses over its Both Sides presentation. And on paper, there’s nothing wrong with that. (Think: Crossfire format.) The problem is trying to find honest conservatives these days and, specifically, the nearly impossible task of finding honest conservatives who are also Trump loyalists, since that’s the Both Sides debate CNN often wants to present.
CNN has hired many such Trump loyalists who have chewed up the cable news scenery, spreading lie after preposterous lie. That includes people like Jason Miller, Jack Kingston, Ed Martin, Jeffrey Lord, and Corey Lewandowski, among others. None of them, to be generous, covered the network in glory. Following the 2018 school massacre at Parkland High School in Florida, Kingston claimed on the air that students who rallied against gun violence were being taken advantage of by “left-wing gun control activists” led by billionaire George Soros.
It all badly muddies the waters, because by allowing—and paying—people like Duffy to disseminate nonsense like he’s already spewed about DNC servers, CNN is legitimizing that lie, even when it’s fact-checked. “First of all, what you are stating is completely inaccurate and factually wrong,” CNN contributor Jen Psaki told Duffy when he started in with the server conspiracy. “It’s a conspiracy theory on the right-wing blogs.” And frankly, that’s where that garbage should stay.
By hiring someone like Duffy at this juncture, it appears CNN has learned very little since 2017, and specifically very little about how to cover a liar like Trump. It’s not up to CNN and other media players to hire bad actors simply because the conservative movement is filled with bad actors. All news outlets ought to have easily identifiable standards, and if would-be paid contributors can’t meet those standards, they should not be hired.
Keep in mind that CNN remains under constant bullying attacks from Trump and the entire conservative movement. Last year, the White House lashed out at CNN by pulling reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass. Trump routinely defames the network on Twitter. And just last week, Trump’s personal attorney sent a ridiculous threat to CNN, threatening to sue the network for its “biased” coverage of Trump. (“Never in the history of this country has a President been the subject of such a sustained barrage of unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks by so-called ‘mainstream’ news, as the current situation,” etc.) Lawyers everywhere mocked the move as deeply unserious, but the cumulative effect adds up.
And that makes Duffy’s hiring even more distressing. It certainly seems to send a signal that “working the refs” is an effective strategy, and that if Republicans complain loudly and long enough, the cable news channel will bend, in small ways, to the GOP’s will.
Recall that back in January, CNN seemed to make a similar and equally misguided concession to Trump when it hired a hyper-partisan Republican flack with no experience in journalism to oversee the network’s campaign news coverage. After a public outcry, CNN changed the Republican’s job duties.
Note to CNN: It’s not too late to do the same with Duffy.
Eric Boehlert is a veteran progressive writer and media analyst, formerly with Media Matters and Salon. He is the author of Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush and Bloggers on the Bus. You can follow him on Twitter @EricBoehlert.=Department of Agriculture <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://click.e.mediamatters.org/?qs=fa40e68085e4854f6d98fdb8f49ea034d6c301a057bc24eca55d57f80606d43fac175468bde2881406156312d2126b18ea1d09209b5ede27" title="launched an absurd" helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="">launched an absurd</a> pro-Trump podcast; the first guest was Fox contributor Sarah Sanders.maybe not?Trey Gowdy, Who Led Republicans in Investigating Benghazi, Joins Trump Legal TeamImageTrey Gowdy of South Carolina served four terms in the House before resigning in January.Trey Gowdy of South Carolina served four terms in the House before resigning in January.CreditCreditErin Schaff for The New York TimesBy Maggie HabermanPublished Oct. 9, 2019Updated Oct. 10, 2019, 7:16 a.m. ETWASHINGTON — Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman who led the committee that investigated the terrorist attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, will join President Trump’s legal team as an outside adviser.
The move — which had been widely anticipated — was announced Wednesday night by Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow.
“I have known Trey for years and worked with him when he served in Congress,” Mr. Sekulow said in a statement. “His legal skills and his advocacy will serve the president well. Trey’s command of the law is well known and his service on Capitol Hill will be a great asset as a member of our team.”
Mr. Gowdy, a former prosecutor who served four terms in the House before resigning in January, met with Mr. Trump for lunch on Tuesday at the White House. He is expected to be a presence on television defending the president.
As chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Mr. Gowdy led a two-year investigation into the 2012 attack in Libya that was sharply criticized by Democrats as a vehicle for Republicans to investigate Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time and went on to become the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee. Among the members of the committee was Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, then a Republican congressman from Kansas.
Mr. Gowdy was particularly critical of the State Department for not complying with requests for documents, and those past comments about the importance of responding to document requests are likely to resurface in any defense of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump’s legal team is not expected to expand substantially. Another of his personal lawyers, Rudolph W. Giuliani, is himself at the center of a controversy over Mr. Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president asking for an investigation into Hunter Biden, the younger son of one of his leading 2020 Democratic rivals, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
In addition to Mr. Sekulow, the president had relied heavily on a small group of lawyers with experience as federal prosecutors to deal with the investigation led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into Russian election interference.
But the impeachment inquiry, announced last month by House Democrats, might require a lawyer who can aid with a Senate trial.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 18 of the New York edition with the headline: Gowdy Joins Legal Team For President As an Adviser.<div>=</div><div>speedbump in pension plan? b43 dmin pundits incl nichole wallace comms msnbc</div><div>
</div><div><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/ex-dhs-head-kirstjen-nielsen-leaves-atlantic-ideas-festival-stage-after-outrage-from-grassroots-movement/">https://www.alternet.org/2019/09/ex-dhs-head-kirstjen-nielsen-leaves-atlantic-ideas-festival-stage-after-outrage-from-grassroots-movement/</a></div><div></div>Former House Speaker <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/paul-ryan/" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">Paul Ryan</a> has been appointed to the board of the new ...Ryan will be joining the board along with Anne Dias, founder of the investment firm Aragon Global Holdings and the ex-wife of hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin; Chase Carey, chairman and CEO of Formula One; and Roland Hernandez, CEO of Hernandez Media Ventures, the company announced Tuesday. Previously announced board members include <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/rupert-murdoch/" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">Rupert Murdoch</a> and his son <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/lachlan-murdoch/" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">Lachlan</a> and Jacques Nasser, a former Ford executive.“We look forward to working with and being guided by them as we begin a new chapter, steadfastly committed to providing the best in news, sports and entertainment programming,” said Lachlan Murdoch, chairman and CEO of Fox Corp.Class B shares of the new Fox Corp. were down more than 3 percent by late morning Tuesday. Disney announced in 2017 that it was purchasing many parts of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion in stock. Under the deal, a new holding company called New Disney became the parent company of Disney and 21st Century Fox.Ryan, 49, was House speaker before Democrats took control in January. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/house-speaker-paul-ryan-tells-confidants-he-wont-run-for-reelection-report.html" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">The Wisconsin Republican announced early last year that he was retiring</a> from Congress to spend more time with his family. After leaving his post, he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/paul-ryan-touts-successes-while-lamenting-partisan-politics-in-farewell-address" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">rebuked</a> Washington’s “broken politics.”Ryan recently faced criticism from fellow Republicans for <a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/11/paul-ryan-policy-gridlock-vero-beach-lecture/3127898002/" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">claiming he believed</a>that some Democrats could beat President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential elections. He has since walked back his statements, saying the <a href="https://bit.ly/2uiNKA4" alt="" class="" rel="" target="" title="" role="" tabindex="" data-type="" aria-label="" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer;">United States is “clearly”</a> better off because of Trump. ...Trump has been a longtime fan and avid watcher of Fox News and has close ties with some of the personalities on the network, including Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro..
=oops..Two conservative former Democratic senators, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana, have launched the One Country Project, a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization that aims to attract rural voters to the Democratic Party. However, according to <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/05/14/medicare-for-all-opponents-one-country-project/" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">Maplight’s</a> Andrew Perez, working in partnership with The Intercept, the organization is also a “dark money” group, using the two former lawmakers to push an anti-Medicare-for-all agenda.<div class="p1_16" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Perez found that “the One Country Project’s website is registered to an executive at Forbes Tate Partners, a lobbying and public relations firm founded by former Clinton administration officials.” Forbes Tate Partners is leading lobbying efforts for Partnership for America’s Health Care Future (PAHCF), which, according to Maplight, is a “health industry-backed nonprofit created to crush momentum for a comprehensive universal health care system.”</div></div>==</div>