Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2010. Today John Boehner proved once again that his party would only take the country back to the failed policies of the past – policies that cost more than 8 million American jobs – and launched a series of false attacks on the measures that the President[Read More…]
Analysis
Behind Obama Muslim Myth Stands the Right Wing
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Two recently released polls show that an increasing number of Americans believe the falsehood that President Obama is a Muslim. According to the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of people who believe this false claim cite the media as the source of that information — and, indeed, the[Read More…]
Senate Candidate Forced to Backtrack After Tasteless Medical Marijuana Jokes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2010. In the latest example of a changing political atmosphere surrounding marijuana issues, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Washington state has been forced to clarify a series of cliché jokes his office made at the expense of medical marijuana research and patients. Last week,[Read More…]
Rasmussen Poll: Fewer Than One In Five Americans Say Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than Booze
Ashbury Park, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2010. Fewer than one in five Americans nationwide believe that consuming marijuana is more dangerous than drinking alcohol, according to a national telephone poll of 1,000 likely voters by the polling firm Rasmussen Reports. Fifty percent of respondents, including the majority of those who said[Read More…]
Surge Voters, A Good Court Decision, and Barney Frank’s 5-Year Forecast
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2010. Exciting developments in the movement to end marijuana prohibition keep flooding my inbox. Here’s just a sampling from over the weekend: Citing a new survey, Ryan Grim gives more credence to the idea that marijuana ballot initiatives could help Democrats drive “surge voters” to the polls[Read More…]
Obama Administration In Danger Of Establishing ‘New Normal’ With Worst Bush-Era Policies, Says ACLU
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010. The Obama administration has repudiated some of the Bush administration’s most egregious national security policies but is in danger of institutionalizing others permanently into law, thereby creating a troubling “new normal,” according to a new report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. “Establishing a[Read More…]
In Historic Move, V.A. Eases Rules for Medical Marijuana Patients
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2010. Major news! The Department of Veterans Affairs has formally announced that patients being treated at V.A. facilities will be allowed to use medical marijuana if they live in one of the 14 states where it is legal. This historic development was trumpeted over the weekend in[Read More…]
Fox News Apologists Still Trying To Spin The Sherrod Fiasco
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– You know the conservative drill: Fox News didn’t touch the bogus story until after Shirley Sherrod resigned. Except, of course, that’s not true. Fact: Fox News did touch and did push the phony Sherrod smear campaign before she was forced to resign, and it’s probably time the channel’s online apologists[Read More…]
O’Reilly Falsely Claims New Black Panthers Said ‘They Want To Kill White Babies’ At Polling Place (Video)
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed that members of the New Black Panthers were "standing in front of a polling place and saying they want to kill white babies." In fact, O’Reilly conflated two separate incidents: Video of a member of the New Black Panther Party suggesting the murder of[Read More…]
Timeline of Breitbart’s Sherrod Smear
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters has documented a timeline of Andrew Breitbart’s smear of Shirley Sherrod, from Breitbart’s initial posting of his deceptively edited clip of Sherrod — which was amplified by Fox News and other right-wing media — through the release of the full video of Sherrod’s comments, which made[Read More…]
