conservatives

Tonight's Simpsons Was Even More Anti-Republican Than Usual

Henry Baker · 11/21/10 10:55PM

Even in a climate where somehow more people are missing Dick Cheney having power, a show with broad appeal like The Simpsons can pull no punches in accusing him of straight up evil. This and Fox News hilarity inside.

British Student Protesters Stage Attack on Conservative Party Headquarters

Jim Newell · 11/10/10 01:06PM

50,000 British students took to London's streets today to protest the Conservative/Lib-Dem coalition's sharp university tuition hikes, and all had a jolly good time. Some even started smashing, vandalizing, and occupying the Tories' headquarters. It was pretty fierce!

How to Be a Famous Right-Wing Media Lady

Adrian Chen · 10/10/10 01:33PM

The New York Times this weekend profiles two female conservative commentators at very different points in their careers: crazy Upper East Side islamophobic blogger Pamela Geller, and crazy Ann Coulter. What can aspiring female right-wing blowhards learn from their stories?

Twittergate: How Internet Jerks Pranked the Tea Party

Adrian Chen · 10/09/10 01:16PM

The best way to deal with jerks online is to ignore them. But when prominent Tea Partiers on Twitter started being harassed by a group of Internet trolls, they launched a twitter militia and concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory.

Republican Babes are Smokin' Hot, Dems are Definitely Not, Says GOP

Jeff Neumann · 08/18/10 05:15AM

Want to see part of the brilliant strategy Minnesota Republicans have cooked up for November? Here's a video made by a GOP state senate webmaster showing how totally hot conservative babes are, and how nasty (and hairy) liberal women are.

E=mc2 Is a Liberal Conspiracy

Jim Newell · 08/10/10 02:03AM

To many conservatives, almost everything is a secret liberal plot: from fluoride in the water to medicare reimbursements for end-of-life planning with your doctor to efforts to teach evolution in schools.

The Best Worst Prop 8 Reactions

Jim Newell · 08/05/10 01:43PM

Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that Proposition 8 — the voter initiative that amended the California Constitution to define marriage as heterosexual — is unconstitutional. The usual pro-Prop 8, anti-gay marriage suspects began hollering almost immediately.