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A statistic from Michele Bachmann made Glenn Beck go, “Whoa!” on his radio show this morning: The federal government owns or controls 30 percent of private wealth. Beck exclaimed that the stat was new to him and even to his aghast studio crew. Where’d she get that? Bachmann (again) cited as her source an unnamed Arizona State University professor. The Minnesota Independent found the prof and asked him where he got the number.

Back in fall 2006, before Glenn Beck was the household name he is today, he tried out a rhetorical tactic he’s now known for. He famously asked Rep. Keith Ellison, because the freshman legislator is Muslim, to “prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.” Critics of Beck have commemorated the Fox [...]

Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman was once a daily news staple but has largely fallen into civilian obscurity since bowing out of his recount battle with now-Sen. Al Franken. Now he’s back in the news and the blogs, and for reasons other than his health or gubernatorial ambitions.  

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s talk of stopping health care reform by fasting, praying and wrist-slitting has prompted not only lefty pundits but a top Democratic colleague to question what’s going on between her ears. Jim Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, remarked Tuesday: “I don’t think God’s talking to her anymore. I think she’s hearing other [...]

Meteorologists may have failed to forecast yesterday’s freak tornado, but political scientists are now able to predict when U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann will next appear on a national cable news show: Aug. 27.

Bill Clinton may have wanted to nail down the definition of “is,” but right-leaning critics of the Democrat-controlled federal government seem happy to use “-ism” loosely. In only the last three months, media conservatives have accused President Obama and Democrats of socialism, fascism, communism, corporatism, terrorism, Nazism, McCarthyism and Marxism. Media Matters’ County Fair blog [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann took to Glenn Beck’s show on Fox yesterday, touting that she’d picked up 30 cosponsors for her constitutional amendment that would “prohibit the President from entering into a treaty or other international agreement that would provide for the United States to adopt as legal tender in the United States a currency issued [...]

In England, police are warning about a “Summer of Rage” to be ushered in by riots during an April meeting of the G20 group of nations in London. Economic conditions might inspire even the middle class to take to the streets. Back in the States, Glenn Beck and his Fox News friends had fun teasing [...]

What would it look like if the media took up U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s call to hunt down anti-American members of Congress? Look no farther than this headline from Friday, the day Bachmann made her plea to the press for a Capitol Hill witch hunt: “CNN’s Beck Decamps for Fox News.”
Right-wing host Glenn Beck, who will command a [...]