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A Wall Street Journal op-ed authored by a staffer of the industry-funded Heartland Institute claimed that “[p]hysical limitations” will not allow wind to become a major source of our power. However, he ignored recent positive developments for the wind industry and areas where further innovation can help wind capacity further grow

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The Equal Pay Act was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by President Kennedy to prohibit wage discrimination based on sex. Fifty years later, as the issue of gender income inequality continues to affect America, conservative media figures have consistently tried to downplay and minimize these concerns.

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Fox News is misrepresenting President Obama’s position on surveillance and the threat of international terrorism to falsely accuse him of hypocrisy and fecklessness.

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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly provided a platform for Tommy Robinson, head of the English Defence League, a violent, extremist anti-Muslim hate group in Great Britain. O’Reilly hosted Robinson on  The O’Reilly Factor  to discuss the EDL’s efforts to, as Robinson described, “fight for Christianity, fight for our children’s future, fight for our culture, and fight for our country’s identity, which is completely under attack.” Robinson went on to claim that British politicians aren’t doing enough to suppress the growth of Muslim communities in the United Kingdom, adding “actions speak a lot louder than words.” Although O’Reilly mentioned press reports describing the EDL as “fascist” and “racist” and described the group’s views as “militant” at the beginning of the segment, he failed to note the EDL’s history of incendiary and often violent actions. A 2010 “undercover investigation” by  The Guardian   found  that the organization planned protests against Muslim communities in “a blatant attempt to provoke mayhem and disorder”:

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After President Obama named former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as his new national security advisor, right-wing media figures called the appointment a “slap in the face,” a “middle finger,” and an “eff you” to Americans

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Fox News spent nearly four hours on June 4 covering that day’s House committee hearing on the IRS’ inappropriate focus on conservative groups, largely ignoring the simultaneous Senate committee hearing into the epidemic of sexual assaults in the military. Congress Holds June 4 Hearings On Sexual Assaults In The Military And IRS Targeting Senate Armed Services Committee Held June 4 Hearing On Sexual Assault Crisis In Military.  In an effort to curb the epidemic of sexual assaults committed in the military, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing featuring testimony from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and top officers from each military branch: Determined to stop sexual assault in the military, Congress is spelling out for the services how far lawmakers are willing to go in changing the decades-old military justice system. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.

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Immigration reform is inching closer to reality, and conservatives standing in (thus far) fruitless opposition are careening ever further from it.

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Fred Barnes sees an Obama presidency in trouble. That’s probably good news for President Obama

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Right-wing media are continuing to claim Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath because of a a search warrant request that included Fox News reporter James Rosen, a myopic smear conservative legal experts are warning is baseless.

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Right-wing media are falsely claiming that excerpts of interviews with IRS employees prove that improper targeting of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status originated from IRS supervisors in Washington, D.C. But House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa admitted on CNN that no such proof is contained in the excerpts

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