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Right Wing Round-Up - 10/22/13

Briefing
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Christopher Hooks @ The Texas Observer(link is external): At the Alamo, Protesters Get Up in Arms.

  • Molly Redden @ Mother Jones(link is external): Cuccinelli Donated to Groups That Tell Women Abortion Causes Breast Cancer.

  • Bruce Wilson @ AlterNet(link is external): Ted Cruz's Father Suggested His Son Is 'Anointed' to Bring About 'End Time Transfer of Wealth.'

  • Towleroad(link is external): San Antonio Judge Leaves GOP in Blistering Video Denouncing Party's Anti-Gay Extremism.

  • John Fea(link is external): The David Barton Dozen.

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David Barton

Despite having obtained only a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oral Roberts University in the 1970s, David Barton now routinely bills himself as “America’s premier historian” and has established a reputation as the Religious Right’s go-to “expert” for making the case that the Founding Fathers intended to establish America to be a Christian nation that operates according to the laws of God as set out in the Bible.