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Right Wing Round-Up - 8/22/14

Briefing
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Paul Gordon @ Huffington Post(link is external): The Victims of the Religious Right.

  • Matt Wilstein @ Mediaite(link is external): Rep. Steve King Rants Against ‘Irrational’ Ferguson Protesters.

  • Media Matters(link is external): Dallas Morning News' Wayne Slater Tells National Media "Perry Has Bigger Problems Than ... Conventional Wisdom Suggests."

  • Scott Kaufman @ Raw Story(link is external): Westboro Baptists to picket Michael Brown’s funeral — blame death on gay NFL player.

  • Kyler Geoffroy @ Towleroad(link is external): Florida AG Pam Bondi Pledges to Continue Defending Gay Marriage Ban: 'I Am Just Getting Started.'

  • Simon Brown @ Wall of Separation(link is external): Don’t Bless This Mess: Religious Right Claim Of Persecution In Tenn. Public School Doesn’t Check Out.

On the Watchlist
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Rick Perry
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Steve King
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Pam Bondi

Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney General has a record that suggests she'll be willing to say or do anything Trump wants, including going after Justice Department lawyers for investigating Trump. A former Florida attorney general and corporate lobbyist, she's part of a large group of Trump nominees connected to the America First Policy Institute, whose leaders have portrayed its MAGA policy agenda as part of a spiritual war.