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Right Wing Round-Up - 9/16/13 Briefing 09/16/2013 by Kyle Mantyla Hunter Schwarz @ BuzzFeed : Iowa Conservative Bob Vander Plaats Weighing Senate Run. Tim Murphy @ Mother Jones : Ken Cuccinelli Denies Rumors He's Distancing Himself From Running Mate Who …

Bob Vander Plaats Praises Russia's Ban On Pro-Gay Rights Speech 09/10/2013 by Brian Tashman One of the chief players in Republican politics in Iowa yesterday praised Russian president Vladimir Putin for his role in criminalizing speech supportive of gay …

New GOP Same As the Old GOP: Iowa Summit to Feature Republican Leaders and Religious Right Stalwarts 08/06/2013 by Brian Tashman Year after year we keep hearing about the  supposed decline of the Religious Right and the GOP’s shift away from the fringes . …

Iowa Religious Right Leader Defends Trump, Praises His Birther Crusade 07/08/2013 by Miranda Blue Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Iowa-based Religious Right group The Family Leader, spoke with conservative Des Moines radio host Jan Mickelson last week to …

Right Wing Leftovers - 5/28/13 Round-up 05/28/2013 by Brian Tashman Shockingly, Republican politicians are far more likely to make false statements than Democrats. Speaking of fallacious claims, did you know that President Obama was using cocaine and …

Vander Plaats Explains Opposition to Marriage Equality: 'It's Awful' 05/21/2013 by Miranda Blue KSFY in Sioux Falls took on the debate about legalizing same-sex marriage in South Dakota yesterday by airing a report on how Iowans are faring under that …

Bob Vander Plaats Really Should Stop Talking About Slavery 05/10/2013 by Miranda Blue Two years ago, the Iowa Religious Right group The Family Leader caused a bit of a stir when it convinced Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Michelle …

Vander Plaats 'Not Here to Judge' Openly Gay State Senator Who Might Not Be 'Practicing Gay' 05/09/2013 by Miranda Blue WHO-TV in Des Moines featured a debate last week between openly gay Iowa State Senator Matt McCoy and anti-gay activist Bob Vander …

Iowa Republicans Threaten to Cut Salaries of Judges Who Backed Marriage Equality 04/24/2013 by Miranda Blue Iowa Republicans are determined to remove the nine state supreme court justices who ruled unanimously in 2009 to allow same-sex marriage in the …

Deace on O'Reilly's Marriage Remarks: 'That Is a Hanging Offense' 04/01/2013 by Brian Tashman Conservative talk show host Steve Deace is not happy with Bill O’Reilly’s seeming reversal on marriage equality, telling Religious Right activist Bob Vander …