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With Stevens Retiring, Right Readies For a Fight 04/09/2010 by Kyle Mantyla Today, Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire from the Supreme Court after nearly 35 years of service ... and the Right has been quick to issue warnings to …

Scott Brown Makes Surprise CPAC Appearance 02/18/2010 by Kyle Mantyla Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice was scheduled to introduce Mitt Romney at CPAC, but ended up turning that task over to a surprise guest: Sen. Scott Brown, who was …

The Rebirth of the Judicial Confirmation Network 02/11/2010 by Kyle Mantyla Last year, I  wrote a series of posts noting that with the election of Barack Obama, the right-wing Judicial Confirmation Network, which was formed specifically to help President …

The Next Raymond Raines? 12/16/2009 by Kyle Mantyla I recall reading an Ann Coulter column several years ago which she dedicated to praising David Limbaugh's then-new book, "Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity." Among the stories …

Nelson Amendment Voted Down: The Right Responds 12/09/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday, the Senate rejected the restrictive anti-choice amendment Sen. Ben Nelson sought to add to health care reform legislation. Not surprisingly, the Religious Right is not …

The Anti-Choice Movement As Seen From The Inside 11/23/2009 by Kyle Mantyla I never would have imagined that the ultra-radicalism and violence of the anti-choice movement in the 1980s and 1990's was something of which right-wing anti-choice groups would …

Trying to Set the Record Straight About Efforts to Try and Set the Record Straight 08/06/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Earlier this week, in an attempt to rebut all the lies and misinformation being spread about health care reform, the White House asked people to …

The Right Readies for Sotomayor 07/13/2009 by Kyle Mantyla With Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing getting underway, the Right readies its attacks. Manuel Miranda says "the Sotomayor hearings are a spotlight on the president who nominated her, and if …

Right Wing Leftovers 07/13/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The New York Times examines the factors at work behind Sarah Palin's sudden resignation. Mike Huckabee says its unfair to call Palin a "quitter" while predicting that Mark Sanford's political career is over. …

Whither the Four Horsemen? 06/18/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Back when George W. Bush was seeking confirmation for his Supreme Court nominees, there was a group of right-wing Washington insiders known as the " four horsemen " who were at the center of this …