Timothy Johnson
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Network news channels have given Rep. Steve King a pass on his open white nationalism
The most prominent broadcast news programs have mentioned openly white nationalist Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) racism only a handful of times over the past two years. Kin → Read More
Brett Kavanaugh lied repeatedly. News reports and personal accounts prove it.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is a petulant liar -- about matters large and small -- and he often tells his lies under oath. During his confirmation hearings with Senate Judiciary Committee, → Read More
Joe Arpaio thanks conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for getting his story to Donald Trump, who is reportedly poised to pardon the former sheriff
A U.S. District Court judge convicted Arpaio of criminal contempt of court in July. He faces up to six months in jail. → Read More
NRA’s double standard on terror is on display following vehicle attacks in the US and Spain
NRA’s live news show used Barcelona terror attacks to suggest “political correctness” could cause an attack in the U.S., but has had nothing to say about last week’s Charlottesville attack → Read More
Terrorists Have Praised The Gun Show Loophole, And A Furious NRA Now Has A Conspiracy Theory Why
The National Rifle Association's news outlet is pushing a conspiracy theory that alleges ISIS is attempting to “freak liberals out” so that they pass more restrictive gun laws, allowing the terror group to “disarm its enemy, then wage war.” The basis of this claim is a distortion of recent news reports about an ISIS magazine piece. The magazine, Rumiyah, urged its followers to buy firearms from… → Read More
Trump Surrogate Ted Nugent: Hillary Clinton Is A “Devilbitch,” “VOTE TRUMP!”
National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent called Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton a “devilbitch” moments after promoting a Donald Trump presidential campaign video that he appears in. In an October 27 post on his Facebook page, Nugent wrote of Clinton, “The devilbitch hates everything good about America! VOTE TR → Read More
NRA Passes Largest Pro-Trump Super PAC In Outside Spending Opposing Clinton
National Rifle Association committees making independent campaign expenditures to oppose Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have spent more than $14 million on the race, surpassing the spending of the most active pro-Trump Super PAC. According to FEC filings collected by ProPublica covering spending through October 20, the NRA I → Read More
New NRA Attack Ad Falsely Claims Clinton Opposes Gun Ownership For Women
A new attack ad from the National Rifle Association falsely claims that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton “disagrees” with the proposition that “every woman has a right to defend herself with a gun if she chooses.” The ad is false because Clinton has repeatedly said that she favors law-abiding gun ownership -- for men and women alik → Read More
NRA Once Again Uses Footage From Military Cemetery In Campaign Attack Ad
A new attack ad from the National Rifle Association targeting Florida Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy features images of military graves at Alexandria National Cemetery. In a September 27 ad, the NRA attempts to link Murphy to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over supposed malfeasance related to the 2012 terror at → Read More
NRA Ad Uses Home Invasion Footage To Lie And Fearmonger About Clinton And Guns
A new attack ad from the National Rifle Association (NRA) depicting a woman as a victim of a home invasion falsely claims Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton “could take away” your “right to self-defense.” The ad is false because Clinton has repeatedly said that she favors allowing law-abiding gun ownership and that → Read More
New Trump Ad Features NRA Board Member Ted Nugent, Who Has Called For Clinton To Be Hanged
A new advertisement from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign about hunting and the Second Amendment features National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent, who claims Hillary Clinton “will destroy the freedom that is uniquely American.” Earlier this year, Nugent called for Clinton to be hanged for treason. The → Read More
NRA Lobbying Arm Lobs Falsehood-Filled Attacks Against Initiative To Expand Background Checks For Gun Sales In Maine
The National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm, the Institute for Legislative Action, released an ad falsely attacking Question 3, a Maine ballot initiative that would expand background checks on gun sales. The initiative, which will be on the ballot November 8, would require (with exceptions) individuals who are not licensed firearms → Read More
NRA News Dismisses LGBT Students’ Safety Concerns Over Texas' New Campus Carry Law
The National Rifle Association’s radio show dismissed personal safety concerns raised by LGBT students at the University of Houston following Texas’ August 1 adoption of a law allowing concealed guns to be carried on many parts of public college campuses. Cam Edwards, the host of NRA News’ Cam & Company, cited a Buzzfeed article w → Read More
NRA Magazine: Gunned-Down Dallas Police Officers “Gave Their Lives” For Gun Rights
The latest cover story in the NRA’s magazine, America’s 1st Freedom, purports to honor Dallas police officers killed in a July ambush attack, but instead uses the officers’ deaths to claim “the greatest dishonor to their memory” would be to allow “the Democratic establishment” to pass stronger gun safety laws. The magazine cove → Read More
NRA's New Testimonial For Trump Features Man Who Promoted Sandy Hook Conspiracy
A testimonial video for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released by the National Rifle Association prominently features a man who posted online content suggesting that some Sandy Hook Elementary School parents were actually actors. NRA News, the NRA’s media arm, published a nearly eight-minute testimonial in support of Tr → Read More
NRA’s Ted Nugent Smears Philando Castile And Says Obama Wants To Start A Race War
National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent reacted to the police shooting of Philando Castile and the mass shooting targeting police officers in Dallas, TX, by claiming President Obama wants to start a race war and by smearing Castile with an unsubstantiated report that he may have carried out an armed robbery. Nugent made the → Read More
NRA Says "Race-Baiting" "Mainstream Media" Puts On A "Modern-Day Minstrel Show"
Image from leaked 2006 NRA graphic novel showing man guarding his home against looters following a natural disaster. A new "Commentators" video from the National Rifle Association (NRA) accuses the "mainstream media" of pushing negative stereotypes about African-American gun ownership "with their modern-day minstrel show they call journalism." Lef → Read More