Stories by Cliff Schecter

 Cliff Schecter is an author, pundit and public relations strategist whose firm Libertas, LLC handles media relations for political, corporate and non-profit clients.  Follow him on Twitter: @CliffSchecter subscribe to Cliff Schecter's feed

The NRA Goes to Congress... Gun-nuttery Ensues

Posted on: Mar 5, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Unlike most gun owners, they're fighting to keep the gun-show loophole open.

5 Issues That Divide Gun Owners and NRA Leadership

Posted on: Jul 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The NRA’s membership agrees with most Americans that our gun laws should protect our families, not the financial interests of a clique of elites.

How America Lost Its Collective Mind in the Drug War

Posted on: Apr 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

By any measure; economically, morally, democratically, we are the worse for pot prohibition.

Unarmed And Dangerous? On Trayvon Martin, ALEC, and the NRA

Posted on: Apr 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mitt Romney's Anti-Social Stance on Social Security

Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Right-Wing Culture Warriors' Ridiculous Attack on the Muppets Is Nothing New

Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

Penn State and the Culture of Rape

Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

What Can Give You Economic Misery, An Embolism, And A Backyard Full Of Elephants?

Posted on: Nov 4, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

The Conservative Movement's Obsession with Symbolism Over Substance

Posted on: Oct 29, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

What Happened to the Traditionally Conservative Republican Party?

Posted on: Sep 30, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

GOP Debate Audiences Becoming a Nightmare for the Party

Posted on: Sep 27, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

NRA Lobbyist Chris Cox Makes A Ludicrous Pitch for Forced Conceal-Carry

Posted on: Sep 12, 2011, Source: The Daily Caller

Conservatives Love Big Government ... As Long As It's Not Helping the Little Guy

Posted on: Sep 8, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

Beware Of Rick Perry, The French Cuff Cowboy

Posted on: Sep 1, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

Scary: NRA Telemarketing Uses Conspiracy Theories And Fake School Shootings Compassion To Grab Memberships

Posted on: Aug 25, 2011, Source: Crooks and Liars

NRA President Wayne LaPierre Lobbying for the "Rights" of Mexican Drug Cartels

Posted on: Aug 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

How Did Washington Get Pushed So Far Towards the Crazy Right?

Posted on: Aug 5, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

Are Republicans Committing Treason?

Posted on: Jul 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Republican Party no longer has Americans' best interests at heart, and we are suffering because of it.

For God's Sake: The Idiocy of "Divine Inspiration" In Politics

Posted on: Jul 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

How conservatives- and professional athletes - use "God" to justify invalid arguments and fend off criticism.

Educating Reform: How To Really Improve Our Nation's Schools

Posted on: Jun 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Change is necessary, no it doesn't need to come in the form of some Randian version of public schooling.

Al Qaeda Spokesman Urges Terrorists to Buy Arms at American Gun Shows

Posted on: Jun 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Last Thing So-Called "Pro-Lifers" Care About Is Actual Human Life

Posted on: May 27, 2011, Source: Al Jazeera English

Transparency Or Transparently Corrupt: What Kind Of Government Do We Want?

Posted on: May 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Heroine Who Kept Jared Loughner from Reloading Confronts NRA Leaders

Posted on: Apr 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Making Cities Greener

Posted on: Mar 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Watch: Guns Being Sold Illegally at Arizona Gun Show

Posted on: Feb 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

McCain's Infidelity Haunts Him on the Trail

Posted on: Jun 4, 2008, Source: Firedoglake

The culture war flips on McCain.

Newt Gingrich: Republicans Face Real Disaster

Posted on: May 8, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

Republicans face tough times at the polls this November.

Bush Flunks Reading First Program

Posted on: May 2, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

No Child Left Behind fails again. This time to the tune of $1 billion.

Iraq: US Has No Claim to Oil Boom

Posted on: May 1, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

Iraqis are opposed to plans to use their oil to finance the US occupation.

Gates says 2nd carrier in Gulf is ‘reminder’ to Iran

Posted on: Apr 30, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

Secretary Gates has some curious ideas as to what constitutes military escalation.

Truth Vs. 'Trash Journalism': McCain's Weak Rebuttal to Damaging Allegations

Posted on: Apr 20, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Reporters told <i>Real McCain</i> author Schecter that the McCains were estranged and that the senator frequented Hanoi's red light district.

Did McCain Avoid Voting on a Key 9/11 Bill Because He's Afraid of the Neocons?

Posted on: Apr 9, 2008, Source: PoliPoint Press

McCain's official calendar says he was in California on the day of a key security vote, but he was actually in the Senate, voting on 15 other bills.

McCain Is Heckled During MLK Speech

Posted on: Apr 4, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

And why would such hostility be foisted upon such a swell gent? Could it be his vote against making MLK Day a holiday in 1983?

The Top Ten Craziest Things John McCain Has Said While You Weren't Watching

Posted on: Mar 28, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Much of McCain's madness has been lost in the fog of the ongoing battle for the Democratic nomination -- so here's a recap of what you've missed.

Six Years Since An American Gulag Was Created 90 miles Off Our Shore

Posted on: Jan 11, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

Today marks the 6th Anniversary of when our democracy was officially put in shackles under cover of the night.

Fox News Caught Rigging Their Focus Groups [VIDEO]

Posted on: Jan 8, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

They've shown their true colors to all Democrats, Ron Paul supporters, Huckabee supporters, etc.

Giuliani Abandons 9/11 Heroes

Posted on: Jan 6, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

This is the real Rudy Giuliani. A man who wants to be President and has 9/11 Tourette's Syndrome.

New Footage of The Bhutto Assassination Proves the Musharraf Government Is Lying [VIDEO]

Posted on: Jan 2, 2008, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

This is important. It is disturbing. And it is necessary to watch.

2007: The Deadliest Year In Iraq So Far

Posted on: Dec 31, 2007, Source: Cliff Schecter's Blog

Yes, we're fighting them over there so we don't have to...let our soldiers survive and prosper over here?

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