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Meet the Religious Right Charlatan Who Teaches Tea Party America The Totally Pretend History They Want to Hear

People For the American Way FoundationApril 20, 2011.

David Barton is a Republican Party activist and a fast-talking, self-promoting, self-taught, self-proclaimed historian who is miseducating millions of Americans about U.S. history.

WWJD? The Religious Right's Backing of Walker's Union-Busting

Peter Montgomery, Religion Dispatches. April 4, 2011.

Today’s conservative Christian leaders say that Jesus opposes a secure living wage, and that workers should accept as good slaves whatever treatment their employers dish out.

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Are Alienating the Rest of the World by Fusing Christian Superiority with Blatant Revisionist American History

Andrew Belonsky, AlterNet. January 10, 2011.

Fusing American exceptionalism with Christian superiority, Republican presidential hopefuls act to alienate our allies -- just when we need them most.

Right-Wing Extremism Coming to a Voting Booth Near You

Hans Johnson, AlterNet. September 24, 2010.

In many midterm races on Nov. 2, the choice is between a candidate embraced by right-wing extremists and a Democrat. If Democrats stay home, guess who wins?

Hey Glenn Beck, Our Constitution is Not Based on the Bible

Chris Rodda, Daily Kos. July 9, 2010.

Glenn Beck keeps insisting that the Constitution is based on the Christian Bible, backed up by a fraudulent interpretation of an historian's 1984 study. Debunking below.

Christian Cowboy Plots to Bring Christ into Kids' Social Studies Class

Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. August 11, 2009.

David Barton likens himself to a biblical prophet. He wants to destroy the separation of church and state. Why is he designing school curricula?