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Watchdog Faults FBI for 'Factually Weak' Basis for Investigating Activists

Marian Wang, ProPublica. September 21, 2010.

A new report finds that activists--including a Quaker peace activist and a Catholic religious community--were placed on terrorism watchlists by the FBI.

PETA Teams Up With Glenn Beck to Bash Al Gore

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 6, 2009.

Apparently Beck thinks PETA is as rad as the NRA. Who knew?

More Proof That PETA are Just Opportunistic Ghouls

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. June 3, 2009.

PETA yet again aims to offend with Dr. Tiller inspired billboards in Kansas.

PETA Ad Dubbed Too Sexy for Super Bowl

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.

The animal-rights group doesn't want people to eat meat, but they don't mind treating women like it.

Hot and Steamy Vegetables: PETA Ad Dubbed Too Sexy for Super Bowl

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. January 27, 2009.

Check out what all the fuss is about.

Heavy Petting: PETA Compares Teen Girls to Unneutered Animals

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. July 18, 2008.

Is PETA (yet again) exploiting female sexuality to get its point across?

Sexy Hot Vegans

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. April 2, 2008.

It's not ok to ignore feminist theory or throw women under the bus in order to promote animal welfare.

Full House of Animal Cruelty Horrors (Starring the Olsen Twins) [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. December 14, 2007.

The Olsens are well known for flaunting fur, and PETA has turned its campaign against the terrible twins up a notch.

Bush Should Pardon All of the Turkeys

Bill Maher, Huffington Post. November 21, 2007.

Bill Maher: The president can’t pardon just one or two turkeys this Thanksgiving. He’s got to let them all go.

PETA's Agent 007: A James Bond for the Animal Rights Movement

Dan Mathews, AlterNet. April 27, 2007.

From donning a Catholic priest's habit to wearing a rabbit costume, PETA veteran activist and party crasher Dan Mathews knows how to steal the headlines for the animal rights cause.

The Daily Show on PETA\'s Misguided, Racist Attempt to Free Orcas... By Claiming They\'re the Same as African Slaves

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.

Today in Bad Ideas: PETA Starts Porn Site to Promote Veganism

Jill F, December 31, 1969.

Ridiculous: PETA Uses Boobs and Babes in Sexist TSA Ad

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, December 31, 1969.