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While many respected journalists and researchers have shot down the claims of birthers (written about here and here) and deathers (here), most in the right have ignored or encouraged such fear-mongering rumors for political purposes. These have been damaging to our country and for civilized debate. Jon Henke has recently come out against these rumors, and the spreader of many of these myths, World Net Daily (no, I won't link to them).

he certainly made some waves last week when -- clearly, and appropriately, disgusted by Jerome Corsi's bizarre piece in WorldNetDaily suggesting that President Obama was preparing concentration camps to round up and imprison his conservative critics -- Henke urged his fellow conservatives to disassociate themselves from WND in every way possible.

He's also asked the Republican National Committee to reject WND and it's contacts as well.

That claim, of course, was massively undercut by Terry Krepel's follow-up reporting for Media Matters, which noted that "one of the organizations that has rented WND's mailing list is ... the Republican National Committee." With full screen shots.

Henke called upon the RNC to disassociate itself from WND, but they unsurprisingly have politely declined.

I encourage watching the discussion on Rachel Maddow's show, as well as visiting his site, The Next Right, which seems to be a sensible and respected right-wing blog. I also suggest sending him words of support, as they seem in low supply at the moment. TheNextRight

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Earlier this week in Congress the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to cut off funding to the Office of the Vice President until Dick Cheney's office complied with an executive order in which he would have to turn over documents complying with the national security disclosure rules. Cheney has been denying that he has to follow the rule claiming that he's immune since he's also President of the Senate and thus not fully part of the Executive Branch. Yet previously he's denied documents to the Senate claiming he fall under Executive Privilege. These claims that basically amount to him being his own 4th branch of government have upset a lot in Congress, and citizens as well. Unfortunately, today a lone Democrat changed his vote in the committee and thus the funding to Cheney's office has been resumed. Panel Cuts Cheney Funding Panel Restores Cheney Funding

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At Least Some On The Right Have Started Facing The Fear-Mongering.

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