The McCain Mutiny: A Robert Stacy McCain Burn Notice (UPDATEx4)

Lying to his readers — and more importantly, his donors — is easier than admitting to the world that he has ever been wrong. But he is wrong.

Melissa Brewer Is Not Xenophon Gryllus

Melissa Brewer @catsrimportant has been my friend for about a year and a half now. Readers may remember her post about being stalked and harassed by anti-abortion fanatics, including the execrable Jason Wade Taylor. A couple of months ago, the same fanatics convinced a group of right wing bloggers that she was Xenophon Gryllus of […]

Robert Stacy McCain Says That Liberals Are Terrible People

Karoli is away from her blogging for jury duty at the moment, but her name has seen quite a bit of exposure at the blog of one Robert Stacy McCain in the last few days. I called her over the weekend and learned that McCain’s blog links are among the most commonly-shared items in the […]

Robert Stacy McCain Versus Rock And Roll

Robert Stacy McCain (pictured) began blogging about Brett Kimberlin in 2012 at the instigation of Ali Akbar of National Bloggers Club “fame.” At Akbar’s ViralRead website, McCain uses a 1996 quote of Brett Kimberlin in the Washington City Paper to accuse him of pedophilia: Not all the songs on his album … have political overtones … others, […]

A Chat Over The Wall With Ladd Ehlinger

Ladd Ehlinger is a libertarian-conservative filmmaker responsible for some of the most controversial — and viral — campaign ads and videos of 2010. He was less active in 2012, and that may in part be because of his open opposition to National Bloggers Club President Ali Akbar. Ehlinger approached me last Friday to offer an […]