The Conservative Political Action Conference is taking place this week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. CPAC is the year’s most biggest gathering of conservative thought leaders, serving as a kind of Coachella for misinformation, bigotry, religious zealotry, and veneration of a twice-impeached president …
Read More »'Fight the Barbarians': The MAGA Movement Lays Out a Warpath at CPAC
Stoking the culture wars is nothing new for CPAC. But with dark, militant speeches — and literal demonization of the MAGA movement’s political opponents — the conservative convention in Dallas this week menaced America with what seemed to be thinly veiled calls for violence, all while seeking to whitewash the …
Read More »CPAC Gives Standing Ovation to Autocrat Who Bashed 'Mixed-Race' Societies a Week Ago
The Conservative Political Action Conference opened its arms to one of Europe’s most notorious autocrats on Thursday, giving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán a prime speaking slot on the first day of the prominent right-wing gathering. Orbán, who recently won reelection for a fourth term in office, has led a …
Read More »America's Most Influential Conservative Conference Is Hosting One Of Europe's Most Notorious Authoritarians
The 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference will play host to Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The most influential Republican ideas conference lending the podium to Europe’s most notorious nationalist is yet another troubling sign of the right’s embrace of authoritarianism. Orbán, who recently won reelection for his fourth term as …
Read More »White Nationalists Raid CPAC But Find Themselves Right at Home
ORLANDO — The Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation’s premier gathering of right-wing, pro-Donald Trump die-hards is here this year. The American First Political Action Conference, the nation’s premier gathering that includes right-wing, pro-Donald Trump die-hards who are also overt and public white nationalists, is here this year too. In …
Read More »CPAC Speaker Throws Pity Party for Jan. 6 Rioters, Suggests Laundry List of Conspiracies
If you’re looking for wild-eyed ranting, a Conservative Political Action Conference panel is a good place to look. But a CPAC panel titled “The Truth About January 6th”? You know that’s going to deliver. And on Friday, deliverance came in the form ofAmerican Greatness senior writer Julie Kelly, who would …
Read More »Tulsi Gabbard to Speak at CPAC, Joining Its 'Great Un-Wokening'
Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii congresswoman who sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, is completing her metamorphosis from iconoclast progressive to hardcore conservative by appearing as a featured guest at the Trumpy love-in known as the Conservative Political Action Conference. CPAC 2022 begins Wednesday in Orlando, where Gabbard will …
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