Daryn J. Moran

Airman Who Said Obama's Birth Certificate Was Forged Not AWOL, Being Discharged

Ryan J. Reilly | August 17, 2011, 2:03PM

Air Force Staff Sgt. Daryn J. Moran, who's been claiming that he's AWOL from the military in Germany because he thinks President Barack Obama's birth certificate is fake, might want to check his own paperwork.

The Air Force says Moran (who wrote his opposition to Obama is "not because he's Black") isn't AWOL at all, but rather on approved leave status awaiting discharge, Scott Fontaine reports for Air Force Times.

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Daryn J. Moran

Airman Goes AWOL In Germany Because Internet Says Obama's Birth Certificate Is Fake (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | August 17, 2011, 11:40AM

[Update: The Air Force says Moran isn't AWOL after all, but rather on approved leave status as he awaits discharge.]

An Air Force staff sergeant based in Germany says he's been AWOL since last week because he read on the Internet that President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate is a fraud.

Inspired by fellow birther, Army doctor Terrence Lakin, Staff Sgt. Daryn J. Moran has plastered the Internet with the news that he's deserting his post as an ophthalmology technician overseas.

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Joseph Farah

World Net Daily Writers Sue Esquire For $120 Million Over Birther Parody

Ryan J. Reilly | June 29, 2011, 4:00PM

It might be a week late, but World Net Daily editor Joseph Farah and author Jerome Corsi have finally made good on their threats and sued Esquire for a satirical article that claimed that they were no longer members of the so-called 'birther' movement.

[TPM SLIDESHOW: The Best Worst Crazy Anti-Obama (And One Pro-Obama) Billboards]

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Joseph Farah

WND's Joseph Farah May Sue Esquire Over Birther Parody

Ryan J. Reilly | May 18, 2011, 1:40PM

Joseph Farah

The death of World Net Daily editor Joseph Farah's doubts about the legitimacy of President Barack Obama's birth certificate has been greatly exaggerated.

In an interview with TPM, Farah confirmed he's still on the "birther" crusade and said he might sue Esquire over a satirical article that said otherwise.

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Joseph Farah

After-Birthers: How Conspiracy Theorists Reacted To Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate

Ryan J. Reilly | April 28, 2011, 8:21AM

Now that President Barack Obama's legal team went out of its way to get a copy of Obama's so-called long-form birth certificate, it's time for the birthers to eat crow, right? Not so much. It hasn't taken long for members of the "birther" movement to grab their backup plans.

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Donald Trump

Orly Taitz: Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Should Say 'Negro' Not 'African'

Ryan J. Reilly | April 27, 2011, 11:55AM

Orly Taitz

In a development that will surprise no one, it turns out that President Barack Obama's decision to release his long-form birth certificate hasn't quieted members of the "birther" movement who promote the conspiracy theory that he wasn't born in the United States.

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Immigration

Pew Immigration Study Undermines 'Anchor Baby' Argument

Eric Lach | February 2, 2011, 1:56PM

New estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center find that the "number of children born to at least one unauthorized-immigrant parent in 2009 was 350,000, essentially the same as it was a year earlier." These children accounted for 8% of newborns in the U.S. from March 2009 to March 2010. But interestingly, only a fraction of the babies were born to parents who have recently arrived in the country -- running counter to an argument made by conservatives who want to do away with birthright citizenship.

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Elton Gallegly

Meet Elton Gallegly, The Chair Of The Immigration Committee

Rachel Slajda | January 12, 2011, 11:52AM

Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

We told you last week that Rep. Steve King (R-IA) was passed over as chair of the House immigration subcommittee. King is prone to outrageous statements about immigration and a range of other subjects, and it seemed like a signal that the new Republican leadership wanted to take a more moderate tack -- at least on immigration.

But the person assigned to the subcommittee, Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA), is just about as far-right as King -- he's just quieter about it.

Gallegly has been trying to strip birthright citizenship from the children of illegal immigrants since 1991, when he introduced his first bill to do so. His proposals to change the 14th Amendment have failed repeatedly for 20 years. But now, as changing the birthright citizenship laws becomes increasingly mainstream, it looks as if Gallegly may finally have a chance.

Gallegly -- whose southern California district, like King's, is about 15% Hispanic -- supports amending the Constitution itself to change who counts as a citizen.

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Immigration

Judiciary Chair Passes Over Far-Right King For Immigration Subcommittee

Rachel Slajda | January 7, 2011, 2:38PM

Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

The new chair of the House Judiciary Committee has passed over Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the super-conservative hard-line immigration foe, for chairman of the immigration subcommittee.

King was the ranking member of the subcommittee and was expected to take the chair. But the committee chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chose Rep. Elton Gallegly of California instead.

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Anchor Babies

Birthright Citizenship Foes Want Two-Tiered Birth Certificates

Rachel Slajda | January 7, 2011, 1:11PM

We told you yesterday about the State Legislators for Legal Immigration, a group of conservative state lawmakers who want to force a Supreme Court fight over the 14th Amendment, by passing state citizenship laws that are sure to be challenged.

But there's another prong to their attack. They also want Congress to allow states to mark the birth certificates of children born on U.S. soil -- that is, U.S. citizens -- who are born to illegal immigrants. This would create two categories of certificates: One for those whose parents are citizens or legal immigrants, and one for those whose parents are here illegally.

The lawmakers say they don't want to create two classes of citizens. They just want to force Congress to discuss the issue.

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