Health Care Protests

The Tea Party Movement vs. The Civil Rights Movement

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have just a few suggestions to the Tea Party. If you want your movement to succeed, you need to be more inclusive. You have to have clearer goals and a vision for the future.

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The Funniest Protest Signs Of 2010 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last year we set to work to find the funniest (whether intentionally so or not) protest signs of 2009 and it was a huge success because of all your fa...

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Tea Party Health Care Protests: N-Word Feud Still Rages After Video Discredited

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three Democratic congressmen – all black – say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U....

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Tale of the Stray Bullet: A Lesson in Right Wing Hype

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Health Care, Eric Cantor, Tea Party Protests, Health Care Protests, Erc Cantor Bullet, Health Care Reform, Boehner Armegeddon, Eric Cantor Shooting, Politics News

The sock-it-home closer for this absurd claim of parity between rabid right wing reactions. and putative left wing excesses, was that somebody had shot at the district office of Eric Cantor. Only it never happened.

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To the GOP...

Dennis Palumbo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tea Party Health Care, Health Care Protests, Tea-Party-Spit, Tea Party, Politics News

It's no longer just the health care bill -- it's about the Republicans' shameful silence in the face of escalating hatred and divisiveness on the part of Tea Party members.

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Tea Party Protests: 'Ni**er,' 'Faggot' Shouted At Members Of Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abusive, derogatory and even racist behavior directed at House Democrats by Tea Party protesters on Saturday left several lawmakers in shock. Prece...

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The Funniest Protest Signs Of 2009 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Three months ago, we set to work to find the funniest (whether intentionally so or not) protest signs of the year. Because of all your help and consta...

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REPORT: Health Care Reform Advocates Arrested After Occupying Senator Lieberman's Office

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Health Care Protests, Superbowl of Freedom, Eat the Press, Politics News

All right, the "Superbowl of Freedom" is yet to begin, but, via ABC News' The Note, we already have our first word of small-scale protester-on-legisla...

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Top-Down Blowback; The GOP Discovers That the Grassroots Bites Back

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Limbaugh, Beck and Palin tap the energy and emotions of the masses and flame their biases and bigotry. The web and the media have changed the rules. The grassroots are connected like never before.

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West Virginians Protest For Health Reform

Posted 05.25.2011

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A small but vocal group of protesters walked several blocks in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday to promote health care reform. The group carried f...

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Bungled Pledge Of Allegiance At Health Care Protests [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via Amanda Terkel at Think Progress, here's video of representative Todd Akin (R-MO) treating today's Teabachle to the Pledge of Allegiance. Akin led...

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Miracle On Pennsylvania Avenue

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Insurance Reform, Public Option, Barack Obama, Health Care Protests, Washington, Campaign Finance Reform, Public Option Vote, Pennsylvania Avenue, Politics News

Are we out of time? Has the health care reform, promised to us by Barack Obama, died the death of a thousand paper cuts?

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Experts: Pelosi Is Right To Fear Political Violence

Politico | Eamon Javers | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently invoked the grim specter of political violence, arguing that today's angry political climate could cause people to...

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Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of looking for the real story on health care, reporters across America are looking for ways to turn it into a better, more sensational tale. A small, loud minority is getting all of the attention.

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Reading The Pictures: .38 More Ways to Counter the Teabaggers?

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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We now have this example of a pro-reform demonstrator appearing at a weekend tea party protest packing heat.

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It's Time to Stop Carrying Guns to Town-Hall Meetings

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Amendment, Health Care Protests, Free Speech, First Amendment, Town Hall Meetings, Gabrielle Giffords Town Hall Gun, Politics News

Here's the bottom line: there are only two reasons for carrying a gun in America -- to protect yourself or go hunting. There is no valid reason for carrying a gun to these town hall meetings.

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Freedom from Fear

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Guns, Second Amendment, Gun Laws, First Amendment, Health Care Protests, Town Hall Meetings, Guns at Town Halls, Politics News

The rise of gun-toting protesters at town hall meetings has put citizens' right to bear arms in direct conflict with their right to attend public political meetings without fear of physical retribution.

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Insurance Dogs

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Health Care Is a Moral Obligation (VIDEO)

Sen. Michael Bennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I held a town hall on Saturday, I was greeted by a self-described "mob" with chants of "Health care...NO!" and "I hate Obama-nation." We cannot back down to these intimidation tactics.

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Fighting the GOP Mobs: Progressives, Labor Ramp Up Grassroots Response

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will the majority that favors genuine health care reform turn out in large enough numbers to take back the debate hijacked by extremists and corporate interests?

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Anti-Reform Group Takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Protests, Town Hall Protests, Obama Town Hall, Health Care Tea Parties, Obama Health Care Protests, Conservatives for Patients Rights, Politics News

Conservatives for Patients' Rights, the operation that's running a national campaign against a public health care option, is now publicly taking credi...

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