912 Tea Party March

The Unnatural History of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

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Matt Osborne

Don't tell me that nontroversy doesn't matter. With nearly as many Americans approving of Palin as Obama, nontroversy really, really matters.

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"Build, Baby, Build": How Dems Can Counter GOP Lies and Restore Political Debate

Bennet Kelley | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

Democrats have to respond to "Gingrich speak" by calling it for what it truly is -- propaganda, lies, and an attempt to deliberately mislead the American people.

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

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Karl Frisch

Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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My Brother Loves Glenn Beck, But I Still Love My Brother

Suz Redfearn | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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Suz Redfearn

My brother rolled into D.C. from Boston on a chartered bus, arriving in the dark outside a Marriott. I scanned the pack of fairly nondescript folks ...

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Today's National Poortrait: Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project

Lee Camp | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Camp

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Released: Rep. Kevin Brady's Complaint to DC Metro

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy

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John Wellington Ennis

Rep. Kevin Murphy (R, TX-8th) has made his displeasure known that Washington D.C. did not offer extra metro rail service for the 9/12 Tea Party, even though he just voted against emergency funding for the D.C. Metro.

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Anger in America

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Joe Peyronnin

Politicians are too focused on scoring short term political points and securing corporate donations for their campaign. No wonder everyone is so angry.

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The 9/12 D.C. Cattle Drive

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

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Ian Gurvitz

The protesters demanded their right as hard-working Americans to be dropped by their insurance companies when they get sick, and gouged by pharmaceutical companies for the Diabetes drugs they'll soon need.

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Tempests in a Tea Party

Jim Selman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

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Jim Selman

They are a few thousand hard-core individuals intent on destroying possibility and undermining the man that a majority of Americans elected.

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Glenn Beck Awarded Honorary Doctorate From University Of I Don't Remember

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Stranahan

Not much was known about the University. What is clear is that the University is responsible for much of the research data that the modern Republican party user.

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Glenn Beck's Crazy 9/12 Tea Party Had Nothing to do With 9/11

Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

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Rachel Sklar

Beck wants this country to return to the values it held on 9/12/2001. As someone who was in New York on 9/11 (and 9/12) I remember those values being terror and a profound grief.

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The September 12 March Against Sanity

Jim David | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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Jim David

Isn't it ironic the September 12 protesters stayed quietly at home while the Republicans were in power, doing the very things they accuse Obama of, with much less finesse?

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Liveblogging Glenn Beck's 9-12 D.C. Parade Signage

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

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John Wellington Ennis

Glenn Beck's army of xenophobic zombies have taken to the streets of D.C. to protest everything that has happened since the black guy became president.

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9/12 Health Care Protest In Chicago (PICTURES)

Aemilia Scott | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

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Aemilia Scott

Ah, death panel posters. Signs like this are the "Don't Stop Believing" of political slogans. Poorly written, fantasy-based, and yet somehow still a huge hit in the Midwest.

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Tea Party March 9/12: Reform Opponents Move On Washington

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE 9/11: Tea Party people have descended on Capitol Hill for this weekend's march. On Thursday they held a "Freedom Summit" attended by a number o...

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