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Dick Armey: I Don't Believe In "Death Panels" But If People Believe That, It's OK With Me

Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedomworks, Dick Armey, Armey Climate Change, Mason Weaver, Freedom Works, Armey Health Care Reform, Armey Death Panels, Mason Weaver Slavery, Politics News

In a profile in the upcoming New York Times magazine, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey touts his role through his FreedomWorks group in waterin...

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Singing Of The GOP Sirens, Joe... Joe... Joe...

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homer, John McCain, Public Option, Freedomworks, Homeland Security, Wwwsourcewatchorg, Right Principles PAC, Odyssey, Factcheck.org, Benedict Arnold, Ned Lamont, Sirens, Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, myleftnutmeg.org, 60 Plus, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

As an Epic Fail saga, Joe Lieberman is basking in the fading limelight that is diminishing with time. What will he come up with next to flip those who used to support him as he continues this mad journey?

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Armey's Past Lobbying Efforts At Odds With FreedomWorks

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Dick Armey, Lobbyblog, Freedomworks, Business News

The Dallas Morning News reports on Dick Armey's self-described "curious model" -- heading conservative free-market group Freedom Works while simultane...

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Am I Free to Speak?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, First Amendment, John McCain, Corporations, Freedomworks, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News

We have, for some decades now, been in an era that the framers did not anticipate, in which the reach and influence of money could shape the political landscape like never before.

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Bill Moyers: Tea Party Organizer Is Epitome Of Privilege (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington d.c. Tea Party, Government Run Health Care, Government Option, Dick Armey, Bill Moyers Journal, Health Care Debate, Obamacare, Freedomworks, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Tea Parties d.c., Tea Parties, Health Care, Bill Moyers, Politics News

This exclusive clip is from the latest episode of "Bill Moyers Journal," which airs tonight. In the episode, Moyers goes after FreedomWorks Chairman ...

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Daily Pulse: Teabaggers March on DC

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Teabaggers, Freedomworks, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

Approximately 70,000 right wing protesters converged on D.C. over the weekend to protest. The signs they carried offered a glimpse of the unrestrained id of the American right.

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912 March: The Tea Party Movement Is the New Religious Right

Adele Stan | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, Freedomworks, Ralph Reed, Americans for Prosperity, Richard Viguerie, Tea Party Patriots, 912-March-on-Washington, Glenn Beck, Tea Party Movement, Howard Phillips, Resistnet, Politics News

Marching has long been the province of the left. But the election of the nation's first African-American president, a moderate liberal, in a time of economic crisis, yielded right-wing leaders the gold of backlash.

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Tea Party Protester: "We Think The Muslims Are Moving In And Taking Over" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

UPDATE (8:43 p.m. EST): NBC has replaced this woman's comment about Muslims with a less inflammatory comment: "I'm scared to death for my country. I ...

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Texas and New Mexico 'Energy Citizens' Events Are Really "Energy Employees" Rallies

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Bp, Freedomworks, Energy Citizens American Petroleum Institute, Nam, Chevron, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Astroturfing, Green News

The oil industry is paying its employees to go to "Energy Citizen" events, claiming they are grassroots when nothing could be further from the truth. If you live in one of the cities below, show up.

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American Flags Not Welcome At Oil Astroturf Rally

The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rally, Drayton McLane Jr., American Flag, Freedomworks, Astroturf, Politics News

At a "grassroots" rally organized by the American Petroleum Institute in Houston on Tuesday, activists bearing American flags were turned away. Oil co...

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Dick Armey - Master Scaremonger

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, Dick Armey, Scaife, Freedomworks, Nancy Pelosi, Metlife, Washington Post, Philip Morris, Healthcare Reform, Tea Party, Healthcare, Public Health Insurance Plan, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Universal Healthcare, Public Health Care Option, Public Health Care, Politics News

What's sad is that these scaremongering tactics are so effective. They make it easy to forget that we rank #37 in world health.

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When Joe Scarborough Dragged Dick Armey Out of a Closet of Shame

David Fiderer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Molinari, Joe Scarborough, Dick Armey, Bill Paxon, Newt Gingrich, FreedomWorks Health Care, Freedomworks, Brit Hume, Politics News

In his 2004 Washington memoir, Scarborough provides a chilling portrait of the man who leads FreedomWorks, the organization now promoting disruptions at town halls across America.

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The Rise of the Dick Armey, the Summer's Biggest Blockbuster

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Resisinet.com, Freedomworks.org Darla Dawald, Dick Armey, Campaign for Liberty the Club for Growth, MoveOn.Org, Grassfire.org, Health Care Reform, Town Hall Meetings the Taxpayer's March on Washington, Tea Party Patriots, Brooks Brothers Riot, 9-12 Rally Arrangements, Barack Obama, Republicans Health Care, Freedomworks, Republicans Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Politics News

If patriotism is their private bailiwick, are those of us who truly believe that access to health care is the most basic of civil rights, unpatriotic?

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An Open Memo to Progressives: Do Limbaugh, Dobbs, and Beck Represent Your Country?

Eric E. Burns | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Betsy Mccaughey, Birthers, Dick Armey, Orly Taitz, Rush Limbaugh, Freedomworks, Lou Dobbs, Barack Obama, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Nancy Pelosi, Jon Klein, Harry Reid, Fox News, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Media News

No matter what progressive issue you pick, conservatives are working to turn it into nothing less than sedition, carried out by an illegal president. The conservative media is their megaphone.

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Townhall Mobs -- Brought to You by Big Oil and Dirty Coal

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

There's considerable evidence that these astroturf corporate lobbying operations are also trying to derail clean energy jobs legislation.

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Extremist Outbursts At Town Halls Put GOP In Tough Spot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedomworks, Birthers, Jay Rockefeller, Gene Green, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

National conservative groups organizing angry protests on health care reform at congressional town halls this week are drafting behind the "birther" m...

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Swiftboating Town Halls

The Progress Report | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd-Doggett, Americans for Prosperity, Health Care, Freedomworks, Dick Durbin, Townhalls, Politics News

Having successfully delayed a vote until after the August recess, lobbyists are seizing on town halls to ambush lawmakers in an attempt to fool them and the greater public into thinking there is wide opposition to health care reform.

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How Come CBS Journalists Can't Recognize Paid Lobbyists When They See Them?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Americans for Prosperity, Freedomworks, Frank Kratovil, Wyatt Andrews, New York Times, Steve Forbes, Tea Parties, Health Care, David H. Koch, Politics News

Organizations like CBS and the New York Times are not reporting the news when it is right in front of them. They pass off this transparent lobbyist funded thuggery as a grassroots effort.

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How the Mainstream Media Helps Fuel Right-Wing Lies

Art Levine | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedomworks, Tea Parties, Health Care for America Now, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Betsey McCaughey, Obama, Afl-Cio, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Seiu, Media News

Even as debunked smears about health care continue, such as the claim the bill aims to kill old people through "death care," progressives are being hamstrung by mainstream media outlets.

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A Right-Wing Mob Is Not a Majority

Bill Scher | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Town Halls, Obama Health Care Town Hall, Freedomworks, Mike Castle, Healthcare, Politics News

We're seeing more and more YouTube video of hostile constituents berating members of Congress to kill health care reform.

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Right Wing Groups Harassing Dems At Town Halls

Think Progress | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Freedomworks, Tea Party, Democrats Harrassment, Americans for Prosperity, Lobbyists, Frank Kratovil, Ahip, Town Halls, Democrats, Tim Bishop, Republicans, Politics News

Today, House members are back home to begin their month-long recess. The far right has indicated that they plan to welcome many of their representativ...

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FreedomWorks Orchestrates 'Grassroots' Movements To Serve Dick Armey's Corporate Clients

thinkprogress.org | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Party Protests, Freedomworks, Tax Protests, Dick Armey, Tea Party, Astroturf, Astroturfing, Politics News

ThinkProgress reported last week that corporate lobbyists are helping to orchestrate the anti-Obama tea party protests. These lobbying-run front group...

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