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

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
David Fiderer

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.

Am I Free to Speak?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Stephen Herrington

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.

Bill Moyers: Tea Party Organizer Is Epitome Of Privilege

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Adele Stan

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.

Daily Pulse: Teabaggers March on DC

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lindsay Beyerstein

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.

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 ...

American Flags Not Welcome At Oil Astroturf Rally

The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Kevin Grandia

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.

Dick Armey - Master Scaremonger

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael B. Laskoff

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

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

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Suzanne Langlois

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?

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

Eric E. Burns | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Eric E. Burns

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.

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

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Josh Dorner

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

Swiftboating Town Halls

The Progress Report | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Progress Report

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.

Jeff Muskus

Extremist Outbursts At Town Halls Put GOP In Tough Spot

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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

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

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jane Hamsher

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.

How the Mainstream Media Helps Fuel Right-Wing Lies

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Art Levine

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.

A Right-Wing Mob Is Not a Majority

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bill Scher

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

Right Wing Groups Harassing Dems At Town Halls

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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...

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

thinkprogress.org | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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