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

Rob Kall | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Top-Down-Bottom-Up, Gop, Teabaggers, Bottom-Up, Tea Party, Grassroots, Republicans, Michael Steele, Tea Party Protests, Health Care Protests, Rush Limbaugh, Conservative, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Paul Krugman, Health Care, Politics News
Rob Kall

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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Jason Linkins

Bungled Pledge Of Allegiance At Health Care Protests [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pledge of Allegiance, Video, Health Care Protests, Todd Akin, Health Care Reform, Politics News

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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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Health Care Protests, Superbowl of Freedom, 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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West Virginians Protest For Health Reform

Posted 10.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Protests, Public Option, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, West Virginia, Impact News

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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Miracle On Pennsylvania Avenue

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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
Suzanne Langlois

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 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Cantor Political Violence, Health Care Protests, Cia, Political Violence, Nancy Pelosi Political Violence, Secret Service, Obama Racism, Nancy Pelosi, Fbi, Conservative Racism, Nancy Pelosi Eric Cantor, Politics News

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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The Funniest Protest Signs Of 2009 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 12.11.2009 | Comedy

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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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Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Red States, Health Care Protests, Tea Baggers, Barack Obama, Death Panels, Protest, Ohio, Socialism, Media, Health Care, Death Panel, Tea Bagging, Politics News
Dawn Teo

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 09.24.2009 | Politics

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Michael Shaw

2009-08-25-38_healthreform.jpgWe 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 09.21.2009 | Politics

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

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 09.21.2009 | Politics

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

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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Health Care Is a Moral Obligation (VIDEO)

Sen. Michael Bennet | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Protests, Health Care Reform, Michael Bennet, Health Care Town Halls, Health Care Protests, Health Care, Politics News
Sen. Michael Bennet

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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Insurance Dogs

Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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

Art Levine | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP Mobs, Afl-Cio, Obama, Health Care Protests, Campaign for America's Future, Tea Party, Health Care, Town Halls, Politics News
Art Levine

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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Conservatives For Patients Rights Takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies

The Plum Line | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

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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