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Right Wing Extremism

As Threats Increase, Sometimes It Is The Informants That Go Wild

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Neo-Nazi, Cair, Terrorism, Hal Turner, First Amendment, Informants, Right-Wing Extremism, Fbi, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

While the conduct of a couple of loose-cannon informants can be a headache for the FBI and the butt of jokes, behind the scenes authorities are increasingly concerned about evolving threats from across the ideological spectrum.

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The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Newsweek, Michael Isikoff, White House Gate Crasher, Barack Obama Racism, Secret Service, Racism, Hate Speech, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Right Wing Conspiracy, Right-Wing Extremism, Obama Transition, Living News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

When I and others suggested that the Birthers, the Tea Baggers, the Limbaughs and Becks of the world were motivated at least in part by racism, the President himself said he did not believe that to be the case.

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Another GOP Swipe Against Women

Candace Straight | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Republcian Party, Social Conservatives, GOP Debate, Right Wing Extremism, 2010 Election, Republican Leadership, Woman's Rights, Senate GOP, Republcian Majority for Choice, 2010, Moderate Republican, Moderates, Candace Straight, Pro-Choice, Rmc, Politics News
Candace Straight

As a Republican, I favor limited government. But the Republican senators who voted against the anti-rape measure ignored common decency and basic human rights.

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When Searching for Extremists, Don't Forget South Carolina

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Political Satire, South, Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, Joe Wilson, Jose Padilla, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

While overbroad and inaccurate analysis of the extremist risk is often faulty and bigoted, it can sometimes be equally humorous.

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GOP to Retake House in 2010? Maybe

Morgan Warners | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Elections, Senator Lindsey Graham, Rep. Eric Cantor, Gop, Right Wing, Lindsey Graham, Right-Wing Extremism, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, GOP Candidates, Politics News
Morgan Warners

To what extent does the GOP have to do anything substantive, as opposed to just changing tone and message, in order to get big gains?

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The Vast Right Wing Returns

Bennet Kelley | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Death Threats, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Republican Racism, Rep. Joe Wilson, Right-Wing Extremism, President Obama, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

The Vast Right Wing's resistance to change that has fueled hatred of past Democratic Presidents has been turbo-charged by the nitroglycerin of American politics -- race.

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Census Worker Hanging... What Pelosi Warned?

Landon Ross | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Conservatives, Nancy Pelosi, George Tiller Murder, Fox News, Census Worker, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Democrats, Right-Wing Extremism, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Landon Ross

We don't have all the facts regarding Bill Sparkman's death. Yet the fact that, upon hearing of this incident, politically minded people wonder whether the death was a result of right wing invective is telling.

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Sparkman: Casualty of Methland, USA? Or Victim of Anti-Government Bile?

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, White House, Hate Crimes, Teabaggers, 2042-Minorities, Crime, Violent Crime, Tax Protests, Michele Bachman, Census Boycott, Immigration, Right Wing, Race, Working Class, Census, 2010 Census, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Bill Sparkman, Methamphetamine, Right-Wing Extremism, Anti-Government, Lou Dobbs, William Spakrkman Hanged, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

Sparkman's workaday life and violent death -- whatever the cause and whoever the culprit -- highlight the precarious struggles of the white working class and the brewing storm surrounding the 2010 Census.

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The Damage that Time has Done

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Right Wing Media, Att, Time, Hitler, Time Magazine, Princess Diana, Sprint, Right Wing, Obama, Political News, Civility, Rucker, Joe the Nerd, Assassination, Israeli Politics, Beck, Fox News, Fox, Comcast, Glenn Beck, Right-Wing Extremism, Color of Change, Political Incivility, Katie Couric, CBS News, Media News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Time's cover is the beginning of a rehab job for Glenn Beck. The magazine is trying once again to make it okay for people to sponsor this "person".

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America, Then and Now

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Challenger, Immigration, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Right-Wing Extremism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

In the thirty years following Reagan, the Overton window steadily moved to the right and the bottom, resulting in today's baboon shrieks from talk show hosts, financiers and politicians.

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What's It Going to Take, Barack? A Screed

Mark Olmsted | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rahm Emmanuel, Rachel Maddow, Mr. Cool, Public Option, Majority Rule, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Bush, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

I admire Barack Obama very much. He's smart as hell and his attempt to change the tone of politics has been admirable. But it has failed.

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My Letter to Rupert Murdoch

Trish Nelson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Media Criticism, Right Wing Media, Right-Wing Extremism, Media, Media News
Trish Nelson

Dear Mr. Murdoch: I have been sickened and saddened by the choices your news organizations have made to show, over and over, on TV, horrible, hate inspired images against President Obama.

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History Will Judge

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, US Supreme Court, Mccain-Feingold, Federal Election Commission, Right-Wing Extremism, Federal Campaign Reform, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

You have to wonder whether the Justices are in the service of powers determined to remake America to their advantage, or if they respect themselves and want to make good law.

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Crunch Time for the Democrats

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, 2010 Elections, Liberals, Progressives, President Obama, Congress, Right Wing, Democratic Party, Democrats, Barack Obama, Talk Radio, Protest, Health Care Reform, Republicans, Republican Party, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Tea Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

Leaders of the liberal wing of the party -- not necessarily the elected leadership of the House -- must use their powers of persuasion and their skills in compromise to sway the debate in favor of change, most critically with progressive voters.

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Glenn Beck's Book Bumped From Amazon #1 by Progressive's First Book

Rob Kall | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Book Reviews, Amazon.com, Glen Beck, Right-Wing Extremism, Progressives, David Swanson, Books, Media News
Rob Kall

Daybreak was written by first time author and progressive activist David Swanson.

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Boulder Abortion Doctor Receives Death Threat From Washington State

The Boulder Daily Camera | John Aguilar | Posted 09.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Boulder Colorado, Late Term Abortion, Abortion Doctor Death Threats, Warren Hern, Right-Wing Extremism, Spokane Washington, Denver News

A federal grand jury indicted a resident of Spokane, Wash., on Wednesday for allegedly threatening to kill Boulder abortion doctor Warren Hern and mem...

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The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Right Wing Authoritarians, Spanking, Right Wing Paranoia, Right Wing Media, Dick Armey, Acorn, Seiu, Corporal Punishment, Right Wing, Big Government, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, Sarah Palin, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Corporal-Punishment-Schools, Right-Wing Extremism, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Stephen Ducat

No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.

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Bloodstained Politics

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Health Care Reform Bill, Health Care Reform, Right Wing Extremism, Right Wingers, John Birch Society, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

The truth is, the John Birch Society has been framing one side of this country's political debate for years.

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Is This the End of Democracy?

Jim Selman | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Extremists, Kennedys, Democracy, Martin Luther King, September 11th, Barack Obama, Lebanon, Watergate, Health Care Debate, Liberals, John F. Kennedy Junior Assassination, Cold War, Soul of Democracy, Vietnam Loss of American Innocence, Of the People by the People for the People, Pledge of Allegiance, Islamic Extremism, Conservatives, Vietnam, Martin Luther King Assassination, Right-Wing Extremism, Extremism, Politics News
Jim Selman

Is there still time to recover and restore American Democracy to its bare essentials -- a government "of the people, by the people and for the people"? I don't know. Today we are on the brink.

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Get to Know Your Angry Neighborhood Protesters! (SLIDESHOW)

Patrick Sauer | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Arlen Specter, Town Hall Debate, Anger, Rush Limbaugh, Nazis, Slidehuge, Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Care, Adolf Hitler, Health Insurance, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Home News
Patrick Sauer

I hate to make snap judgments based on snapshots, so I decided to hear what my fellow citizens had to say for themselves. I found that the pictures seen everywhere aren't worth 1,000 words.

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Truth-telling and Responsibility in Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family Research Council, Health Care Debate, Right Wing Extremism, Town Hall Protests, Health Care Reform, Summer Recess, Republican Mob, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Health, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Misinformation and angry mobs are not how democracy functions. Freedom of speech and assembly are certainly our rights, but they must be exercised with responsibility and accountability.

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Think Again: The Mainstream Media Opens the Door to Hate

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Howard Kurtz, Hate, Michelle Malkin, Henry Louis Gates, Cnn, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Birth Certificate Controversy, Media Matters, Lou Dobbs Birthers, Right-Wing Extremism, Media News
Eric Alterman

Brooks Jackson: "As a former CNN reporter, I believe this episode is an embarrassment to CNN... They have an anchor on there saying one thing and their reporters saying quite another."

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Earth Calling GOP

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Karl Rove, Fred Thompson, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Obama, Republicans, Right-Wing Extremism, Right-Wing, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

Republican lies about the Obama healthcare plan should be no surprise to anyone with a memory.

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9 Nicely Insane Ideas for Fringe GOP Extremists When the "Birthers" Thing Dies Off

Mark Morford | Posted 08.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Lunatic Fringe, Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Obama, Insanity, Right-Wing Extremism, Republicans, Birth Certificate, President Obama, Aliens, Hair Plugs, Comedy News
Mark Morford

Who knew the "birthers" were so ready to spring into action? I sure as hell didn't. But Lord, I certainly am grateful. Such entertainment!

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Why I Urged CNN to Take Dobbs Off the Air

J. Richard Cohen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Cnn, Radical Right, Lou Dobbs, Hate in the Mainstream, Southern Poverty Law Center, Bill O'Reilly, Right-Wing Extremism, Media News
J. Richard Cohen

Dobbs' ratings game is so dangerous because there is a segment in our society that is not ready to accept the fact that we have a black man in the White House.

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