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Thom Hartmann exposes the real story behind the Tea Party: it was an anti-corporate movement motivated by tax breaks for the East India Company.

Many activists on the Left want Medicare for all.  But the way things are going, it seems we’re more likely to get Medicare for none.   Many conservatives believe that last year’s health care reform bill, with its mandated participation, is unconstitutional.   “Federal Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida, in a lawsuit by 26…

They drowned Uncle Sam in the bathtub Here’s how they did it: Twelve-step GOP program.

$42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel the Rise of Islamophobia in America This is not to say there aren’t legitimate problems with Islam or with immigration, but some people have an ideological or economic interest in fanning the flames of racial hatred.  Without an enemy, how can you justify a police state and massive…

How Joe Biden aided Clarence Thomas The New Yorker has an article on Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni.  The article describes how the Court has moved to adopt many of his hard right views.  And it summarizes the case corroborating Anita Hill’s testimony against Thomas: Thomas was confirmed in the Senate by a…

On Friday evening Republican Congressman Dave Reichert was supposed to attend a fundraiser in Bellevue, but he canceled — probably because of the protests that MoveOn had planned for the event.

Because it benefits the middle class: For Some in G.O.P., a Tax Cut Not Worth Embracing.

Here are two ways to stop the Tea Party and other libertarians. First, progressive Democrats should fight to take over the Democratic Party — the way Tea Party activists recently took over much of the GOP, and the way religious conservatives took it over about a decade ago.  In short, as described in This Is…

These excerpts from President Obama’s speeches explain why people trusted him to bring real change. Was he forced to renege on his promises? Or was he lying when he made these promises?