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Tea Party Robber Barons

Oct 25, 2010
While our media wizards report a groundswell of anger against the president, tea party candidates and financiers appear to be as bothered by the policies of Franklin Roosevelt as those of Barack Obama.Tea party candidates and financiers appear to be as bothered by the policies of Franklin Roosevelt as those of Barack Obama.
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The Beck-Palin Show Is No Joke

Aug 31, 2010
It’s easy to laugh off the weekend’s Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin show at the Lincoln Memorial. But don’t laugh just yet. The rally was a major event in the right wing’s effort to take over Congress and the presidency. It’s easy to laugh off the weekend’s Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin show at the Lincoln Memorial -- but don't laugh just yet.

The Billionaire Right-Winger

Aug 27, 2010
It certainly seems unlikely that David Koch has ever encountered any of the folks who turn up at a typical tea party event or that he has ever showed up at a congressional town hall meeting to scream about health care reform. For Koch, the tea partyers are merely pawns.