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Tea Party: Why the Right Doesn't Get it
Progressives find much to like in Tea Partiers' calls for a return to core values embodied by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But only in theory.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-22-2010 |
Commentary
Don't Tread on Them: Profile of a Tea Party Rallynew
The "tea baggers," as they're commonly called, aren't united by any clear political belief or objective, which makes it difficult to describe them. But they're all angry about something, and for now that's enough.
Chicago Reader |
Lauri Apple |
04-19-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party
Hannity is Irked by Tea Partiersnew
Sean Hannity has nothing but disdain for the Tea Party's No. 1 goal: to vote all the bums out, Democrat and Republican alike. Hannity wants to keep those bums in power, as long as they're members of the GOP and their last name isn't Paul.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
04-14-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Sean Hannity
Free the Troops
If the military wants to attract smart young men and women like I used to be, with high test scores and clean criminal records, they're going to have to start treating recruits like employees, not slaves or indentured servants.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-14-2010 |
Commentary
Bart Stupak Paid Below-Market Rates for Rental in Washington, D.C.new
Last week, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed complaints alleging that current and former residents of the stately row house at 133 C St. in Washington, D.C. paid below-market rates for rooms they rented in the $1.8 million dollar redbrick building. One of the U.S. reps named in the complaint is none other than Bart Stupak, the Democrat who gained much national attention for his proposed anti-abortion amendment to the just-signed health care bill.
Metro Times |
Metro Times Staff |
04-09-2010 |
Politics
Tags: 133 C St., Bart Stupak
South Carolina RNC Members Back Steele — For Nownew
In the past two weeks, as RNC Chairman Michael Steele has found himself engulfed in scandal and his neck stretched out over a public chopping block, top Republicans in South Carolina have got his back.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-07-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Michael Steele, RNC
Changed Man: Is the Party Over for Arlen Specter?new
Pennsylvania's best-known party-crasher is facing "by far the most serious challenge he's ever faced."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Dan Hirschhorn |
04-05-2010 |
Politics
How Too Little State Spending Will Hurt Recovery in Upstate New Yorknew
The lower your income in New York State, the more of it you pay in state and local income, sales, property, and excise taxes. The more you make, the less of it you pay in state and local taxes here.
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
03-27-2010 |
Commentary
Michele Bachmann Asserts Health Care Reform is Unconstitutional. Is She Right?new
"There is no precedent for requiring an American citizen, as a condition of citizenship, to purchase a product or service against their will because government mandates they must buy it," Rep. Michelle Bachmann said yesterday. She recently admitted she was wrong about another legal issue surrounding the health care debate -- the Slaughter Solution -- so we couldn't help wondering whether she was off base again.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
03-24-2010 |
Politics
Sidelined by Scandal, Governor is Unseen Force at State Housenew
It will be 10 more months until term-limited Gov. Mark Sanford leaves his first-floor office at the Capitol Complex in Columbia and steps out the door as an elected official for the final time. But for some, the mood around the State House feels as though its chief executive is already gone.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
03-24-2010 |
Politics
The Big Prize and The Art of Compromisenew
It was always the hold-your-breath moment on the old Let's Make a Deal: After turning away a big pile of cash and a nice-enough dining room set, a housewife gets a goat. When it comes to political movements, there's rarely much talk about what happens when you commit to the mystery prize.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
03-24-2010 |
Commentary
What Happened to 2010 Citizen Lobbyists in Utahnew
Gay activist Eric Ethington feels he and the LGBT community got screwed this year. “It seemed like the Legislature did not take much input from their constituents, and by and large, just made general statements."
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Austen Diamond |
03-23-2010 |
Politics
No Crown for Kay: Hutchison Found Herself the Heir-Unapparentnew
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison had repeatedly postponed her gubernatorial ambitions while Rick Perry became the longest-serving governor in Texas history. Hutchison reportedly thought she needed a gubernatorial merit badge to win a spot on a presidential ticket.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dave McNeely |
03-19-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Rick Perry
A Mayor's Dozen: Sam Adams Proposes 12 Spending Hikes as the City Cuts its Budgetnew
Much ink has been spilled over Mayor Sam Adams’ budget decision to divert $20 million from Portland’s backlog of sewer-system repairs to help build new bicycle boulevards. But that’s not the only spending question facing the mayor this month.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-17-2010 |
Politics
PG&E and Mercury Insurance are Spending Millions to Try to Trick California Votersnew
California voters are about to be bombarded by more than $50 million in political advertising designed to convince them to approve a pair of measures desperately sought by two powerful corporations with a long history of lies and political corruption.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe and Steven T. Jones |
03-17-2010 |
Politics
