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• Post: Opinion: Republicans Should Address Voter Suppression Concerns

  Discrimination, fear, and intimidation are alive and well this election year. The unprecedented attacks against African Americans and Latinos right to vote, by well-funded and highly organized groups linked to the Tea Party and other right … Continue reading →

  

• Article: Whoever Controls the Language Controls You

    “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?… Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Thompson Tries Comeback in Senate as Tea Party Remakes Wisconsin

  Tommy Thompson, the longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history, dropped to the floor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board room last week and ripped through his morning push-up routine, as a video camera recorded a state political icon … Continue reading →

  

• Post: No Tolerance for Chick-fil-A — Tea Party Critic Morgan Freeman Gets a Pass

  Chick-fil-A President and COO Dan Cathy faces a consumer protest for expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. Fair enough. Offended, the Democratic mayors of Boston, Chicago and San Francisco threatened to prevent the Georgia-based fast-food company … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Ted Cruz Wins Texas Senate Primary in a Victory for Tea Party

  Onetime long shot Ted Cruz won the Republican nomination in a U.S. Senate race in Texas on Tuesday, providing tea party activists with renewed momentum in what they said was their biggest victory of the year. Cruz, a … Continue reading →

  

• Article: When Republicans Attack Bachmann but Love Democrats

  Since before the Obama administration, it has been crystal clear that the Democratic Party is nearly broken beyond repair. However, two serious incidents of the past week have proven that the Republican Party is itself at … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Allen West: True Racism Lies With White Liberals

  The Los Angeles times is having issues with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus “justifying” remarks made by Rep. Allen West last week when he said President Obama wants to make American taxpayers his slaves. West isn’t exactly … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Dem Rep. Maxine Waters Challenges Tea Party To a Fight, “Let’s Get It On”…

  California Congressman Maxine Waters told Denver Democrats tonight that Republicans are waging a war on women on issues ranging from health care to wage disparity. During her speech at the 5th annual House District 7 Unity … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Tea party preps for other Big Labor state battles

  Next stops for the tea party after Wisconsin: Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Fresh off last week’s seismic victory against Big Labor, conservative activists are revving up their ground game in key presidential swing states where unions … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Ted Cruz Forces GOP Runoff for Texas Senate Seat

  Tea Party darling and former state solicitor general Ted Cruz forced Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst into a runoff primary election which will decide who represents the Republican Party in a closely watched Texas Senate race. Establishment … Continue reading →

  

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