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The Mad Tea Party (Conservatives and the American Right, Tea Party)

How Glenn Beck & Co. trumped up a vast left-wing conspiracy: the "Cloward-Piven strategy."

Richard Kim
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Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans
Zoë Carpenter

About 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed, with no guarantee of retroactive pay.

September 30, 2013
Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Three): On Shutting Down Government
Rick Perlstein

It shouldn’t be surprising that conservatives who conceptualize politics as war, and an activist state as Satan, would be willing to shut down the federal government.

September 30, 2013
Anatomy of Outrage: On the Obamacare Resistance
Zoë Carpenter

Friday’s House vote to fund the government and defund the Affordable Care Act won’t derail healthcare reform, but sabotage might. 

September 20, 2013
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The ‘Cruel Hypocrisy’ of the Republican Party
Nation in the News

With upcoming elections in 2014, our political system needs deep structural reforms.

August 12, 2013
Tea Party Crowd's Answer for Why Romney Lost? Voter Fraud!
Voting Rights Watch

An idea is spreading on the right that Republicans are unfairly constrained by a court ruling that bars the party from targeting “ballot security” measures at communities of color.

November 27, 2012
Tea Party Group Blocks Florida Voters, Stops Water Handouts at Polls
Voting Rights Watch

A Tampa group has filed dozens of last-minute voter challenges, in a troubling indication of ramped up suppression efforts. Meanwhile, as record turnout forced long lines, poll watchers have cried foul over bottled water.

November 5, 2012
Florida Early Voters Show Up in Huge Numbers Despite Suppression Effort
Voting Rights Watch

For two years, Florida’s Tea Party Republicans have been working to undo the huge turnout of black voters on the Sunday before Election Day. It didn’t work.

 
October 30, 2012
A True Army Responds to True the Vote Threats
Voting Rights Watch

DOJ, Congress, state senators, election protection lawyers and civil rights advocates—all eyes are on True the Vote.

October 19, 2012
Koch Group Kicks Off Massive Voter Mobilization Effort
Lee Fang

Americans for Prosperity has 200 political staffers, dozens of GOTV offices and a sophisticated voter targeting technology. Will it be enough? 

September 22, 2012
The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching
Voting Rights Watch

A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice spells out the hyper-partisan and racially charged impact of efforts to police the polls in November.

September 6, 2012
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