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Stories by Adele M. Stan

Adele M. Stan AlterNet's Washington bureau chief.

Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Movement Are at War With the GOP

Just as the GOP candidate has for more than 100 years, Dede Scozzafava was supposed to win the congressional seat in New York's 23rd district. Then Palin stepped in.
Posted on Nov 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Meet the Senators in the Creepy Right-Wing Cult Trying to Defeat Health Care Reform

The Family has spent decades consolidating power within the GOP and may have come to dominate the party even among those who do not belong to the cult.
Posted on Oct 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Overshadowed by Tea Party Movement, the Christian Right Scrambles to Claim It Isn't Racist

The Tea Party movement has the juice as the religious right is on the wane. Survival may mean joining up, but that presents an image problem for Christians.
Posted on Sep 22, 2009, Source: AlterNet

5 Reasons the Baucus Health Bill Fails the Basics

The Baucus health care proposal is a terrible bill. And the Senate's foremost health care expert is having none of it.
Posted on Sep 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Right Wingers Marching in DC Is Big News -- But the Same Old Faces Are Pulling the Strings

The men behind the religious right make a comeback with the Tea Party movement.
Posted on Sep 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet

14 Things You Need to Know About Obama Heckler, Rep. Joe Wilson

He was mentored by notorious racist Strom Thurmond, he's taken hundreds of thousands from the health industry, and "Joe" isn't even his real name.
Posted on Sep 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet

This Was the Obama We've Been Waiting for

At a joint session of Congress that rang like town halls, Obama comes out swinging for progressive ideals; yet his stance on the public option still is unclear.
Posted on Sep 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Big Business's Hidden Hand in the Smear Job on Van Jones

How Americans for Prosperity, the astroturf group that organized town-hall thuggery, teamed up with Fox News to force out Van Jones.
Posted on Sep 8, 2009, Source: AlterNet

White House Political Honcho Goes Mealy-Mouthed on Public Option

In his Meet the Press appearance, presidential adviser David Axelrod refused to say if Obama will trade away the public heath care plan.
Posted on Sep 7, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The Wing-Nut Code: What Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin Are Really Saying to Their Followers

You thought they were just unhinged. But here's what they're really saying to the armed and dangerous.
Posted on Sep 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet

You. At a Town Hall Meeting. 5 Questions You Should Ask

Those raucous health-care town halls aren't over yet. That's where you come in.
Posted on Aug 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Utilizing Public Airwaves, Media Mogul Murdoch Is Big Muscle Behind Fraudulent Astro Turfers

Burrowing inside the radical right's gathering of astroturfers and mouthpieces, AlterNet Reporter Adele Stan discovers what makes the anti-health reform machine tick.
Posted on Aug 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Gun-Nut Outside Obama Townhall Linked to GOP 'Stop ObamaCare' Effort

Strapped with a loaded gun, William Kostric carried a message from the GOP's "break Obama" campaign.
Posted on Aug 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Inside Story on Town Hall Riots: Right-Wing Shock Troops Do Corporate America's Dirty Work

How the health-care industry, the GOP and one media mogul made common cause with the anti-government fringe.
Posted on Aug 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Why Are People So Afraid of Bisexuals?

As society's shape-shifters, bisexuals mess with everybody's idea of sexual orientation.
Posted on Aug 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Corporate Media Playing the Hate Game, Aiming at Both Obama and Clinton

Media bigs seem to have reached the conclusion that hatred sells, so they're embracing their inner sexists and inner racists.
Posted on Aug 1, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Obama Comes Out Swinging at Cynical GOP on Health Care, Addresses Race Issues in Prof. Gates Arrest

At Wednesday's press conference, Obama said the "stars are aligned" for health reform and tackled the racial injustice typified by prof's arrest.
Posted on Jul 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Republicans Will Be Toast in 2010 If the Dems Pass Health Reform, and They Know It

If Obama and the Democrats get health care reform done, the Republican Party is finished in the next election. So it's pulling out the stops.
Posted on Jul 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet

At the Washington Premiere for 'In the Loop': When Moviemakers Meet Wonks

The reviewer finds herself surrounded, not by Jimmy Choo-clad starlets, but by flip-flop-wearing interns and men donning khakis and polo shirts.
Posted on Jul 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Rabid Anti-Abortionist Tries to Use Sotomayor Hearings for Comeback

Infamous Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry employs his gory protest tactics in Washington to assail Sotomayor's record on reproductive rights.
Posted on Jul 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet

What Will the Green Economy Look Like?

We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy?
Posted on Aug 23, 2008, Source: Media Consortium

The Stealth 'Feminists' Who Oppose Abortion

The anti-choice group Feminists for Life is dangerously clever and well-connected.
Posted on Oct 24, 2006, Source: The American Prospect