Stories by Adele M. Stan

Adele M. Stan is AlterNet's Washington correspondent. She co-edited, with Don Hazen, the AlterNet book, Dangerous Brew: Exposing the Tea Party's Agenda to Take Over America. Follow her on Twitter: www.twitter.com/addiestan . Send tips to: adele@alternet.org subscribe to Adele M. Stan's feed

WATCH: Right-Wingers Heckle and Boo Rumsfeld & Cheney at CPAC

Posted on: Feb 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bachmann at CPAC: How America is Like Saudi Arabia

Posted on: Feb 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Alan Grayson Vindicated in 'Taliban Dan' Claim -- By Religious Right Leaders and Former Activists

Posted on: Feb 8, 2011,

The Right-Wing Dough Supporting the 'Stings' at Planned Parenthood

Posted on: Feb 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Shocking Charts: Smart Mags Can't Figure Out Where the Women Writers Are

Posted on: Feb 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Teaching Democrats 'How to Fight': PCCC's Adam Green & Stephanie Taylor

Posted on: Feb 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The duo at the helm of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is shaking up the Democratic establishment.

WATCH: Hilarious Song Parody of Ohio Gov's All-White Cabinet

Posted on: Jan 31, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Tea Party Fave Mike Pence to Wait Out 2012?

Posted on: Jan 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

WATCH: Meet Ava, the Hip, 'Urban' Tea Party News Anchor Avatar

Posted on: Jan 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Michele Bachmann's 'Rogue' Response to Obama Is a Reminder to GOP Leaders of Tea Party's Clout

Posted on: Jan 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

There was a media squabble that Republican luminaries were competing to go after Obama's speech, but the message was the same, and the Tea Party barons are smiling.

Priebus' Republican National Committee: A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Koch's Americans for Prosperity?

Posted on: Jan 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The new RNC chair Reince Priebus, implicated in Americans for Prosperity's voter-caging scandal, carried a lot of water for the Koch-led group in Wisconsin. Now he's rewarded.

Progressive Profiles: With New TV Show, Radio Talker Thom Hartmann Brings Substance to Style

Posted on: Jan 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

With an entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge of history and boundless energy, Hartmann brings the singular mix he honed on national radio to the cable news airwaves.

Christina Taylor Green, 9-year-old Feminist, Laid to Rest

Posted on: Jan 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

WATCH: Palin Accuses Critics of 'Blood Libel'

Posted on: Jan 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

How the Right's Rhetoric Fueled the Actions of Arizona's Mass Murderer

Posted on: Jan 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

It's too soon to say what motivated the man apprehended for the shooting. But the Tea Party culture of political intimidation affirmed his violent impulses.

Tucker Carlson on Spiked Smear Job: 'I Never Ask My Reporters Where They Get Stuff'

Posted on: Jan 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Obama Taps Big-Biz Honcho For Chief of Staff

Posted on: Jan 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

WATCH: Gov. Christie Tries Snow Job to Explain Fla. Blizzard Trip

Posted on: Jan 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Year of the Big Lie: 6 Outrageous Falsehoods That Took Flight in 2010

Posted on: Dec 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet

From Breitbart's smear of Shirley Sherrod to Glenn Beck's use of Mein Kampf to malign George Soros, right-wing and mainstream media embrace the Big Lie.

Christie Slammed for Going AWOL in Snowstorm

Posted on: Dec 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet

How I Gave Up Christmas and Saved My Sanity

Posted on: Dec 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Yes, Virginia, there is a sanity clause: Give Christmas the heave ho-ho!

CNN Throws in With Tea Party PAC To Co-Sponsor Debate

Posted on: Dec 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Daniel Ellsberg Talks to AlterNet About Treatment of WikiLeaks' Assange

Posted on: Dec 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet

WATCH: Like Bernie? MoveOn Urges Phone-In "Filibuster" Today

Posted on: Dec 13, 2010, Source: AlterNet

While Sanders Filibusters, Obama Shares Presidential Podium With Bill Clinton in Surprise Briefing on Tax Cuts

Posted on: Dec 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet

WATCH: Obama Hit By Progressive TV Ads Opposing Tax Deal

Posted on: Dec 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Was Palin the Target of WikiLeaks-Allied Hackers?

Posted on: Dec 9, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Righties Dance on Elizabeth Edwards' Grave -- And Use My Reporting to Do It

Posted on: Dec 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Obama Calls Republicans 'Hostage-Takers,' and the Right Takes a Tantrum

Posted on: Dec 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Majority of Americans Say No to Tax Cuts for the Rich, But Who Cares?

Posted on: Dec 6, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Tea Party Nation Prez Wants to 'Rewrite' Constitution; Thinks Allowing Only Landowners to Vote 'Makes Sense'

Posted on: Dec 3, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Judson Phillips runs one of the largest Tea Party social networks, and thinks too many young and poor people are voting. So he'd like to change the Constitution.

Sarah Palin's Brand of 'Feminism' More Popular With Men Than Women

Posted on: Nov 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Palin peddles a shallow narcissism dressed in 'empowering' feminist language.

Steve Jobs and Apple Cut Deal with Murdoch, Showing Contempt for Core Users' Liberal Orientation

Posted on: Nov 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Did Steve Jobs screw over progressives -- and America -- for the right to sell Fox programs on iTunes?

Van Jones: We Must Prepare for Battle

Posted on: Nov 6, 2010, Source: AlterNet

We went from We Are One to We Are Done, Jones tells a D.C. audience; it's time to stop waiting for cues from Washington.

Dems Take a Pounding in the Mid-Terms: Progressives Not Bold Enough, Says Caucus Leader

Posted on: Nov 2, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The final results of the 2010 mid-term elections have only just been tallied, but progressives have already begun their soul-searching.

Will the Tea Party Take the Senate? 8 Races to Watch

Posted on: Nov 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The Republicans may not win the Senate, but the Tea Party could take it hostage, thanks to millions of unaccountable dollars, post-Citizens United.

4 Reasons Why Jon Stewart's Restoring Sanity Rally Is Great for Progressives

Posted on: Oct 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet

More than a Hollywood ploy or a field day for moderates, Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's rally offers a real shot at reframing our politics.

Ginni Thomas' Think Tank Allied With Group That Celebrates Spanish Inquisition

Posted on: Oct 27, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The Tea Party think tank run by Justice Thomas' wife counts among its friends the far-right Catholic group Tradition, Family and Property.

Tea Party Inc.: The Big Money and Powerful Elites Behind the Right Wing's Latest Uprising

Posted on: Oct 24, 2010, Source: AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute

The Tea Parties are billed as a people's movement. But they wouldn't exist without the help of deep-pocketed billionaires.

Religious Right to Tea Party: Join Us or Die!

Posted on: Sep 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet

At the Values Voter Summit, religious-right leaders offered Tea Partiers a Faustian bargain: Embrace our theocratic agenda, or lose big-time in November.

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