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Why is the Obama Administration Suddenly Fixated on Stomping out Medical Pot?

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

At the same time public support for marijuana legalization reached record highs, Obama shifted from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker.

Right-Wing Lunacy: The Shameless Lies Conservative Media Tell Their Audience

Michael Lind, Salon. January 27, 2012.

From Social Security hysteria to "Obamacare" madness, right-wing propaganda is increasingly divorced from reality.

Signs of Change? How Americans Turned Disaster and Outrage Into Upheaval

Greg Guma, Maverick Media. January 25, 2012.

Who could ignore the signs of change last year as the Tea Party’s no-nothing rejectionism gave way to a global outcry against economic unfairness and corporate exploitation?

GOP Voter Suppression Plan: Seven Tactics To Block Your Vote in 2012

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

If you live in a state where voting is becoming tougher, plan ahead to register, to get the right ID and to know where you can vote.

What Are the "San Jose Articles"? Don't Be Fooled By the Conservative Global Elites' Latest Ploy to Attack Science, Women, and the United Nations

Jessica Mack, AlterNet. October 25, 2011.

The sum of nine articles are meant to etch away at important gains made by the global reproductive rights community, from liberalizing abortion laws inNepal to Colombia and Mexico.

The Big Picture: A 40-Year Scan of the Right-Wing Corporate Takeover of America

Don Hazen, Colin Greer, AlterNet. October 3, 2011.

Author and public intellectual Colin Greer tells us how we got where we are today. It's not a pretty picture, but hope is on the way.

How the Tea Party's Noxious Legacy Will Haunt Us for Years

Will Bunch, Media Matters for America. September 29, 2011.

The chaos unleashed by Fox and friends on the American political system during those two years of the Obama backlash is going to be with us for a long, long time.

Has America Become Entirely Dysfunctional?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. September 5, 2011.

From Ayn Rand fetishists to an uninformed public, from the Tea Parties to class warfare from above: is the entire system falling apart?

Why Is Sean Hannity So Mad You're Having Sex? 5 Ways Conservatives Attack Sexual Freedom

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. August 14, 2011.

Conservatives' attacks on sexuality have grown more radical, in the past year alone.

Are Republicans Committing Treason?

Cliff Schecter, AlterNet. July 20, 2011.

The Republican Party no longer has Americans' best interests at heart, and we are suffering because of it.

Debt Ceiling Holy War: Why Do Conservatives Have Unshakable Faith in Ideas That Are Totally, Demonstrably False?

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

Facts come second to faith in the GOP's populist brand of conservatism.

Shock Doctrine: 'Emergency Finance Managers' and the Right-Wing's Power Grab

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 26, 2011.

Emergency financial managers are being put in place by democratically elected governors throughout the country.

Death by Budget Cut: Why Conservatives and Some Dems Have Blood on Their Hands

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 13, 2011.

There is no room for compromise when dealing with budget cuts that will surely cost innocent lives.

10 States Where Abortion Is Virtually Illegal for Some Women

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. June 12, 2011.

Thanks to increasingly restrictive state laws, we're seeing a return to pre-Roe back-alley abortions and criminal treatment of women.

The GOP's CIA Playbook: Destabilize Country to Sweep Back Into Power

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 9, 2011.

Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make America as ungovernable as possible by using almost any means available.

The Fascinating Story of How Shameless Right-Wing Lies Came to Rule Our Politics

Rick Perlstein, Mother Jones. May 26, 2011.

From Nixon's plumbers to James O'Keefe's video smears: How political lying became normal.

Ayn Rand Indoctrination at American Universities, Sponsored by the Right Wing

Daniel Denvir, AlterNet. May 24, 2011.

Conservative activists have a good-cop, bad-cop approach to the university. In either case, the same right-wing foundations pay the bill.

I Was a Right-Wing Evangelical Pastor -- Until I Saw the Light

Jason Childs, Church & State Magazine. May 21, 2011.

The fundamentalist political movement is the beginning of a cultural revolution that will take our nation to a very dark place.

10 Great Things About America That Drive Conservatives and the Religious Right Insane

Rob Boston, AlterNet. May 15, 2011.

Religious Right groups and their allies in the Tea Party claim to respect American values, but much would change if they had their way.

The Right's 'Big Lie' Strategy: When Losing, Simply Rewrite History

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet. May 13, 2011.

Contemporary conservatives aim to disseminate an alternate version of reality through the media echo chamber and the schools.

GOP Assault on Truth: Why Do Conservatives Pretend They Know More About Science Than Scientists?

Daniel Denvir, AlterNet. May 5, 2011.

Who needs the careful application of the scientific method when congressmen with absolutely no scientific training are making decisions?

Sorry GOP, My Cancer Screenings Are More Important Than Your Religious Beliefs

Andrea Grimes, RH Reality Check. April 10, 2011.

An anti-choice Texas Representative bent on defunding Planned Parenthood scoffed when I told him that I have high risk HPV and rely on Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings.

Rift in the Right: Many Conservatives Reject the Tea Party's Paranoid Views

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. March 30, 2011.

A new study shows a big rift in the right -- between paranoid Tea Partiers and establishment conservatives. Before you conclude that's good news, read on.

From Poll Taxes To Voter ID Laws: A Brief History of Conservative Voter Suppression

Kevin Donohoe, ThinkProgress. March 28, 2011.

Spun as an answer to voter fraud, the right's efforts to disenfranchise voters isn't new.

7 Things to Do When Right-Wingers Attack

Mark Howard, AlterNet. March 20, 2011.

America's right-wingers have orchestrated an aggressive assault on those they consider to be their enemies. Well, we don't have to lay down and take it.

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