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5 Professional Tea Partiers: Who's Sucking the Most Money From the Movement?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. May 12, 2011.

These five Tea Party leaders are nicely compensated for leading the allegedly leaderless movement.

How Rand Paul, Tea Party Darling, Learned to Love Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment

Dan Bischoff, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 29, 2010.

Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there's no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider -- the Senate minority leader. So he is.

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

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 24, 2010.

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

Tea Party Senate Candidate Mike Lee Tried to Dump 1,600 Tons of European Nuclear Waste on Utah

Andrew Belonsky, AlterNet. September 23, 2010.

With an assist from FreedomWorks, Mike Lee grabbed Utah's Senate nomination from incumbent Bob Bennett. Now he shows he's not a states' rights kind of guy.

Religious Right to Tea Party: Join Us or Die!

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 21, 2010.

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

Big Primary Night for Tea Party -- And a Big Win For Progressives

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 15, 2010.

In G.O.P. primaries in Delaware, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and New York, victorious Tea Party candidates signal wins for creationism, gender discrimination and racism.

Conservative and Tea Party Rallies and Trainings Dominate the Capital: Are Progressives and Liberal Democrats About to Be Out-Organized?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 13, 2010.

Conservative protests in Washington show the breadth of energy and money marshaled to organize the right-wing base, while progressives lag behind.

The Tea Party Is Dangerous: Dispelling 7 Myths That Help Us Avoid Reality About the New Right-Wing Politics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 1, 2010.

It may be fashionable to dismiss the Tea Party and its radical, right-wing pals, but we do so at our peril.

Public Is Ready to Raise Taxes on Corporations and the Rich, Oregon Vote Shows

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 27, 2010.

Massachusetts voters weren't alone in "sending a message" to their elected officials.

Right-Wingers' Big Day on Capitol Hill Proves to Be a Bust

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 16, 2009.

A promised protest on Capitol Hill by right-wingers opposed to health-care reform doesn't happen; Dick Armey's speech at National Press Club canceled.

Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders

deleted, AlterNet. November 6, 2009.

Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of Fox News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups.

FreedomWorks Lies, Inflates D.C. Rally Attendance By Over 2,000 Percent

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 14, 2009.

Standing proudly on stage during the rally in D.C. FreedomWorks leader Matt Kibbe proclaimed ABC News was reporting that 1 million to 1.5 million people were in attendance.

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

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 14, 2009.

The men behind the religious right make a comeback with the Tea Party movement.

Armey Leaves Lobbying Gig Over Health-Care Astroturfing

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 15, 2009.

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, chairman of an anti-health care astroturfing outfit, has lost his day job.

Why the Right's 'Astroturfing' Propaganda Is Textbook Psychopathic

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. August 15, 2009.

Faux grassroots firms are exhibiting all the tell-tale signs.

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

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 10, 2009.

How the health-care industry, the GOP and one media mogul made common cause with the anti-government fringe.

Right-Wingers Deny Ties Between Corporate Lobbyists and Town Hall Thuggery

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 6, 2009.

Don't Look at the Man Behind the Curtain!

Health Care Town Halls "Gone Wild": Right-Wingers on the Rampage

Center for American ProgressAugust 6, 2009.

Screaming constituents, protesters dragged out by the cops, and congressmen fearful for their safety mark the ugly scenes created by the far right.

Stay Tuned For Blue Dog Hissy Fits This Week (And What Else is in Store on Healthcare)

mcjoan, Daily Kos AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 3, 2009.

A roundup of what too look for in the ongoing battle over healthcare reform on Capitol Hill.