Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 7, 2009. Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. October 20, 2009. 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.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 15, 2009. Grassley appears to be offering at least tacit support for radical "Tenther" theories that insist that health care reform may be unconstitutional.
Jackie Mahendra, America's Voice. September 30, 2009. As you’d expect, anti-immigrant organizations are calling on their members to light up the phones.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 24, 2009. Charles Grassley, having been kicked out of the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, has posted a flyer seeking out members for a new Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.
Nate Carlile, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 23, 2009. The Iowa senator cited a recent poll, which showed that 22 percent of voters would blame Republicans if efforts tanked.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 13, 2009. The estimated 119 million Americans wanting to join the public option has made the debate over it into a death match for the insurance industry
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2008. Sen. Chuck Grassley recently asked six hyper-wealthy Pentecostal televangelists for their financial records, and they're not happy about it.