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GOP Lawmakers Accuse Holder of Being a Terrorist Sympathizer

Steve Benen, November 19, 2009.

Holder literally burst out laughing when confronted with this absurd line of questioning.

10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care Battle

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.

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

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.

Has Grassley Totally Lost It?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. 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.

Anti-Immigrant Hardliners Offer Bad Amendments to Health Bill, Get Shot Down

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.

Charles Grassley Seeks to Join New Gang

Digby, Hullabaloo. 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.

Grassley Beats Dead Horse ... Still Unsatisfied with Health Bill's Provisions on Undocumented Immigrants

Andrea Nill, ThinkProgress. September 24, 2009.

Grassley’s entire critique is illogical and divorced from the facts.

Chuck Grassley's "Imperfect" Ideas About Health Care

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. August 25, 2009.

Grassley, supposedly a beacon of bipartisanship, is regurgitating GOP lies.

Will GOP Powerhouse Grassley's Obstructionism Put Him on the Hot Seat?

Booman, Booman Tribune. August 14, 2009.

The senator is becoming the face of Republican opposition.

Nothing New About Terrifying Granny About Health Care

Digby, Hullabaloo. August 7, 2009.

The euthanasia nonsense has been around for a while.

Chuck Grassley Uses Kennedy's Brain Tumor To Spread Anti-Health Reform Propaganda

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress. August 5, 2009.

Pretty low.

Chuck Grassley Discovers the Obvious: Americans Will Blame the GOP if Health Reform Fails

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress. July 23, 2009.

The Iowa senator cited a recent poll, which showed that 22 percent of voters would blame Republicans if efforts tanked.

Disease Profiters Fear Public Option Will Kill Their Ponzi Scheme

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

Pentecostal Preacher Pledges Holy War Against GOP Senator

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. January 29, 2008.

Sen. Chuck Grassley recently asked six hyper-wealthy Pentecostal televangelists for their financial records, and they're not happy about it.

Warren Buffett to Congress: Keep Taxing the Mega-Rich

Chuck Collins, AlterNet. November 19, 2007.

Calls "death tax" rhetoric "intellectually dishonest" and "clever, Orwellian and dead wrong."

More on Murdoch: James Murdoch Knew More About Hacking Than He Let On, And One GOP Staffer May Have Been Involved in a Cover-Up

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.