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The Supreme Court Is Ruled by Right-Wing Extremists -- Can the Court's Moderate Women Counteract Their Radical Bent?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. April 5, 2012.

The healthcare debate showed why the Supreme Court needs more moderate women -- and men -- on the bench.

My 14 Year Old Son Has Brain Cancer -- Without Obamacare, We May Have Been Dropped By Our Insurance Company

Janine Urbaniak, Salon. April 4, 2012.

My then 13-year-old son would have reached his lifetime limit of health insurance had such limits not been eliminated by Obamacare on April 1, 2011.

The Nightmare Scenario: Supreme Court Guts Public Healthcare and Guarantees the Private Insurance Monopoly

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. March 29, 2012.

The stakes in the healthcare reform debate became larger as the justices found a new target late Wednesday.

The Court Battle Over Health Care Is a Struggle For a Future Vision for America: 6 Things You Need to Know

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. March 22, 2012.

The upcoming legal battle could decide the role and scope of government for years to come.

5 Absurd Rick Perry Claims That Show His Tea-Party Infused Aversion to Reality

Robert Fantina, CounterPunch. August 30, 2011.

Perry prides himself on issues and Texas "successes" that actually expose his incompetence.

The GOP's Ongoing War to Re-Brand Poor People as "Lazy," "Freeloading"

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. January 13, 2011.

The GOP's blame-the-victim rhetoric and profits-before-people attitude toward Medicaid fit neatly into the party's decades-long anti-poor agenda.

Fox News Scare Tactics: Get Obamacare or Go To Jail!

Jon Wiener, TheNation.com. January 4, 2010.

What's scarier? They're working.

GOPcrazy: Stop the Angry Mob

John Sellers, Agit-Pop. August 19, 2009.

The conservative mob scare tactic isn’t new. Let's stop it in its tracks.

Bill Kristol's Message to GOP on Health Care Reform: "Go For the Kill"

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post. July 20, 2009.

Kristol: "Throw the kitchen sink at the legislation now on the table, drive a stake through its heart ... and kill it."

Federal Bill Would Slash Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in 17 States

Digby, December 31, 1969.

After Promising to \'Repeal and Replace\' Health Reform, Republicans Have No Replacement

Alex Seitz-Wald, December 31, 1969.

Poll: Most Americans Support Health Care Reform or Want to Make it More Progressive

Zaid Jilani, December 31, 1969.