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Why Do Conservatives Hate High-Speed Rail? 5 Reasons Right-Wingers Are Sabotaging Public Transportation Projects

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 22, 2011.

In addition to busting unions and gutting voting rights, Tea Party governors are refusing federal funding for high-speed rail. What do they have against it?

11 States Trying Really Hard to Keep Poor, Black, and Student Voters From Voting

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

The 2012 election is closer than you think--and just in time, states are passing a host of new bills aimed at making it harder to vote.

The 10 Scariest GOP Governors: Bringing a Radical Right-Wing Agenda To a State Near You

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 6, 2011.

The 2010 election saw a right-wing sweep of many state governor's races, and those governors haven't been shy about pushing their conservative shock treatment.

Drug Test Protestors Send Urine Sample to Florida Governor

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. April 5, 2011.

The Committee for the Positive Insistence on a Sane Society (PISS) said it was sending the urine sample to Scott to peacefully protest against his drug testing policy.

Rick Scott Is Making a Killing off the Uninsured

Tristram Korten, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 2, 2009.

A leading foe of healthcare reform owns a chain of clinics aimed at people who would benefit from a public option.

If Right-Wingers Get Their Way, 22,000 Americans Will Continue to Be Killed by Lack of Health Care Each Year

Mark Ames, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

This is a battle against people who want to protect a system that has killed more Americans than WW II -- not a debate tournament.

Bill Moyers: How Can We Expect an Industry That Profits from Disease and Sickness to Police Itself?

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. May 24, 2009.

The health care industry has spent $134 million on lobbying this year to keep its profits high and public health in the shadows.