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Why We Got Ayn Rand Instead of FDR: Thomas Frank on How Tea Party 'Populism' Derailed a New New Deal

Thomas Frank, Picador Press. February 1, 2012.

After a brutal recession was brought on by Wall Street greed, it looked for a moment like we'd rejected the Right's economic mythology. Then the "Tea Party" came along.

How Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories May Pose a Genuine Threat to Humanity

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 25, 2011.

Tea Partiers, freaking out about "Agenda 21" and convinced global warming isn't real, are gumming up the works for those trying to save the planet.

Four Reasons the Tea Partiers Were Big Losers in the Debt Ceiling Deal

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 2, 2011.

The professional political operatives behind the Tea Party movement were huge winners, but what about the rank-and-file Tea Partiers themselves?

Welcome to the Tea Party's Austerity Recession

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 1, 2011.

Economic historians will look back on this era as a time when policy-makers damaged Americans' welfare with ideologically driven, self-inflicted wounds.

Rebuilding the American Dream: Why Starting a Liberal Antidote to the Tea Party Movement Isn't Going to be Easy

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 18, 2011.

The Tea Partiers' sense of shared identity is crucial to their success. Who were those gathered this weekend to kick off Van Jones' new project?

How the Tea Party Gave New Life and a Path to Power for Xenophobic Ultra-Right Extremists

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. June 7, 2011.

A good chunk of the Tea Party Movement's High Command is made up of former leaders and active members of border vigilante groups.

10 Great Things About America That Drive Conservatives and the Religious Right Insane

Rob Boston, AlterNet. May 15, 2011.

Religious Right groups and their allies in the Tea Party claim to respect American values, but much would change if they had their way.

How Glenn Beck Threatens Fox News and the Conservative Agenda

Leslie Savan, The Nation. April 10, 2011.

Glenn Beck's paranoid populism begins to look suspect when the angry populace is rising up against the GOP's corporate, union-busting agenda.

11 of the Tea Party GOP's Most Ridiculous Policy Ideas (So Far)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 8, 2011.

They came to power promising to solve America's problems, but in the early going they've focused on firing up their hard-right base with frivolous bills.

12 Examples of Stunning Hypocrisy from Tea Party Republicans In One Short Month

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 3, 2011.

They made lots of promises -- and they already have broken many as they came out of the gate.

85-Year-Old-Woman Arrested for Bank Protest -- 6 Revolts the Tea Party-Obsessed Corporate Media Overlooked

Rose Aguilar, AlterNet. January 17, 2011.

Some of the most undercovered stories of 2010 were actions taken by ordinary people standing up for a more just and equitable society.

What Mel Gibson, the Tea Partiers, Tony Hayward, and Newt Gingrich Should Have Gotten for XMas

Will Durst, AlterNet. December 26, 2010.

May our political leaders and stars get what they have coming to them in 2011.

Tea Party Republicans Go Over the Cliff in Opposing Nuclear Arms Treaty Their Traditional Allies Want

Russ Wellen, AlterNet. December 1, 2010.

Jon Kyl and other Republican senators opposing New START are bucking the national defense establishment to which traditionally they've been joined at the hip.

Hedges: A Collapsed Economy, Hateful Conservatives and Ineffectual Liberals Are a Recipe for Fascism

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 8, 2010.

American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational.

Xenophobic Far-Right Militias Get a Tea Party Make-Over

Gaiutra Bahadur, The Nation. November 4, 2010.

Many within the anti-immigrant movement are morphing into Tea Party irregulars.

Why Conservative Women Like Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell Are Giant Hypocrites

Charlotte Taft, RH Reality Check. October 26, 2010.

There is a huge double standard for Sarah Palin and the "Mama Grizzlies" between the policies they want to impose on other women and the choices they want for themselves.

The Tea Parties: Deluded and Propelled by Billionaires

George Monbiot, The Guardian. October 25, 2010.

The Tea Party movement is remarkable in two respects. It's one of the biggest exercises in false consciousness the world has seen and the biggest Astroturf operation in history.

Corporate Cash Secretly Funneled to Extremist Tea Party Candidates Who Want to Outlaw Abortion -- Even Contraception

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. October 16, 2010.

Thanks to the disastrous Citizens United decision, corporate interests are funding candidates that support ultra-right wing causes without having to disclose.

Sex and the GOP: Why Right-Wing Women Like Sarah Palin Will Never Attract a Majority of Women Voters

Betsy Reed, The Nation. October 3, 2010.

As it lurches to the right, the GOP is alienating women, who tend to be less conservative than men in their identification and ideological views.

Alan Grayson: the Democrat Who Punches Back, Enraging GOP Hacks and Tea Party Billionaires

Mark I. Pinsky, The Nation. September 29, 2010.

Alan Grayson is up against a Tea Party conservative. The billionaire Koch brothers, through their organization Americans for Prosperity, have dropped $250,000 in negative TV ads.

How Fox News Helps Its Own Employees Run for Political Office

Eric Hananoki, Media Matters for America. September 26, 2010.

Many conservatives have used their Fox News employment to position themselves for a run for office.

The Strange Sexual Obsessions Driving the Tea Party Movement

David Rosen, CounterPunch. September 19, 2010.

Much of the Tea Party agenda is driven by white Christian America's deep-seated fears of sex, race and interracial "pollution."

Jesus Squad: Does Christine O'Donnell's Win Mean the Christian Right Is Ascendant in the Tea Party?

Suzy Khimm, Mother Jones Online. September 18, 2010.

The Christian right, which O'Donnell's campaign has quietly begun to court, could end up riding the tea party wave back into the halls of power.

Tea Party Candidate Against Masturbation?

Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check. September 6, 2010.

Just another reminder that many Tea Partiers have less interest in "small government" than in a tyranny of the minority.

Glenn Beck May Be a Clown -- But the Shady Right-Wingers Who Pull His Strings Are Dangerous

Laurence Lewis, Daily Kos. September 5, 2010.

Beck is being used to enforce the very political and economic structures that subjugate the people who worship him.

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