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How Rand Paul, Tea Party Darling, Learned to Love Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment

Dan Bischoff, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 29, 2010.

Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there's no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider -- the Senate minority leader. So he is.

Tea Party Nation Asks Its Members to Help Vilify Immigrants

Stephen Piggott, Imagine 2050. August 10, 2010.

One faction of the Tea Party that is not afraid to openly associate with nativism and xenophobia is the Tea Party Nation.

Should Democrats Use the Tea Party to Split the Right?

Mark Engler, Dissent Magazine. August 8, 2010.

Some Democratic candidates are luring Tea Partiers to run in tightly-contested Congressional races, but the strategy could backfire.

In Kagan's Supreme Court Hearings, GOP's Line of Questioning Panders to the Tea Party Crowd

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. July 1, 2010.

No one actually mentioned the Tea Partiers during Elana Kagan's Supreme Court nomination hearings, but they were there in spirit, pitchforks in hand.

The Tea Party Is Dangerous: Dispelling 7 Myths That Help Us Avoid Reality About the New Right-Wing Politics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 1, 2010.

It may be fashionable to dismiss the Tea Party and its radical, right-wing pals, but we do so at our peril.

I Was the Target of a Fox News Hoax

Chip Berlet, AlterNet. April 30, 2010.

When I was asked to address a conference at Brandeis, a right-wing shock jock created a hoax to stir up the right. Then Glenn Beck ran with it.

Gun March Warm-Up: Oath Keepers Founder Goes Off on Maddow, Mother Jones -- And AlterNet

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. April 18, 2010.

Stewart Rhodes seemed to suggest that progressive and mainstream media are in league with the government to try to discredit his constitutionalist group.

Who Are the Hutaree Militia, And Why Do They Want to Kill Cops?

Chip Berlet, Religion Dispatches. April 16, 2010.

Christian Soldiers of the Apocalypse have been running around the woods of Michigan planning attacks on federal law enforcement in their war against the Antichrist.

Conservatives' Real Agenda Revealed at CPAC Conference: Love of Torture and Hatred of Obama

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 19, 2010.

Day One of this year's conservafest included a surprise visit by torture advocate #1 Dick Cheney, and the crowd went wild for him.

At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama to Address Shadowy Christian Group Tied to Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Bill

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 1, 2010.

The prayer breakfast is a display of power for an underground religious group that often shapes U.S. foreign policy in ways that sometimes conflict with our policy goals.

Bachmann: GOP Should "Allow Themselves to Be Re-defined By the Tea Party Movement"

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. January 5, 2010.

She's not alone. "We need to stop looking at the tea parties as separate from the Republican party," Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said last month.

"Tea Party: The Documentary" -- Attending a Bizarre Movie Premiere for Right-Wingers in Washington

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 4, 2009.

Presented by FreedomWorks, the front group that organized the 9/12 March, a new documentary on the tea parties attempts to suggest that the protests were spontaneous.

Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Movement Are at War With the GOP

Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Movement Are at War With the GOP

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 2, 2009.

Just as the GOP candidate has for more than 100 years, Dede Scozzafava was supposed to win the congressional seat in New York's 23rd district. Then Palin stepped in.

Tea Party Movement Returns Christian Right to Its Racist Past

Tea Party Movement Returns Christian Right to Its Racist Past

Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect. October 2, 2009.

For years, the religious right tried to lose its racist image, reverting to homophobia as its hatred of choice. As it joins the Tea Party fray, it may once again have to own both.

Patrick Kennedy Warns of the Threat of Political Violence

AlterNet Staff, September 30, 2009.

Patrick Kennedy lost two uncles to political assassins. Now he warns of a threat of political violence from the right.

Overshadowed by Tea Party Movement, the Christian Right Scrambles to Claim It Isn't Racist

Overshadowed by Tea Party Movement, the Christian Right Scrambles to Claim It Isn't Racist

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 22, 2009.

The Tea Party movement has the juice as the religious right is on the wane. Survival may mean joining up, but that presents an image problem for Christians.

Right Wingers Marching in DC Is Big News -- But the Same Old Faces Are Pulling the Strings

Right Wingers Marching in DC Is Big News -- But the Same Old Faces Are Pulling the Strings

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 14, 2009.

The men behind the religious right make a comeback with the Tea Party movement.

Photos: Feel the Hate: 912 Sign-Makers Target Obama

Photos: Feel the Hate: 912 Sign-Makers Target Obama

deleted, AlterNet. September 13, 2009.

The 912 march sponsored by FreedomWorks and Glenn Beck was about a lot of things, but mostly hatred of Obama

Photo Gallery: Tens of Thousands Right-Wing Activists March on Washington

Photo Gallery: Tens of Thousands Right-Wing Activists March on Washington

deleted, AlterNet. September 12, 2009.

Washington, D.C. is hosting something the town has never before seen: streets full of right-wingers, egged on by the corporate interests behind Glenn Beck and FreedomWorks.

Photos: Worshiping Joe Wilson at Glenn Beck's 912 March

Photos: Worshiping Joe Wilson at Glenn Beck's 912 March

deleted, AlterNet. September 11, 2009.

Tea Partyers and 912 marchers got right to work on their arrival in Washington today, making signs.

The Wing-Nut Code: What Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin Are Really Saying to Their Followers

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 2, 2009.

You thought they were just unhinged. But here's what they're really saying to the armed and dangerous.

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