August 15, 2009 -
FAR-RIGHTRELIGIOUS GROUP BEHIND "DEATH PANELS" MYTHLINKED TO OTHER HEALTH REFORMDISTORTIONS: Sarah Palin appears tohave picked up the misinformation that led toher "death panel" charges from the LibertyCounsel -- a far-right religious groupaffiliated with Jerry Falwell's LibertyUniversity empire in Lynchburg, Va.(8/11/2009)
August 14, 2009 -
As part of our ongoing Town Hall Tracker project, here's a clip from Think Progress of Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) event this week.
August 14, 2009 -
We're now two weeks into the Town Hall Uprising that hasrocked members of Congress coming home for their August recess. The signs andscreeds have been uncannily similar: "Obamacare" will kill your grandma.Bureaucrats will choose your doctors. We're headed towards socialized medicine,a slippery slope towards communism in the USA.But whether coming from a hot-headed protester or a formergovernor of Alaska, the rhetorical bombs share at least two things in common:
August 14, 2009 -
The same week a man with ties to a far-right anti-government group showed up with a gun strapped to his thigh at a New Hampshire town hall meeting where President Obama was speaking on health reform, a watchdog organization released a report documenting a surge among right-wing militias motivated in part
August 13, 2009 -
I'll be on Kevin Davis and Barry Ragin's excellent local radio show, "Shooting the Bull," tonight at 7:30 pm on WXDU 88.7 FM.
August 13, 2009 -
Following in the footsteps of the corporate-backed protest movement against health care reform, a group founded and funded by business interests opposed to regulating greenhouse gas pollution is planning a series of rallies to oppose the climate legislation being considered by Congress.
August 13, 2009 -
After more than a week of raucous protests, members of Congress are pushing forward with town hall events during the August recess. Here's a list of events today from various sources: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Corporate University Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
