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Who’s in charge? The Beck/Colbert West Point speech military org chart

The President's West Point speech on Afghanistan pleased some of the people a lot; a lot of the people a little; and a lot...

A Palin right-wing media acknowledgments list who’s who

Colorado Independent colleague Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent offers an informed guessing annotation of the acknowledgments list that appears in Sarah Palin's memoir,...

Ugly Douglas County GOP campaign alienated Republicans

Even if the Douglas County Republican Party candidates win the Douglas County School Board election today, the battle may come at the cost of wider party support.

Losing at the polls can cause shrinkage in Republicans, study concludes

Testosterone levels in men have much less to do with driving a Hummer versus a Prius and a lot more to do with how...

Republicans attack Republicans as Obama-style socialists in Douglas School Board Race

The Douglas County school board elections are turning into an oddly partisan affair, one that pits Republicans against Republicans in an ugly campaign that...

Glenn Beck and talk radio’s Boyles: Beware coming state-controlled news

Glen Beck appeared on the KHOW Peter Boyles show today. The two agreed Pres. Obama may well be planning a Soviet-style media takeover. "I...

Tea party protesters arrive in D.C., Cheer Wilson

WASHINGTON-- The walk from the subway station to the Freedom Summit was quick, less than two minutes if the attendees didn’t dawdle. Every twenty or so paces, smiling volunteers with FreedomWorks shirts or badges ushered them towards the Armory, a sports arena more often used to host Rollergirl bouts and “American Idol” tryouts. Approaching the entrance, the people who’d trekked from as far away as San Diego and Maui could buy buttons — “Proud to be a Teabagger,” “ACORN is for Squirrels,” and “Quit AARP Now!”–and pick up information packets on how to make the most of what organizers assured them would be part of American history.

When is a czar not a czar?

With an assist from Politico, which has completely bought into Glenn Beck’s campaign against “czars” — on Monday, the publication sketched out a “GOP...

Far-right website gains influence in Obama era

On April 12, the conservative Website WorldNetDaily published an expose on newly appointed White House “green czar” Van Jones that labeled the environmental activists “an admitted radical communist and black nationalist leader.” The story was based on reputable sources, but the WorldNetDaily author gave it a typically sinister spin.

Overblown swine flu rhetoric part of broader anti-immigration strategy

If the anti-immigrant reactions to the outbreak of swine flu are any indication, advocates for immigration reform are going to have an uphill battle in Congress this year.