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Republicans Block Hagel, Stewart Ridicules Rubio, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 15, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the retirement announcement of a longtime U.S. senator and a tea party group comes under fire after details of a Hillary Clinton "sex tape" emerge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We the Peephole

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jan 21, 2013 Dig deeper

State of Fear

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 7, 2013 The security and surveillance state, recently released FBI documents show, monitors even mainstream dissenters and is determined to shut down all organized resistance to corporate rule The goal: an encompassing system of pervasive fear and overt intimidation. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Time Dick Armey Attempted an Armed Coup of Tea Party Group

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 27, 2012 New reports are surfacing that Dick Armey, a former House majority leader, attempted a power grab of the tea party organization FreedomWorks before eventually leaving the group. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Waving the ‘Anarcho-Capitalism’ Flag

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 It's a theory that seeks the removal of government oversight from any and all economic and social activity, which has been steadily adopted by legislators and policymakers on the right, and some on the left, for the past three decades, and tea partiers may actually be opposed to it. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )