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Meet Texas Tea Partyer and Senate Aspirant Ted Cruz

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2012 Paul Ryan isn’t the only false intellectual coughed up by the right in recent years. Ted Cruz, a Harvard-educated son of a Cuban revolutionary and former solicitor general of Texas, is gunning to make a “thinking man’s” defense of economic austerity from the U.S. Senate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chick-fil-A May Be Cooked

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2012 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The editor in chief of The Advocate talks chicken and bigotry, the tea party wins big in Texas, cybersecurity from the inbox to the nuclear power plant, race and politics, and we remember Gore Vidal. Dig deeper

Chick-fil-A May Be Cooked

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2012 Last time on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The editor in chief of The Advocate talks chicken and bigotry, the tea party wins big in Texas, cybersecurity from the inbox to the nuclear power plant, race and politics, and we remember Gore Vidalcom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Chicken and bigotry, the tea party wins big in Texas, cybersecurity from the inbox to the nuclear power plant, race and politics, and we remember Gore Vidal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tea Party’s Man Takes Texas U.S. Senate Nomination

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 1, 2012 Tea party insurgent Ted Cruz trounced Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the candidate supported by Gov. Rick Perry, in the race for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination in Texas, suggesting that the tea party could overtake the state’s Republican political establishment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marine Says Squad Leader Killed Civilians

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2007 Taking the stand in the murder case of three enlisted Marines, Sgt. Sanick P. Dela Cruz testified Wednesday that he witnessed his squad leader shoot and kill five civilians in Haditha, Iraq, on Nov. 19, 2005 -- the day 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by U.S. troops. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )