The Right’s Trouble With Violence

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 With angry white men bringing their guns too close to the president, Josh Marshall writes: "Let's be honest with ourselves: the American right has a deep-seated problem with political violence. It's deep-seated; it's recurrent and it's real." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Georgia Republican Worries Dems Will Declare Martial Law

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 Rep. Paul Broun, who once compared Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, now thinks the president is part of a radical "socialistic elite" that may try to declare martial law. Broun's comments came during what an area newspaper described as a "relatively peaceful" town hall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Reason for All the Health Care Rage

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 11, 2009 The nut jobs and carpetbaggers are outnumbered by confused and concerned Americans who seem genuinely convinced they're not being told the whole truth about health care reform. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Rhetoric of Health Care Misinformation

BLANK Aug 11, 2009 What is it about chain e-mails that makes potentially reasonable people who might even be wary of believing everything they read -- at least when it comes to stories generated by media outlets -- so gullible and so willing to latch on to hyperbolic distortions and ideologically driven misinformation campaigns? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Leaders Cite ‘Un-American’ Activities

BLANK Aug 11, 2009 We're sympathetic to members of the House who find themselves getting yelled at by hecklers with less-than-pure motives, but calling that behavior "un-American" is probably ill-advised when you represent a body of government that famously had a committee by the same name. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Inside Story on Town Hall Riots: Right-Wing Shock Troops Do Corporate America’s Dirty Work

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2009 How the health care industry, the GOP and one media mogul made common cause with the anti-government fringe. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Obama Gives Health Plan a Town-Hall Pitch

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2009 While Congress was away, President Obama made another play to boost public support of his health care reform plan. It came Wednesday in a town-hall-esque forum in Virginia. Those hoping for the federal government to back a viable single-payer system, however, will have to keep on hoping. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Takes Americans’ Questions in Virtual Forum

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2009 In a bid to interact more directly with the public at large, the Obama administration once again turned to the Web, inviting Americans to submit questions for Thursday's online "town hall" meeting. Here President Obama sets the stage with his opening remarks, discusses helping homeowners and considers whether marijuana should be legalized. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Wins in Nashville

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 8, 2008 As was the case in the first presidential debate, Barack Obama emerged from Tuesday night’s confrontation with John McCain in Nashville, Tenn., in command of the situation. The Democratic nominee looked calm, confident and presidential as he won their second contest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama and McCain Talk Morality at OC Mega-Church

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2008 Barack Obama's first official foray into the public eye after his Hawaiian vacation was an unusual one, although not unimportant (like it or not): On Saturday, both Obama and John McCain met with the Rev. Rick Warren of the evangelical Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., to discuss their positions on abortion, morality, marriage and other hot-button issues before a select audience. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Challenge Obama Should Accept

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 12, 2008 McCain has invited his rival to join him in a "town hall" tour. That would provide a forum for discussing the economy and for looking at just who has helped ease Americans' pocketbook troubles in the past. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )