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Rick Scott

Rick Scott, Tax-and-Spend Tea Partier?

Facing reelection, Florida's governor discovers that government spending is popular.

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 4:00 AM PST
Illustration: Bill Mayer

What's It Like to Wake Up From a Tea Party Binge? Just Ask Florida!

Kids locked up in nursing homes. Leaky sewers. Mosquitoes unleashed. The Sunshine State has buyer's remorse.

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| Wed Feb. 20, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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#LiberalTips2AvoidRape: The Most Horrible Hashtag of the Week Thus Far, Explained

Feel-good conservative satire, really.

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 2:08 PM PST
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GOP Governor to Karl Rove: Take a Hike

"I basically told Karl Rove that what he was doing is counter-productive and he needs to stay out of it," says Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.

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| Tue Feb. 19, 2013 9:30 AM PST

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FreedomWorks Is "Freaking Out" Over the Giant-Panda-Hillary-Clinton-Sex Video

There's still no official comment from the tea party group over whether the ongoing internal investigation will examine this bizarre video.

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| Fri Feb. 15, 2013 9:33 AM PST

FreedomWorks Made Sex Video Using Fake Panda and Fake Hillary Clinton

The investigation at the influential tea party group could get weird.

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| Thu Feb. 14, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Fox News Makes Odd Use of Lesbians Kissing

The wedding photo wasn't the only thing out of whack in a recent column defending traditional gender roles.

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| Tue Feb. 12, 2013 5:15 AM PST

Michigan Republicans Really, Really Want to Allow Concealed Guns in Schools

Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed identical legislation last December. GOPers don't care.

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| Mon Feb. 11, 2013 1:36 PM PST

Exclusive: Donors Trust, The Right's Dark-Money ATM, Paid Out $30 Million in 2011

The group's $30 million in grants and nearly $40 million in donations are new records.

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| Mon Feb. 11, 2013 7:51 AM PST

Sheriff Richard Mack Aims to Save America From Gun Control

The NRA hero and militia icon urges the nation's sheriffs to defy new gun laws.

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| Fri Feb. 8, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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The Great Texas–California Flame War of 2013

In which Jerry Brown calls a Texas ad campaign "barely a fart."

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| Thu Feb. 7, 2013 5:44 AM PST
John Noveske

New Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory: Obama Killing Gun-Rights Activists

A hoax site says Obama is about to unleash covert hit teams to assassinate supporters of gun rights.

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| Tue Feb. 5, 2013 8:55 AM PST

Exposed: The Dark-Money ATM of the Conservative Movement

You haven't heard of Donors Trust, but it's bankrolled the right's fights against unions, public schools, climate scientists, and more.

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| Tue Feb. 5, 2013 4:00 AM PST

Michigan Tea Partier: Charter Schools Are for Kids From "Ethnically Challenged Families"

If conservatives want Michigan to fully embrace charter schools, they might want to work on their messaging.

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| Mon Feb. 4, 2013 10:02 AM PST
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GOP to Filibuster Obama's Consumer Watchdog Pick

Without a director, the government's most important new regulator will lose most of its powers.

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| Fri Feb. 1, 2013 3:52 PM PST

Hardliners Killed Bush's Immigration Reform. Can They Stop Obama's?

"No military plan survives contact with the enemy," warns one anti-immigration activist.

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| Thu Jan. 31, 2013 4:00 AM PST

How the Senate's "Security Requirement" Could Kill Immigration Reform

Republicans don't recognize Obama's hawkish record on immigration now, so they probably never will.

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| Tue Jan. 29, 2013 7:58 AM PST
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Republicans Urge Party to Become More Open, Ignore Major Newspapers

At the National Review Institute forum, conservatives wrestle with their gaffes—and make a few, too.

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| Tue Jan. 29, 2013 8:55 AM PST

Anti-Abortion Group to Lawmakers: Please, Let's Talk About Rape!

Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, you're off the hook.

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| Tue Jan. 29, 2013 4:00 AM PST
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Top Conservatives Run PAC That Funded White Nationalists

Two conservatives who sit on the boards of mainstream right-wing groups control a PAC that gave thousands of dollars to a racist organization.

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| Tue Jan. 29, 2013 4:00 AM PST