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Perry’s tax proposal undermines traditional marriage, Schlafly says

By | 11.03.11 | 3:35 pm

Most of the criticism dogging Gov. Rick Perry’s tax plan for the country focuses on the monster tax breaks it would deal to wealthiest Americans, or for the huge revenue cuts it would bring.

But Phyllis Schlafly, the religious-right icon who, like Perry, was featured at this year’s Values More…

Rep. Dave Loebsack not impressed with unemployment rate drop

By | 04.01.11 | 2:55 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The U.S. economy added 216,000 jobs in March to beat economists’ predictions. The additions dropped the nation’s overall unemployment rate from 8.9 to 8.8 percent, but U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack says there’s more that can be done.

“I come home every weekend, and what I hear time and time again More…

Reporters (Mostly) Barred From Tea Party Convention

By | 01.12.10 | 10:04 am

For a while, I’ve been calling and emailing the organizers of the National Tea Party Convention with some basic logistical questions, to no avail. Kevin Diaz explains why: the convention, held in Nashville next month, will be closed to all but “selected” members of the press.

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Fear of Fascism, ‘Gay Agenda’ Dominates Conservative Kickoff for Midterm Elections

By | 09.28.09 | 1:56 pm

ST. LOUIS — Kitty Werthmann has made quite a career out of warning Americans that fascism is on its way. The 84-year-old native Austrian survived the excesses of the Third Reich and, in her dotage as a leader of the South Dakota branch of the Eagle Forum, recorded tapes and More…