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Glenn Beck cancels Fox News show

By | 04.06.11 | 1:56 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Ending increasing speculation about the fate of his controversial daily show at Fox News, Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that he was ending his three-year run. The show will go off the air “later this year” according to a release. It will no doubt continue to rivet millions of Americans, light More…

Sen. Mark Udall: American political infighting should not touch on Egypt

By | 02.10.11 | 5:54 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Colorado Sen. Mark Udall today, appearing on the MSNBC’s Hardball show with Chris Matthews, said American political infighting should not spill over into how the United States deals with the ongoing popular uprising against the regime of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.

Joined by Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., of the Senate More…

Koch-Led GOP Network Laying the Groundwork for a Post-Midterm Push

By | 10.20.10 | 9:04 am

The vast Koch Industries-led cabal of GOP donors, free-market ideologues and titans of industry is real, it turns out, and The New York Times has obtained the letter that proves it. Before the 2010 midterms are even over, the company led by Charles and David Koch has sent out More…

Who’s Winning the Battle for Public Opinion Over Anonymous Campaign Spending?

By | 10.15.10 | 9:15 am

Have the Democrats’ attacks on Crossroads GPS and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s shadowy financing hit or missed? Turns out they’ve done a little bit of both.

On the one hand, first Crossroads GPS and now the Chamber have claimed that the allegations have galvanized their supporters and More…

Liberals to Rally at One Nation Event Tomorrow on The Mall

By | 10.01.10 | 5:34 pm

There’s going to be a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and, for once, it won’t involve the tea parties. The Washington Post reports that more than 400 progressive groups, who’ve been planning the event for months, hope to draw tens of thousands of supporters to More…

A Smaller 9/12 Tea Party March

By | 09.13.10 | 9:26 am

It wasn’t nearly as big or nearly as angry, but tea party activists flooded Washington yesterday to march on the same ground they had last year and prove the continued commitment and viability of their movement:

Glen Beck speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

As Tea Partiers Descend on Washington, Ideological Divides Apparent Between Grassroots and Organizers

By | 08.29.10 | 2:30 pm

When Glenn Beck scheduled a mass rally for Aug. 28 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, many were skeptical of his claim that the proceedings would be fully nonpolitical, especially with former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin scheduled to speak. To the surprise of his liberal critics, More…

In Its Heterodox Media Star, an Identity Crisis for Libertarian Party

By | 06.22.10 | 6:00 am

Bob Barr’s 2008 nomination as the Libertarian Party candidate for the presidency triggered something of an existential crisis for the nation’s largest third party. The former Georgia congressman was a strange new face for a group that prides itself on philosophical consistency and allegiance to first principles. Before his More…

The 9.12 Project — or 9mm Project?

By | 06.16.10 | 3:44 pm

For a civic group that bristles at charges of generating even the most suggestive air of violence, the 9.12 Project sure likes its handguns. Around the country, 9.12 Project members routinely prove that they take seriously their leader Glenn Beck’s Three-G triad of “God, Gold and Guns.” They meet at More…

Tea Party, Vocal on Domestic Issues, Lacks Foreign Policy Platform

By | 06.09.10 | 6:00 am

Since mid-May, a grinning Glenn Beck has popped up to greet visitors to the FreedomWorks website. Standing in front of his trademark chalkboard, the conservative host is the official face of FreedomWorks’ newest free offering: the “Take America Back! Action Kit.”

[GOP1] Together with a souvenir Gadsden Flag, the Tea More…