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I’ll be at the Jon Stewart Rally today.

If you’re a fan and you recognize me there, by all means, say hello.

The Tea-Party = McCarthyism + John Birch Society

What’s the difference between leftist wackos and rightist wackos?
The Democratic Party shuns our wackos, like 911 Conspiracy Theorists and Lyndon LaRouche.
The Republican Party gives their wackos all the power in the world.
So who will be in charge come Election Day?

To really understand the Tea Party and Glen Beck, you have to understand McCarthyism and the John Birch Society. This fantastic article by historian Sean Wilentz traces the Tea-Party roots and Beck’s peddling of wild and easily disproved conspiracy theories as serious truth to these historical antecedents.

The Way Forward for Marriage Equality

Tonight, I spoke live on “The State of Prop 8: The Way Forward for the Gay Marriage Fight in California and Beyond” for the ADL.

Again with Immigration?

I was on (National) Fox News today.

Talk about beating a dead horse!

FOX wants me on again today to talk about the two Arizona immigration laws and why they/it poll(s) well. (Rasmussen failed to let people know there were two versions of the law–the first law which allowed racial profiling and random stops of law-abiding people was repealed by the second–and since most folks thought there was one version of the law, not two and Rasmussen didn’t even specify which law the poll was referring to, the poll is inherently flawed.)

One day soon, I hope to move on to the oil spill, financial reform, and a foiled terrorist plot in NYC. But here, briefly, are my thoughts on the subject:
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The Forward Writes About My Work for Press TV

The Forward today published an article on my work at Press TV.

You can read the entire article by clicking above. Here’s the relevant portion mentioning me:
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