Jun
15
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Monday night featured a seven-member Republican presidential debate in Manchester, NH. The front-runner for the moment is Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who passed the health insurance reform …
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May
04
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
President Obama interrupted the last 10 minutes of Celebrity Apprentice Sunday night to announce that U.S. special forces had killed Osama bin Laden. Much has been made of the …
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Apr
27
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
The Defense of Marriage Act is a Republican inspired effort to ban gay marriages in the U.S. According to ABC News, Paul Clement, the former solicitor general for George …
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Apr
20
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Los Angelenos may one day look back to days of police helicopters circling over their neighborhoods at 3 a.m. as the good, old days. According to Nick Mottern …
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Apr
13
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Republican Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker tried to ram through his radical anti-collective bargaining agenda earlier this year. Americans wondered where this onslaught on civil rights came from. …
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Apr
06
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Labor Unions in America are under attack by the right wing, in ways large and small, ideological and illogical. It’s an Orwellian assault designed to snuff out the …
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Mar
24
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
The anniversary of the signing of Arizona’s anti-immigration bill, SB 1070 is approaching. And, Alabama is also considering a harsh new Arizona-style law. Republican Micky Hammon, has …
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Mar
09
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
This week, the House Homeland Security Committee will host a witch-hunt, or rather hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims. Who will lead the hearings? Committee Chairman …
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Mar
02
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
The Southern Poverty Law Center has updated two of its annual reports on radical right wing movements. The first report, The Year in Hate and Extremism 2010, finds …
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Feb
09
2011
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Last Sunday was the 100th birthday of Ronald Wilson Reagan. Lifeguard, Hollywood actor, California governor, president, and now full-blown conservative icon. Though Reagan is now lionized by conservatives …
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