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Gingrich Won’t Explain Why He’s Backing Out Of Participating In 9/11 Anti-Mosque Rally By   Alex Seitz-Wald   on Aug 23rd, 2010   a Last week, the right-wing group Stop Islamization of America   announced   that former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich was a “confirmed” speaker for the group’s September 11th protest against the proposed Park 51 Islamic center near ground zero, in New York City .   Other speakers   included former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, right-wing media tycoon Andrew Breitbart, and, notably, the far-right Dutch Parliamentarian   Geert Wilders , best known for his self-described “ hate ” towards Islam. Last week, however, Gingrich spokesperson Joe DeSantis told Politico that the Gingrich — who has been an   outspoken   opponent of the Islamic center — “is not scheduled to be at this rally.   He is not speaking .” DeSantis said Gingrich’s staff had only agreed to send a video message, not ...

For Insidious Role In Crafting The Modern Right Radical Right-Wing Agenda By   Lee Fang   on Aug 23rd, 2010   This morning, the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer   published an explosive investigative piece detailing the role of the Koch family in orchestrating not only the Tea Party movement, but   much of the modern   right-wing infrastructure. The brothers David and Charles Koch, heirs to the oil and chemical conglomerate Koch Industries, have founded or funded dozens of conservative or libertarian publications, think tanks, and attack groups. Their father,   Fred Koch , similarly fueled the paranoid right-wing movements of the fifties and sixties through his financing of the John Birch Society. Mayer’s piece builds off the original   reporting conducted by ThinkProgress since the very beginning of the Tea Party movement. Here’s a review of what we’ve reported: – In April 2009, ThinkProgress   revealed   that Americans for Prosperity, a gro...