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Last night Rachel Maddow reported on the so-called “expulsion” of Mark Williams and the Tea Party Express from the larger “Tea Party Movement.” Williams was “booted” after he crafted what many thought to be inappropriate parody that played upon racial tropes and stereotypes. “How does one get kicked out of a movement?” Maddow asked, barely keeping her schadenfreude in check as she outlined the byzantine structure that is the Tea Party movement.

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Since moving to the afternoon hour, Dylan Ratigan has been on fire! And while skeptics might claim that he’s taking a page from Glenn Beck‘s playbook, his supporters note that no one is exhibiting such feisty behavior on cable news (save perhaps Tsunami-fueled Rick Sanchez.) Earlier today Ratigan had it out with columnist and radio host Mark Williams, who has also organized the Tea Party Express. Things start out ugly, amid claims of racism, then go predictably and horribly down hill.