Boston Tea Party

America's Oldest National Political Holiday

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.21.2012

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On March 18, 1766, for the very first time America celebrated a political event together -- and they continued to do so for years afterwards. Together. As Americans -- celebrating a purely American national political holiday.

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The Komen Controversy: Enough Already With "The Power of Social Media"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Boston Tea Party, Twitter, Planned Parenthood, Facebook, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Politics News

Let's not take away from the power of protest, and what we as citizens can achieve, by wasting so much time fawning over technology's role in all of it.

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Quick History Lesson: The Boston Tea Party... Recreated With Legos (WATCH)

| Posted 11.15.2011

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Sick of studying for AP US History? If you don't have time to take a break but could use a little comic relief, check out this student-made short film...

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Disguising Themselves as Indians Was an Act of Cowardice

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the Tea Party wants to "spruce up its historical bona fides," its members should honor its real history by attending all of the Tea Party rallies dressed as American Indians and not as George Washington.

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A Mother's Day Pro-Marijuana Tea Party

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

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I will have my daughters by my side as I help launch the Women's Marijuana Movement. Joining me will be my fellow Republican mother, Mari Clauss, who has spent most of her adult life fighting lupus.

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My Day at the Tea Party

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011

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I made this video of my interactions with the many Tea Baggers in Boston this spring.

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New Song: The Tea Party's Over

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

I have heard just about enough from the Tea Party, the Tea Baggers, the maroons, whatever you want to call them. What country do we live in and worse, what year is this?

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A Time For Tea: A Tea Party Time Line

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

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It would take a book or three to provide a comprehensive documentation of every aspect of the origins of the Tea Party movement. There are so many dif...

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Obadiah's Tea Party

Tom Halsted | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unlike today's unruly protesters, the 1773 Tea Party members were perfectly willing to pay the taxes imposed on them by their own colonial government in which they were represented.

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Eight Thoughts About Election Day and Words and Music

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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1.Tuesday's election wins by Sharron Angle in Nevada and Nikki Haley in South Carolina were helped immeasurably by those candidates' association with ...

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The Boston Tea Party: The Real Story (VIDEO)

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

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A lot of Americans are really angry, as so many of our dreams seem to be fading away. Anger can be useful, but only if we can grasp what's at the root of our pain, if we can understand how we got here.

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UK Leader David Cameron On Palin Phenomenon: 'It's Hard For Us To Understand'

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, has been profiled by Vanity Fair in an article that reveals the sharp differences between Camer...

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'Brighton Tea Party': Tea Party Movement Spreads To Britain

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a 'tea party' in Britain this Saturday. The Sarah Palin kind. British Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan is looking to bring the anti-tax, anti...

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Scott Brown Wants You To Date His Daughter: Here's How!

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Brown's victory was a truly historic moment. For the first time in recent history, a senator-elect announced the dating status of his daughters:...

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Today In History: Bendict Arnold

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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January 14th is the birthday of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary general and traitor.

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Teapot Tempest -- Much Ado about Historical Inaccuracies

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Tax Day Tea Party" used an event critical to transforming the 13 British colonies into the United States of America for their own political purposes, thus, cheapening a key point in history.

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Patriots' Day -- It's Not About the Marathon

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph Warren's story remained buried, overshadowed by the more illustrious Founders with better biographers. He became the most important Founding Father most of us never heard of.

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Tea Parties as Resurrective Ideology

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a series of earlier articles, I have discussed the concepts of "collective trauma"--the shattering of our shared illusions of grandiose invincibili...

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"Anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Parties Steeped In Insanity": LA Times

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Web is buzzing with information about how to throw an anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Party, something organizers hope will be held today from Santa Monic...

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Vets Upset At Teabaggers For Holding Rally At Kansas Vet Memorial

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tomorrow, conservatives around the country will be holding Tax Day tea parties. Although "tea" technically stands for "taxed enough already," Fox News...

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Tea Party, Tax Day, Boston TEA PARTY Protests

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Anti-tax activists are assembling ...

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Youtube On Tea Parties: "Invalid Argument"

The Full Ginsburg | Posted 05.25.2011

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So in editing this morning's IRS video, we'd done some searching for footage of those terrible terrible terrible tea parties, and lo and behold, YouTu...

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Obama Creating Crisis "100 Times As Grim As 9/11": Annapolis Teabaggers

Legum's New Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, I went down to the City Dock in Annapolis to check out the local "tea party," one of many anti-Obama protests occurring around the nation today...

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Huckabee Admits Tea Parties Only "Mostly" Spontaneous

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The tea parties are mostly an honest spontaneous effort by ordinary people from all over the political spectrum to express their outrage at governmen...

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Tea Party Organizer: Mission Accomplished

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The attention being given the national tea party movement is nothing short of remarkable. Organized by a few people using new social media tools like...

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