Chicago Tea Party Patriot organizer Catherina Wojtowicz denied being the "Chicago-area rival" that tipped off Gawker.com about TeaCon 2011 organizer S...
Posted 12.01.2011
Andrew Breitbart helped kick off the Chicago Tea Party's TeaCon 2011 Convention in suburban Schaumburg Friday night -- and had some harsh words for un...
Posted 11.30.2011
The Chicago Tea Party's region-wide convention, TeaCon 2011, hits Schaumburg this weekend, and is expected to bring in about 1,000 conservative activi...
Posted 11.27.2011
Although he declined an invitation to speak at the Chicago Tea Party's "TeaCon 2011" this weekend, Rick Perry's campaign has sent out invitations for ...
Posted 11.20.2011
The Chicago Tea Party hopes their regional convention, "TeaCon 2011," will carry enough cache to win over the Republican presidential candidates they'...
Posted 10.03.2011
With the debt limit deal complete, even as it has been vigorously criticized by both sides of the political spectrum, President Barack Obama is due to...
Posted 06.18.2011
Story updated at 3:03 p.m. CTD Several hundred people reportedly turned out for Monday's Tea Party Tax Day rally at Daley Plaza, where activists an...
Posted 05.25.2011
After the endorsement of the Chicago Tea Party landed his campaign in a somewhat awkward position, Gery Chico has distanced himself from the latest ri...
The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011
Less than a week to go until election day. Candidates are running all over town and calling in for reinforcements hoping to capture every last vote. C...
The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella and Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011
Tonight, we bring you an extra late (and extra long) mayor's race roundup. With just one week until election day (!!!), things are getting wild. Today...
Posted 05.25.2011
Beginning at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, polling places in the city of Chicago and throughout the state opened their doors for citizens looking to their ballot...
Chicago Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011
Joel Pollak, 32, (graduate of Niles North, Harvard College, Harvard Law School), wants Jan Schakowsky's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...
Posted 05.25.2011
In a historically blue state like Illinois, Republicans who want a shot at an elected office usually stay on the moderate side. But things have change...
Chicago News Cooperative | Posted 05.25.2011
Sitting in a Starbucks last week, a few blocks from his Lakeview home, Eric Odom mused about the irony of the ever-intensifying Tea Party movement. ...
Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011
On February 19, the same day that Rick Santelli's infamous MSNBC ignited the Tea Party movement, the Fund put up a petition on their website for those interested in attending the Chicago Tea Party.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Anyway, if it weren't for all the TEABAG MADNESS, today's top story would be about TEABAG DULLNESS. No worries, though. Your media won't let that happen! Enjoy.
HuffPost Contributor Joseph Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011
The Chicago Young Republicans, a conservative interest group with 500 active members ranging in age from 18 to 40, threw a historically-inspired "Tax ...
Associated Press | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 05.25.2011
HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video from protests around the country. Sc...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011
I am so grateful to Andy Cobb for making this video, because I was giggling left and right every time a Fox News anchor used the term "tea bag" and ha...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: RNC Chairman Michael Steele now says that he "never asked to speak" at the Chicago Tea Party whose organizers publicly rejected him. Paul Beda...
The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011
HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. It's been over a month since CNB...
Thomas Frank | Posted 05.25.2011
The party out of power is also a party out of touch.
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — CNBC says reporter Rick Santelli is not connected to a Web site that used his name to promote a series of political protests against ...
Oak Lawn, IL Patch | Lorraine SwansonEmail the Author | Posted 12.02.2011