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Hatch Scores Big Win On Opponent's Home Turf

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Freedom Works, Dan-Liljenquist, Orrin Hatch 2012, Mormon Church, Olene-Walker, Orrin Hatch Tea Party, Utah Politics, Tea Party Movement, Chris Herrod, Video, Utah Tea Party, Orrin Hatch Reelection, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch, Tea Party, Utah-Republicans, Politics News

While the final delegate counts from Thursday night's Republican caucuses in Utah will likely not be known until early next week, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatc...

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Tea Party Group Making Big Move Against Hatch

Politico | Manu Raju | Posted 03.13.2012

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Forget about Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama....

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The Palin Problem (It's Not What You Think...)

Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Dick Armey, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Conservative Political Action Committee Conference, Not a Witch, Freedom Works, Ann Coulter, Agenda Project, Rick Santorum, Conservatism, Jim Demint, Russell Kirk, Sarah Palin, Christine D'Donnell, American Politics, Erica Payne, Richard Hofstadter, Climate Science, Corporate-Ocracy, Anti-Intellectualism, Irving Kristol, William F. Buckley, Gabrielle Giffords, Glenn Beck, Leo Strauss, Conservative Ideology, Vitriol, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Rhetoric, Politics News

The real crisis in American politics isn't about one tragic shooting, its about a cultural phenomenon -- the celebration of stupidity -- that has taken over this country.

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Putting a Smiley Face on the Tea Party

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Restoring Honor 8/28, President Obama, Charles Krauthammer, Freedom Works, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Arianna Huffington, Glenn Beck, I Have a Dream, Bill O'Reilly, Sarah Palin, Politics News

It all seemed a little strange on August 28th. Glenn Beck insisted his "Restoring Honor 8/28" rally was a revival meeting, not a "political" event.

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You and What Armey?

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dick Armey, Tea Party, Ken Blackwell, Rachel Maddow, Freedom Works, John Kasich, Immigration, Tim Pawlenty, Nathan Daschle, Tom Tancredo, Politics News

The Tea Party is falling short electorally because it is built on a false premise: that political engagement can be purely oppositional, purely deconstructive.

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Tea Party PACs Start Raising Funds For Conservative Campaigns

Politico | KENNETH P. VOGEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Works, Tea Party Pac, Gop, Tea Party Movement, Conservatives, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Tea Party, Pac, Elections 2010, Politics News

Conservative leaders are eager to turn Tea Party anger into election-year cash - and to do that, they're launching a flurry of new political action co...

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Dick Armey: I Don't Believe In "Death Panels" But If People Believe That, It's OK With Me

Posted 05.25.2011

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In a profile in the upcoming New York Times magazine, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey touts his role through his FreedomWorks group in waterin...

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Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: American Future Fund

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Anatomy Of The Tea Party Movement

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Works, Tea Party Movement, David Koch, American Liberty Alliance, Tea Baggers, Americans for Prosperity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Charles Koch, Tea Party Patriots, Koch Industries, Slideshow, Teaparty, Tea Party, Tea Party Express, Republicans, Politics News

The Tea Party movement gained national attention for their unified protests against big government. But the movement itself is far from a cohesive, organized body of supporters.

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Fired Up and Ready to Go! A Tale of Two Cities

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Works, Yes We Can, Edith Childs, Tea Party Protests, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Glenn Beck Fox News, Health Reform, Fired-Up, Barack Obama, Politics News

There are about 75 days between now and Thanksgiving. By Thanksgiving, we will know if there will be health reform legislation or not.

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ABC Rejects Tea Party Organizers' Attendance Claims

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative activists, who organized a march on the U.S. Capitol today in protest of the Obama administration's health care agenda and government spe...

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You Thought That Was Bad? 22 More Reasons to Fear Health-Care Reform

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

On page 311 of the health care reform bill: Forced "sterilization" of all surgical tools. One more step toward forced sterilization of everyone.

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Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Tea Party" movement flies in the face of what the true patriots in Boston stood for. Corporate lobbying-run groups are creating the illusion of grass roots protests at the health care town hall meetings.

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Durbin Responds To Right-Wing Harassment Strategy: We "Won't Fall For A Sucker-Punch Like This"

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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ThinkProgress reported today on the growing number of angry right-wing activists viciously harassing Democratic, as well as moderate Republican, membe...

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Glenn Beck Gets Ready To Tea Bag

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

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As others have noted, Glenn is getting harder and harder to satirize. I mean really, is it that far off to imagine him dressing up in a tea bag?

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