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Welcome to the Tea Dance, Tea Doggers

Carol Hartsell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just because Christine O'Donnell is an insane clown posse of fundamentalism, puritanism, xenophobia and lowest common denominator dementia, it doesn't make her not a lady. Which means, I support her.

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Tea Party Mascot Speaks Out

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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In my exclusive interview with a Tea Bag, the true story of the Tea Party is revealed. Who knew that a bag of loose leaf could be so loose lipped?!...

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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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Three Cups of Teabaggers: Insight from the Right on Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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The path of the Right leads to a place where there is nothing left to conserve. This particular dilemma of the American Right provides an angle of insight into the challenge that we face in Afghanistan.

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The Tea Party's Takeover Of The GOP

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 05.25.2011

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You have to hand it to Michele Bachmann: She has succeeded in turning the GOP into one big Tea Party. This past weekend, the Minnesota Republican we...

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Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Phase III: Obama Strikes Back. The Republicans are still leaderless and teabaggers have hung up their Lipton for the winter. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Americans still want health care reform.

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10 Most Offensive Tea Party Signs (PHOTOS)

HuffPost Citizen Photojournalists | 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. CLICK HERE to be alerted about futu...

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Muslim Americans Missing From the Political Fray

Zeba Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than confront the stereotypes and misunderstandings that have led to widely held negative views, most Muslim Americans seem to have gone into hiding and decided not to participate in American political life.

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Sports and the Uncivil Society

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The efforts of the media to conflate "black people behaving badly" alongside "tea baggers on the march" should be soundly rejected.

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Health Care Reform is the New Gay Marriage

Morgan Warners | Posted 05.25.2011

Gay marriage and our increasingly obvious interconnectedness present threats to traditions and ways of doing things that many of us think should change. In that regard, health reform is the new gay marriage.

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Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of looking for the real story on health care, reporters across America are looking for ways to turn it into a better, more sensational tale. A small, loud minority is getting all of the attention.

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Who Would Jesus Insure? Tea Party Dispatch From San Francisco

Michael Krantz | Posted 05.25.2011

I attended my local Tea Party the other day, and it clarified for me, well, nothing I didn't already know, or at least assume, or at least fear. The experience was, let us just say, disheartening.

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Worse Spokespeople Than Bristol Palin

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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1. George W. Bush for RIF (Reading Is Fundamental). He's is not just the former president, he's a client.

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Take Me to Your Editor

Peter Y. Sussman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Massive, unfiltered exercises in citizen journalism can tilt public understanding as surely as the rush of passengers from one side to the other can threaten the stability of a small boat.

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Republican Choice: Reality or Tea Bags

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama was a hell of a campaigner - smart, disciplined and highly realistic. He's brought those same qualities to the presidency itself, whic...

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California GOP Decries Anti-Semitic Tea Party Activism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week's Tea Parties went forward despite the fact that there was a little bit of dispute over who owned the Tea Party movement -- a battle between...

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The Teabags vs. The Douchebags

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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I fear that if the battle for the hearts and minds of America comes down to a battle between Teabags and Douchebags, the Teabags will win out.

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Life in These Untied States

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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This entire cycle (rage; exploitation; more rage) seems to me worse than usual, as does its manipulation by the wealthy and their servants. Or is it a relatively minor, if lurid, sideshow?

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Fox News: Teabagging Jokes Not Funny

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fox News has apparently joined with the joykillers in decrying all of the teabagging jokes that the Fox News Tea Parties have inspired and engendered ...

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WATCH: Tea Bags: Red Or Green? Scenes From A New Mexico Tea Party (Video)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a danger in mobs that allows people to act much worse than they ever would on their own.

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Sorry Teabaggers: Majority Of Americans Support Expanded Government Role In Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sorry, teabaggers. A Gallup pollreleased on Wednesday has a majority of Americans saying that they approve of the expansion of the government as a mea...

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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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Teabagging Jokes Offend Conservatives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the things that emerged in the run-up to the Tax Day Teabaggings is that the Tea Party participants helpfully opened the door to allowing every...

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SLIDESHOW: Kids Say The Darndest Things At Anti-Tax Tea Parties

HuffPost Citizen Journalist Bess Kalb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Written by Bess Kalb, a senior at Brown University, who attended the Providence, RI Tea Party as a HuffPost citizen journalist. She interviewed a s...

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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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