Tea Party Activists

Behind The Tea Party's Electoral Evolution

Reuters | Nick Carey | Posted 02.14.2012

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Interviews with activists across 20 U.S. states indicate that Tea Party groups, far from fading, have evolved into an increasingly sophisticated and e...

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Tea Party Activists? They Actually Are Inactivists!

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lennard Davis

Since when did the media switch from calling Tea Party members "Tea Baggers" to "activists?" What is their noble activity? Dressing up in silly costumes and once a year attending rallies.

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Tea Party Turns To Williamsburg Reenactors For 'Advice About How To Rebel'

The Washington Post | Amy Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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WILLIAMSBURG -- The original Tea Party may have been in Boston, but some modern-day "tea party" activists are finding a powerful narrative this summer...

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How The Tea Party Spent The Fourth Of July

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Tea party" activists across the nation tried to put the "independence" back in Independence Day this weekend with festivals and other gatherings focu...

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Tea Party Infiltrators: Mischief Not As Disruptive As Group Previously Feared

Posted 05.25.2011

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The fears of Tea Party organizers that liberal crashers would "infiltrate" Tea Party events around the country on Thursday appear to have been overblo...

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Tea Party Contract From America: Activists Unveil 'Blueprint For 2010 And Beyond'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party groups across the country unveiled the movement's "Contract from America" on Wednesday, one day before proponents plan to rally and protest ...

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Republicans Condemn Violence, Threatened Democrat Not Satisfied

Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans and Tea Party activists condemned the threats and violent actions directed at a host of lawmakers this week in the wake of the passage of ...

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POLL: Most Tea Partiers Identify With The GOP, Despite Claims Of Independence

Politico | KENNETH P. VOGEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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While tea party activists have described themselves as political free agents disgusted with both parties, a new poll by Quinnipiac University shows th...

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Coffee Party? Tea Party? Join the Brewvement!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frances Moore Lappe

Coffee Partiers might focus more on the threat of concentrated, unaccountable corporate power, while Tea Partiers' typically target concentrated, unaccountable government power. But see a pattern?

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Conservatives To Sign 'Mount Vernon Statement': Principles For The Obama Era

Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of more than 80 conservative leaders plan to sign a document on Wednesday that signals a retrenchment to "founding principles." The document ...

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Michael Steele Courts Tea Party: Plans Meeting With Local Activists

Politico | Ken Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Across the country, conservative tea party activists -- many new to politics and unaffiliated with, if not averse to, the Republican Party -- are incr...

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Tea Party Activists Turn On Their Own Convention

Politico | KENNETH P. VOGEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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The convention is being held at a fancy resort, features $550 ticket prices, a steak and lobster dinner and a guest speaker with a $100,000 speaking f...

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'Platform For Prosperity' Movement Aimed At Tea Partiers

AP | JOHN MILLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOISE, Idaho — As 400 Tea Party activists rallied outside the Idaho Capitol on Monday to shout down federal government, more than a dozen lawmakers ...

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Tea Party Plans To Storm Capitol With Another Rally

CNN | Paul Steinhauser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just about every blockbuster movie is followed by a sequel, or two. The tea party cross country caravan, it appears, is no different. A Tea Party Exp...

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Tea Party Activists Hit Capitol Hill, 9 Arrested

POLITICO | Daniel Libit and Martin Kady II | Posted 05.25.2011

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Capitol Police arrested nine protesters Thursday morning in the Hart Senate office building as thousands of Tea Party activists descended on the Capit...

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Tea Partiers Forget Bills of Attainder are Unconstitutional: Whoops!

David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

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We'll know the Mad Hatters really care about the Constitution when they start heaping praise upon the small minority of elected officials who stood up to the unconstitutional "Defund ACORN Act."

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Michele Bachmann's 'House Call' May Have Broken House Rules

Politico | Glenn Thrush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Did a rally geared at saving government resources actually misuse them? Could be, at least technically. Rep. Michele Bachmann's House home-page shout...

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Tea Party Patriots Founder Forced Out Over Support Of GOP-Linked 'Astroturf' Group

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party Patriots did not want to lose Amy Kremer. The Atlanta activist had co-founded the organization. She'd helped organize some of the biggest ev...

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Bill Ritter Challenges Scott McInnis To Take A Stand On 'Anti-Society' Initiatives

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Bill Ritter last week decried a trio of anti-tax initiatives heading for the Colorado ballot next year and challenged his Republican opponents to...

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Tea Party Movie Premieres With Congressional GOP In Attendance (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party activists got to play the part of the glitterati Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC, where FreedomWorks debuted...

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Newt Gingrich's Presidential Ambitions Laughed At By Conservatives

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Lisa Miller found out that former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich would be signing books on Saturday in McLean, Va., she hauled out her video cam...

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Scott Mcinnis's Tea Party Dilemma: Support Right Wing Initiatives, Or Face Wrath Of Activists

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Colorado wrestles with an already lean state budget growing leaner by the day- one that has forced Gov. Ritter to propose repeated controversial cu...

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Tea Party's Next Target: The Climate Bill

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Tea Party movement earned its stripes at town hall protests this summer by claiming that Democratic health care reform efforts would result in def...

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Jane Norton Spokesman: Abolishing The Department Of Education 'Not That Radical'

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Lt. Governor Jane Norton said she was spurred to try to win Colorado Democratic Michael Bennet's U.S. Senate seat by what she sees as the drama...

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Jim DeMint Battling Senate GOP Leadership In Next Election

Politico | Manu Raju and Josh Kraushaar | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you're an underdog conservative running for Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) should be on your speed dial these days. A favorite of the tea part...

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