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Tea Partiers Punked, Prankster Calls For Ousting Of "European Immigrants" (VIDEO)

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Tea Baggers, Minnesota, Punked, Columbus Go Home, Tea Party, Robert Erickson, Politics News

In Minnesota, Tea Partiers were punked by one speaker got the crowd cheering about evicting European-descended immigrants who "stole" this country.

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The Tea Party's Takeover Of The GOP

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Tea Baggers, Tea Party Protests, Birther-Movement, John Boehner, Tea Party, Michele Bachmann, Tea Bagging, Politics News

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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Inmates Now Running the Asylum

Michael Shandrick | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Jan Martin, Colorado-Springs-City-Council, Ballot Measure 2C, Colorado Springs-Colorado, Republican Party, Andy McEhany, Tea Party, Tea Baggers, Denver News

Colorado Springs voters rejected tax ballot measure 2C by a 2 to 1 margin. There's no way to spin it. The Common Good was the big loser on election night.

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'Tea Party Express II: Rise of the Tea Bags' - The Movie!

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Griffith Park, Bradblog, Teabaggers, Tea Baggers, Independents, BRAD BLOG, George W. Bush, Republicans, Brad Friedman, Teaparty, Healthcare, Los Angeles, Tea Party, Democrats, Health Care, Barack Obama, Thanksgiving, Politics News

So we went out to Griffith Park out here in L.A. on Sunday to check out the kick-off day for the new "Tea Party Express II" national tour. Thought we ...

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Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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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2010: The Year Main Street Sticks It to Wall Street and Washington

Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Upheaval, Congress, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Lobbyists, Bailouts, Consumer Spending, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, State Legislature, Cnbc, Economic Pain, Unemployed, Lexington KY, Spending Cuts, Wall Street-Washington, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Timothy Geithner, Kenneth Feinberg, Inside the Beltway, McNay Settlement Group, Incumbants, Republican National Committee, City Council, High Unemployment, Ky, Willie Stark, Democratic National Committee, Pay Czar, Fox Business News, Clu, Anger, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Bonuses, Czars, Jefferson Airplane, Small Business, President Obama, Congressional Elections, 2010 Elections, Washington, Main Street, donmcnay.com, Tea Parties, Msnbc, Unemployment, Tea Baggers, All the Kings Men, Rural Journalism, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Running for Office, President Bush, Richmond, American College, Incumbant Politican, Personal Finance, Msfs, Chfc, Small Towns, Kentucky, Don McNay, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, Layoffs, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Robert Penn Warren, Self Dealing, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Glenn Beck, Cssc, Too Big to Fail, Bill O'Reilly, Business News

If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.

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Stop Whining: Wall Street's Record Profits, Pay, Dow 10,000 Are Great News

Les Leopold | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Econmic-Stimulus-Plan, Financial Crisis, Tea Baggers, Unemployment, Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, Economic Crisis, Business News

It's time to recognize what it means to be part of the billionaire-bailout nation. Citizenship comes in three distinct flavors.

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Republicans' 2010 Campaign Message: Vote For Us Because Obama Can't Magically Fix in a Year What it Took Us Eight Years to Destroy

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Job Losses, Gop, Tea-Baggers, 2010 Election, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Afghanistan War, Republicans, Town Hall Meetings, Great Depression, Politics News

So, what's the real 2010 Republican campaign message gonna be?: "Watch out Democrats, we're gonna be nastier, dirtier, more unethical and deceptive than ever.

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My Brother Loves Glenn Beck, But I Still Love My Brother

Suz Redfearn | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

My brother rolled into D.C. from Boston on a chartered bus, arriving in the dark outside a Marriott. I scanned the pack of fairly nondescript folks ...

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Tea Party Founder Announces: "A Huffington Post Of Our Own"

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eric Odom, American Liberty Alliance, Tea Party Protests, Tea Party, Project 73, Tea Baggers, Tea Parties, Politics News

The founder of the group that launched and organized the tea party movement across the country announced Friday what he calls a movement-minded news portal and an answer to the Huffington Post.

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Oh, Now You Care

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Socialism, Tea Baggers, Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Tea Party, Illegal Immigrants, George W. Bush, Politics News

Shame these outraged citizens weren't taking it to the streets during the Iraq War. We could have used their righteous indignation when Rumsfeld threw millions of Saddam's money at militants.

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Muslim Americans Missing From the Political Fray

Zeba Khan | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Bag Parties, Religion, Tea Baggers, Obama Muslim, Muslim Americans, Muslims, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Tea Bagging, Politics News

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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Dickipedia: Teabaggers

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy

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Teabaggers born January 20, 2009, are American protesters with little to no understanding of sexual slang. Alright, the elephant with giant balls in ...

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Health Care Reform is the New Gay Marriage

Morgan Warners | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

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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What 'Bin Laden' Is Saying About Glenn Beck

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: The War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, The War in Afghanistan, Birthers, Megan Carpentier, Tea Baggers, Town Hall, Joe Wilson, Fox News, Maureen Dowd, Glenn Beck, Politics News

Osama bin Laden, if that was him (doesn't matter if it was just a garden-variety US-hater), pointed out that the president is vulnerable. What did he mean?

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The Bile Boils Over

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Conservatives bathed in daily lies -- from WMDs to "death panels" -- have become so comfortable spreading them that they treat it like good, clean fun for the whole family.

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Joe Wilson: Just Another Heckler in the Crowd

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: You Lie!, Hecklers, Obama and Republicans, Civic Discourse, Guns at Town Halls, Obama and Congress, Congressional Behavior, Joe Wilson Liar, Joe Wilson Obama, Tea Baggers, Joe Wilson, Obama Speech, Town Halls, Obama and Gop, Obama Health Care, Obama Joe Wilson, Politics News

Once you've spent day after day among the constituents -- hearing the president being called a Nazi, a commie, a socialist tool, a terrorist mole -- calling Barack Obama a liar must have seemed almost quaint.

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The Obama School "Controversy": Has America Gone Completely Insane, or Just Plain Racist?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Baggers, Obama-Address-to-Students, Truthers, President Barack Obama, Politics News

President Obama will address the nation's school children Tuesday in a speech promoting education, ambition, and perseverance. But the issue has been hijacked by the right-wing lunatic fringe.

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Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Red States, Health Care Protests, Tea Baggers, Barack Obama, Death Panels, Protest, Ohio, Socialism, Media, Health Care, Death Panel, Tea Bagging, Politics News

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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When the Going Get's Tough, the "Tea-Baggers" Run

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Southern California, California Wildfires, Tea Baggers, Republican Party, Health Care, Politics News

I guess when reality hits, the far right's faux campaign against the government suddenly looks foolish, if not downright cruel.

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Who Would Jesus Insure? Tea Party Dispatch From San Francisco

Michael Krantz | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

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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Protesters Expect 4,000 To Descend On Grand Junction Saturday

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 09.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tea Baggers, Grand Junction, Colorado Health Care, Grand Junction Protest, Obama, Health Care Protest, Obama Health Care, Denver News

What originally was going to be an "anti-Obamacare rally" Saturday at Lincoln Park, miles from the Central High School location of President Obama's h...

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On Health Care It's "E Pluribus" Without the "Unum"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Health Care Town Halls, White Males, Town Hall Meetings, Health Care Debate, President Barack Obama. Obama's Health Care Reform, E Pluribus Unum, Tea Baggers, New York Times, Health Care Reform, Glen Beck, Democrats, Town Halls, Jacques Derrida, Derrida, Politics News

The election of the first U.S. president of African descent has challenged a lot of people's self-identity. The loud, vicious, unruly behavior is a collective expression of white trepidation.

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Malkin and Fox News Are Stalking Children Again

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Talk Radio, Wingnuts, Tea Baggers, Tea Party Protests, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Cable News, Michelle Malkin, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Tea Party, Fox News Channel, Alex Jones, Politics News

The right-wing satellite of crazy has evolved from being a silly assembly of sore losers to a dangerous posse -- a rabble of misinformed cranks who have no problem targeting children.

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Health-Care Reform was the Key Issue in the 2008 Campaign...What Happened?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Medicare Prescription Drug Bill, Corporate Media, Hmos, Health Care Debate, President Barack Obama, Health Care Town Hall Meetings, George W. Bush, Tea Baggers, Health Care Elites, Single Payer, Big Pharma, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance Corporations, Paul Baran, Elites, Tom Delay, Billy Tauzin, The Wealth of Nations, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Corporations, Pharmaceutical Industry, Thomas Scully, Adam Smith, Town Halls, John McCain, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Health, Politics News

For some, the system works best when elites make the most fundamental decisions for our society, unencumbered by the trappings of "democracy", and when the population is depoliticized, misinformed, or both.

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