Tea Baggers

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

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Dawn Teo

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

The Tea Party's Takeover Of The GOP

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


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...

Inmates Now Running the Asylum

Michael Shandrick | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver


Michael Shandrick

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.

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

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

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 ...

Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

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.

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

Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Don McNay

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.

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

Les Leopold | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Les Leopold

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

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


Andy Ostroy

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.

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

Suz Redfearn | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


Suz Redfearn

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 ...

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

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Dawn Teo

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.

Oh, Now You Care

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


Vanessa Carmichael

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.

Muslim Americans Missing From the Political Fray

Zeba Khan | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Zeba Khan

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.

Dickipedia: Teabaggers

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy


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

Health Care Reform is the New Gay Marriage

Morgan Warners | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media


Morgan Warners

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.

What 'Bin Laden' Is Saying About Glenn Beck

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Beau Friedlander

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?

The Bile Boils Over

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Tom Sullivan

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.

Joe Wilson: Just Another Heckler in the Crowd

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

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.

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

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

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.

Obama Supporters Angry But Well Behaved

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Dawn Teo

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.

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

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Stu Kreisman

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

Who Would Jesus Insure? Tea Party Dispatch From San Francisco

Michael Krantz | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Michael Krantz

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.

Protesters Expect 4,000 To Descend On Grand Junction Saturday

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


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...

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

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

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.

Malkin and Fox News Are Stalking Children Again

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Bob Cesca

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.

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

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

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.