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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.
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.
Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011
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?!...
Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011
I made this video of my interactions with the many Tea Baggers in Boston this spring.
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.
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
HuffPost Citizen Photojournalists | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Zeba Khan | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
The efforts of the media to conflate "black people behaving badly" alongside "tea baggers on the march" should be soundly rejected.
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.
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
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.
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011
1. George W. Bush for RIF (Reading Is Fundamental). He's is not just the former president, he's a client.
Peter Y. Sussman | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama was a hell of a campaigner - smart, disciplined and highly realistic. He's brought those same qualities to the presidency itself, whic...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
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?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
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 ...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011
There's a danger in mobs that allows people to act much worse than they ever would on their own.
David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011
The attention being given the national tea party movement is nothing short of remarkable. Organized by a few people using new social media tools like...
Mike Malloy | Posted 05.25.2011
Neal Boortz appears to be off his meds. Again. The mildly psychotic Atlanta radio talker nearly lost it today (so I'm told; I never listen to Boortz'...
Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, ThinkProgress went over to Lafayette Square Park in front of the White House to attend one of the many right-wing Tax Day Tea Parties taking pl...
Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011
There's a useful way to channel anger over corporate pay abuses and tax ripoffs that does far more than venting mindless anti-Obama, anti-tax rage at "tea party" rallies.
Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011
The Web is buzzing with information about how to throw an anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Party, something organizers hope will be held today from Santa Monic...
Carol Hartsell | Posted 05.25.2011