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The Tea Party's Takeover Of The GOP

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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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 10.30.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Three Cups of Teabaggers: Insight from the Right on Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Government, Army, Pashtunwali, Peacebuilding, US Marines, Right Wing, Conservatism, Afghanistan, Tea Party, Conflict Resolution, Peace, Barack Obama, Tea Bagging, Pashtuns, World News
Lorelei Kelly

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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Muslim Americans Missing From the Political Fray

Zeba Khan | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Sports and the Uncivil Society

Dave Zirin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Racism, Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Kanye West, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Tea Bagging, Media News
Dave Zirin

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 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Tea Bag Parties, Tax Day Tea Party, Modernity, Tea Bag, Tea Baggers, Tea Party, Tea Bagging, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Economy, Christianity, Globalization, Gay, Gay Marriage, Health Care Town Halls, Town Hall Debate, Tea Party Protests, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Town Halls, Town Hall Meetings, Media News
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.

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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
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.

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Who Would Jesus Insure? Tea Party Dispatch From San Francisco

Michael Krantz | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, Tea Party Protests, Michael Krantz, Right Wing, Health Insurance, Tea Parties, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Tea Baggers, Conservatives, Obamacare, Obama Hitler, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Tea Party, Healthcare, Tea Bagging, Politics News
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.

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Worse Spokespeople Than Bristol Palin

Warren Holstein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Comedy

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Warren Holstein

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 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Citizen Journalism, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Party, Journalism, Tea Bagging, Huffington Post, Media News
Peter Y. Sussman

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 05.26.2009 | Politics

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Michael B. Laskoff

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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Jason Linkins

California GOP Decries Anti-Semitic Tea Party Activism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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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 05.17.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

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 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Outrage, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Parties, Rage, Right-Wing, Tea Bagging, Politics News
Ellis Weiner

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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Jason Linkins

Fox News: Teabagging Jokes Not Funny

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media

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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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10 Most Offensive Tea Party Signs (PHOTOS)

HuffPost Citizen Photojournalists | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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Lee Stranahan

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

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Faux-Populist "Tea Parties" Ignore Tax Breaks for Overpaid CEOs

Art Levine | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Financial Crisis, Tax Haven, Afl-Cio, CEO Pay, Tea Party, Paywatch, Tea Bagging, Tampa-Florida, Cayman Islands, Politics News
Art Levine

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.

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

HuffPost Citizen Journalist Bess Kalb | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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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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Tea Party Organizer: Mission Accomplished

Fox News | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Joe The Plumber At Tea Party: 'In God We Trust' Will Get You Shot In Some Parts Of America

Washington Independent | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Thousands of people descended on the Michigan Capitol earlier today as part of a national movement of "tea parties" to protest high taxes and what the...

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Reporting From the Tea Bagger Hate-Fest in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Tax Protest, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Right-Wing Talk Radio, Anti-Tax Tea Party, President Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Michelle Malking, Sacramento Rally, Sacramento Tea Bag Rally, Grover Norquist, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Tea Bagging, Tea Bag, Tea Party, Sacramento-California, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The hatred was palpable today on the State Capitol's steps -- hatred for taxes, hatred for government, hatred for Democrats. But the most hated figure in Sacramento today was President Obama.

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"Anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Parties Steeped In Insanity": LA Times

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Obama Creating Crisis "100 Times As Grim As 9/11": Annapolis Teabaggers

Legum's New Line | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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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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