Tea Party Nation

Tea Partier's Radical Plan To Oppose Obama

Posted 12.19.2011

Melissa Brookstone, a member of one of the nation's largest Tea Party groups, pushed the envelope on anti-Obama suggestions Wednesday, urging small bu...

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The Tea Party, Right-Wing Media and the Dog That Didn't Bark

Will Bunch | Posted 11.28.2011

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Did the Tea Party become, in that famous Sherlock Holmesian expression, the dog that did not bark? For the most part, yes. So what was all that barking that woke America up in the middle of the night? It was the right-wing media, and its echoes, that you heard.

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Republican E-Verify Bill Faces Growing Internal Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A House Republican bill that would require businesses to screen for undocumented immigrants is facing a growing bloc of opposition -- ev...

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Tea Party Leader Compares Boehner To Charlie Sheen

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judson Phillips, leader of Tea Party Nation, one of the movement's largest national groups, expressed his disgust with the GOP's latest efforts to sla...

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Hardball: Tea Party Under Fire Over Arizona Tragedy

Chris Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

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In my interview with Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, we disagree over whether or not America is home to more political assassinations than other nations.

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Tea Party Nation Founder: Arizona Shooter 'A Liberal Lunatic,' We Must 'Push Back'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips described Jared Loughner -- the suspected perpetrator of a fatal shooting in Arizona on Saturday -- as a "lib...

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Tea Party Nation Founder Brands NAACP As 'Liberal Hate Group'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judson Phillips, head of Tea Party Nation, recently released his picks for 2010's "top five liberal hate groups." Among them is the National Associati...

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Tea Party Nation President Wants 'Superstar' Sarah Palin For RNC Chair

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party Nation president Judson Phillips has written a plea to Sarah Palin and supporters Monday, urging the former Alaska governor to mount a bid t...

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Keith Ellison and the Tea Party's View of Sharia

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mainstream Islam does not advocate fighting except in self-defense.

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Tea Party Running Short On Cash

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some leading tea party activists are concerned that their efforts to reshape American politics, starting with the 2010 elections, are being undermined...

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New Tea Party Convention MORE EXPENSIVE Than The Last

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tea Party Nation recently announced its decision to host a second Tea Party Convention, which will be more expensive than the last one. Many Tea Part...

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Pettiness Over Crib Notes and Teleprompters

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why can't the media hold politicians to the fire to solve our country's problems and stop reporting these petty issues about crib notes and teleprompters?

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Tea Party Movement In Iowa: Less Popular Than Pot, Aliens, Socialism

True/Slant | Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unsurprisingly, the media covered Sarah Palin's address at the Tea Party convention in Nashville with unprecedented levels of enthusiasm for a fringe ...

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Tea Party Turmoil: Internal Conflict Plagues Movement Following Convention

The New York Times | Kate Zernike | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Tea Party war -- the internal one -- continues. Following the weekend convention sponsored by Tea Party Nation, a social networking site for tea ...

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Sarah Palin: Why We Can't Look Away

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin is entertaining.

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Why the Tea Party Movement Opposes a Man Who Cut Taxes On 95% of Tax Payers

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neglected in all the fevered conversation around the Tea Party movement's meteoric rise is any useful reflection on what the cause and this figurehead stand for: white racial resentment.

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Tea Party: Rifts Emerge As Convention Gets Underway

CNN | Kristi Keck | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the Tea Party's first national convention gets under way, members are united in their anger but divided over the future of the movement. The conve...

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Tea Party Nation Responds To Criticism With Attacks Of Their Own

Politico | KENNETH P. VOGEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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The organizers of next month's embattled National Tea Party Convention on Saturday lashed out at everyone from former sponsors and allies to the conve...

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Think Again: Tea Party/Fox Party

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Crossposted with theCenter for American Progress. With Mickey Ehrlich Success has many fathers, and few successes have enjoyed more fathers than Sco...

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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 Nation: 'Our Site Has Been Attacked By Liberals' Uploading Porn

Talking Points Memo | Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a rough week for Tea Party Nation. The group first accused MSNBC's Rachel Maddow of joining as a sort of liberal spy, and after TPMDC's covera...

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Tea Party Convention Loses Main Sponsor

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit The primary sponsor of the National Tea Party Convention has abandoned the event a day aft...

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