Tea Party Patriots

Tea Party Civil War? Lawsuit, GOP Friction Splits Leaders

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Some major cracks have emerged in the "Tea Party" movement's leadership. In October, Amy Kremer, a founder and top staffer for the Tea Party Patri...

Tempest in a Teabag: Tea Party Founder Announces He's (Re)Joining GOP

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Dawn Teo

Odom has consistently taken controversial public stances against Republican candidates, often accusing them of not being conservative enough.

Tea Party Over? Movement Losing Steam

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


The tea partiers are launching the revolution. This week. But will anyone actually show up? On Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann challenged viewers of Se...

Lindsey Graham Faces Tea Party Fury: "Traitor," "Democrat In Drag," "Half-A-Sissy" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) faced an eruption of rage from Tea Party activists at a town hall meeting Tuesday for his decision to work with Sen. John...

Tea Partiers Turn On GOP Leadership

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


The grassroots anti-tax, anti-government movement sweeping through Republicans nationwide is proving a thorn in the side of the national party as the ...

Tea Party Patriots Founder Forced Out Over Support Of GOP-Linked 'Astroturf' Group

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


Tea Party Patriots did not want to lose Amy Kremer. The Atlanta activist had co-founded the organization. She'd helped organize some of the biggest ev...

912 March: The Tea Party Movement Is the New Religious Right

Adele Stan | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Adele Stan

Marching has long been the province of the left. But the election of the nation's first African-American president, a moderate liberal, in a time of economic crisis, yielded right-wing leaders the gold of backlash.

9/12 Health Care Protest In Chicago (PICTURES)

Aemilia Scott | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago


Aemilia Scott

Ah, death panel posters. Signs like this are the "Don't Stop Believing" of political slogans. Poorly written, fantasy-based, and yet somehow still a huge hit in the Midwest.

After Swastika Incident, Rep. Scott Holds Health Care Town Hall

Glen McDaniel | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Glen McDaniel

A few days after a recent town hall meeting where Scott lectured some in the crowd for "highjacking" the healthcare debate, a large swastika was painted outside his Smyrna district office.

From Fear to Faith

Jim Lichtman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Jim Lichtman

This is not about the pros and cons of the health care debate. That's politics. This is about the ethics of a "debate" which has deteriorated into an Us vs. Them shouting match.

Tea Party Organizers Admit: No Reform Is Goal

The Plum Line | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


On a private conference call, a group of top Tea Party and conservative organizers offered a surprisingly frank description of their goal, according t...

The Rise of the Dick Armey, the Summer's Biggest Blockbuster

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Suzanne Langlois

If patriotism is their private bailiwick, are those of us who truly believe that access to health care is the most basic of civil rights, unpatriotic?

Matthew Palevsky

"Obama The Anus Of America": Conservatives Riled Up By Health Care Reform Gather Along Bus Tour (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Two "Hands Off My Health Care" buses have been making their way across the country as the central organizational tools for the conservative group Amer...