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Paul Blumenthal

IRS Makes Big Apology To Conservative Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Internal Revenue Service's exempt organizations division apologized on Friday for the inappropriate targeting of conserv...

Hate: The Elephant in the Room

Kenneth Robinson | Posted 04.24.2013 | Impact
Kenneth Robinson

The cruel act of terrorism that targeted innocent spectators and marathon runners in Boston on April 15th 2013 has called out the "Elephant in the room." It raises the question of how a democracy such as ours should confront the perpetrators of terrorism, whether foreign, or domestic?

Former Tea Party Patriot's Speech Will Make Progressives Stand Up And Cheer

Upworthy | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler (who has since resigned from the organization) might be a conservative at heart, but this recent exchange w...

Lucia Graves

'Monsanto Protection Act' Foes Find Unusual Ally

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.02.2013 | Green

The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act," a controversial provision protecting the biotech giant from litigation, has found an unusual critic in the te...

WATCH: MoveOn, Tea Party Co-Founders Join Forces

live.huffingtonpost.com | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics

You read that right. Joan Blades, who co-founded the liberal political group MoveOn.org and Mark Meckler, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, are ...

Disarming Republican Anarchists

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Bob Burnett

Multiple excuses have been offered for the difficulty of enacting gun control legislation, but the most obvious problem has not been mentioned: the U.S. contains millions of Republican anarchists.

Karl Rove Nazi Image Created By Tea Party

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 02.20.2013 | Politics

A tea party group portrayed leading Republican strategist Karl Rove as a Nazi in an email it sent Tuesday -- and later had to apologize for it, blamin...

Tea Party Group Opens Up To Unlimited Donations

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 02.08.2013 | Politics

It seems like just about every political figure and group has a super PAC these days. On Friday, Tea Party Patriots, one of the nation's most prominen...

As a Former Tea Party Patriot, Here's What I Think Is Wrong With the GOP

Andrew Ian Dodge | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Andrew Ian Dodge

What is it with the repeated attempts by "conservative" candidates and politicians to make all of the right look stupid and ignorant, whether it is Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock's vile statements on rape and pregnancy or the latest misuse of the word "Holocaust"?

Tea Party 'In Disarray' Looking For Big Help

Politico | Posted 01.11.2013 | Politics

The tea party may have been built by the grass roots, but in order to survive, it’s going to have to rely on the Beltway political machines and big ...

Tea Party Grassroots Prep For 'The Hostile Takeover'

The Huffington Post | Cole Stangler | Posted 06.11.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A four-day conference for conservative activists organized by FreedomWorks was capped off Monday with a boisterous press conference. ...

Tea Party Predicts Downfall of Tea Party

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 07.03.2012 | Politics
Alex Brant-Zawadzki

Leaders of the Tea Party acknowledged on Wednesday that if the recall effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is successful, it would effectively kill their movement.

Tea Party Speaker Reportedly Hurls Ugly Slur At Gay Protesters

Posted 04.26.2012 | Politics

A Tea Party tax day protest and counter-demonstration in Boston got testy over the weekend, with the confrontation reportedly leading to a speaker tel...

Tea Party for 2.0

Dave Pederson | Posted 06.03.2012 | Politics
Dave Pederson

Last week as the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's landmark legislation the Affordable Care Act, a familiar drama was playing out on the steps of the High Court.

Michael McAuliff

Tea Party Honcho Busted For Gun At LaGuardia Airport

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

One of the founders of the Tea Party Patriots was busted at New York City's LaGuardia Airport on a gun charge, his lawyer said Thursday. "Mark Meck...

Occupy Wall Street: American as Apple Pie

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics
Joseph A. Palermo

In 1776, had the American revolutionaries tried the Barack Obama approach of "reaching out" in a spirit of "cooperation" with the Tories and the British Crown there never would have been a United States of America in the first place.

Occupy Wall Street's Dirty Hippies vs Tea Party Patriot's Geriatrics

Harmon Leon | Posted 06.14.2012 | Politics
Harmon Leon

The media is having a field day portraying the Occupy Wall Street protesters as a bunch of "dirty hippies." It's the conservative news outlet's count...

Report from the Conference on the Constitutional Convention

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 11.30.2011 | Politics
Lawrence Lessig

Most Americans can surely agree that Congress, as much as possible, should be unconstrained by incentives that compel it to behave differently than would a representative sample of Americans, coming together to try to do what's best for our country.

Let's Help, Not Hinder, Schools in Teaching the Constitution

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 11.16.2011 | Home
Caroline Fredrickson

There is a real need to improve civics education in our nation's schools, one that should be taken seriously. Constitution Day is worthy of celebration; let's help schools do so in a positive, productive manner.

Tea Party Protesters Rail Against Romney

Patch | Posted 11.04.2011 | Politics

About 25 members and activists of assorted Tea Party organizations in New Hampshire held a counter-demonstration on Sunday, before the appearance of f...

Tea Party Group Responds To 'Go To Hell' Comment

Posted 10.24.2011 | Politics

The leaders of the Tea Party Patriots group are out with a response to contentious remarks made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) over the weekend rega...

A Conference on the Constitutional Convention

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 10.10.2011 | Politics
Lawrence Lessig

As many of us believe that our nation has come to another moment of crisis in its capacity to govern, some of us believe we must begin to talk through whether fundamental reform through a convention will be required.

Jason Cherkis

Children's Health Insurance Program Next On GOP Presidential Hopefuls' List Of Things To Avoid

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.16.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- When Jon Huntsman announces his candidacy for the presidency next week, it's unlikely that he'll mention what Utah officials say is one ...

Michael McAuliff

Tea Party Group: Mitt Romney Is Not Our Choice

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.08.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Leaders of one of the Tea Party's larger grassroots coalitions are hammering a rival group for saying the Tea Party will back whichever ...

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Try To Woo Christian Conservatives At Conference

AP | By CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In an election season driven by economic worries, Republican leaders are trying to keep Christian conservatives excited and involved by ...