The Tea Party

SEC Targeting Low-Level Bankers Instead Of Their Supervisors, Analysis Finds

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Video, Wall Street, Jpmorgan, Occupy Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Regulation, Sec, Duke University, Securities and Exchange Commission, The Tea Party, Citigroup, Business News

(Aruna Viswanatha) - The U.S. government is not taking advantage of an enforcement tool that could potentially hold top Wall Street figures accoun...

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WATCH: Kimmel's 'Tea Party Dance Party'

Posted 11.13.2011

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If you watched Monday night's CNN Tea Party debate, it's not hard to believe the party has a difficult time appealing to young people. In 2008, then-c...

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Teens Rejoice as Perry Vows to Abolish Science and Reason From States' Curricula (Satire)

Brock Cohen | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Gun Rights, The GOP, The Tea Party, Rick Perry, High School, Anti-Intellectualism, Climate Change, Right-Wing Republicans, Evolution, Comedy News
Brock Cohen

"First, they said human beings shared genes with monkeys," said Perry to a restive audience of more than 400 teenagers. "Then it was dogs, then rats, then bugs. But apparently, that's no longer demeaning enough."

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The Social Dimension of the Debt Ceiling Crisis

Paul Stoller | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Division of Labor, Public Edcuation, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, President Barack Obama, Sacrifice, Radical Indivdualism, Infasctructure, The Tea Party, Society, Republicans, Medicare, Medicaid, Democrats, Libertarianism, The Social Contract, Politics News
Paul Stoller

We can live in a society in which there is a social contract and a sense of sacrifice for the common good, or we can live in a society in which radical individualism has replaced the social contract.

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In Search of the Public Good

Paul Stoller | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Debt Ceiling, The Republican Party, The Public Good, Economic Catastrophe, Limited Government, The Declaration of Independence, Lower Taxes, Thomas Jefferson, The Enlightenment, The Tea Party, The Founding Fathers, The Social Contract, Politics News
Paul Stoller

As the debt ceiling clock ticks down, we will soon find out if we are a people possessed by selfish personal desire or a people who promote the public good. In what kind of society do you want your children to live?

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Celebrating Fourth of July Without God

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Atheism, Michele Bachmann, Nontheist, Fourth of July, Humanism, Independence Day, The Tea Party, Politics News
Roy Speckhardt

Michele Bachmann and her religious allies may have deemed themselves the country's true patriots, but millions of religion-free Americans will honor their country this Fourth of July with dignity, respect, and goodness.

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The Republicant Platform... An Open Source ReCourse

David Theo Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Public Radio, James O'keefe, The Tea Party, Wisconsin Protests, Comedy News
David Theo Goldberg

Recent political events have finally birthed a new political player, The Republicant Party, the one formerly known as the "The Party." The new party i...

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Could Voter Identification Lead to Disenfranchisement in Mississippi?

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeppi Barbour, Council of Conservative Citizens, Mississippi, Haley Barbour, Citizens Council, Jamie Scott, Yazoo City, Gladys Scott, Confederates, The Tea Party, Naacp, Politics News
Leonard Zeskind

The Mississippi Secretary of State has announced that enough signatures have been collected to put voter ID on the ballot in 2011. Voters will get the chance to narrow the franchise once again.

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Divining Sarah

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah Palin's America, Going Rogue, The Tea Party, The Celebrification of American Politics, Sarah Palin, The Election of 2012, Books News
Glenn C. Altschuler

More than any other unsuccessful candidate for vice-president of the United States, Sarah Palin has established herself as a potent force in America politics. With America By Heart, she is casting herself, once again, as the spokesperson of the "real people" in our country.

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Is the Tea Party a Moral and Spiritual Movement?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Lost in the debate about the morality of the Tea Party is any discussion about its underpinnings in human nature. The Tea Party is far from perfect, but in emphasizing self-reliance, it taps into the human desire to live a life with self-esteem.

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Colbert Looks At Tea Party Coloring Books For Kids (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night on "The Colbert Report," Colbert kicked off his "Tip Of The Hat/Wag Of The Finger" segment with a tip of his hat to the publishing company ...

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Rooting for the Tea Party?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midterm Elections, Tea Party, Elections, The Tea Party, GOP Candidates, Congressional Candidates, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

The Tea Party victories in the Republican primaries won't provide an electoral boost to the Democrats in the midterms -- but there are a couple of ways in which the Tea Party could help the progressive cause.

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The Tea Party Movement Is a National Embarrassment

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stuart Whatley

The Tea Party movement is the latest installment in an old American tradition: the exploitation of mostly frustrated, desperate, and susceptible people by monied interests and profiteers.

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Taking Our Country Back From the Cult of Curmudgeon

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Beck, The Tea Party, Carly Fiorina, Right-Wing Extremism, Scratch 'N Wins, Sarah Palin, California Primary, Homemade Pie, Roe v. Wade, Cult of Curmudgeon, Nra, Los Angeles News
Brock Cohen

Why does Bush get a pass from the Cult of Curmudgeon while his successor gets hung in effigy?

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