Tea Party Membership Map
August 26, 2011
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Ten Things
August 18, 2011
Ten Things
Ten things to stop the Tea Parties
CNN – The Network of the Tea Party Express
August 17, 2011
CNN – The Network of the Tea Party Express
For the second time in a month, the cable news network, CNN, announced that they would be teaming up with the Tea Party Express. In a move unprecedented in TV news history, CNN is giving live coverage to the Tea Party response to president Obama’s State of the Union address, on…
Norway Terror Suspect Described As Far-Right Nationalist Islamophobe
Shortly before midnight on Friday, July 22, police arrested a 32-year-old Norwegian man who allegedly went on a murderous shooting spree at a Labor Party youth camp on the island of Utoya and may also be responsible for the horrific bombing in Oslo earlier in the day. The man arrested…
Tea Party Nation and the National Origins Act
July 7, 2011
Tea Party Nation and the National Origins Act
Tea Party Nation, the fourth largest national Tea Party faction with 42,100 online members, continues to move towards an explicit expression of white nationalism. The group has already been widely criticized for its proposal to deny voting rights for those citizens who do not own property, and for promoting anti-gay…
Special Report: FreedomWorks and the John Birch Society Problem
FreedomWorks has a John Birch Society problem.
The 2nd Annual Oregon Tea Party Celebration: A Movement in Which Ideas Seem to Have Growing Importance
May 31, 2011
The 2nd Annual Oregon Tea Party Celebration: A Movement in Which Ideas Seem to Have Growing Importance
The following article is a first-person account of a Tea Party "celebration" on February 26, 2011, held at the Shilo Inn near the airport in Portland, Oregon. The author, Mike Edera, found the importance of ideas within Tea Party ranks of particular note. Read alongside two articles by Devin Burghart,…
Birtherism 2.0 – “Natural Born” Racism
April 28, 2011
Birtherism 2.0 – “Natural Born” Racism
Now that President Obama has attempted to quell the surge of birtherism by providing a copy of his oft-requested long form-birth certificate, will that satisfy the birthers? Will they go away now? Nope. Long before President Obama released his long-form birth certificate, Tea Party leaders and other birthers had already…
Tea Time with the Posse: Inside an Idaho Tea Party Patriots Conference
Tea Party Patriots Idaho State Coordinator Pam Stout {jathumbnail off} A year ago, Pam Stout, a soft-spoken 67 year-old retiree from Bonners Ferry, Idaho was featured in the New York Times and asked to appear on the David Letterman show. She performed swimmingly, and portrayed the Tea Party as a…