News The IRS wants YOU — to share everything
05-15-2013
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DAVID NATHER, TARINI PARTI and BYRON TAU
The Internal Revenue Service asked tea party groups to see donor rolls.It asked for printouts of Facebook posts. And it asked what books people were reading.
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News Oklahoma tea party founder busted for threats to lawmaker over ‘fringe’ Agenda 21 conspiracy
04-10-2013
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David Edwards via RawStory.com
The founder of a tea party group in Oklahoma was charged with two felonies on Tuesday for allegedly sending threatening emails to a Republican lawmaker
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News Tea Party lashes out at ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
04-04-2013
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http://rt.com
Members of the Tea Party have joined protesters standing up against the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’, calling the provision a ‘special interest loophole’ for friends of Congress.
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News Jim DeMint resigns from Senate
12-06-2012
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thehill.com
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a leading Senate conservative and founding member of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, will resign from office in January to become president of The Heritage Foundation.
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News Exclusive: Dick Armey Quits Tea Party Group in Split Over Direction
12-04-2012
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motherjones.com
In a move not publicly announced, former Rep. Dick Armey, the folksy conservative leader, has resigned as chairman of FreedomWorks, one of the main political outfits of the conservative movement and an instrumental force within the tea party.
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News Cory Booker challenges tea partier to live on food stamps for a week
11-20-2012
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Stephen C. Webster via RawStory.com
Over the weekend, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) challenged a tea party-affiliated critic to join him in living on food stamps for a week, and now it appears the challenge has been accepted.
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News Tea Party Leader Compares GOP To Old Communist Party Of Soviet Union
09-04-2012
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http://www.youtube.com, MOXNEWSd0tC0M
Tea Party Leader Compares GOP To Old Communist Party Of Soviet Union
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News SABOTAGE! Ron Paul Being Obliterated From Wiki Tea Party Entry!
08-17-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by valley6
Anyone have a wiki-editing account?!
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News U.S. Army Colonel teaching at military university: "Crushing a Tea Party insurgency"
08-08-2012
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www.examiner.com
According to the vision articulated by Benson, future warfare will be conducted on our own soil. The military will use its full force against our own citizens. The enemy will be average citizens whose values resonate with those articulated by the tea
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News Texas Democrats on Ted Cruz victory: The inmates are running the asylum
08-01-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Eric W. Dolan
Texas Democrats mocked former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz on Tuesday after it was announced the tea party candidate had won the state’s Republican primary race for Senate.
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News The Tea Party Patriots' Fundraising Fail?
05-22-2012
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http://www.motherjones.com, By Stephanie Mencimer
The group's latest IRS filing indicates that it may have its own fiscal responsibility problem.
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News Here Are 10 Republican Freshmen Who Betrayed The Tea Party Movement
05-17-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiurato
In 2010, 87 Republicans rode a wave of "tea party" momentum into Congress for the first time.
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News New Gingrich's Tax Day Rally
04/14/2012
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http://adamvstheman.com/
6-minute minimally-edited video shows what happens at a typical Newt Gingrich event. Adam remarks on Gingrich's effort to hijack the Tea Party brand.
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Dennis Treybil
News I'll Catch the Next One
03-21-2012
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http://prospect.org, Steve Erickson
Republicans have only the Tea Party to blame for the quality of their presidential contenders.
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Headlines: I'll Catch the Next One -- New Gingrich's Tax Day Rally -- Here Are 10 Republican Freshmen Who Betrayed The Tea Party Movement -- The Tea Party Patriots' Fundraising Fail? -- Texas Democrats on Ted Cruz victory: The inmates are running the asylum -- U.S. Army Colonel teaching at military university: "Crushing a Tea Party insurgency" -- SABOTAGE! Ron Paul Being Obliterated From Wiki Tea Party Entry! -- Tea Party Leader Compares GOP To Old Communist Party Of Soviet Union -- Cory Booker challenges tea partier to live on food stamps for a week -- Exclusive: Dick Armey Quits Tea Party Group in Split Over Direction -- Jim DeMint resigns from Senate -- Tea Party lashes out at ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ -- Oklahoma tea party founder busted for threats to lawmaker over ‘fringe’ Agenda 21 conspiracy -- The IRS wants YOU — to share everything
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