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Fmr. NAACP Chair: the Tea Party ‘the Taliban wing of American politics’ (VIDEOS)

Fmr. NAACP Chair: the Tea Party ‘the Taliban wing of American politics’ (VIDEOS)

In an interview with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts, former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond shared his thoughts on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) probe into the NAACP in 2004, and the current IRS targeting of conservative groups that have such keywords as “Tea Party” and “Patriot”. Bond told Roberts that the NAACP’s targeting and the Tea Party’s are not […]

Rick Unger Calls Out Scottie Nell Hughes: ‘how can the tea party not support gay marriage?’ (VIDEO)

Rick Unger Calls Out Scottie Nell Hughes: ‘how can the tea party not support gay marriage?’ (VIDEO)

Last night on “Ask a tea partier,” Scottie Nell Hughes, News Director for Tea Party News Network, Rick Unger of Forbes.com and comedian Jim Mendrinos debate the complexities of the tea party’s views on gay marriage. Unger asks Hughes to explain, given the tea party’s roots in Libertarianism, “how can the tea party not support gay […]

The Tea Party Plot To Take Over The House of Representatives

The Tea Party Plot To Take Over The House of Representatives

Tea Party Nation founder, Judson Phillips, has a novel idea for replacing Speaker of the House John Boehner – use someone not currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives. That makes perfect sense, right?  I guess it does to Phillips, who is not known for being lucid. Referring to the Speaker of […]

Dick Armey and the Tea Party Blues

Dick Armey and the Tea Party Blues

Dick Armey, the “father figure of the tea party movement” resigned his post as chairmen of Freedom Works—the Koch brothers-backed group that blazed the trail to kill the Affordable Care Act and elect no-budge tea partiers. Who will they recruit next, and what lies ahead for the GOP’s far right flank? Andy Kroll, political reporter […]