The Tea Party

Rick Perry wants WHAT in schools?

Rick Perry wants WHAT in schools?

Speaking at a Tea Party event in North Richland Hills, Texas, earlier this week, Gov. Rick Perry indicated his support for allowing school officials to carry concealed handguns. His comments were in response to last Friday’s school house shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Noting that local school districts should be free to decide their own policies regarding […]

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 […]

Grover Norquist: ‘Tea Party 2 Is Going To Dwarf Tea Party 1’

Anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist warned the panelists on Sunday’s Meet The Press that the regulation and taxes which are part of President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation are due to be implemented in Obama’s second term. In combination with the tax increases he is seeking as a resolution to the fiscal cliff, Norquist said […]

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 […]

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