Posts tagged Tea Party

The National Tea Party Federation has expelled conservative commentator and Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams over a fictional letter Williams wrote on his blog last week from “Colored People” to Abraham Lincoln. “We, in the last 24 hours, have expelled Tea Party Express and... [+]

Abusive, derogatory and even racist behavior directed at House Democrats by Tea Party protesters on Saturday left several lawmakers in shock. Preceding the president’s speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care... [+]

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) urged a smaller-than-expected crowd of Tea Party protesters on Tuesday to launch a Velvet Revolution-style uprising against the federal government, saying the parallels are striking between America’s current government and Eastern European communist rule. Speaking to the Huffington Post shortly after... [+]

At a time when some people confuse losing an election with living under tyranny, it’s perhaps no surprise that a day set aside for marking past presidents’ birth has become, for some, a day for praying for the current president’s death. Praying for President Obama’s... [+]

Last summer, when mass protests broke out in Iran following what was seen as a rigged election, Americans cried out in support of the uprising through all possible channels.  Some commentators here went so far as to claim credit for the “revolution,” as if it... [+]

Who will be the lucky beneficiary of the hefty fee Sarah Palin received for her Tea Party Convention address? Mark Skoda, a spokesman for the convention, tells TPMmuckraker that when he called Palin’s office in the days after the speech to thank her for appearing... [+]