Tea Party
72 pieces tagged “Tea Party”, newest first.
In Brief: The Tea Party Is Not Dead — It’s Evolving
Much to the chagrin of many in Washington, reports of the death of the Tea Party have been greatly exaggerated.
NYT Labels Grassroots Patriots ‘Angry,’ ‘Racist’
In a gross smear against conservatives, the Times continues churning its racial bilge.
The Real Victim Is the IRS?
Sob story: Conservative attacks on the agency have “greatly diminished” bureaucrats’ oversight abilities.
‘Exceedingly Low’ Public Interest in IRS Tea Party Scandal?
Former IRS official argues that her deposition should remain permanently sealed because no one cares.
Former IRS Abuser Doesn’t Trust You
Lois Lerner and her cohort claim they fear death threats should court testimony be made public.
Gov’t Settles With Tea Party Groups for IRS Targeting
There will be payouts to conservative groups abused by the IRS, but still little real accountability for the guilty.
IRS’s Lerner Wants Protection From Tea Party Terrorists
Lerner and her cohorts shouldn’t be protected from testifying just because their political enemies are pursuing justice.
IRS Still Targeting the Tea Party
And why not? There’s been no consequences or accountability.
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Why the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Movements Should Meet on Main Street
Little common ground exists between the left wing and right wing these days. One exception found in the emergence of the tea party and Occupy Wall Street movements is a healthy distrust in the motives of politicians and government regulators. These concerns are vindicated when officials are caught teaming up with the super rich to abuse political power.
Tea Party Wave Left a Ripple Effect Still Felt in Budget
Remember the much-maligned Tea Party movement? These were the patriotic Americans — millions of them — who took to the streets and the town halls across America and revolted against Bush’s corporate bailouts, Obama’s stimulus spending blowout and Obamacare, and the Fed’s policy of tossing trillions of dollars out of helicopter windows (figuratively). Good news: They helped change and maybe even slightly fix America. The latest budget deficit numbers — for the fiscal year that just ended — find that the deficit has fallen by $1 trillion since Obama’s tragic first term. The deficit is still near half a trillion, but the hole is a lot smaller than it was before the Tea Party’s spontaneous combustion happened back in 2009.
The Quiet Counter-Revolution Gets Louder: Essential Lessons for the GOP
For some years, below the surface, a quiet counter-revolution has been advancing in the base of the Republican Party and in the country in general, while the party’s establishment elites in Washington have continued on with business as usual, seemingly oblivious to the unrest of the rank and file, as if fly-over red state voters could be taken for granted. This counter-revolution was conceived and undertaken to change the trajectory of America’s departure from its founding principles — to bring reform to the GOP rather than to overthrow the party. In short, the hope was to reverse Republican establishment diffidence about out-of-control, unaccountable government and its attendant crony corruption.
Does Seeking to Jail Political Opponents Count as a ‘Smidgen of Corruption’?
Judicial Watch has uncovered some Soviet-level collusion.