Two employees of the IRS office in Cincinnati have reportedly been disciplined for their aggressive handling of conservative political groups. The agency’s commissioner singled out the rogue agents, Wednesday, before resigning from his post. Those employees could face criminal charges, for allegedly red-flagging Tea-Party groups that requested tax-exempt status. Fox 19 is reporting that two […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another probe concludes that lax management enabled agents…
West Chester Republican, and Cincinnati native, John Boehner is expected to win re-election today as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The 113th congress will be sworn in, and organize itself today. Boehner has been thought to be vulnerable from a challenge by tea-party members in the G.O.P. Recent Stories: Cliffhanger: Congress Passes Bill […]
Hey, did you hear the one about the alleged Founding Fathers of this nation beating the President of the United States until he’s left broken…
In Tennessee, tea party groups are lobbying their local boards of education to downplay , and in some cases remove, slavery from their textbooks. They feel that the founding founders are getting unfair criticism in the history books. According to reports, Hal Rounds, the Fayette County attorney and spokesman for the group, said during a […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Just a year ago, tea party activists came roaring out of the congressional elections eager to shape the looming race for the White House. Things have not gone as planned. Turned off by Mitt Romney’s style and evolution on several important issues, they have bounced from one candidate to another in […]
Did Glen Beck, this weekend, admit that the Tea Party is racist? On the Fox Business show, “Freedom Watch”, he explained that there was very little difference between Gingrich and President Barack Obama– so much so that the only possible explanation for Tea Partiers rallying around Gingrich is “Obama’s race.” Describing Gingrich as “the only […]
In an interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama addressed the growing “Occupy Wall Street” movement and similar protests. Obama said that he understands the frustration coming from the Occupy Wall Street movement and compared the protests to the Tea Party. ROLAND S. MARTIN: Occupy Wall Street And The Tea Party Are Exercising Their Rights […]
Last week Loop21.com asked “Why Can’t the Congressional Black Caucus Be More Like the Tea Party?” Today they are responding. Congressional Black Caucus communications director Stephanie L. Young, part of a new breed among the caucus, there to inject some fire into the 41-year-old organization spoke to us exclusively. When Young isn’t getting the word […]
Spectators cheered the prospect of  letting uninsured Americans die during Monday’s CNN Tea Party debate. “That’s what’s freedom is all about,” Republican presidential nominee Ron Paul said when CNN’s Wolf Blizter asked who should pay when uninsured Americans encounter catastrophic illness. “He should do whatever he wants to do,” Paul said. My advice to him is […]
The Tea Party is calling for the resignation of Indiana Democratic congressman Andre Carson after he said the party wanted to see Black people hanging from trees. Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots described Rep. Andre Carson’s remarks as “disgusting” and “hateful” in a statement to the Daily News. “Rep. […]
MIAMI — African American congressman Andre Carson from Indiana had harsh words for the Tea Party at a recent Congressional Black Caucus event in Miami. He compared the Tea Party movement to the efforts of Jim Crow and directly addressed members of congress affiliated with the movement. The Huffington Post reports: “This is the effort […]
