Tea Party historian David Barton claims to be an expert on African American history. Internal Revenue Service records show that Barton’s nonprofit, Wallbuilder Presentations Inc., used a video project about the moral heritage and political history of African Americans to claim its non-profit status. A favorite among right wing conservatives, Barton’s controversial editing has posited […]
WASHINGTON There is tension between the traditional conservative GOP and the anti-spending Tea Party over the role of defense spending. The New York Times reports: Those differences were on display Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where the traditional Republican who now leads the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Howard P. McKeon, fought back against proposed cuts […]
Michelle Bachman was quite tame in her Tea Party rebuttal, still it was an insult to the 6 people who died in Tuscon and the Congresswoman who was shot in the face to have her speak. Two years ago Bachman called for Americans to be “armed and dangerous” on the issue of energy tax. She […]
ARIZONA –Republic district chairman for district 20, Anthony Miller has quit his post due to threats from the Tea Party. The Arizona Republic reports: Miller, a 43-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills resident and former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. John McCain, was re-elected to a second one-year term last month. He said constant verbal attacks after that […]
Jared Loughner may not have attended a Tea Party rally or registered with any Tea Party groups, but he shares several similarities with the Tea Party movement. 1. Anger Against The Government The first obviously is his anger against the government. His violent act reflected the anger against government for health care, and immigration symbolized […]
Judson Phillips, the leader of Tea Party Nation has called the NAACP a “liberal hate group” on his website. The Huffington Post Reports: Judson Phillips, head of Tea Party Nation, recently released his picks for 2010’s “top five liberal hate groups.” Among them is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a selection […]
Florida — Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) may have proven himself a prime pupil for fellow Rep. Michele Bachmann’s forthcoming constitutional classes, when he recently displayed selective reverence for the Tea Party’s most sacred document by calling for American news outlets to be censored for running stories based on the recent WikiLeaks cable dump. Here’s the […]
The NAACP has unveiled the recent racist death threat that has everyone talking this morning. Warning: Explicit language. Please view at your own discretion when appropriate.
Firing back at critics who say that she and other conservatives had encouraged harassment of House Democrats who supported the health care overhaul, Sarah Palin Saturday ripped the media for casting her and tea party activists as violent.
The battle over the Democratic health care bill turned ugly over the weekend when Tea Party protesters called Georgia Congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis the N-word and spit at Rep. Emanuel Cleaver near the Capitol.
WASHINGTON D.C.- President Barack Obama has addressed the accusations of racism in the Tea Party in a new book, “Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House,” written by Kenneth T. Walsh. RELATED: Top 9 Black reality TV personalities U.S. News reports: But Obama, in his most candid moments, acknowledged that race […]
