Tea Party
The Tea Party is a political movement that emerged in 2009 out of grassroots protests against the federal stimulus package, bank bailouts, the growing national debt and the economic recession. The movement's primary concerns are cutting back the size of government, decreasing government spending, lowering taxes, and adhering to the U.S. Constitution. The movement has no central leadership but is a loose affiliation of smaller local groups. Notable Tea Party representatives include Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell.
At IRS, 'tea party' could mean 'liberal,' official says. Office's director tel...
Do you believe her? WASHINGTON — When front-line tax agents in Cincinnati used the term “tea party,” they didn’t just mean conservative groups. Instead, a “tea party” case could refer to an application for tax-exemption from any group – including lib...
Obama's IRS and ABQ Tea Party breakfasts
WASHINGTON -- When 83-year-old Marianne Chiffelle started organizing informal breakfasts to talk politics at a Golden Corral restaurant in Albuquerque a few years ago, she never dreamed those meetings would draw her into a national IRS scandal. But ...
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The full transcript of a key interview with an IRS employee at the heart of the agency's scandal that Darrell Issa has been withholding from the American people was released today by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). The tran...3 opinions18 hours ago
Colorado Senate President John Morse, the legislator who has become the face of the state’s tough new gun control laws, may be campaigning to save his political career now that the secretary of state has certified that his...0 opinions5 hours ago-
bama's approval rating dropped eight percentage points over the past month, to 45%, the president's lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national poll. The CNN/ORC International survey released...20 opinions2 days ago
Ah I cant stand it. They always bash our president. Im sick of their racist, homophobic rants. They do not care about helping the poor, and think that guns and less taxes mean smaller government. Yet they want to expand go...83 opinions2013/06/06 17:11:55
An IRS supervisor who oversaw over 200 agents in the Cincinnati office admitted that she personally reviewed applications from conservative and Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. Her statements contradict assertion...14 opinions2 days ago-
Let's see. The ayatollahs are genocidal Jew-haters who hope to obliterate Israel in a nuclear holocaust. The Tea Party isn't. The ayatollahs are in favor of stoning women who commit adultery. The Tea Party isn't. The...12 opinions2 days ago
Jack Staver is a Constitution-loving patriot activist who chairs the Northwest Georgia 912 Project, (http://www.northwestgeorgia9-12project.org/) and was co-state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots. In 2009 he got the ...4 opinions2013/05/28 23:16:38
Liberals accused Republicans of suppressing the black vote and yet black voters turned out in record numbers for Obama, and yet we now know (although the main stream liberal biased media refuses to acknowledge), that it wa...7 votes5 days ago
When it comes to the government monitoring and ultimately STEALING your data, it’s good to keep things in perspective. And in doing so, it’s not a stretch to compare it to the Nazis. Many of us believe, “If I’m doing n...3 opinions6 days ago
Big surprise. "IRS exempts terror front group over tea party," from WND, June 3 (thanks to Mackie): At the same time the Internal Revenue Service delayed or denied requests for tax-exempt status from hundreds of conserv...6 opinions2 days ago
Who is really to blame for the bad jobs market..Bush, Wall Street, the GOP? Wall Street Domination Is Crushing The Job Market. Obama now blames WS. Having a hard time finding a decent-paying job? Thank Wall Street. In a N...10 opinions7 days ago
In a bold move Tuesday, the Ranking Member of the House Government Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings , released the full transcript of the 6-hour interview with the IRS manager who ordered screening of Tea Party Groups....10 opinions9 hours ago-
The 2014 mid-term election has already heated up, as U.S. Navy veteran and Conservative blogger Jorge Bonilla has officially announced that he is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress in Florida. Bonilla, who is on...2 opinions2013/06/10 21:53:17
Although the IRS scandal has been perhaps somewhat overshadowed in the past couple of weeks by the roiling vortex of Scandalmania and especially the NSA surveillance story, Congress has been making steady progress on inves...0 opinions1 day ago
More than a decade ago, Osama bin Laden appeared in a brief video to speak about several issues. One of them was to advise the Islamic world that they should expect the U.S. military to be defeated by Islam, the Tale...2 opinions7 days ago
Many conservatives are surprised and saddened by the government’s recent attacks on us. The IRS has been targeting conservatives, the Department of Justice is going after Fox News, and the State Department fudged facts abo...1 opinion1 day ago