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The Associated Press: Frank takes dig at colleague in health care debate

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:01:59 +0000

1 day ago WASHINGTON Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation. Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation ...

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Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:14:15 +0000

When it's a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what's a GOP lawmaker to do? We'll give you one guess... Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature anti-terror legislation of the post 9/11 era to attend ...

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Michele Bachmann invites tea partiers to Washington for another swig.

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:49:33 +0000

Whether it was billing the event as a "Super Bowl of Freedom" or challenging conservatives to "scare" members of Congress, it worked. Rep. Michele Bachmann got thousands of protesters to flood the lawn in front of the Capitol building Thursday afternoon, joining her for what was originally described as a "press conference" but turned out to be a full-blown rally against health care reform—a mini-sequel to the 9/12 protest of two months ago. [ more ... ] ...

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Michelle Bachmann’s Capitol Tea Party

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Thursday's quickly organized event was a powerful display of informed citizenry.

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Bachmann / Teabagger Rally Compares Health Care Reform to Holocaust

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:08:08 +0000

Over the past couple of years, my outrage meter has spiked up to 10 on many occasions. Today, though, it broke. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Mn) sponsored a teabagger rally in Washington today. Almost the entire GOP house and senate leadership was in attendance, and spoke at the rally. Not ...

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Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:24:44 +0000

When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: the wing-nuts have taken over the GOP. Think I'm being harsh? The angry folks at the protest -- which attracted several thousand conservatives -- ...

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Bachmann claims anti health care rally was "organic." (video)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:35:06 +0000

Bachmann claims anti health care rally was "organic."

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Political Hotsheet

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:35:06 +0000

WASHINGTON This much is undeniable: These people are angry. Angry about the state of the economy. Angry about the possibility of losing health care benefits under a wide-ranging, complex piece of legislation. Angry at the thought of losing control over their future. Thousands of these angry ...

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Michele Bachmann Urges People to 'Pay a House Call' on Congress to Protest Health Care Bill

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:35:06 +0000

So nice to see Sean Hannity isn't too concerned about ClusterFox being seen as an arm of the Republican Party with this latest hackery. On his Friday evening show on Fox he brought on Michele Bachmann to help promote her call for people to come protest the halls of Congress against the health ...

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Michele Bachmann & Erick Erickson Conf Call: 8pm EST Tonight

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:35:06 +0000

Americans for Prosperity will be hosting a conference call with Rep. Michele Bachmann and RedState.com’s Erick Erickson tonight (November 4th) at 8pm EST to discuss tomorrow’s Congressional House Call Day. (click below for details) read more

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Bachmann Calls For Health Care Protest Rally In DC Next Week: ‘We’re Going To Have A Big Party’

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:06:03 +0000

In an interview with the Washington News Observer , Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) revealed that, next week in Washington, D.C., the right wing is trying to galvanize yet another mass protest rally against health reform. Following in the spirit of the “tea party” protests in April and the Glenn ...

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Think Again: This Fish Rots from the Head Down

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:46:37 +0000

George Will was repudiated by his own newspaper’s newsroom, whose reporters, Juliet Eilperin and Mary Beth Sheridan, noted satellite data showing that the average multiyear wintertime sea ice cover in the Arctic in 2005 had declined, which “contradicts data cited in widely circulated

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Bachmann Claims Anti-Health Reform Rally Was ‘Organic,’ ‘Nothing That We Planned’

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:20:04 +0000

Last Friday on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced that she was organizing an anti-health reform rally on Capitol Hill, calling on Americans “literally by the busload to come to Washington D.C.” to protest reform. The next day, Bachmann summoned everyone to “get off the ...

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Rachel Maddow: Rep Michele Bachmann (video)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:23:38 +0000

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Slams Republican Wingnut Rep Michele Bachmann's Teabaggers Protest On Capitol Hill - 11/05/09

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Watch: TPMDC's Videos From Tea Party Scene

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:55:15 +0000

Over the last 24 hours we've written a lot about the Capitol Hill Tea Party extravaganza. Make sure to check out TPMDC's photo slideshow here. We also took lots of original video throughout the day - from musical protests against communism to tea partiers heckling police and storming ...

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The 12 Most Offensive Signs From Bachmann's Tea Party

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:57:00 +0000

Michele Bachmann held a rally on Capitol Hill Thursday to try and "scare" lawmakers into voting against health care reform. Will it work? Probably not, but at least she got all these interesting signs out of it. Vote for the worst: [Photos from AP, RoadKillRefugee , Anna Marie Cox , ...

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Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) Calls Out Bachmann For Use Of Holocaust Imagery At Capitol Hill Tea Party

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:07:08 +0000

Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) has posted this YouTube video, condemning the use of Holocaust imagery at yesterday's Capitol Hill Tea Party, and calling out Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for organizing the event, as well as the Republican leaders who attended. Israel made it clear that he believes ...

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King Calls For Tea Party II Tomorrow At The Capitol

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:56:56 +0000

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is calling the Tea Partiers back to D.C. Much like Rep. Michele Bachmann did last week, King is calling on Tea Partiers to head to the Capitol and protest the Democratic health care reform bill. King is calling on the protesters to meet at 1 p.m. tomorrow, the day the ...

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Strange Scene: 10 Arrested As Tea Partiers Heckle Police

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:08:35 +0000

U.S. Capitol Police arrested 10 people this afternoon Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, public information office for the Capitol Police, told TPMDC they happened in the Cannon House building as tea partiers attempted to protest Speaker Nancy Pelosi about health care. They were charged with ...

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No one said freedom was pretty

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:19:00 +0000

By Dana Milbank Friday, November 6, 2009 The call to arms went out last week. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who made her name suggesting that Barack Obama and other Democrats have "anti-American" views, appeared on Fox News on Friday night and urged Americans to come to Washington to ...

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