tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 19 days ago
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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 ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 20 days ago
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NOTE THE DATE.... Today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)
hopes to lead a small army of right-wing activists...
around Capitol Hill, in the hopes of derailing health care reform. But let's not lose sight of the context here -- Bachmann has...
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Note the date
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 20 days ago
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The scene today at the Capitol Hill Tea
Party probably worried incumbents of both parties. TPMDC was...
there, following every "Kill the bill" refrain and impromptu "USA! USA!" chant from the many thousands gathered on the West Front Lawn of the ...
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Tea Partiers Came With 2010 Warnings
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 20 days ago
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and the Tea Party
Patriots are not expecting a warm reception on Capitol...
Hill Thursday. In a series of conference calls Wednesday night, representatives of the "thousands" of tea partiers who have promised to heed ...
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Michele Bachmann, Tea Partiers Prepare For Last Stand On ...
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Talking Points Memo —
... Reps. Steve King of Iowa, Trent Franks of Arizona, Randy Forbes of Virginia, Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Louie Gohmert and Ted Poe of Texas all showed up at the Tea Party -- and all missed Patriot Act votes that took place at about the same time. Some of the votes on Republican-sponsored amendments to the reauthorization of the Patriot Act were close enough that they might have passed had all the GOPers bothered to show up. TPMmuckraker has the story. ...
Prioritizing
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion —
... Several Republican members, including our own Trent Franks, skipped out on a House Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday to attend the “Superbowl of Freedom!” This meant that several Republican amendments to strengthen the PATRIOT act failed. TPM has the details. ...
Bachmann's Fight against Terror Health Care
Talking Points Memo —
... On the one hand it seems funny that a bunch of GOP Reps. would blow off a vote to strengthen the Patriot Act so they could hang out and speak at Michele Bachmann's Capitol Hill tea party event. On the other hand, since you have Republicans saying health care reform is a bigger threat than terrorism, maybe the whole thing makes sense? ...
Republican Priorities
Daily Kos —
Why do they hate America? 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 Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally against health-care reform. Reps. Steve King of Iowa, Trent Franks of Arizona, Randy Forbes of Virginia, Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Louie Gohmert and Ted Poe of Texas all took time out yesterday ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... in December. * Several House Republicans blew off important votes on national security policy to tell some right-wing activists yesterday how much they hate health care reform. Priorities, people. * On a related note, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) had so much fun yesterday, ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
Corrente: One Down: Schlecher County jury convicts Jessop of child rape. And speaking of convictions...
Open Left: Only fiscal conservatives would say we can't afford to reduce the deficit
TPMMuckraker: Patriot Games: GOP lawmakers skip national security votes to toast tea baggers
Oliver Willis: Eric Cantor, soon to be pimp slapped...watch, ring, and all
David Rees:10 jokes about Joe Lieberman
ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: Brad Jacobson's investigative series... ...
Saturday Clips
John Deeth Blog —
Saturday Clips There's only one story in Iowa City today, of course, but here's a few other things: It's an administrative recount Monday in University Heights to double-check the two vote margin. The best part here: In the Iowa Code, recounts are covered under section 50.50. Think about it a moment. Steve King does it again, attending a teabagger rally instead of voting. And while I'm still gloomy about Maine voting no on marriage equality, there's literally hope for the future in this graph. The takeaway quote: "Even ...
House health care deliberations thread
MyDD —
... I'm not watching the House proceedings, but from what I read on Twitter and the blogs, House Republicans are heckling Democrats and making their usual outlandish claims about the bill. Representative Steve King (IA-05) organized another rally at the Capitol today to "kill the bill." Side note: King and other wingnuts blew off a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday to attend the "House call" wingnut rally against health care reform. Their absence doomed some Republican amendments to the PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill. ...
Another Hilton Lie? Work Of Art He Claimed Was His Own Bears Sticker Of LA Furniture Store
The Hollywood Liberal —
Another Hilton Lie? Work Of Art He Claimed Was His Own Bears Sticker Of LA Furniture Store Hardin jail conman Michael Hilton finally handed over works of art to help settle a California fraud judgment. But a work he earlier claimed was his own is a framed poster that bears a sticker of a Los Angeles furniture store. [image] [image] [image] Patriot Games: GOP Reps Pick Tea Party Rally Over National-Security Votes Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off close votes on the Patriot Act to attend Michele Bachmann’s Tea Party rally against health-care reform. [image] [image] Bonner’s ‘Independent’ Ethics Adviser Commissions Ad Praising Him ...
Related: steve king's "house call" tea party rally, tea party 11/8/09
"Tea Party Activists Are the New GOP"
thenation.com 22 days ago — Richard Viguerie, the legendary hard-right activist who spent much of the past decade arguing that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were too liberal, now declares that the days of even the most minimal moderation are now over in the Republican Party. ...
CNN: Palin, Tea Party Protesters 'Driving Moderates Out of GOP'
newsbusters.org 22 days ago — On Monday’s AC360, CNN’s Anderson Cooper forwarded the media’s new talking point about the New York 23 congressional race, that “ Tea Party protesters and other conservative voices are...driving moderates out of the GOP .” Correspondent Tom Foreman ...
Tea Partiers Get Set For Hectic Final Push Against Health-Care Reform
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 21 days ago — Declaring that "this is our battle of Trenton," Tea Party activists are gearing up for a last stand against the health-care reform effort they see as putting the country on a glide-path to socialism.
With the House set to vote on reform as early ...
Capitol Hill Tea Party Crowd Growing
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 20 days ago — Today's big Capitol Hill Tea Party, promoted by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), is getting ready to begin this morning, and already about 1,000 people are there, many of them arriving on buses sent by the event's organizers. This is not like the failed ...
Scenes From a Tea Party
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 20 days ago — My colleague Lee Fang grabbed this shot at today’s Michelle Bachman Tea Party:
In detail:
There are all kinds of nutty people in the world, but these kinds of things are the wages of a conservative leadership and media that’s ...
Capitol Hill Tea Party Getting Bigger
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 20 days ago — The Capitol Hill Tea Party crowd is now at roughly 8,000 people.
A TPM reader texts to us that the subway to the Capitol is clogged with protestors. Hundreds of people are still streaming in.
It's fair to say at this point the crowd rivals that ...
Is the Tea Party Gang Turning GOP into a Party of Hate?
politicsdaily.com 19 days ago — 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 -- ...
Watch: TPMDC's Videos From Tea Party Scene
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 19 days ago — 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 ...
Gibbs Laments Images, Statements From Tea Party Crowd As 'Stunning'
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 19 days ago — David Corn from Mother Jones read an incendiary quote from yesterday's Capitol Hill Tea Party to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this afternoon during the press briefing.
Gibbs used the question as an opportunity to lament the state of ...
The Tea Party Big Picture —
Talking Points Memo
TPMDC's Evan McMorris-Santoro spent the day among the Tea Party crowd at the Capitol. And Christina Bellantoni filed this report on what the Tea Partiers are saying about 2010 based on interviews she conducted with the protestors. Both are great reads. And I'd suggest reading both of them.
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Tea Partiers Came With 2010 Warnings —
TPM Election Central
The scene today at the Capitol Hill Tea Party probably worried incumbents of both parties.
TPMDC was there, following every "Kill the bill" refrain and impromptu "USA! USA!" chant from the many thousands gathered on the West Front Lawn of the Capitol.
Evan captured the mood on the ground ...
Tea Party Protesters Swarm the Hill —
Swampland
There was a moment at today's tea party protests when an angry crowd of 10,000 stood facing the bulk of the House Republican conference on the steps to the Capitol chanting: “Throw them out!” Members looked at each other nervously, as if saying silently to one another: hopefully they mean throw ...
Tea Party Moving Indoors —
Talking Points Memo
The parade of GOP speeches is over, and now lines of Tea Party protesters are forming outside House office buildings at the Capitol Hill Tea Party. We'll be reporting the latest as they move inside.
Joe Wilson A Hit At Capitol Hill Tea Party —
TPM Election Central
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who famously yelled out "You lie!" during a speech to Congress by President Obama, just spoke to the Capitol Hill Tea Party, receiving massive applause immediately as he came to the podium.
"Speaker Pelosi didn't mean for you to be here," said Wilson. "In fact, back ...
The Castle Purging Begins on Saturday —
Delaware Liberal
Apparently there is a Tea Party this Saturday in Dover. I guess that it is being advertised on Stormfront or wherever those people get together online. Last time they did this, there was a minor bruhaha about Tea Party barfly, Mike Protack and his demand for top billing. This time, an actual ...
Massive Turnout for Tea Party in Houston —
Moonbattery
The Tea Party phenomenon hasn't run out of gas. From Houston:
More than 10,000 people turned out Monday night for a North Houston Tea Party Patriots gathering to protest proposed health care reform and what they called big government spending and overzealous government leadership, according ...
Houston Tea Party Draws More Than 10,000 People —
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Brett Coomer Chronicle
Can you hear us now?
More than 10,000 people turned out Monday night for a North Houston Tea Party Patriots gathering to protest proposed health care reform and what they called big government spending and overzealous government leadership, according to ...
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