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On AlterNet: tea party

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "tea party"

Tea Party Protests Get Violent in Arizona (Video)

Tea Party Protests Get Violent in Arizona (Video)

Dawn Teo, Huffington Post AlterNet: Immigration. November 17, 2009.
When two Tea Partiers entered an area designated for those protesting their presence, they were assaulted with signs.

FOX News' Hannity Sort of Apologizes for Falsified Rally Report

FOX News' Hannity Sort of Apologizes for Falsified Rally Report

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 12, 2009.
After the Daily Show caught him red-handed claiming footage from a large September march to be tape from a Capitol Hill rally, Hannity apologizes.

Tea Partiers' New Hero: Ex-KGB Agent Who Thinks U.S. Will Collapse Next Year

Tea Partiers' New Hero: Ex-KGB Agent Who Thinks U.S. Will Collapse Next Year

Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. November 9, 2009.
Igor Panarin warns that the U.S. will splinter into separate states controlled by foreign powers in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.

Is the Right-Wing Tea Party Kettle Starting to Losing Its Steam?

Is the Right-Wing Tea Party Kettle Starting to Losing Its Steam?

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones. November 5, 2009.
What if they gave a Tea Party and nobody came? Michele Bachmann and company promised a barrage of protest calls to the Capitol but, so far, things are kind of quiet.

The Great GOP Purge

The Great GOP Purge

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2009.
Right-wing nihilists are deliberately driving moderates from the party ranks.

Tea Party Movement Returns, This Time with Much More Dangerous and Explicit Rhetoric

Tea Party Movement Returns, This Time with Much More Dangerous and Explicit Rhetoric

Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet. October 27, 2009.
It's not too hard to guess where talk of 'Judgement Day' can lead to in the context of a right-wing, gun-loving movement.

Is CNBC in Cahoots With the Tea Party's Health Care Protesters?

Is CNBC in Cahoots With the Tea Party's Health Care Protesters?

Staff, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. August 12, 2009.
Are CNBC producers also in contact with Democrats and progressives in planning the news channel's town hall coverage? Doubtful.

Bill Maher: The GOP Is Acting Like a Guy Who Got Dumped

Bill Maher: The GOP Is Acting Like a Guy Who Got Dumped

Bill Maher, Los Angeles Times. April 25, 2009.
Listen up Republicans: It's been almost 100 days, and your country is not coming back to you. She's found somebody new.

Teabagging & Fake Grassroots: Fury Over Conservative Con-Job Allegations

Teabagging & Fake Grassroots: Fury Over Conservative Con-Job Allegations

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 18, 2009.
A recent article showing the ties of right-wing funders to tea parties brought out the right-wing trolls.

What If Fox News Covered Other Protests the Way They Covered the Tea Parties?

What If Fox News Covered Other Protests the Way They Covered the Tea Parties?

David DeGraw, Amped Status. April 17, 2009.
Just think what we wouldn't have had to endure if we had this kind of coverage of the 2000 election, Iraq, spying and the list goes on.

10 Most Offensive Signs from the Tea Party Protests (Photos)

10 Most Offensive Signs from the Tea Party Protests (Photos)

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 16, 2009.
HuffPo uses its mighty citizen journalism capacity to collect Tea Party reports from across the country.

The Day After: Tea Party Numbers Were Low; Hardly a 'Revolution'

The Day After: Tea Party Numbers Were Low; Hardly a 'Revolution'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. April 16, 2009.
This is not a burgeoning political movement.

A Teabagger Timeline: Koch, Coors, Newt, Dick Armey There From The Start

A Teabagger Timeline: Koch, Coors, Newt, Dick Armey There From The Start

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. April 16, 2009.
The real sponsors behind yesterday's mad tea parties.

Alan Keyes to Address

Alan Keyes to Address "Tea Party" as Right-Wing Crack-up Deepens

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 9, 2009.
100 days in, and conservatives are throwing the "F-word" at Obama.

Right-Wing 'Tea Party' Movement Was Planned Months Ago by GOP Billionaires

Right-Wing 'Tea Party' Movement Was Planned Months Ago by GOP Billionaires

Jeffrey Feldman, Frameshop. March 1, 2009.
Bloggers reveal how the latest so-called "populist" revolt against the federal government was a pre-planned PR stunt.