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Hey, rightwing extremists: Just landed in Sacto. It’s sunny and warm. Perfect day for a radical tea party. I’ve received tons of email from folks who aren’t able to attend a tea party today because they have to, you know, work to pay for all the bailouts, non-stimulating stimuli packages, bloated budgets, etc. Many of [...]

…if you are heading out to a Tea Party today! Here’s my syndicated column on the DHS hit job. A few may be inclined to give DHS the benefit of the doubt. Andrew McCarthy reminds you of the many reasons why you should not. *** (Photoshop: Tennyson Hayes) You might be a “radicalized rightwing extremist” [...]

It’s here! For the Johnny-Come-Latelys in the MSM who will be dispatched by their editors to file obligatory stories about the hundreds of Tax Day Tea Party protests across the country today, here is a cheat sheet to get you up to speed. Feb. 15: Keli Carender, who blogs as “Liberty Belle” spread the word [...]

(Design: Tennyson Hayes) Blog pioneer Glenn Reynolds, author of “An Army of Davids,” has a nice overview of the Tea Party movement in the Wall Street Journal today. (We probably shouldn’t use the phrase “army of (fill-in-the-blank) anymore” — what with all the DHS warnings about “rightwing extremism chatter on the Internet” and “disgruntled military [...]

Keep an eye out for the Tea Party crashers tomorrow. If you have other example to add to the list, give me a holler: 1) From Code Pink Website: Santa Monica Tea Party Wednesday, April 15th 2009 4:00–5:00 PM Santa Monica, CA The Santa Monica Tea Party of 2009 and Tea Parties all across America [...]

Read it. Also note that the unnamed “prominent civil rights organization” that the DHS hit job cites to stoke anti-military paranoia is the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center — which designated the American Legion a “hate group” for its pro-enforcement stance on immigration law. In the eyes of Obama’s DHS, we are all “haters” now.

I’ll be in Sacramento CA to cover the Tax Day Tea Party. FNC and FBN’s Neil Cavuto show will be broadcasting live. Lloyd Marcus will be there to sing the Tax Day Tea Party anthem. And thousands of fed-up taxpayers are expected to converge to take on the big government spenders in both parties. GOP [...]

Both michellemalkin.com and hotair.com were down this morning. Not sure what the cause was, but our tech team has us both back up and running again. Thank you for your patience. Now, let’s get back to the “rightwing extremist Internet chatter,” shall we?

Yesterday, Roger Hedgecock and the Liberty Papers posted an unclassified DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis report titled: Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment. The “report” (PDF file here) was one of the most embarrassingly shoddy pieces of propaganda I’d ever read out of DHS. I couldn’t believe [...]

Math is hard.

Leslie at Temple of Mut blogged the San Diego Tea Party this weekend and took a pic of my favorite sign of the day: If you are a grass-roots activist who believes in fiscal accountability and transparency, you see a protester who is sending a clear message to the Chicken Littles in both parties in [...]

Your tax dollars at work thanks to King of Pork John Murtha. Pennsylvania, why did you put this hog back in office. Why? (h/t William Amos): A state-of-the-art radar system that has sat idle for years at a local airport has never been used because there has been no one to operate it, officials said. [...]

Ay caramba. Look what the green job boondoggle in Spain bodes for the porkulus green jobs here in the U.S. Confirmation of what we already knew, but extremely useful nonetheless: Every “green job” created with government money in Spain over the last eight years came at the cost of 2.2 regular jobs, and only one [...]

There’s a famous quotation often attributed to Gandhi that goes like this: “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” After “then they ridicule you” I would add: “Then they smear you.” As I warned last week, the smear campaign against the Tea Party movement has swung into [...]

It has finally arrived. Sen. John Ensign asks a good question on Twitter this morning: “When will it come after Democrats pass their national energy sales tax?” You can print out Tax Freedom Day info cards here. *** Related: Cell phone tax hell in NY.

Reader Kyle S. e-mailed me this weekend: I’m a liberal who passes through your blog from time to time and although I disagree with you often (not always), I wanted to bring something to your attention that, though you might be aware of but I haven’t seen on your blog (sorry if I missed it), [...]

Our great friend Tennyson Hayes has started a new blog and website at Galtslist.com. You’ll remember that Tennyson did the hilarious Chuck “Let them eat pork” Schumer photoshop last month that has popped up at some of the Tea Party protests. (Tennyson is also the mastermind behind SNOBama.) In addition to his new classified ad [...]

Captain Richard Phillips paid tribute to the Navy and the SEAL snipers who shot and killed three pirates during rescue operations today. Here’s a video clip from a recent documentary on Navy SEAL snipers. God bless ‘em: The Navy SEALs page is here. *** Details from Bloomberg News: Sharpshooters firing from the fantail of a [...]

Keeping the faith.

This is the full statement the White House released today in response to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips: “I am very pleased that Captain Phillips has been rescued and is safely on board the USS Boxer. His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this is a welcome relief to his family [...]

Flying the flag high today: Good news on this Easter Sunday. Captain Richard Phillips is free. Give thanks and praise. Reports say Captain Phillips jumped overboard again, and the US Navy moved in — killing three of the pirates and taking one into custody. *** The headlines are not quite right. They should read: “Daring [...]

A little something to get you in the mood for the Tax Day Tea Party:

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Today I’m going to be spending some time with my family, as I hope all of you are, but I wanted to wish you all a very happy Easter and to thank all of Michelle’s readers for continuing to read and comment during Michelle’s brief hiatus. This is my last day of filling in, and [...]

Taxed Enough Already.

“Irony can be so ironic sometimes…”

A long way from Mayberry

As the US Navy in on scene working to resolve one pirate/hostage standoff, another has apparently developed: NAIROBI, April 11 (Reuters) – Pirates seized a U.S.-owned and Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew on Saturday in the latest hijacking in the busy Gulf of Aden waterway, a regional maritime group said. Andrew Mwangura, of the Mombasa-based [...]

White men can hallucinate

Joe’s got a brother?