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**Written by Doug Powers A journalism professor (what a, uh, surprise) at the University of Texas has found the roots of the Tea Party, and they go clear back to Dallas, Texas in 1963. This story is such a reach that it has stretch marks: If today’s extremist rhetoric sounds familiar, that’s because it is […]

Aloha, Mr. Cruz!

Unnecessary “essential” spending

Objectivity

Projection

Sacrifice

Insights

Again?

Looking the other way

Hilarious

Blame the victim

Tea Party Patriots, 9/12 groups, liberty groups, and their grass-roots supporters quickly mobilized through social media and gathered today at IRS offices nationwide to protest the chilling political witch hunts conducted by the Obama administration. They will not be silenced. And they will not stand down. Here’s a photo collection from across the country: #IRSProtest […]

Coincidences aplenty

Watch here (fixed link!) and share your comments/reactions below. If you’re going to an IRS protest at noon today, send or tweet me your photos. If you’ve got a lawn sign, share your pics here and on Twitter. Be sure to cc @BarackObama and the @WhiteHouse. Stand up and send a message: #WeWillNotStandDown

Don’t stand down. Stand up and let the IRS know we won’t roll over. Tuesday. At your local IRS office. Be there. Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft has details: PROTEST THE CORRUPTION – PROTEST THE CRIMINAL OBAMA IRS Thanks to Barack Obama the Tea Party is once again outraged and motivated. The Tea Party Patriots on […]

O brother

Feed the beast

A Brief History of Slimy Dem Snoops and Dumpster Divers by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 It’s always the “low-level” peon’s fault, isn’t it? When Democrats get caught red-handed abusing government powers and bullying their political enemies small and large, nobody at the top knows nuttin’. The buck stops…in the janitors closet or something. […]

Screw up, move up, repeat. Lois Lerner, the woman who confessed to inappropriately targeting limited-government groups and using the IRS to discriminate against Tea Party and 9/12 organizations, is still scheduled to receive honors from Western New England University School of Law this weekend. The woman in charge of the IRS division responsible for reviewing […]

How high up?

Yep: The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words “tea party” or “patriot” in their applications for tax-exempt […]

I’ve documented Blame Righty Syndrome countless times over the years (see here here here here). This week, the Blame Righty mob fell silent. The silence and the selectivity speak volumes. Related: ABC’s Brian Ross strangely silent about Christopher Dorner’s political views *** The Blame Righty mob falls silent by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 […]

This is war. But of course, for Beltway establishment strategist and GOP control freak Karl Rove, it has been war on grass-roots conservatives for years now. The New York Times reported this weekend that Rove and the deep-pocketed donors whose coffers he drained futilely this past year are doubling down on stupid. Rove, Inc. will […]

A conservative choice

Here’s a chilling tale of political persecution from across the pond. A loving, exemplary foster couple in England had their children taken away because of their membership in the UK Independence Party. The UKIP is a limited-government, libertarian group that opposes membership in the European Union and advocates for stricter enforcement of immigration laws. The […]