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Topic: Tea Party Movement
Fresh from his triumph in securing the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell", Barack Obama suffered defeat in the US senate on the weekend when Republicans succeeded in preventing a vote on an immigration reform bill.

Richardson: Obama’s problems have a silver lining

North America

Dec 20, 2010

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The Tea Party movement was jubilant over its impact on the US mid-term elections, with some 40 candidates on their way to Washington. <b>Harley Dennett</b> joined the Tea Party Patriots in DC and found the movement has long-term thinking but splintered support.

Tea Party has 40 year plan, but will they last that long?

North America

Nov 04, 2010

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The music cranks up, as the crowd swells towards low triple figures, "don't stop believin", "walking on sunshine", ancient pop-rock that's become the house music for these events.

Rundle’s mid-terms: tea with Christine O’Donnell in Dover, Delaware

News

Oct 19, 2010

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Expect the upcoming US midterms to be brutal for the Democrats, with the Republicans likely to get significant increased power. But will Obama -- thanks to a fracturing of the Republicans with the Tea Party -- still control the foreign policy debate? Unlikely, says <b>Matthew Hill</b>.

Crippling Obama: no we can’t

Links

Oct 11, 2010

The rise of the Tea Party movement in America has propelled people off the couch, inspiring political activism from those who historically couldn't give a damn. If only it could move across the Pacific Ocean, longs <b>Janet Albrechtsen</b>.

Albrechtsen: Bring the Tea to Australia

Federal

Oct 06, 2010

A Tea Party rally brings out a plethora of posters and t-shirts based on manipulating Barack Obama's face, favouring a communist China artistic style or just a direct rip-off of Shepherd Fairey's iconic poster.

Tea party art: not just finger painting

Art & Design

Sep 27, 2010

With all the Tea Party madness -- including Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally -- recently in the States, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is fighting back with his own rally: the Rally to Restore Sanity.

VIDEO: Rally to restore sanity

North America

Sep 22, 2010

The rise of Sarah Palin's mama grizzlies in the conservative corner of US politics isn't a new phenomena. Since the 1950s, the grassroots right-wing movement has been run by women, ironically spruiking values different from what they're living.

Why women rule the right

Links

Sep 21, 2010

In just a few short years the super conservative and sometimes a little kooky Tea Party movement has come to dominate the political landscape in the US. And now it's gunning for control of the Republican Party, following massive wins for Tea Party supported nominees at yesterday's US Primaries.

Crikey Wrap: The Tea Party takeover

North America

Sep 16, 2010

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In a fascinating infographic it seems the biggest supporters of the far right-wing Tea Party movement are over 65 years old, white and wealthy. Oh, and they hate the Democrats.

Who supports the Tea Party?

Links

Sep 16, 2010

Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' -- a pro-conservative America rally starring Sarah Palin, held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial -- reflected the new anxious air pervading white America, writes <b>Christopher Hitchens</b>.

Hitchens: Hanging at Glenn Beck’s white pity Tea Party

Links

Aug 31, 2010

It's not just Barack Obama suffering politically from the Gulf spill (although he is looking terrible). Has the ship sailed for the Tea Party with this latest environmental disaster?

The Gulf spill is drowning the Tea Party

Links

Jun 11, 2010

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