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CNN's Roesgen grills tea party protestor who calls Obama a “fascist,” says protest “highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox” — This whole FARCE is custom made for cable news, not the MSM of network TV. The MSM cant cover something 24/7 like CNN or FOX can.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
In Defense Of The Tax-Day Tea Parties — The of tea-party enthusiasm on the American right has provoked a fairly typical reaction from the organized American left. It's a fake. It involves tea bags and (a) Dick Armey. It's got the consistency of astroturf, not natural grass.
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Chris / TVNewser:
CNN Reporter at Chicago Tea Party: It's “Anti-CNN Since This is Highly Promoted By the Right-Wing, Conservative Network Fox” — CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen could barely get through her live shot at the Chicago tea party this afternoon. Over shouts of, “You're not a reporter,” …
Jim Iovino / NBC Washington:
1 Million Tea Bags, But No Place to Dump — Permits end dumping before it starts — WASHINGTON — It was a great idea, really. Take a million tea bags and dump them in Lafayette Park to protest government spending. Hip, hip, hoo-ray! — But a funny thing happened en route to a visually pleasing Tax Day protest.
MSNBC:
Anti-tax ‘tea parties’ vent anger across U.S. — Obama aims to ease dread of deadline day, vowing ‘simpler tax code’ — Protestors take part in a “tea party” Wednesday in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington. — Tea activist — April 15: Tim Phillips …
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties — Rain-streaked tea bags hung from the umbrellas and eyeglasses of protesters as Tea Party Day got off to a soggy start along the East Coast on Wednesday. — On a day when the government deadline for filing income tax returns offered some Americans …
Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:A Teabagger Timeline: Koch, Coors, Newt, Dick Armey There From The Start
The Huffington Post:DC Tea Party Protest Shut Down By Secret Service, Package Thrown …
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The Moderate Voice
Jeff Poor / The Business & Media Institute:CNBC Asks Santelli to React to Tea Parties: 'I'm Pretty Proud of This'
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Gateway Pundit
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:‘TEA PARTIES’: THE NEXT GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT?
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:As Fox Host Denies Tea Parties Are 'A Right-Wing Conspiracy …
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Scenes From the DC Tea Party: More Photos! — Here's a supplement to Aaron's great photo spread from this afternoon's rally. — Remember: Fox News reported on these rallies. It didn't promote them! — This was a popular theme, along with references to images of President Obama's bow to the King of Saudi Arabia.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Left Behind? — Glenn Reynolds today pens an op-ed hailing the “tea-party” “movement” as a post-partisan, spontaneous uprising of ordinary folks against the establishment of both parties. He makes no mention of Pajamas Media's heavy investment in the events, nor Fox News' endless touting …
David / Crooks and Liars:
Fox anchor rants about fascism during tea party coverage — Fox Business Network anchor Cody Willard didn't appear to be very “fair and balanced” as he let out his opinion of Democrats' economic policy during a tea party protest in Boston. “When are we going to wake up and start fighting …
Michelle Malkin:
Massive: Tax Day Tea Party USA — I just have one word: Wow. More than 800 tea parties across the country. Here's your first photo/vid round-up from the events across the country, large and small, every corner of this great nation (hit your refresh button often...I'll keep updating):
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Marc Cooper / Los Angeles Times:
Anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Parties steeped in insanity — What, exactly, are the protesters protesting? The marginal tax rate rising 3% for millionaires? — The Web is buzzing with information about how to throw an anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Party, something organizers hope will be held today from Santa Monica to South Carolina.
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:The Second Rule of Tea Parties Is You Don't Talk About Tea Parties
Wayne Slater / Associated Press:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry gets crowd boiling at Austin ‘tea party’ — wslater@dallasnews.com — AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry told an anti-tax “tea party” Wednesday the federal government is “rampaging through the halls of Congress” with big-spending programs and only states' rights can stop it.
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Gov. Perry talks succession for Texas at a tea party: “Texas Can leave Union If It Wants To” — All the insane talk coming from the Limbaugh National Convention is spreading into the fabric of the entire GOP. Listen to Texas Gov. Rick Perry say: … These republicans are talking treason in my mind.
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PoliticalBase.com Blog
Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the Threat of Right-Wing Extremism — The primary mission of this department is to prevent terrorist attacks on our nation. The document on right-wing extremism sent last week by this department's Office …
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Afghan Women Protest New Restrictive Law — KABUL, Afghanistan — The young women stepped off the bus and moved toward the protest march just beginning on the other side of the street when they were spotted by a mob of men. — “Get out of here, you whores!” the men shouted. “Get out!”
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Jesse James DeConto / Raleigh News & Observer:
Protest stops Tancredo's UNC speech — CHAPEL HILL — UNC-CH police released pepper spray and threatened to use a Taser on student protesters Tuesday evening when a crowd disrupted a speech by former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo opposing in-state tuition benefits to unauthorized immigrants.
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The White House:
Release of the President and Vice President's Tax Returns — As another demonstration of the President's commitment to openness and transparency, today the White House issued the following releases making the President and Vice President's tax returns public: — For the President: — THE WHITE HOUSE
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Charles Bremner / Times of London:
World Agenda: Nicolas Sarkozy puts Barack Obama in the doghouse — Why the master of America's new First Mutt is no longer in good odour with President Sarkozy — France has been cooing along with everyone else over the arrival of Bo Obama at the White House, but the master of America's …
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Weekly Standard
Alaska_Politics / Anchorage Daily News:
Dems won't vote on Palin's three names for Senate seat (Updated) — State Senate Democrats are refusing to vote on the three names that Gov. Sarah Palin forwarded as appointees for the open Senate seat. They obtained a legal opinion this morning saying it is illegal for Palin to submit more than one name.
Patrick / Now! Hampshire:
Taxpayers Storm ‘Luxury Lavatory’ at State House — “About seventy woman and forty men” visited the Senate President and Speaker of the House's new taxpayer-funded “luxury lavatory” at the State House to relieve themselves all at once today, sources tell NowHampshire.com.
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