Posts Tagged Tea Party

Is the IRS really targeting the tea party?

By | 03.26.12 | 10:38 am

Conservative activists and some Republican lawmakers are up in arms about what they describe as the Internal Revenue Service conducting a partisan and ideologically driven campaign against tea party groups around the country. They claim that progressive organizations are not experiencing the same level of scrutiny. However, some progressive groups More…

Conservative group aims to ‘clean up’ voter rolls

By Ashley Lopez | 02.15.12 | 5:30 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

A right-wing group has announced it will “pressure states and localities” through lawsuits, if necessary, “to clean up voter registration rolls pursuant to Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).” The group claims that several states have voters on their registration rolls who are ineligible to vote. More…

Corrections Corporation of America wants to buy Florida prisons

By Ashley Lopez | 02.15.12 | 8:30 am | More from The Florida Independent

The Huffington Post reported on Tuesday that a private prison company had approached 48 states — of which Florida is one — to trade cash in exchange for contracts to run state prisons. More…

‘Attrition through enforcement’ immigration policy already a reality, advocates say

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.07.12 | 4:54 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Immigration advocates said Monday that an “attrition through enforcement” immigration strategy is nothing new, and already interferes with the daily lives of undocumented and their families, including U.S.-born children. More…

Attacks against Occupy Wall Street, Islam expected at CPAC 2012

By Ashley Lopez | 02.06.12 | 3:51 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Several big names in Florida are scheduled to make an appearance at one of the country’s biggest conservative conferences — set to begin this Thursday. More…

Koch-affiliated group to pay tea party leaders to recruit volunteers

By Ashley Lopez | 01.30.12 | 3:44 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Americans for Prosperity of Florida is recruiting Florida tea party members to man the polls on election day, paying tea party leaders $2 for every person they recruit, according to Sunshine State News. More…

‘Self-deportation’ another way to describe ‘attrition through enforcement’

By Marcos Restrepo | 01.27.12 | 4:23 pm | More from The Florida Independent

When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke about “self-deportation” in Florida this week, his closest rival Newt Gingrich called it an “Obama-level fantasy,” but self-deportation is really just another way to describe “attrition through enforcement.” More…

On Florida stump, Gingrich calls Obama a ‘Saul Alinsky radical,’ pledges to eliminate Agenda 21

By Cooper Levey-Baker | 01.24.12 | 5:19 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Updated Jan. 25, 9:20 a.m., with audio clip.
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich accused President Obama of being a “Saul Alinsky radical” who works to “appease the Taliban” at a campaign rally held in a Sarasota airplane hangar today. More…