Poll: 4 out of 5 Americans do not trust Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center...
Former Rep. Tancredo: Send Obama back to Kenya!
From Talking Points Memo - The Tea Party's rhetoric grew to violent new levels at a South Carolina rally featuring former presidential nominee Tom Tancredo...
Fuse still lit 15 years after Oklahoma City bombing
OPINION - Fifteen years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the extremist groups are back and they're bigger and badder than ever...
Tea Partiers go after Obama's 'gangster government'
WASHINGTON (AP) - "We're on to this gangster government," Rep. Michele Bachmann declared. "I say it's time for these little piggies to go home."..
Black conservative Tea Party supporter Angela McGlowan speaks
A Mississippi native with a soft voice that still projects the twang of the deep South, McGlowan laughed aloud when asked if she'd always been a conservative...
Tax Day fact check: Most Americans got a tax cut this year
After all, neutral economists insist that, under the Obama administration, the overwhelming likelihood is that your tax burden has gone down, not up...
Militia movements pose a danger to democracy
OPINION - I am deeply distressed when a group of organized, active-duty personnel seem to suggest that a coup is a legitimate way to express their grievance...
Tea Party vs. black lawmakers: The N-word feud continues
New interviews show that a much-viewed YouTube recording cited as evidence by conservatives was actually shot well after the time in question...
NY gov candidate issues tepid apology for racist 'tea-mails'
VIDEO - In his apology, Carl Paladino insisted that he's "not a racist", and that the emails were intended for a close group of friends with a particular sense of humor...
Tea Party NY gov candidate's emails: Racism, porn, beastiality
An online news outlet in New York state has obtained dozens of emails, many of them racist and sexually graphic...
