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July 18, 2013

IRS watchdog ‘disturbed’ agency withheld documents

WASHINGTON (AP) - IRS Inspector General J. Russell George told a congressional panel Thursday the IRS did not provide the…
July 15, 2013

Why the 2010 election was disastrous for black America

OPINION - That 2010 midterm election. It is the gift that just keeps on giving. And it is proof that…
May 29, 2013

Michele Bachmann says she won’t run for re-election

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand, presidential candidate and favorite of tea party Republicans,…
May 21, 2013

The GOP’s black ‘mad men’: Why the party can’t find its own Barack Obama

OPINION - Recently, the GOP has seized on potential African-American conservative stars like famed Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Ben Carson,…
May 21, 2013

GOP leaders say Obama impeachment talk premature

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday…
May 21, 2013

Black GOP Virginia Lt. gov. nominee stirs controversy with anti-gay views

OPINION - Virginia Republicans have selected a dyed-in-the-wool, black conservative minister and activist as their nominee for lieutenant governor. And…
May 20, 2013

White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn’t tell Obama

NBC News - The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative…
May 18, 2013

Glenn Beck: NAACP ‘a joke’, Tea Partiers like ‘white lynching victims’

theGRIO REPORT - Right wing talker Glenn Beck is at it again...
May 15, 2013

Democratic, liberal groups got IRS scrutiny, too

theGRIO REPORT - Amid the uproar, and calls for investigations, over IRS employees using inappropriate criteria and questions to vet…
May 15, 2013

No, Obama is not Nixon

ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for…
May 15, 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder grilled by House Judiciary committee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder was due to testify before Congress on Wednesday as the Justice Department opens…
May 14, 2013

Republican outrage over IRS targeting Tea Party didn’t extend to NAACP

OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
May 13, 2013

Obama faces new challenges, but not ‘curse’

ANALYSIS - Obama hardly seems likely to be forced out of office, impeached or have the kind of incident like…
April 16, 2013

The Tea Party 4 years later: Did it really change the US?

NBC NEWS - When the Tea Party movement made its official debut on April 15, 2009, it made quite a…
April 9, 2013

‘Tea Party’ is over: Ex-activist says racism, hypocrisy killed the movement

OPINION - Sadly, what began as a genuine opportunity to make this country more free has deteriorated to racist name…
January 15, 2013

Obama witch doctor t-shirts a big hit at Tea Party convention

theGRIO REPORT - At a Tea Party convention held last weekend in South Carolina, several attendees wore t-shirts depicting President…
January 10, 2013

Allen West’s ‘NUTS!’ letter to Muslim organization for sale on eBay

theGRIO REPORT - Allen West may be out of congress, but the tea party firebrand Allen West has carved out…
January 3, 2013

Tim Scott to be sworn in today, 1st black Republican senator since 1979

theGRIO REPORT - Scott, a strong conservative who was elected to the House in 2010 as part of a wave…
December 28, 2012

Fiscal cliff debate shows enduring power of Tea Party

theGRIO REPORT - Rumors of the demise of the Tea Party have been greatly exaggerated...
December 10, 2012

Should blacks fear or cheer Tim Scott in the Senate?

OPINION - Would a Senator Tim Scott be a good thing for black people? Maybe not so much. But let’s…