This story broke last week, but if you haven’t heard about it, it’s important you do. If you ever doubted there was a coordinated plot to take down the capitalist system in America, well, you can doubt no more. From Business Insider: A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, has a [...]
Get ready for Richmond Tea Party’s third annual Tax Day Rally! Where: Kanawha Plaza, Downtown Richmond (Next to the Federal Reserve building, of course) When: Monday, April 18th (Note the later than usual date) 5:00pm – 8:00pm It’s hard to believe it’s been only two years since our movement was born when hundreds of thousands [...]
Aaron Mills wrote a post for Red State Virginia (a new website where I'm also a blogger) about the proper focus for our efforts in the battle to save the Republic. A few highlights: This is a war that we are in, but it is not a war with guns and bombs. In many respects [...]
Well, my friends, after a FEW bold moves from Republicans in the 112th Congress, it appears that reality has now fully returned: Some veteran Republican House members are pushing back against conservative deficit hawks who are pushing for endlessly deep spending cuts, saying the right wing of the party is creating unnecessary divisions for the [...]
Unlike many Republicans, including our own Eric Cantor, Reps Michele Bachmann and Steve King are actually doing all they can to fulfill their pledge to defund ObamaCare. On RedState, Bachmann writes: Last night my colleague Rep. Steve King (IA-05) and I drafted a letter to Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers urging [...]
From the Cato Institute: I can't say it enough, my friends: we have a LOT of work to do.
Richmond Tea Party citizen journalist Moveon Mann attended the Moveon.org rally in Richmond on Saturday and sent the following report. ---- Being accustomed to Tea Party and Patriot Rallies, one has to wonder what really goes on at a rally held by a non-conservative group. To answer that question, I—and a few other Tea Party folks—attended today’s MoveOn.org [...]
In case you haven’t heard yet, Moveon.org is coming to Richmond (and every state capital in America) this Saturday (noon at the Virginia State Assembly) to rally for … who knows what? But if some of you brave Tea Partiers out there would like to don your citizen journalist hats, show up, ask some of [...]
As you probably know by now, our own Eric Cantor couldn’t muster the will to cut the full $100 billion from the budget he and other Republicans promised during the 2010 campaign. While this is disappointing, it’s certainly not unexpected and highlights just how much work we have left to do. Because even if he [...]
If you haven’t seen this yet, please check out the recent interview Karyn McDermott did with Richmond Tea Party's new president, Eric McGrane. They discuss how he got involved with the Tea Party and his thoughts on how to best move RTP forward.
The following is information that Donna Holt of Campaign for Liberty provided about HB1721. ---- BACKGROUND The General Assembly convened on January 12th and we are following many pieces of legislation. HB 1721 is one that has dire consequences for us. Currently, 67 localities in Virginia are mandated to build Urban Development Areas. HB1721, introduced [...]
For your viewing pleasure, in case you weren’t able to make the Lobby Day rally yesterday, here’s keynote speaker Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: Pay close attention to his discussion of the Repeal Amendment (starting at 5:53), which he strongly supports and has been publicly promoting, including even on Chris Matthews’s show. Cuccinelli addresses some of [...]
