Just as we all knew, an upcoming congressional report is reported to confirm that the IRS was targeting tea party-type groups for greater scrutiny and had plans for increased denials. Even though our initial lawsuit was tossed, this isn't over yet. Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit like knowing that my government was leveraging its [...]
"He threw us under the Cromnibus" On Saturday December 13th, several RTP supporters joined the Chester Patriots for a protest march to the office of Congressman Randy Forbes. Depending on location and time, there were between 35-45 people in attendance on that beautiful Saturday afternoon. By now, many of you have learned that Rep Forbes [...]
RTP family: Please support the Chester Patriots tomorrow (Saturday) at 1:00 PM and attend a protest March at the Chesterfield office of Representative Randy Forbes. As many of you know, last night Randy voted to PASS the monstrous "Cromnibus" spending bill which includes funding for amnesty. He chose to split from the other Virginia congressmen [...]
Laura Ingraham blast the federal GOP leadership on its total unwillingness to use its Constitutional authority to reinforce the rule of law and defend the power structure of our government's three branches. This issue is not about amnesty; rather it's about defending the Constitution and expecting the GOP congress members to fight for their authority. [...]
The Tea Party Patriots (national group) conducts weekly legislative updates that frequently contain valuable/interesting info. Listen below for the update from 11/30/14 with topics like committee member changes, IRS emails, and amnesty. Things are about to get very interesting in D.C.
We wanted to take a brief moment to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving, and to say THANK YOU especially for all your support over the years. We hope you have a few minutes today to reflect on the good in your life, both personally and professionally, and to hopefully spend some time with family [...]
Next weekend on Friday November 21 through Saturday November 22nd, the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation will hold its annual tea party action conference in Richmond. There's a packed agenda, with numerous guest speakers (like Dave Brat, Gov Jim Gilmore, and KCarl Smith) and seminars/breakouts. Also available will be a Livestream broadcast of the event, [...]
As expected, the path to justice in our IRS lawsuit will be bumpy. We learned Thursday that our consolidated lawsuit (41 groups) against the IRS for targeting the Richmond Tea Party was dismissed by the federal district court in DC (shocker, I know). From our attorney, the American Center for Law & Justice: Yesterday a [...]
RTP held its monthly meeting Thursday night, with the primary focus on a presentation about Common Core education standards. Jane Hogan from Eye on Virginia Education traveled to present to us for the evening, with some lively discussion on how new education standards are effecting Virginia schools. Joining us for the evening and offering a [...]
On Thursday night (9/25/2014), RTP held its monthly meeting for September, and it was great to see everyone in our new meeting location! We heard that there were a few that found it hard to find the location, so we'll be sure to share more specific information so that you can find us for our [...]
As many of you know, we (the Richmond Tea Party) were targeted by the IRS for unfair (criminal) scrutiny when applying for our 501(c)(4) non-profit status. As part of that application process, we received demands to turn over our donor lists and for personal and private information about RTP leadership and our families. Keeping donor [...]
On Thursday night (8/28/2014), RTP held its monthly meeting for August. First on the agenda was to present recently departed Executive Director Larry Nordvig with a small gift of appreciation for his service, and to wish him well in his next adventures. Larry commented that he'll still be around and can be reached if needed, [...]
