The Central VA Tea Party sends out a weekly list of news stories that are likely of interest to tea party supporters. While not every topic may be of interest to you, we hope that you find value in this summary.

 

CVTP –The Central Virginia Tea Party Press……. 5/7/15 ……… JUST SCAN THE TITLES FIRST ….. circulation 325+
“Knowledge is power. Be advised or be surprised, your choice.”

Texas Tea Party takes on red light cameras, and $18-an-hour ‘protestors’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/06/texas-tea-party-leader-fights-for-amendment-that-would-ban-red-light-traffic/?intcmp=latestnews&intcmp=latestnews

Fed War on Poverty, a bust – do not go down that road – Chesterfield forum discusses ideas to help those in poverty
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/chesterfield/article_17ac96ca-c232-5217-a4f2-48c37baeadf2.html

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated
http://www.freedomworks.org/content/patriot-act-renewal-action-happening-fast-see-whats-coming

Before the Supreme Court – The Affordable Care Act as written only allows for federal subsidies to go to enrollees in states that operate their own exchanges.
http://www.freedomworks.org/content/aca-exchanges-are-dysfunctional

Why we have the federal govt we have today – Fact: Your vote always elects, even when it isn’t cast.
http://ccpcaucus.com/zzVotes-always-elect1.html

Feds Panic on Mass Common Core Test Refusals, Threaten Reprisals
http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/20815-feds-panic-on-mass-common-core-test-refusals-threaten-reprisals

See the faces of “Obamacare for our children’s education” – Common Core
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-soccer-mom-revolt-against-common-core-1430867989

Utah Congressmen Form Federal Land Group to Return Control to States
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/20797-congressmen-form-federal-land-group-to-return-control-to-states

Virginia: First Amendment Victory for Church as Officials Back Off
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/20805-virginia-first-amendment-victory-for-church-as-officials-back-off

Feds double down Fed control of local schools – “they do it for the kids” – Fed money is never free
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/18-states-awarded-new-preschool-development-grants-increase-access-high-quality-preschool-programs

A county in West Virginia was trying to intimidate students who wanted to opt out of the standardized testing mandated under Common Core standards.
http://www.freedomworks.org/content/another-west-virginia-county-cracks-down-testing-opt-outs

Big Govt Boondoggle – watch for it – Washington, D.C. to Richmond Southeast High Speed Rail project
http://www.dc2rvarail.com/resources/

BBC: States Assert Sovereignty to Shut Down NSA Facilities
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/20798-bbc-states-assert-sovereignty-to-shut-down-nsa-facilities

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to give Obama exactly what he wants: a clean reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
https://secure.freedomworks.org/site/Advocacy?alertId=1737&pg=makeACall&autologin=true

BLOOMBERG SUGGESTS BANNING YOUNG MINORITY MALES FROM GUN OWNERSHIP
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/07/bloomberg-suggests-banning-young-minority-males-from-gun-ownership/

The assault on property rights : Taking the Agenda 21 Fight to the Maine State Legislature
http://americanpolicy.org/2015/04/27/taking-the-agenda-21-fight-to-the-maine-state-legislature/

Its an Industry: The Climate Change Industry and the Hoax of Global Warming
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/04/the-climate-change-industry-and-the-hoax-of-global-warming/

Disclaimer: Richmond Tea Party does not vet the source materials, and we recommend that that you always do your own research on your topics of interest.

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Montana Nullifies Federalization of State Law Enforcement IE being converted into an arm of a federal police force
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/20738-montana-nullifies-federalization-of-state-law-enforcement

Operation JH15 – Elite members of the U.S. military will operate covertly among the U.S. public this summer  .. Texas & Utah are labeled as hostile territory.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/04/29/as-conspiracy-theories-persist-governor-asks-texas-state-guard-to-monitor-militarys-operation-jade-helm-15/

House reaches deal on bill to end NSA phone collection – but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/30/house-reaches-deal-on-bill-to-end-nsa-phone-collection/?intcmp=latestnews

If we repealed the 17th Amendment we would not have the current problems with the Senate
http://ccpcaucus.com/zz17th.html

Chesterfield Supervisor “If that takes off, we’ll invest.”  Investing our money is not the county’s job.  The BOS has no money .. only business friends.
http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2015-04-22/News/Supervisors_cautiously_endorse_Ettrick_plan_sans_f.html

Chesterfield School Board expands admin staff $175,000 because current admin staff was not doing their job. – aint govt great.
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/chesterfield/article_90a33b1b-4abb-559e-950a-80c6c940a901.html

Be thankful you work in VA – Labor unions take forced fees from 550,000 nonmembers in non-right to work states
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/27/labor-unions-take-forced-fees-from-550000-nonmembers/?intcmp=latestnews

GET READY FOR CHILLS…you need this 3 mins … God bless the USA……………
https://www.youtube.com/embed/daqwGRdRIsk?feature=player_detailpage

Since 1990, our govt has been printing worthless money, bailing out corporations, subsidizing corporations and doing unwise trade agreements.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/commentary/item/20720-the-99-why-are-they-barely-treading-water

New Trade Agreement – the problem is that nobody knows what’s in it. It’s contents have been kept secret.
http://spectator.org/blog/62491/elizabeth-warren-has-point-about-tpp

New Trade Agreement may limit the ability of voters and their elected representatives to enact laws interfering with the agenda of Big Business and Big Government.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/20722-leaked-obama-trade-pact-exposes-assault-on-self-government

AWAC – “Always Watch And Control” both Govt & Big Business!
http://ccpcaucus.com/awac4.html

See below how Big Business wants Chesterfield County govt to take your money to build a $500,000 network for avid cyclists – do you have a $1000 bike?
http://www.sportsbackers.org/program/bike-walk-rva/

Its Corruption, cronyism — Head of conservative House Freedom Caucus: Let Export-Import Bank ‘expire’
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/239714-freedom-caucus-chairman-let-ex-im-expire

Supreme Court to decide private property case – US govt now takes, for free, part of every raisin crop to control raisin price and availability.
http://www.facesoflawsuitabuse.org/2015/03/raisin-order-at-heart-of-supreme-court-case-over-government-overreach/

The founders purposely put the President in article II of our Constitution, after the People’s House (Art.I-sec 1) and after the State’s Senate (Art.I-sec 2).  They were afraid of tyranny. — Judicial Watch is a great watchdog group and a protector of we, the people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuq6Jp-8R7g&list=PLY8YaWsf279l30HKDZBFHzRtHD94ubZyC
https://www.judicialwatch.org/districtofcorruptionmovie/