By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist Whenever a major event with stark political implications takes place, people of all stripes can’t help but use such events as springboards to advance their own agendas. This phenomena has been particularly true with the Boston Marathon

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist New York TEApublican Rep. Peter King was asked by Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday whether we needed to do “more effective surveillance inside the Muslim community”. King’s response, especially given how the question was framed,

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist An Arkansas state representative sent a tweet out on Friday morning mocking liberals living in Boston. Nate Bell is a Republican lawmaker who is a lifetime NRA member, and has backed legislation in Arkansas to make concealed

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist A Texas first-grade teacher facing a felony charge of indecency with a child used the “I’m too racist to do such a thing” defense to investigators who questioned her over the incident. Irene Esther Stokes, a white

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist According to CNN, a suspect in the Boston bombings has been identified. It is being called a “significant development” in the investigation. The breakthrough came from analysis of video from a department store near the site of

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist Everyone’s “favorite” collection of misguided homophobic fools acting under the cloak of religion is back again, as loud as ever. Westboro Baptist Church members fired off a series of tweets, of which a compilation can be seen

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist TEApublicans like to claim that they are not racists. And granted, many of them are not. But below is plenty of evidence that there is plenty of racism within their ranks. And note that no one at

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist For your entertainment, here is a compilation of the zaniest, most whacked out Facebook posts by TEApublicans that range from paranoid-delusional, borderline insane, hateful, bigoted to just plain stupid. Please let the fun begin! Note the December

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist A gay man who refused to leave his partner’s side in a Kansas City, Missouri hospital was arrested and charged, and was not recognized by the hospital as being part of the patient’s family despite the civil

By AATTP contributing author, the Progressive Populist Featured below are 15 of the finest examples of TEApublican troll ignorance, hatred, bigotry and just plain old whining that our super-sleuths have sniffed out on the Americans Against The Tea Party Facebook page and blog lately.