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Dec 15 2010

Chicago Tea Party Gets a Bomb Scare for their Christmas Party

Big Government Contributor Michael Volpe passes along this statement from the Chicago Tea Party:
Last Friday we held our downtown Christmas Party at Dugan’s Irish Pub.
We had a great crowd and the bar was filled with Christmas cheer until smoke began to fill the entire venue.
At approximately 8 p.m. the Chicago Fire Department were called to [...]

Apr 05 2010

Tribune’s Oscar Avila Plays Stupid With The Tea Party

Over the weekend, Tribune Corp’s Oscar Avila played stupid in his coverage of the Chicago Tea Party:
One year ago at a downtown Chicago tea party rally, a confrontation between a television reporter and activists crystallized the emotions surrounding the movement that so loudly opposed health care reform as an unwelcome expansion of government.
In a video [...]

Feb 27 2010

Unhappy Anniversary For Chicago’s Tea Party

Today is the one year anniversary of the Tea Party Movement in Chicago. In some cities the one year mark is a cause for celebration, but in Chicago it’s just depressing, because there is no Tea Party movement to speak of here at Obamamania ground zero.
The internet is a pretty big place, so it’s possible [...]