“Mark Meckler” on The Daily Caller

1.) Newt est à court d’idées — Hey, did you know Mitt Romney speaks French? Well, you do now. And that means… ummmm… TheDC’s Alex Pappas reports: (more)

Felony gun charges have been dropped against Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler, who on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct and pay a fine. (more)

Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler was arrested at an airport in New York City on Thursday after he attempted to check-in a locked gun box holding his Glock 27 pistol and ammunition to a Delta Air Lines ticket agent. (more)

American Majority President Ned Ryun called for Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann to drop out of the presidential race Thursday, claiming that she was damaging the tea party movement. But other tea party groups told The Daily Caller they disagree. (more)

Two of America’s most active national tea party organizations say former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has made no effort to win them over, despite his apparent need to attract more grassroots support. (more)

The “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement, based in New York City and inspiring similar protests across the country, has been described as the left’s response to the tea party. But do the two movements share any common ground? (more)

Tea party activists made common cause with anti-corporate liberals this weekend at a venue quite unlike the firebrand populist movement: Harvard Law School. The improbable allies met to discuss the possibility of a new constitutional convention to address what they see as fundamental failures in the American system of government. (more)

Rep. Michele Bachmann is many things, but she’s not typically considered someone prone to cut and run. (more)

National Tea Party movement leaders are divided when it comes to whether or not they support the 11th hour budget deal House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama cut late Friday night. (more)

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin isn’t scheduled to attend an upcoming Phoenix conference hosted by the Tea Party Patriots, but that hasn’t prevented speculation about what surprises may be in store. (more)

Some leaders of Tea Party groups say there are no “sacred cows” when it comes to spending cuts in Washington, and the traditionally Republican Party-protected Department of Defense budget is no exception — while other leaders in the grassroots movement say they are wary of cutting funds necessary to protect the nation. (more)

A sizable bloc of conservative House Republicans are moving to keep GOP leadership from waffling on a pledge to cut $100 billion dollars in the 2011 fiscal year, the first sign of rank-and-file willingness to challenge new House Speaker John Boehner. (more)

Republicans took control of the House last fall based on commitments to slash government spending, yet even as they basked in their rise to power Wednesday, they were already under fire for reducing the amount of spending they plan to cut right away. (more)

Republicans, who were expected to be overwhelmed by internal divisions and Tea Party discord, have navigated the first set of rapids with surprising ease following the midterm elections, while Democrats have suffered a level of chaos that most did not foresee. (more)

House Republicans Thursday reacted strongly against Rep. Michele Bachmann’s decision to run for a top leadership post in the new majority, looking to nip in the bud any chance that she might attract support from the substantially large group of incoming freshman lawmakers. (more)

If you haven’t read Judicial Watch‘s latest article concerning its investigation into the misuse of U.S. Air Force transportation by Madam Speaker Pelosi, you should. But to be fair, Her Majesty’s abuse of military travel is nothing new for bureaucrats from either party; that’s at least how it’s justified after each election. My father, a deceased former Air Force major general, used to complain about how his branch of the service was required to maintain and pay for a fleet of aircraft of dubious military value; a fleet for our royal members of Congress to utilize at their every whim and whistle. And this includes all the maintenance and support personnel, as well as the crews. (I’m assuming the political elites feel it essential to practice should they ever reach the pinnacle of their art form, thereby being compelled to fly Air Force One. It’s important to know just how to jog majestically up and down the stairs, or pirouette and wave effusively from the door. The fate of world governance might hinge on such talents. And if you’re a liberal, you might even have to learn how to return a salute or two, if you know where to look for one.) (more)

Will the Tea Party groups we know today remain relevant after November’s election? One well-known national umbrella Tea Party organization has a plan to remain a force in American politics until 2050. (more)

Tea Party Patriots, which has been the least politically involved of the major groups in the Tea Party movement so far, announced Tuesday that it has received $1 million from an anonymous donor and will funnel it to local groups for use before the midterm elections. (more)

The Tea Party is going for another Republican scalp, this time in Delaware. But wait. Is it, in fact, the Tea Party? (more)

A radio host who served as a spokesman of the Tea Party Express cut ties with the organization Friday, after coming under fire earlier this week for a racially tinged blogpost about the NAACP. (more)