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The bad blood between some of the country’s most well known Tea Party organizations was unmistakably on display by two prominent activists from rival groups Monday. (more)

Coffee may be their poison of choice, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get tea at their party too. (more)

Following the weekend’s National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, the conservative grassroots activists made clear they don’t want any more NY-23’s in 2010. (more)

Jeffrey McQueen lost his auto industry job in Detroit a year ago, but now he’s making a few bucks off of Tea Party activists — income he said comes from real anger. (more)

The organizers of this weekend’s National Tea Party — who have been accused of trying to take a leadership role in the grassroots movement largely defined by its lack of centralized leadership — announced on Friday that they are forming a political action committee to “address the next step in the growing impact of the citizen activist movement.” (more)

Here at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, there are no plans to turn the movement into a third party. Rather the group’s aims to channel its following into “a force to be reckoned with in the traditional party structure.” (more)

This weekend’s Tea Party Convention in Nashville, under criticism that high ticket prices are preventing true grassroots activists from attending, made a surprise announcement late Sunday night that the convention will be televised. (more)