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Chase Whiteside Interviews Andrew Breitbart About the Media

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"Duh! All Television is Edited!" This isn't a new video from us, but we decided to pull this interview with Andrew Breitbart out from our archives because it achieved new relevance after the Shirley Sherrod situation (Read more here: http://nyti.ms/cZbxAt)

It's long--twelve minutes--but we wanted to leave it unedited to make a point.

Tax Day Tea Party 2010

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On Thursday, April 15, Tea Partiers from around the country gathered in the nation's capital to protest what they perceived to be egregious increases in taxation under the Obama administration, despite taxes having actually been lowered for 98% of working Americans.

The usual anti-science and nativist rhetoric, and praise of Fox News personalities, ensued.

The Tea Party & The Circus - Final Healthcare Reform Protest

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On March 16, 2010, Tea Partiers from around the country gathered (in disappointing numbers) in front of the Capitol building for their final protest against health care reform. Also in town, appropriately, was Barnum & Bailey's actual circus.

Tea Party Convention - Sarah Palin, Orly Taitz, Interviews with Participants

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In February 2010, the group Tea Party Nation organized the first Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN, a for-profit event. Some 600 people paid $550 to attend, and Sarah Palin was reportedly paid $115,000 to the be the keynote speaker. After criticism of the convention's cost, for-profit status, and payment to Palin, multiple national Tea Party organizations withdrew their participation.

Sarah Palin Book Signing - Interviews with Supporters

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On November 20, 2009, Sarah Palin visited Columbus, OH as part of her book signing tour for "Going Rogue." When her supporters were asked broad questions about why they thought she should be president, the responses were vague: She's "real." She'll "stick up for America."

Response to Rep. John Boehner: I'm an American, and I support a Public Option

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On October 1, 2009, House Minority Leader John Boehner said in a press availability, "I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration...

September 2009 DC Teabagger Party - Interview B-Roll

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Some interview footage that didn't make it in our original September 2009 DC Teabagger Party film, linked here:
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September 2009 - DC TEA PARTY - March Footage with Interviews

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On 9.12.2009, we went to Washington DC to document the Tea Party protests against, well, a lot of things, including health insurance reform, the IRS, abortion, global warming, and our "socialist/communist/fascist/Nazi/Muslim" president, Barack Obama.

Mythbusting: taxes

The Republicans are trying to scare America, again. This time, they warn that a President Obama and a Democratic Congress will increase taxes and send the economy into a tailspin. Here's the truth so you can explain it to a child, or to your Republican brother-in-law:

Favorite Quotes

There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful.  When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

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