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Rob Cornilles: The Original Tea Party Candidate
Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for
What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols… Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.
Union Protests in Wisconsin & Ohio
Over the last two weeks, tens of thousands of workers and their supporters have flooded the Wisconsin and Ohio state capitols, pushing back on their newly-elected Republican Governors' attempts to revoke collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Rally to Restore Sanity - Interviews with Participants
On October 30, 2010, thousands of people gathered in the National Mall for the "Rally to Restore Sanity" called for by Jon Stewart on his show.
While participants attended for a variety of reasons, many of them raised concerns about the deteriorating state of news media, especially the hyperbolic and hyperpartisan content of 24/7 cable news networks.
Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally - Interview B-Roll
Some interview footage that didn't make it in our original film covering Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally, linked here:
Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally - Interviews With Participants
On August 28, 2010, Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be "non-political" despite featuring Tea Party-favorite Sarah Palin as a speaker and its being attended entirely by conservatives, was unclear.
Chase Whiteside Interviews Andrew Breitbart About the Media
"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
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
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
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.
