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Tea Party: The Documentary Film is, according to its stars and filmmakers, an attempt to celebrate -- and correct -- the history of what FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey called a movement to fulfill the destiny of this land.

Red State’s Erick Erickson pronounced Sen. John Thune’s (R-S.D.) potential 2012 presidential bid dead today when sources informed him that Thune was opposing

In the investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s former and current aides for campaign finance improprieties, Walker’s current spokesman, Cullen Werwie, has been granted immunity to offer testimony. Immunity is typically granted when the subject thinks they could otherwise get in trouble, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox comments on the logistics of following the candidates on the campaign trail. Video content included.

State Rep. Tom Goodson, R-Titusville (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) State Rep. Tom Goodson, R-Titusville, yesterday filed his first bill for the upcoming 2012 legislative session: House Bill 609 , which preempts all local laws, ordinances or rules that address wage theft in the state.

Jon Michael Turner’s tattoos cover his arms almost entirely. They peeked out under the rolled up sleeves of his crisp blue shirt, on which were the medals and

BP just started construction on a new wind farm in Colorado, according to Bloomberg, adding to the eight wind farms it already owns in the United States. The

It’s looking like the Tea Party might be Rep. Alan Grayson’s saving grace. The firebrand freshman Democrat from Florida won a close election in his swing

Three of the four top congressional leaders have snubbed President Obama’s invitation to attend Wednesday evening’s White House State Dinner for the visiting

Using the “human microphone,” where those in the crowd repeat what’s being said by the speaker so that everyone can hear, individuals offered their reasons for wanting to be a part of Occupy Des Moines Monday night; and clashed briefly with Iowa State Troopers before backing up to chants of “police need a raise.”

Former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and tea party favorite Herman Cain edged closer to entering the field of Republican 2012 presidential candidates on Wednesday.

Environmental groups are disputing claims by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, that they weren’t included in the congressman’s Tuesday water pollution hearing because they didn’t ask to be . # The Stearns hearing in Orlando focused on new EPA water pollution rules in Florida.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) announced that she will not run in 2012 for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate in a letter to her supporters Thursday. I am

As other states seek to undermine abortion using a number of tactics, including imposing mandatory ultrasounds before having an abortion and banning insurance

Lawmakers want to rein in spending, but not if it threatens jobs in their states.

Yesterday, New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York will end its fiscal year at the end of March with a $2 billion budget shortfall.

Over a dozen members of “(Un)occupy Albuquerque,” part of the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement, were arrested last night at the University of New Mexico campus, after the university administration declined to renew a permit allowing the protesters to camp out at Yale Park. One by one, protesters sitting in peaceful resistance to the university’s order were arrested by the New Mexico State Police. (Un)Occupy Albuquerque wasn’t the only “99 percent” group confronted by authorities last night

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will speak at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on March 5. Gov. Patrick -- who won

Al Qaeda will exploit an execution by the U.S. government as a significant propaganda victory, no matter how fair and legitimate the trial, writes Ken Gude.

Barack Obama’s reelection campaign is quietly working in Florida the same week the Conservative Political Action Conference will be held in Orlando. The Miami Herald reports that “ Katherine Archuleta , the political director for Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, is coming to Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa from Friday to Sunday

The latest draft -- but perhaps not the final version -- of a Senate jobs bill was released this morning by Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley

With information only on the first $69 million of the $1 billion spent on a taxpayer-sponsored voucher program, some lawmakers and environmentalists are calling on Congress to hold off on shelling out $2 billion more.

House Republicans today began a week of what will no doubt be heated hearings aimed at blocking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s Wild Lands order that directed the U.S.