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Former congressman who says Muslim Brotherhood is behind Occupy Wall Street endorses Gingrich

Mother Jones reports that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received an endorsement from former Rep. Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, an anti-Islam activist.

VIDEO: Ron Paul defends Occupy movement

By | 12.05.11 | 6:34 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

For most of the Republican presidential contenders, Occupy Wall Street and its assorted spin-offs such as Occupy Denver are bad news. Occupiers have been characterized essentially as lazy bums and their message as a cry for class warfare.

GOP governors taught how to describe Occupy Wall Street

By | 12.01.11 | 7:36 pm | More from The Florida Independent

During a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Orlando this week, Frank Luntz, one of the most well known political communications strategist in the country, talked to GOPers about how they could do a better job talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement.

VIDEO: OCCUPIED amendment would overturn ‘Citzens United’

By | 12.01.11 | 6:20 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, appeared on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show yesterday to discuss a newly proposed amendment to the Constitution he introduced to reform campaign finance in the U.S.

The Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Amendment would “amend the U.S. More…

Florida congressman part of the 1 percent

By | 11.15.11 | 4:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

According to new information released by USA Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, is among America’s wealthiest 1 percent, currently under attack by Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Occupy Detroit is acquiring office space, housing

By | 11.14.11 | 3:17 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

Members of Occupy Detroit have worked with local businesses to secure a multi-story office building, a store front for sign-making, a warehouse, and a renovated 50-unit hotel that will serve as housing for protesters.

Bachmann disrupted by Occupy protesters at S.C. speech (video)

By | 11.10.11 | 11:26 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: WDCpix

Members of the occupy movement interrupted U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s scheduled foreign policy speech in South Carolina Thursday, forcing the candidate to exit the stage.

Officials ask Occupy Miami to temporarily move

By | 11.10.11 | 1:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Occupy Miami protesters are reporting that county officials are requesting that they move from the area they have been occupying since Oct. 15 by 5 p.m. tonight.

Conservative PAC attacks Democrats, Obama by linking them to Occupy Wall Street

By | 11.09.11 | 10:19 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

The Campaign to Defeat Obama, a political action committee with ties to the Republican Party and the Tea Party Express, has launched a campaign linking Democratic Party lawmakers and President Obama to the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is depicted by the organization as “violent mobs.”

King Street Patriots using Fox News’ questionable ACORN/Occupy Wall Street link to elicit donations

By | 11.08.11 | 5:16 pm

An anonymously sourced Fox News story claiming the defunct voter mobilization organization ACORN is behind the Occupy Wall Street movement has served as a springboard for the latest fundraising effort from the Houston-based tea party group King Street Patriots, and its nationwide drive to recruit poll watchers.