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Allen West compares Democratic ‘propaganda’ to Nazis’

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, does not like the fact that a strong majority of Americans disapproves of Congress and is pinning the blame on Republicans. According to a recent interview with Politico, West thinks the Democratic Party’s messaging is the reason for the belief — messaging he says

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Tea party fears U.N. intervention in 2012 election

The tea party has added another item to its list of reasons to fear the United Nations: Some in the movement say the U.N. is planning to intervene in the United States’ upcoming elections.

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.

Poll: Obama likely to beat Gingrich in Colorado

By | 12.07.11 | 4:39 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

President Obama is not a popular politician in Colorado, but, according to a recent Public Policy Polling survey, Obama would defeat in a landslide Republican Newt Gingrich, whose star has risen of late but who boasts laughable negative numbers with voters here and is despised by the state’s enormous More…

DNC launches campaign against GOP-led voter-restriction laws

By | 12.05.11 | 12:25 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Democratic National Committee launched an online campaign last week to educate voters about what the group calls efforts that aim “to restrict voting purely for partisan gain.”

Controversial Arizona sheriff endorses, campaigns with Perry

By | 11.29.11 | 11:01 am | More from The Florida Independent

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, who has been called “weak” by immigration-enforcement supporters, has picked up the support of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, notorious for his immigration-detention measures and his birther conspiracy theories.

The Phoenix New Times reports:

According to multiple national news outlets, Arpaio

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Undeterred after SB5 defeat, Ohio conservative group pledges to put right-to-work measure on 2012 ballot

By | 11.10.11 | 4:14 pm

Fresh off a resounding loss on a ballot measure that would have severely restricted the collective bargaining rights of Ohio’s public employees, conservatives are now trying to take on unionized employees in the private sector, too.

Right paints Occupy movement as menace, ties movement to Democrats

By | 11.08.11 | 6:28 pm | More from The Colorado 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.”

Santorum only GOP presidential candidate to speak at Florida Tea Party Convention

By | 11.07.11 | 2:41 pm | More from The Florida Independent

This weekend’s Florida Tea Party Convention failed to draw many of the GOP candidates invited to participate: Out of the eight GOP presidential candidates, only Rick Santorum showed up to speak.

Florida Tea Party Convention rescinds invitation to Muslim organization

By | 11.03.11 | 3:42 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Hassan Shibly of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been disinvited by organizers of the upcoming Florida Tea Party Convention.