Posts by Cate Whitley
Senators to Congress: Stop the IRS from rehiring tax cheats!
Two Republicans senators said in a letter that it’s time to strengthen laws after the IRS rehired former employees involved in misconduct such as falsifying documents or using unauthorized access to taxpayers’ information. In their letter, Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina and Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming asked the Appropriations Committee panel that oversees…
Read MoreConservative groups to media: Stop citing Southern Poverty Law Center and its ‘hate map’
Conservative groups, including Tea Party Patriots, signed an open letter asking media outlets to stop using Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) data and its ‘hate map’ in reporting. Acting as an “attack dog of the political left,” the SPLC map depicts several mainstream conservative groups alongside actual hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. This…
Read MoreNew audit: $37 million in benefit payments sent to deceased veterans
A recent audit found the Social Security Administration made $37 million of retirement and disability payments to roughly 750 veterans who were already dead, resulting in millions of taxpayer dollars going to waste. The Inspector General for the agency said, in most instances, the Department of Veteran Affairs failed to send death information to the…
Read MoreStatement on President Trump’s DACA Decision
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to the White House’s decision on the DACA program. “By taking action to end former President Obama’s illegal DACA executive action, President Donald Trump is once again showing why Americans elected him to ‘drain the swamp’ –…
Read MoreAs many as 200,000 deportation cases ‘administratively closed’ under the Obama administration
The Obama administration ‘quietly’ closed as many as 200,000 deportation cases without action, allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States in violation of our immigration laws. The Trump administration is rescheduling cases and reversing the practice of administrative case closure, which the Obama Administration exploited to flout our laws. The Washington Examiner has…
Read MoreHere are the heroes of Houston
Millions of Texans in the south-eastern region of the state have been horribly affected by Hurricane Harvey and the tremendous amount of flooding. While heavily affected areas had been evacuated, there were people who were unable to leave the areas in time when the storm hit. Here are the extraordinary heroes who stayed behind to…
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