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This is one afternoon tea party we'd love to crash! On Saturday, March 7, Taylor Swift joined her celebrity BFFs Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez, and two members of Haim for some star-studded tea sipping in what appeared to be a Las Vegas hotel.
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British singer Goulding shared a snap of her classy afternoon activity via Instagram, captioning the the photo, "Well this is bloody chill."
In the picture, the Love Me Like You Do singer can be seen holding a glass of champagne as she sits, grinning, on one side of a huge marble table. Next to her sits Swift (who appears to be drinking a diet Coke), while Gomez and the Haim girls are sipping on cups of tea.
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While all girls looked dressed for a fun evening out, Gomez's black and white animal print coat is particularly eye-catching.
The Come & Get It singer shared her own photograph of her celeb-packed tea party later in the evening. In the snap she and Swift are posing on a chaise longue, Gomez in her animal print coat, and Swift wearing a huge white fake fur.
she's so fluffy
A photo posted by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Mar 8, 2015 at 12:23am PST
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Taylor Swift Hangs With Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez, and Haim at Amazing Mega Tea Party in Vegas!
Several Tea Party News Network staffers resigned at once in protest of what they described as the companys despicable practices, aimed at what they perceived as more for making money that advancing the principles of freedom.
A letter signed by several staffers to TPNN owner Todd Cefaratti and to Kellan Guida stated: The TeaParty.net Facebook page was built using non-profit dollars and resources and yet the hundreds of thousands of dollar a month being generated from traffic are being funneled to a for profit company with no transparency. Even if you could find a way to make that legal, its immoral and unethical.
The letter also stated: You regularly show contempt for the people who make all your financial success possible. The staff who work around the clock to produce timely and breaking content is regularly reminded that writers are cheap. The audience is regarded as unsophisticated simpletons. The activism that built all the infrastructure is considered a pain in the ass not as an opportunity to save the country, Mediaite reported.
Meanwhile, notable tea party figure Joe The Plumber Wurzelbacher told the Daily Beast that the site had gone sensational, all to make a buck.
I wont click on those damn stories, he said. Its about these shock factor. It has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with clicks.
The Daily Beast also reported that tea party staffers were unhappy with the posting of stories that in their view wouldnt even have been selected for the tabloids.
Scottie Hughes, TPNNs news director, told the Daily Beast that nobody talks politics 24/7 and that the site posts what people are talking about.
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Tea Party News Network staffers quit, cite 'despicable practices'
It is a cardinal rule of horserace-style political journalism in the U.S. that no two elections can have the same narrative. Thats not to say certain tropes arent repeated ad nauseam. But it is to say that that the press corps desire to mitigate the unavoidable, soul-crushing monotony of a campaign often causes it to flip the script from one election to the next, despite politics in the real world changing much more slowly. If you look at the way the medias covered the ongoing invisible primary to be the GOPs next presidential nominee, youll see the narrative for 2016 is being pre-written already.
So, because the most important story of the 2012 cycle was the surprising potency of President Obamas so-called Rising American Electorate, the story in 2014 concerned the Republicans electorate, which also proved itself to be alive and kicking. And because the story after 2012 focused on the Tea Party pulling Mitt Romney too far to the right, the narrative for 2016 will be about the Republican establishment throwing its weight around to nominate an ostensibly more moderate, electable candidate. The bland, cautious, managerial Republican Party of yesteryear is back! The crusading, militant and extremist Tea Party is over!
Except, well, it isnt.
Its not over in the U.S. Congress, where a shutdown-in-miniature is unfolding between the White House and the Tea Party wing of the GOP. Its not over in Wisconsin, where a Tea Party-darling governor is slashing the state university systems funding, changing its mission statement (while lying about it), and fighting tooth and nail to humiliate people on government benefits. Its not over in North Carolina, where a billionaire-backed Tea Party government is also going after the public university system in its effort to turn the state into Kansas. And its not over in South Carolina, where one state representative hopes to mainline National Rifle Association propaganda to a generation of public school students.
Lets stick with the South Carolina example for a moment, because I think it tells us much about the contemporary GOPs character. According to Kimberly Johnson of Al Jazeera America, the recent decision on the part of PTR Industries, a gun manufacturer, to move its headquarters from Connecticut to South Carolina has inspired Republican state Rep. Alan Clemmons to propose what hes calling the Second Amendment Education Act. As the name implies, the bill would provide all public elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools with instruction in the Second Amendment for no fewer than three consecutive weeks in one grading period in each academic year. The curriculum would be written by the NRA, of course.
Anyone who does not consider Wayne LaPierre, the NRAs frequently rabid executive vice president and chief public representative, to be a proper author of school childrens education might look on this proposal skeptically. They might wonder if its not exactly the kind of big government social engineering that Tea Partyers, who often accuse the left of changing the culture to reflect its worldview, usually decry. They might also worry that the bill is an example of the crony capitalism the Tea Party says it hates, with the government aiding a friendly and favored industry or picking winners and losers, as they like to say. What the Al Jazeera report shows is that, on both counts, these fears would be correct.
Its a big handshake, is how PTR Industries purchasing manager Bob Grabowski described Clemmons bill. Its a big hello. He recounted how his company was treated by South Carolina locals, who are desperate for good-paying jobs in a state where the unemployment rate remains significantly higher than the national average. He and his co-workers were made to feel, he said, like rock stars. He praised Clemmons for his support of PTR; he said the lawmaker really went to bat on its behalf. He loves the bill Clemmons came up with, too: I think its an awesome idea, he said, more of a handshake to his industry than a nod. Why? Because its right out in the open.
The bills implications for the way future graduates of South Carolinas public school system will see the world are no less momentous. The communications director for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Ladd Everitt, told Al Jazeera that the possibility of the NRA writing a three-week-long curriculum is a nightmare, because the organization endorses an insurrectionist interpretation of the Second Amendment. As if there wasnt enough of this in South Carolina already, an NRA-penned review of American history would leave millions of children under the impression that the Framers saw the Constitution much the same as the men behind the Confederate States of America. Fond as they are of quoting Orwell, the Tea Partyers have evidently taken to hearthis famous quote about the past and the future.
As we see in South Carolina, then, the Republican Party narrative of 2010, 2012 and 2014 hasnt drifted into the past just yet. The media may shudder at the prospect of a fourth-straight election with the Tea Party as the most influential and most significant actor. It may prefer to imagine the GOP is in the midst of an intellectual revival. It may hope that the reasonable conservative is on his way back to the arena, saving nominally objective reporters from finding themselves in the uncomfortable position of thinking one of the people who might be president sounds kind of crazy.
But none of that particularly matters, because the Republican Party is still being driven by the Tea Party. And the Tea Party remains what its always been: A collection of dedicated, unsentimental and ambitious ideologues who dont see themselves as responsible, competent managers, but as conservative crusaders on a transformative, holy mission.
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The Tea Party is getting worse: Media may want a new narrative, but GOP is still nuts
Here are the 10 most bizarre Tea Party bills currently being debated in the Montana Legislature, which is now controlled by the right wing of the Republican Party. Some of these bills, believe it or not, have a chance of making it to the governors desk.
1) Prepare for National Ammunition shortage (SB 122). When Obama comes to get our guns and bullets, Montana will be ready. This bill cites the serious risk that America might run out of ammunition and exempts Montanas ammo manufacturers from paying any taxes at all, as an incentive to produce more bullets so we can survive the Obama gun rapture. Its author, Matt Rosendale, was an unsuccessful congressional candidate in 2014 whose campaign adsfeatured him shooting drones out of the airwith a rifle.
2) Establish Armed Militias in Every Town (SB 130). Even if we have enough bullets, Montana could still be in grave danger from the federal government. This bill would protect citizens by creating local paramilitary groups across the state, known as home guards, and would allow sheriffs to mobilize these troops for whatever reason they so choose, without the governors consent. This concept is supported enthusiastically by militia groups whose members enjoy stockpiling firearms but sometimes go to prison.
3) Require that nipples and areolae be fully concealed; prohibit simulated genitalia (HB 365). Our state already has a general law against indecent exposure but Montanas social conservatives feel it isnt enough. The new proposal lists body parts. Specifically, it would prohibit exposing the anus, areola or nipple with anything less than a fully opaque covering. Better yet, it would forbid the wearing of any costume or covering that gives the appearance of, or simulates, the genitals, nipple or areola. So much for my Halloween idea.
4) Montana Legislative Dress Code. A young conservative ascended to speaker of the House this year, and his first order of business was topropose a new dress codethat advised women to be mindful of necklines and skirt lengths and also to wear only dress blouses or suit-like dresses, and never jersey or fleece material or leggings. Areolae and nipples were not mentioned.
5) Encourage Critical Thinking in the Classroom is the title of HB 321. The preamble of this legislation says, The scientific community has not resolved or answered the questions related to the origins of all life or the origin of our universe. It would give public school teachers legal immunity if they want to teach alternative theories.
6) Allow Concealed Weapons in Bars, Banks, and on Campuses (HB 371, SB 143). There are a few places where Montana has always forbidden citizens from carrying weapons, including financial institutions, places where booze is served and college campuses. The Tea Party feels Montana would be a safer place if we rescind these rules. One point where they yielded, however: Bars oncampuses will still be allowed to have a no weapons policy. So students wanting to stand their ground will have to go off campus.
7) Ban Foreign or Religious Law From American Courts (SB 199). The purpose of this law is to prevent Muslims from using Shariah law to co-opt our legal institutions. This is a serious threat in Montana where the Muslim population is probably .001 percent.
8) Return All Federal Lands to State Ownership (LC 1758 et al). This concept comes out of a growing national movement (think Cliven Bundy) whose members do not recognize the right of the U.S. government to own large pieces of land such as national parks and forests. The bill effectively proclaims that these lands belong to Montana, rather than America, and demands that the U.S. government return them. The Montana Republican Party platformalso calls for this.
9) Nullify All Federal Gun Laws (HB 203). This bill declares that Montana may selectively recognize or ignore federal firearms laws, such as a ban on machine guns. Better yet, it makes it a crime for a policeman to even try to enforce such laws. The bills author, Montanas Tea Party leader Art Wittich, has been known to enjoy nullifying laws himself. He will soon be on trialfor having ignored Montanas campaign donations laws.
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