“The Tea Party political movement saw a major split over the weekend, with the National Tea Party Federation expelling a member group after its spokesman wrote an online post satirizing a fictional letter from what he called ‘Colored People’ to President Abraham Lincoln. On its website, the federation stated it had given the Tea Party Express, through direct contact with one of its leaders, a deadline to rebuke and remove spokesman Mark Williams. ‘That leader’s response was clear: they have no intention of taking the action we required for their group to continue as a member of the National Tea Party Federation,’ the federation stated.” [editor’s note: A good move that should have come a long time ago — TPE has never been anything but a Republican PAC gravy-training on the “Tea Party” movement - TLK] (07/18/10)