Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) was a
501(c)(3)
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non-profit organization based in
Chicago, Illinois
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.
It was founded in 2006 and disbanded in 2012. The president was
Eric O'Keefe.
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SAM launched three wiki-style websites: Judgepedia, ]Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States. The website was founded in 2007. Ballotpedia is sponsored by the Lucy Bur ...
, and Sunshine Review.[ SAM also helped launch American Majority and the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity.
]
Activities
The Sammies
Begun in 2007, the Sammies was an annual national awards program designed to recognize "outstanding citizen leadership and creativity." John Stossel
John Frank Stossel (born March 6, 1947) is an American libertarian television presenter, author, consumer journalist, political activist, and pundit. He is known for his career as a host on ABC News, Fox Business Network, and Reason TV.
Stos ...
of FOX Business was the keynote speaker at the 2011 Sammies ceremony.
Market research
In March 2010, Sam Adams Alliance released the first of a series of "Activist Insights Reports" titled "Early Adopters: Reading the Tea Leaves," a study of leaders in the Tea Party movement
The Tea Party movement was an American fiscally conservative political movement within the Republican Party that began in 2007, catapulted into the mainstream by Congressman Ron Paul's presidential campaign. The movement expanded in resp ...
.[
In August 2010, a follow-up report exploring the Tea Party movement was released titled "Next Wave: A Surf Report."
In September 2010, Sam Adams Alliance released their first "Market Insights Report" titled "Surface Tension: Tea Parties and the Political Establishment."
]
Health Administration Bureau
On July 16, 2009, Sam Adams Alliance released a YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
video named "Health Rations And You." Michelle Malkin featured the project on her site.
Chicago Tea Parties
In February 2009, a blog posting on the ''Playboy
''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
'' website suggested that Sam Adams Alliance was involved in Rick Santelli's call for a "Chicago Tea Party." The article pointed out that the ChicagoTeaParty.com domain name where Santelli's rant was posted hours after it aired was actually purchased in August 2008 - five months before President Obama began his term. The ''Playboy'' blog making this allegation was removed without explanation within two days of its publication.
References
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External links
Profile
at GuideStar
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Ballotpedia
Judgepedia
Sunshine Review
2006 establishments in Illinois
Libertarian organizations based in the United States
Organizations disestablished in 2012
Organizations established in 2006
Non-profit organizations based in Chicago
501(c)(3) organizations