Dana Loesch fires up Texas Online, talks activism, media bias and the death of the Tea Party [pics]

First talk today at @txonline was @DLoesch. Now that's how to kick things off right!

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) May 31, 2014

The great @DLoesch speaking to the TX grassroots. #txo pic.twitter.com/4ZrrVqM7YP

— Mary Huls (@MaryHuls_TX) May 31, 2014

@DLoesch now discussing how she became a conservative at @TX_Online. #txo #tcot

— Kevin McKeever (@bankofkev) May 31, 2014

#TXO @DLoesch sharing her journey to conservativism: "I was progressive, then I learned to do math."

— Loren Heal (@lheal) May 31, 2014

"You don't go to J-School to learn to tell stories, you go to J-School to learn to lie through your teeth." — Dana Loesch #TXO

— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) May 31, 2014

“The more political I got, the more doors shut. No one wants to work with a conservative.” – @DLoesch #TXO

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) May 31, 2014

"Nobody wanted to talk about individual responsibility because it wasn't cool." — @DLoesch, about being a young conservative in media. #txo

— Rosie in Houston (@puertotexan) May 31, 2014

"Nobody wanted to work with a young conservative….I was the 'dork' in the room" — @DLoesch on her early career in old media. #TXO

— Leslie ن (@LADowd) May 31, 2014

"I am just a truth teller and someone who cares… I am biased to the constitution." – @DLoesch #TXO @TX_Online

— Sarah Crawford (@SarahCrawford23) May 31, 2014

@DLoesch now talking about how @AndrewBreitbart was her mentor. #txo #tcot

— Kevin McKeever (@bankofkev) May 31, 2014

#TXO @DLoesch's early activism: Making funny faces behind televised interview subjects.

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 31, 2014

@DLoesch explaining how she photobombed leftists at ant Bush rallies. #txo #tcot

— Kevin McKeever (@bankofkev) May 31, 2014

"The Tea Party is dead. It was a catalyst, a spark to wake people up. Any successful spark should have that life span."- @DLoesch #txo

— #StandWithRand Dee (@DeeInHouston) May 31, 2014

"The Tea Party was nothing more than a catalyst, it's intention was to wake people up, it worked" – @DLoesch #TXO

— 50 Shades of Pale (@ShaneWright22) May 31, 2014

SO MUCH THIS —-> "Im not interested in kissing ass. Im interested in saving the Country." – @DLoesch #TXO

— Heather D. Browning (@HDBrowning) May 31, 2014

.@DLoesch taking about getting accused "right wing bias." Her response: "Yeah, kind of!" Reminds me of Andrew Breitbart's "So?" #TXO

— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) May 31, 2014

"I like the lack of the 'middle man' that social media provides." — @DLoesch at @TX_Online #TXO

— Leslie ن (@LADowd) May 31, 2014

#TXO @DLoesch "Sitting on your butt and typing on your computer ain't the end-all and be all." … a discomforted murmur goes through the room

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 31, 2014

"What the hell is #yesallwomen ?"@DLoesch #txo #IKnowRight

— #StandWithRand Dee (@DeeInHouston) May 31, 2014

"There is no such thing as objective media" – @DLoesch #TXO

— 50 Shades of Pale (@ShaneWright22) May 31, 2014

#TXO "the biggest lie in America is that media isn't biased" – Dana

— Jo (@JDtheBard) May 31, 2014

#MomsDemandAction but not THAT kind. — @DLoesch #TXO

— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) May 31, 2014

"No media is objective. It's ALL propaganda. The 1 who wins the message is the 1 who's the most organized." — @DLoesch at @TX_Online #TXO

— Leslie ن (@LADowd) May 31, 2014

"I don't respect people who are trying to take my rights." — @dloesch about being civil to ideological opposition #TXO

— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) May 31, 2014

"What is your passion? See a need. Fill a need." — @DLoesch #TXO

— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) May 31, 2014

"There. Is. Room. For. Everyone. In this movement. And there is space for everyone to engage." — @DLoesch at @TX_Online #TXO

— Leslie ن (@LADowd) May 31, 2014

"If Texas were to ever fall [to progressivism], imagine the narrative." — @DLoesch at @TX_Online #TXO

— Leslie ن (@LADowd) May 31, 2014

.@DLoesch ended by telling us to have fun, because "fighting for our country is a fun thing to do!" #txo

— Jen M (@JenJenMA) May 31, 2014