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Lauren French / Politico:
IRS officials knew of tea party targeting — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew employees were singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny as early as 2011, according to a watchdog agency's report set to be released next week, POLITICO has confirmed from a congressional source.
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Power Line, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and Reuters
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Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
AP EXCLUSIVE: IRS KNEW TEA PARTY TARGETED IN 2011 — You are here — Home » Mitch McConnell » AP Exclusive: IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011 …
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Michelle Malkin, The Huffington Post, The PJ Tatler, Associated Press and National Review
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Report: Top IRS officials knew of Tea Party targeting two years ago — Senior officials with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) knew the agency was targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011, according to a report. — The Associated Press reported Saturday that an upcoming report …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
IRS anti-Tea Party scandal gets real — senior IRS officials aware of targeting (Update - Chief Counsel knew and targets expanded to groups “educating on the Constitution and Bill of Rights") — This is getting real. — Yesterday it was just some “low level” employees involved.
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Wow: CBS News President and WH Official Tied to Benghazi Scandal Are Brothers — One of the mainstream media journalists whose pursuit of the truth has been truly tenacious and nonpartisan is CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson. Her tough reporting has made life difficult for everyone from Hillary Clinton …
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Ed Driscoll, emptywheel, Doug Ross, NewsBusters and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Benghazi E-Mails Put White House on the Defensive — WASHINGTON — A long-simmering dispute over the White House's account of the deadly assault on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, flared up on Friday, with a disclosure of e-mails that show the White House was more deeply involved …
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The Caucus, Outside the Beltway, TIME, Via Meadia, Michelle Malkin, Twitchy and Hot Air
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
An alternative explanation for the Benghazi talking points: Bureaucratic knife fight
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Power Line, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, No More Mister Nice Blog, The PJ Tatler, Post Politics, The Fix, Mother Jones and USA Today
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
White House: Republicans ignored Benghazi emails
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Mediaite and Speaker.gov
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
MSNBC Guests: Benghazi Scandal Makes White House ‘Look Terrible,’ Possibly An ‘Impeachment Issue’
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Scared Monkeys, Maggie's Farm and The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
West Wing briefly evacuated due to smoke, Secret Service says
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The Hill
Alex Koppelman / News Desk:
Spinning Benghazi
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Guardian, Fox News, msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Pundit & Pundette, WFPL, The Strata-Sphere and Viking Pundit
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Rand Paul: Obama is working with ‘anti-American globalists plot[ting] against our Constitution.’ — Rand Paul. (AFP) — The New York Times calls Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) one of the Republican Party's “rising stars.” The Daily Beast says he's “a smoother, more pragmatic political operator” …
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The Impolitic, TBogg, No More Mister Nice Blog, Booman Tribune and The Daily Beast
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Rep. Pelosi knocks Republicans' ‘obsession’ with Benghazi attack — Congressional Republicans are using their Benghazi investigation as political “subterfuge” to distract from other issues, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday. — Pelosi said it's important to find …
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Hot Air
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Maher, Joy Reid Clash With Glenn Greenwald Over Benghazi: 'Obama's Supposed To Micromanage' The World? — On his Friday night show, Bill Maher invited his panel to discuss this week's developments about Benghazi — debating whether the story is as scandalous as Republicans are making it out to be.
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Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice and The Raw Story
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
Rand Paul challenges Hillary Clinton in key Iowa speech — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Presidential elections start in Iowa. — On Friday, Sen. Rand Paul put his stake in the ground for a possible run in 2016 by mocking the Obama administration and delivering a blistering critique of former Secretary …
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The League of Ordinary …, Mediaite and The Hill
New York Times:
Troubled Life in Malcolm X's Shadow Comes to a Violent End — Last week, Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, was talking to his friend Daniel Stevens when he learned that Mr. Stevens was worried that his fledgling rap career was going nowhere. Mr. Shabazz vowed to help …
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Gothamist
Daniel Boffey / Guardian:
Recession is a good time to exploit cheap labour, says Cameron aide — Lord Young says low-wage conditions are a bonus for business, drawing a furious response from the TUC — The prime minister's adviser on enterprise has told the cabinet that the economic downturn is an excellent …
Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann: 9/11, Benghazi Were God's ‘Judgment,’ So We Must Hold Day Of Prayer On Sept. 11 — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) continued to promote a right-wing Sept. 11 “National Day of Prayer and Fasting” on Thursday, telling an audience gathered at a Capitol Hill event that such actions …
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: 9/11 and Benghazi Were God's Judgment
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The Maddow Blog, Mediaite and Hullabaloo
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama hails top cops, reiterates call for tougher gun laws — President Obama hailed the nation's police force as America at “its best and its bravest” Saturday, while continuing his push for tougher gun laws. — At an event honoring the nation's top cops, Obama reiterated his call for …
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