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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Taxman vs. the Tea Party — AS a taxpayer and a conservative who hopes to remain on good terms with the Internal Revenue Service for many April 15ths to come, I don't want to speculate too freely about the motives of the “low level” I.R.S. employees who decided to single out Tea Party groups …
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TIME, Daily Kos and Weekly Standard
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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 …
TIME:
IRS Mess — The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups is outrageous. Those who did this should be fired immediately. That's obvious. — It continues a slovenly week for Barack Obama. The President has been very proud of the absence of scandal in his administration, and rightly so.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Pro-Israel Group Sees “Same Conduct” In IRS's Tea Party Campaign — Z Street charged in 2010 that the Obama Administration was persecuting it for its policy views. Does Israel activism “contradict the Administration's public policies?” an IRS agent allegedly asked.
Washington Post:
Playing politics with tax records
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Washington Free Beacon, Doug Ross, americanthinker.com, Hot Air and Althouse
Lauren French / Politico:
IRS officials knew of tea party targeting
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CNN, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers, Maggie's Farm, The Lonely Conservative, Power Line and Reuters
Fox News:
House Republicans swiftly announce hearing on IRS targeting conservative groups
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Weasel Zippers
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Watchdog report says senior IRS officials knew tea party groups targeted in 2011
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The Gateway Pundit and National Review
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Tears Into Fox News Host For Obsessing Over Benghazi Talking Points — Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) tore into Fox News' Chris Wallace and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) for obsessing over the talking points U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used when talking to the media …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Kristin Wartman / New York Times:
Pay People to Cook at Home — THE home-cooked family meal is often lauded as the solution for problems ranging from obesity to deteriorating health to a decline in civility and morals. Using whole foods to prepare meals without additives and chemicals is the holy grail for today's advocates of better eating.
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Althouse
Washington Post:
Will Obama suffer the ‘second-term curse’? — Recent events suggest that the 44th president may not be immune to the phenomenon that historians call the “second-term curse.” — Not four months after his ambitious inaugural address, President Obama finds himself struggling to move his legislative agenda through an unbudging Congress.
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The Moderate Voice, Rothenblog, American Power and Booman Tribune
BuzzFeed:
Bloomberg Execs Knew Journalists Were Tracking Clients In 2011 — An anchor made on-air comments about tracking log in information more than a year ago. A big deal internally — but handled quietly. — Executives at the financial information company Bloomberg have known about journalists using …
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New York Post, Weasel Zippers and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Fed, Treasury Examining Bloomberg Use of Terminal Data
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Deadline.com and AllThingsD, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Sanford: No hard feelings with GOP — Rep.-elect Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) said Sunday he was looking forward to working with House Republican leaders in Congress, even after their campaign arm abandoned his comeback political bid. — Sanford said he has always had an “independent streak,” …
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Politico
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Dem veteran: Military ‘incapable’ of fixing sexual assault problem — Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq war, said Sunday that the Pentagon has shown it can't be trusted to handle the problem of sexual assault in the military. — Duckworth (D-Ill.) said on CNN's “State of the Union” …
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CNN
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs — RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, saying the country would benefit from the conversations.
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Jammie Wearing Fools and Associated Press
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Delays on Nominees Raise Tension — WASHINGTON — President Obama's latest cabinet-level nominees are running into deep resistance in the Senate, pitching Democrats and Republicans into another tense standoff over White House appointments. — Just days after Republicans used Senate rules …
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