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Politico:
D.C. turns on Obama — The town is turning on President Obama - and this is very bad news for this White House. — Republicans have waited five years for the moment to put the screws to Obama - and they have one-third of all congressional committees on the case now.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama, the uninterested president — President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency. — Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone …
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Politico:
Obama's dangerous new narrative — No contemporary American politician has benefited more from the power of good storytelling than Barack Obama. He vaulted from obscurity to the presidency on the power of narrative - invoking his biography and personal values to make a larger point about how he would lead the nation.
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Booman Tribune, Betsy's Page and Right Wing News
James Bovard / Wall Street Journal:
A Brief History of IRS Political Targeting — One survey found that 75% of IRS respondents felt entitled to deceive or lie to Congress. — Many Republicans are enraged over revelations in recent days that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative nonprofit groups with a campaign of audits and harassment.
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Hit & Run, CBS News, National Review and The Fix
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rangel: Obama hasn't fully explained DOJ phone records seizure — Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y) said Wednesday that the Obama administration had failed to provide an adequate explanation for the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press reporters' phone records.
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Axelrod: ‘Impossible’ for Obama to have known about IRS targeting — Former Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod on Wednesday defended the president, saying it was “impossible” he could have known about the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups because the government is too big.
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Politico and Weasel Zippers
David Yonkman / Associated Press:
Carl Bernstein: AP Phone Scandal a ‘Nuclear Event’
Carl Bernstein: AP Phone Scandal a ‘Nuclear Event’
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americanthinker.com, The PJ Tatler and Conservatives4Palin
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo — WASHINGTON — In February 2010, the Champaign Tea Party in Illinois received approval of its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 90 days, no questions asked. — That was the month before the Internal Revenue Service started singling out Tea Party groups for special treatment.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
U.S. Report on I.R.S. Audits Cites Failures in Management — WASHINGTON — An inspector general's report on the investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's effort to single out conservative groups for special scrutiny blamed ineffective management at the agency for failing to rein …
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
IRS gave liberals a pass; Tea Party groups put on hold — WASHINGTON — In the 27 months that the Internal Revenue Service put a hold on all Tea Party applications for non-profit status, it approved applications from similar liberal groups, a USA TODAY review of IRS data shows.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Understanding the Politics of the IRS Scandal
Understanding the Politics of the IRS Scandal
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Hullabaloo and The Impolitic
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Franklin Graham: IRS targeted us, too
Franklin Graham: IRS targeted us, too
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Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, Sister Toldjah and Conservatives4Palin
Abby D. Phillip / ABCNEWS:
IRS Asks for Reading List, Tea Party Group Sends Constitution
IRS Asks for Reading List, Tea Party Group Sends Constitution
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Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report and The PJ Tatler
Charles C. Johnson / The Daily Caller:
IRS official Lerner speedily approved exemption for Obama brother's ‘charity’
IRS official Lerner speedily approved exemption for Obama brother's ‘charity’
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Fox News:
Lawmakers say IRS targeted dozens more conservative groups than initially believed
Lawmakers say IRS targeted dozens more conservative groups than initially believed
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Washington Times, Associated Press, Hot Air, National Review, ABCNEWS and Patterico's Pontifications
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
University to Bestow ‘Face of IRS Scandal’ with Honorary Tribute
University to Bestow ‘Face of IRS Scandal’ with Honorary Tribute
David Seifman / New York Post:
Weiner to seek erection, will announce bid for mayor — Anthony Weiner's bid to rise from the political dead is ready to begin in earnest — the disgraced former congressman will announce he is running for mayor as early as next week, according to sources. — “He's definitely running,” one Weiner ally told The Post.
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NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner may enter mayoral race as soon as next week — The former congressman has made stronger moves toward building a staff, the Daily News has learned. — The News has learned that former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner may enter the race as soon as next week and political operatives …
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Nancy A. Youssef / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Ambassador Stevens twice said no to military offers of more security, U.S. officials say — CAIRO — In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens twice turned down offers of security assistance …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: Officials say Stevens turned down extra Benghazi security
Report: Officials say Stevens turned down extra Benghazi security
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Jammie Wearing Fools
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Apparently Erroneous Reporting About Allegedly Erroneous Reporting — Jake Tapper, now of CNN but a bulldog for truth while at ABC News, is getting lots of love from the left for debunking a bit of the Benghazi talking points story. His gist - the summaries of the emails put forward …
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Who doctored a White House email?
Who doctored a White House email?
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Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
CNN exclusive: White House email contradicts Benghazi leaks
CNN exclusive: White House email contradicts Benghazi leaks
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
New allegations against another sex assault prevention officer — The Army is investigating allegations of “abusive sexual contact” against a sergeant in charge of sexual assault prevention at Fort Hood. — The incident comes a week after the Air Force's officer in charge of sexual assault prevention …
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Fort Hood assault prevention chief under investigation
Fort Hood assault prevention chief under investigation
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CBO's Publications:
Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023 — If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion, CBO estimates, the smallest shortfall since 2008. Relative to the size of the economy, the deficit this year …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
House to Vote Yet Again on Health Care Repeal — WASHINGTON — The 37th time won't be the charm. But House Republicans are charging forward anyway this week on a vote to repeal President Obama's signature health care overhaul, which will put the number of times they have tried to eliminate …
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Yahoo! News, The Plum Line and Campaign for America's Future
Detroit Free Press:
Former Battle Creek congressman Mark Schauer ‘strongly leaning toward putting a campaign together’ for governor — LANSING — Friends of Mark Schauer have been urging him to tackle a mini-triathlon this summer. — So the Battle Creek Democrat has been swimming at the Y, running with his dogs and tuning up his bike.
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IEA:
IEA's Medium-Term Oil Market Report sees companies overhauling global investment strategies; meanwhile, surge in non-OECD refining capacity shakes up product market — The supply shock created by a surge in North American oil production will be as transformative to the market over the next five years …
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