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CNN:
Source: Two ‘rogue’ workers principally behind IRS targeting of conservatives — Washington (CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service has identified two “rogue” employees in the agency's Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for “overly aggressive” handling of requests by conservative groups …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers and msnbc.com
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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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Bloomberg:
IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row — The Internal Revenue Service, under pressure after admitting it targeted anti-tax Tea Party groups for scrutiny in recent years, also had its eye on at least three Democratic-leaning organizations seeking nonprofit status.
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Seeing the Forest, UrbanGrounds, The Plum Line, Overlawyered, The Impolitic, Firedoglake and Wonkblog
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
The real IRS scandal — Allowing so many ‘social welfare’ groups to enjoy tax-exempt status while participating in politics must stop. The IRS is obligated to scrutinize applicants, ‘tea party’ or no. — C4s are allowed to engage in lobbying, but not ("primarily") in campaign activity.
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Hit & Run, Daily Kos, The Political Carnival, TaxProf Blog and CNN
James Bovard / Wall Street Journal:
A Brief History of IRS Political Targeting
A Brief History of IRS Political Targeting
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CBS News, Firedoglake, Mediaite, Salon and National Review
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Reports: IRS Spared Liberal Groups as Tea Party Languished, More Conservative Orgs Targeted Than First Thought
Reports: IRS Spared Liberal Groups as Tea Party Languished, More Conservative Orgs Targeted Than First Thought
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The Fix, Slate, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
I.R.S. Says Counsel Didn't Tell Treasury of Tea Party Scrutiny
I.R.S. Says Counsel Didn't Tell Treasury of Tea Party Scrutiny
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Yahoo! News, Mediaite and Hot Air
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Top Dem tax-writer calls for IRS officials to resign
Top Dem tax-writer calls for IRS officials to resign
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Politico
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
White House Pushes for Media Shield Law — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration sought on Wednesday to revive legislation that would provide greater protections to reporters from penalties for refusing to identify confidential sources, and that would enable journalists to ask a federal judge …
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New York Times:
Spying on The Associated Press — The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks …
Talking Points Memo:
Holder To Issa: Your Conduct Is ‘Unacceptable’ And ‘Shameful’ (VIDEO)
Holder To Issa: Your Conduct Is ‘Unacceptable’ And ‘Shameful’ (VIDEO)
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The Political Carnival and The Huffington Post
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Republicans go on the offensive in seizure of journalists' records
Republicans go on the offensive in seizure of journalists' records
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CNN
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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Outside the Beltway, The American Conservative, Right Wing News, Hot Air, Booman Tribune, Betsy's Page, Rothenblog and The Hill
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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Axelrod: ‘Impossible’ for Obama to have known about IRS targeting
Axelrod: ‘Impossible’ for Obama to have known about IRS targeting
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Yahoo! News, Politico, CNN, Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Independent’ Revenue Service
The ‘Independent’ Revenue Service
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FishbowlDC, The Lonely Conservative, Power Line and Taking Note
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
D.C. To Obama: Don't Mess With “This Town”
D.C. To Obama: Don't Mess With “This Town”
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Crooks and Liars, Hullabaloo, Politico, PostPartisan, susiemadrak.com and No More Mister Nice Blog
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary — “If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast,” says Stu Stevens. Hickenlooper 2016? — Via: AP — WASHINGTON — The top advisor to last year's Republican nominee predicted Wednesday …
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Shakesville
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
4 way tie for Republicans, Clinton leads Dems
4 way tie for Republicans, Clinton leads Dems
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Politico and The Hinterland Gazette
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CLAIM: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR ATTACKED ROMNEY WITH LEAKED IRS DOCS — One of President Barack Obama's re-election campaign co-chairmen used a leaked document from the IRS to attack GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the 2012 election, according to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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Power Line, The Jawa Report, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, NOM Blog, American Spectator and ViralRead
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Joe Solmonese / The Huffington Post:
Joe Solmonese — Joe Solmonese is a Managing Director …
Joe Solmonese — Joe Solmonese is a Managing Director …
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BREITBART.COM and Weasel Zippers
Tom Philpott / Mother Jones:
Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms — When you hear about foam in the context of food, you might think of molecular gastronomy, the culinary innovations of the Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, who's famous for dishes like apple caviar with banana foam.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Raw Story
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Krauthammer To GOP: Stop Calling Everything A Watergate, “Be Quiet And Present The Facts” — CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: There are three theres and they are extremely important issues and the administration is hugely on the defensive and hasn't really answered and it's the same three we've always had.
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Mediaite and The Hinterland Gazette
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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The Hill, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Jammie Wearing Fools
Deanreddington / CBS Boston:
7 Caught Trespassing At Quabbin Reservoir; Patrols Stepped Up Across State — BELCHERTOWN (CBS) - Shortly after midnight Tuesday, seven people were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir. — State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore …
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The Gateway Pundit, Da Tech Guy On DaRadio Blog, Atlas Shrugs, Jihad Watch, The Jawa Report and Riehl World News
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, The Daily Caller, Yahoo! News, The Hill, Reuters and Outside the Beltway
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Reid: No ‘Precipitous’ Nuclear Option, But Consumer Watchdog Will Get Vote Next Week — If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to change the Senate filibuster rules — either broadly, or more narrowly to fast track presidential nominees — he'll need a strong case.
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