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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, 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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Daily Kos, Hit & Run, 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, CNN, Slate, 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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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 …
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) — At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Eric Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) clashed as the Attorney General tore into the Republican oversight chairman's conduct as “unacceptable” and “shameful.”
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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
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Independent’ Revenue Service
The ‘Independent’ Revenue Service
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National Review, Taking Note, The Lonely Conservative, Power Line and FishbowlDC
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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Politico:
D.C. turns on Obama
D.C. turns on Obama
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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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Washington Monthly, Politico, WMUR 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, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, 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
Joel Kurth / detroitnews.com:
Poll: Majority in Michigan now support gay marriage — Detroit — A majority of Michiganians supports gay marriage and broadening rights for homosexuals, a dramatic reversal from just a few years ago, according to a statewide poll released Tuesday to The Detroit News and WDIV-TV Channel 4.
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Advocate, Freedom to Marry Blog, ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo
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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
Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
First on CNN: White House releases 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails — The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
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