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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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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
The Seven Questions That Got The IRS In Trouble — Tucked inside the the government report that found the IRS used inappropriate criteria to identify tax-exempt applications to review is a list of seven questions. — The questions appeared in letters sent in January and February of 2012 …
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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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.
Bloomberg:
IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row
IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row
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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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Rasmussen Reports:
57% Want IRS Offenders Jailed or Fired
57% Want IRS Offenders Jailed or Fired
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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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Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Axelrod: Government ‘So Vast,’ Obama Can't Know About Wrongdoing
Axelrod: Government ‘So Vast,’ Obama Can't Know About Wrongdoing
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner on IRS: 'Who's going to jail over this?'
Boehner on IRS: 'Who's going to jail over this?'
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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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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 …
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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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 …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
White House Pushes to Revive Legislation Protecting Reporters
White House Pushes to Revive Legislation Protecting Reporters
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Mark Memmott / NPR:
Holder Isn't Sure How Often Reporters' Records Are Seized
Holder Isn't Sure How Often Reporters' Records Are Seized
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Senate Republicans Not Outraged Over DOJ Raid On AP Records
Senate Republicans Not Outraged Over DOJ Raid On AP Records
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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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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Armed Forces Sexual Assault Crisis Reaches New Heights — Ahead of possible major actions from the Pentagon and Congress on sexual assault in the military, the U.S. Army is forced to confront yet another instance of a member of the armed forces involved in a shocking sexual assault scandal.
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Hagel orders retraining of sex-assault prevention officers; Army sergeant investigated
Hagel orders retraining of sex-assault prevention officers; Army sergeant investigated
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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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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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Maggie Haberman / Reuters:
Anthony Weiner hires campaign manager
Anthony Weiner hires campaign manager
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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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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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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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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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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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