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9:50 AM ET, May 19, 2013

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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Darrell Issa: 'You Don't Accuse The IRS Until You've Had A Nonpartisan, Deep Look'  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said earlier this week in a little-noticed interview that he knew “approximately” what the IRS inspector general would report about selective targeting of conservative groups …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Reuters
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Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign  —  (CBS News) WASHINGTON - There were new questions Saturday night concerning if anyone in the White House was aware of the IRS' targeting of conservative groups.
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Romney: Benghazi talking points had no bearing on presidential election  —  The Obama administration's talking points on the terror attack in Benghazi had no bearing on Mitt Romney's defeat last year, the former Republican presidential nominee told Jay Leno.
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Dem: Ex-IRS chief lied to Congress  —  Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) said the former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner appointed by President George W. Bush lied to Congress under oath when he told lawmakers last year that the agency did not give special attention to certain groups.
Discussion: Hot Air
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Complaints of IRS targeting by religious groups on the rise  —  The number of religious groups reporting they were improperly targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is increasing.  —  At least a half-dozen conservative groups say they received an unusual degree of scrutiny from the IRS …
Discussion: Religion News Service
New York Post:
Gay man shot dead in Village after gunman shouted homophobic slurs: authorities  —  A gay man was gunned down in Greenwich Village early today by an armed bigot who hurled homophobic slurs at him — and claimed to be the Newtown, Conn. killer before the murder, police said today.
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New York Times:
Killing in Greenwich Village Looks Like Hate Crime, Police Say  —  The violence took place just blocks from the Stonewall Inn, perhaps the most important landmark of the gay liberation struggle.  A young man screamed antigay slurs at another man on a street in Greenwich Village on Friday night …
Discussion: CNN and Joe. My. God.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Have new controversies hurt Obama?  Has GOP overreacted?  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.  —  But a CNN/ORC International survey …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Obama puts Marines on umbrella duty, irking conservatives
The Sunday Times:
Google insider exposes ‘immoral’ tax scam  —  Former Google executive Barney Jones has a cache of 100,000 emails and documents (Paul Vicente)  —  A FORMER Google executive has blown the whistle on a massive and “immoral” tax avoidance scheme that has “cheated” British taxpayers out of hundreds …
Discussion: The Verge and Vox Popoli
aina.org:
Two Christian Churches in Egypt Attacked By Muslims This Week  —  (AINA) — The escalation of Muslim attacks on Christian churches in Egypt continues unabated.  This week two attacks were carried out, one in Alexandria and one in Menbal in Upper Egypt — both allegedly prompted by harassment of Muslim women.
New York Times:
At I.R.S., Unprepared Office Seemed Unclear About the Rules  —  During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager.  A growing number of organizations identifying themselves …
Discussion: Associated Press and DealBook
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Washington Post:
At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy
Washington Post:
President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power  —  President Obama's professed ignorance of the targeting of conservatives by one government agency and his support of tracking journalists' sources by another highlight one of the great paradoxes of his presidency …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather
 
 
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