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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Counsel Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago — The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters:
Schieffer to Obama Advisor: 'Why Are You Here? Why Isn't the White House Chief of Staff Here?' — As NewsBusters reported two weeks ago, CBS's Bob Schieffer is fed up with the White House's talking points concerning what happened at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last September.
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Hot Air, The Other McCain and The Lonely Conservative
New York Times:
I.R.S. Inquiry Status Told to White House in April — WASHINGTON — The chief White House lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, learned last month that a Treasury inspector general had concluded an audit of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, weeks before the matter became public …
NBC News:
May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled
May 19: Mitch McConnell, Dan Pfeiffer, Dave Camp, Xavier Becerra, Peggy Noonan, Bob Woodward, Donald Rumsfled
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Right Turn, Crooks and Liars and Connecting.the.Dots
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Pfeiffer on IRS Scandal: ‘Law Is Irrelevant’
Pfeiffer on IRS Scandal: ‘Law Is Irrelevant’
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americanthinker.com, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Conservatives4Palin and Althouse
Benjamin Bell / ABCNEWS:
Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal
Dan Pfeiffer: IRS Behavior ‘Inexcusable’ Whether or Not Illegal
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Da Tech Guy On DaRadio Blog and The Lonely Conservative
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe — When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Justice Department Spied on Fox News Reporter — “When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material,” the Washington Post reports.
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Riehl World News
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Obama gets personal about race and manhood in Morehouse College speech — President Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Prepared text for President Obama's speech at Morehouse
Prepared text for President Obama's speech at Morehouse
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The Daily Caller
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama urges Morehouse grads to lead by ‘the power of your example’
Obama urges Morehouse grads to lead by ‘the power of your example’
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers and Politico
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Four key Hillary Clinton staffers from 2008 unlikely to sign on for 2016 bid — Howard Wolfson, the 2008 communications director for Hillary Rodham Clinton, has said he will not return for a 2016 presidential campaign. Neither, for that matter, will Neera Tanden, the campaign's policy director.
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Washington Wire, Taylor Marsh and Balloon Juice
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Taxing Times for Obama
Taxing Times for Obama
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Politico, Hot Air, Althouse and No More Mister Nice Blog
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Obama at 53 percent approval after week of controversies
Poll: Obama at 53 percent approval after week of controversies
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The Hinterland Gazette, CNN and Outside the Beltway
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Union for immigration enforcement officers to oppose Senate bill — A union which represents an estimated 12,000 immigration enforcement officers announced Monday it would oppose the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration reform legislation. — In a statement, National Citizenship …
New York Times:
Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets — WASHINGTON — Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed …
Associated Press:
AP CEO calls records seizure ‘unconstitutional’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly.
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The Gateway Pundit and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Zack Colman / The Hill:
AP chief: DOJ seizure an ‘unconstitutional act’
AP chief: DOJ seizure an ‘unconstitutional act’
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The PJ Tatler, Associated Press and The Impolitic
Andy Borowitz / Borowitz Report:
Obama Denies Role in Government — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over the past four years. — “Right now, many of you are angry at the government …
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LewRockwell.com Blog, NewsBusters and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
David Willman / Los Angeles Times:
Anthrax drug brings $334 million to Pentagon advisor's biotech firm … REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security …
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Firedoglake and CBS DC
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How Much Are Obama's Scandals Hurting Him? — Is Obama being hurt by the scandals that have engulfed his administration? That sounds like a silly question: of course the scandals have damaged his image, thrown his administration off message, weakened his ability to get anything through Congress.
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Rasmussen Reports and CANNONFIRE
CNN:
ABC's Jonathan Karl to CNN: ‘I regret the email was quoted incorrectly’ — (CNN) - Jonathan Karl, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, addressed criticism of his reporting on the Benghazi talking points controversy, saying in a statement to CNN that he regrets the inaccuracy of his report.
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Balloon Juice
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up
Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up
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The Caucus and The Huffington Post