IRS Scandal Could Blunt Potency Of Campaign Finance Reform
In wake of IRS targeting of conservative activists, “I don’t think Republicans have any fresh incentive to revisit” campaign finance reform, a Senate Democratic leadership aide acknowledged.
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The Panopticon President
A new critique emerges. Fear of a narrow new government power at a scary moment.
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9 Times Obama Spoke Out For Freedom Of The Press
So, about those AP phone records…
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Congress Slam Obama Administration Surveillance Of Reporters
“The First Amendment is first for a reason. If the Obama Administration is going after reporters’ phone records, they better have a damned good explanation,” Boehner spokesman says.
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Minnesota Senate Passes Marriage Equality, Will Become Law
The vote was 37-30. Gov. Mark Dayton will sign the bill, which will go into effect Aug. 1, making Minnesota the 12th state, plus DC, with marriage equality.
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Department Of Justice Seizes Journalists’ Phone Records
The seizure is believed to be part of a leaks investigation related to a May 2012 Associated Press story about a foiled terror plot.
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19 Mind-Blowing Things You Can Buy From The Federal Government
The federal government, working for you! And your one breast implant.
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Video: When The IRS Said It Was Not Targeting Tea Party Groups
Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman claimed the IRS was not targeting the tea party for extra scrutiny in March 2012.
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Glenn Beck: IRS Scandal, Benghazi, And Boston Bombing Are All Connected
“We’re being told one thing when another thing is actually happening.”
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Did Obama Cry During His Press Conference?
Reuters thinks so, and says in its caption that this wire photo shows a “tear.”
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Watch The Comedic Stylings Of Two World Leaders Bomb In Succession
A lame joke about cricket is met with a lame joke about baseball. The proverbial tumbleweed bounces through a joint press conference with Obama and Cameron.
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Obama Gets Mad, Again
On Monday, a frustrated Obama weighs in on IRS and Benghazi.
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Obama Slams IRS For Allegedly Targeting Tea Party Groups: "Outrageous"
“I have got no patience with it, I will not tolerate it, and we will make sure that we find out exactly what happened on this,” says the president.
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Newt Gingrich Doesn’t Know What A Smartphone Is
Newt Gingrich doesn’t know what a smartphone is and he made a video to talk about it. Below is an moment by moment breakdown.
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Clinton Loyalists Watch Ready For Hillary PAC Warily
Some former Clinton aides and fundraisers deride Ready for Hillary as an amateurish group of posers, but the PAC is gaining steam. “What, who are these people? These people are untested.”
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Museum Drops Hamas Honor After Criticism From Jewish Groups
The Newseum hard at first argued that other groups consider two slain cameramen journalists. “A dark day,” says the ADL. [Updated]
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Dennis Kucinich Slams Obama Administration On Benghazi: "I’m Offended By This"
The progressive former Congressman hit the Obama Administration for their Libyan policy and for their response to the attack.
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Pro-Israel Group Sees “Same Conduct” In IRS’s Tea Party Campaign
Z Street charged in 2010 that the Obama Administration was persecuting it for its policy views. Does Israel activism “contradict the Administration’s public policies?” an IRS agent allegedly asked.
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Socialist Occupy Movement Writer Inspired Syrians To Hack ‘The Onion’
No sense of humor.
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Zambia Could Become The Next Uganda On LGBT Rights
The situation for LGBT people in the southern African country has rapidly deteriorated in the past month. “At this point, we need all the help that we can get from the international community,” an activist says.
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Bush Press Secretary Pans White House Press Team For Friday Blunders
A carefully constructed news day at the White House careens off course. Fleischer says Carney brought the pain on himself for “throwing gasoline on a fire.”
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Susan Rice Barely Discussed The Possibility That Al-Qaeda Was Involved In Benghazi When She Was On Sunday Shows
The White House press secretary said Susan Rice discussed the possibility that al-Qaeda might be involved in the Sept. 11 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi. But outside of a brief mention on CBS’s Face the Nation, Rice mostly did not discuss the involvement of al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda affiliates.
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Jason Richwine Resigns From Heritage Foundation
A spokesman for the D.C. think tank said Friday that the immigration expert “decided to resign” after week of controversy.
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Jay Carney Invokes Mitt Romney To Slam Republicans’ Response To Benghazi
The White House press secretary used the former Republican presidential nominee’s response to Benghazi as a way to attack Republicans for allegedly politicizing of the September 11th Benghazi terrorist attacks.
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Watch The State Department Spokesperson Who Asked For Talking Points Edits Defend Susan Rice
The briefing was on September 17th, the day after Rice’s sunday show appearances.
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The Time President Obama Made An Auditing Joke
President Obama was giving the commencement address at Arizona State University in 2009 where he joked about auditing the president of ASU and their board of regents . The IRS apologized today for unfairly targetingTea Party groups with extra scrutiny about their tax status.
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CNN’s New Morning Show Promo Is Basically A Target Commercial
Where have you heard this jingle before?
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"Star InfoWars" Is The Funniest Thing Political Nerds Will See This Week
Emperor Palpatine was a member of the Bilderberg Group.
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Tea Party Leader Demands Apology From Obama For IRS Targeting
Tea Partiers and conservatives howled last year they were being targeted by the IRS. Turns out they were right. A campaign watchdog calls the revelation “troubling.”
