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IRS Under Fire for Targeting Conservatives Again … and This Time It’s a Media Outlet
The Internal Revenue Service, already under investigation for illegally targeting conservative and tea party groups, recently audited the conservative Breitbart News Network in a move that the company says was politically motivated. .@SenTedCruz called the audit of Breitbart News Network 'a gross abuse of power.' The IRS sought the company’s financial records from 2012, Fox… -
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Exclusive: Liberal Senator Preparing Report That Dismisses Allegations of IRS’ Tea Party Targeting
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is putting the finishing touches on his supposed "investigation" of the IRS scandal that will, in essence, be a press release for the IRS and the administration, a reliable source tells me. A forthcoming report is expected to clear the IRS of wrongdoing for targeting… -
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More Evidence of Lois Lerner’s Liberal Bias
The Daily Caller has obtained an email that provides more stark evidence of the liberal bias of Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the heart of the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. Although Lerner was hypersensitive about political activity by conservatives, she appears to have… -
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FBI Radio: Public Service or Self-Serving?
Listen to the radio and you might run across a segment that sounds something like a news report. A newsy music introduction plays as a woman’s officious-sounding voice begins narrating a story. In a stilted delivery that appears to mimic that of a news anchor, the woman states, “In a move demonstrating the FBI’s valuable… -
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Cartoon: Lois Lerner’s Missing Emails
What's the full story? >>> Seriously? IRS Says Lois Lerner’s Blackberry Was ‘Wiped Clean’ -
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Seriously? IRS Says Lois Lerner’s Blackberry Was ‘Wiped Clean’
August is supposed to be a quiet time in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area when Congress takes its traditional recess and everyone else who makes a living off Congress from lobbyists to journalists take advantage of the members’ absence and go on vacation. But events keep happening in the IRS scandal that are upsetting the… -
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Did Politics Drive Obama Administration to Release 600 Criminal Illegal Immigrants?
A new report by the Homeland Security inspector general has once again put the spotlight on the Obama administration’s release of more than 600 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions. Last night, Sharyl Attkisson helped Fox News’ Lou Dobbs make sense of the story. In early 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released thousands of… -
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It’s Absurd to Say Government Can’t Afford to Detain Criminal Illegal Immigrants
“The fact is if the government needs money to detain illegal immigrants, especially those with felon backgrounds, I think we can find that money when you know how much money we spend in this country.” >>> Obama Administration Released Over 600 Illegal Immigrants With Criminal Convictions -
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Obama Administration Released Over 600 Illegal Immigrants With Criminal Convictions
More than 600 convicted criminals, including felons, were among thousands of illegal immigrants freed under the Obama administration in advance of 2013 budget cuts mandated under sequestration. That’s according to a new report today from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security. The Obama administration released 2,226 immigrant detainees, 617 of whom had… -
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A Border Agent Was Murdered. Genevieve Wood Weighs In.
“Under President Obama, just in 2013, ICE, which is responsible for getting people and deporting them, released over 30,000 criminals, illegal aliens who had committed crimes in this country, released them back into the American community.” -
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At Pro-Palestinian Protest, Cornel West Calls Obama a ‘War Criminal’
Civil rights activist Cornel West condemned President Obama over the weekend at a pro-Palestinian rally that brought thousands to the White House. “Barack Obama is a war criminal … because his drones have killed 233 innocent children and because he facilitates the killing of innocent Palestinians in Gaza,” West said. Protesters called for an end… -
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In IRS Emails, Lois Lerner Calls Conservatives ‘Crazies’ and … Worse
IRS division chief Lois Lerner, the central figure in the tax agency’s targeting scandal, uses a vulgar anatomical expletive to refer to conservatives in newly released official emails and, again referring to conservatives, writes that it’s not foreign terrorists but “our own crazies that will take us down.” House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., details… -
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Fired Export-Import Bank Official Pleads the Fifth at Hearing on Corruption, Fraud
An Export-Import Bank official who was fired on suspicion of taking cash in exchange for helping a Florida company obtain financing cited his Fifth Amendment right in declining to testify today during a House hearing examining corruption and fraud at the bank, a federal agency. Johnny Gutierrez opted not to answer questions after being subpoenaed… -
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Export-Import Bank Goes Under the Microscope for Allegations of Fraud, Corruption
Lawmakers will examine allegations of fraud and corruption at the Export-Import Bank today as a House subcommittee probes the embattled agency’s operations. Led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation & Regulatory Affairs will examine multiple allegations of wrongdoing that have plagued the Export-Import Bank. Witnesses… -
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Pro-Life Group Attacked in Ohio Says Assaults Increasing
>>> This video contain graphic language and images. There has been a rise in attacks on pro-lifers, according to an activist group. Seth Drayer, Director of Training for pro-life group Created Equal, views the attacks as a sign of the movement’s success. Drayer told The Daily Signal that these incidents represent “a desperate attempt” at… -
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Congressman Grills IRS Commissioner on Emails Showing Lois Lerner Covering Her Tracks
During Wednesday’s House hearing on the IRS targeting scandal, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, grilled IRS Commissioner John Koskinen about Lois Lerner’s emails revealing that she sought to hide information from Congress. >>> Related: Issa on IRS Scandal: Obama Team Wants to ‘Outlast Us’ >>> Related: IRS Emails Show Lois Lerner Suggested Audit of GOP Senator… -
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Issa on IRS Scandal: Obama Team Wants to ‘Outlast Us’
Rep. Darrell Issa, the House’s top investigator of the IRS targeting scandal, isn’t holding his breath for those missing Lois Lerner emails. Obama administration officials have done “everything they can to slow down the process,” the California Republican told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview, and have a “cavalier attitude” about producing documents. Americans, he… -
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Mississippi Working to Erase ‘Corruption’ Label
A recent study labeled Mississippi as the nation’s most corrupt state, but state auditor Stacey Pickering says it should get credit for its efforts in fighting corruption. The study by researchers Cheol Liu from the City University of Hong Kong and Indiana University’s John L. Mikesell found corruption in Mississippi was tops among the states… -
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If I Had $1,000,000: Texas Congressmen Propose Reward for Lois Lerner’s Emails
Frustrated with the IRS’ inability to produce Lois Lerner’s emails, two Texas congressmen have opted for the “carrot and stick” approach—a $1 million reward for the recovery of those messages. Rep. Bill Flores and Louie Gohmert proposed the bill to track down Lerner’s emails, which were sent at the time of the IRS’ tea party…