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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is at it again. At a press conference today, he wasn’t sure if bloggers deserved First Amendment protections: “Who is a journalist is a question we need to ask ourselves,” he said. “Is any blogger out…
Two IRS employees have been placed on administrative leave for violating ethics rules at a conference in 2010, according to Politico: Werfel didn’t specify which staff members he disciplined but congressional sources tell POLITICO one official is Fred Schindler, the…
The answer is six, not to give away the ending. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) attacked victims of IRS targeting at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, saying that it was their fault they were targeted because they applied…
Leaders of six conservative groups that were victims of targeting by the IRS testified before the House Ways and Means Committee today, and it got emotional. Below is testimony from Becky Gerritson, president of the Wetumpka Tea Party in Alabama:…
The investigation of the IRS’s targeting of conservatives has been all about the scapegoat, and nobody has been hit harder than the “low-level” employees in the Cincinnati IRS office. Now, excerpts of testimony from several of those employees released by…
In a hearing with new acting IRS chief Danny Werfel, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) revealed that the IRS gave more than $92 million in bonuses to employees, including several involved in the targeting of conservative groups. Lois…
If there’s any country that means what it says when it comes to national security issues, it’s Israel. And this week, the focus of its attention is on Syria. Despite protests from the U.S., France, and Israel, Russia is selling…
Over the weekend, the New York Times published an article asserting that some conservative groups targeted by the IRS deserved it. The headline, “Groups Targeted by I.R.S. Tested Rules on Politics” makes it sound like the only groups that were…
Former presidential candidate Bob Dole criticized the Republican Party this weekend. But that’s not the news. The news is that people think he still matters. Dole’s candidacy was a remarkable failure. He received only 159 electoral votes—less than Romney in…
Even when Congress is in recess, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa is on top of things. In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Issa subpoenaed documents relating to Benghazi, in addition to the 100 emails he already…
