Quote of the day

6 June 2013

 

“Unfortunately you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all of our problems. Some of these same voices do their best to gum up the works. They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just […]

C-SPAN video: IRS scrutiny of non-profit organizations, June 4, 2013

C-SPAN Video Library 6/4/2013

The House Ways and Means Committee held the fifth Congressional hearing on the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS. Lawmakers heard testimony from groups that were subjected to delays and extra scrutiny during the targeting efforts.

Six groups to appear before Ways and Means

Six groups have been scheduled to […]

IRS Victims Testify as New Agency Scandals Emerge

From left are, Kevin Kookogey, founder and president, Linchpins of Liberty, Diane Belsom, Laurens County, S.C. Tea Party,John Eastman, chairman, National Organization for Marriage, Karen Kenney, San Fernando Valley, Calif. Patriots, Sue Martinek, Coalition for Life of Iowa, and Becky Gerritson, Wetumpka, Ala. Tea Party, who are six organizations that say they were […]

A Venn Chart of the Administration’s Scandals

Matt’s Meditations 6/3/2013

…It is becoming hard to keep track as the President’s ball of string unravels. The dirty secrets of Obamacare are slamming the public daily. Huge premium increases; fewer health care options, and greater restrictions than ever had been imagined by even the President’s worst critics are all coming to light.

The IRS […]

Tea party groups mobilizing against Common Core education overhaul

Frank Espich/AP – In this Jan. 16, 2013, photo, concerned grandparent Sue Lile of Carmel, Ind., shows her opposition to Common Core standards during a rally at the State House rotunda in Indianapolis.

Peter Wallsten and Lyndsey Layton The Washington Post 5/30/2013

Tea party groups over the past few weeks have suddenly and […]

IRS employee in bombshell congressional interviews about tea party targeting: ‘Washington, DC wanted some cases … I sent seven’

David Martosko The Daily Mail [UK] 2 June 2013

Interviews with IRS employees have established that the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service was engaged in targeting tea party groups and other conservative organizations for unfair levels of scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status.

Rep. Darrel lssa, chairman of powerful House Committee […]

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