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IRS will likely step up attacks on free speech after 2014 election
Earlier, we wrote about how proposed IRS regulations would gag 501(c)(4) groups—and potentially 501(c)(3) groups like think tanks as well—by…
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Law and Government
Trey Gowdy goes for the throat in Capitol Hill showdown with IRS honcho
Trey Gowdy’s nickname, the “Carolina Cougar,” symbolizes his go-for-the-jugular-style of politics and his practice of law. The Congressman flashed his proverbial…
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GOP Rep. Steve Stockman proposes ‘Dog Ate My Tax Receipts Act’
Despite the White House’s doubling down yesterday on its claim that the IRS scandal is just another Republican conspiracy to smear an…
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IRS manual explicitly governs email backup and retention
After the revelation that Lois Lerner’s emails went missing when she spilled coffee on her laptop (I made that part…
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Law and Government
AP on IRS: No ‘evidence’ of outside pressure to target conservatives
A carefully crafted AP Opinion Piece discussing Lois Lerner’s “computer crash” observes, “But so far, they [congressional investigators] have not publicly produced…
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Law and Government
IRS: Email is an ‘outstanding way to secure financial records’
On their taxpayer-funded website, the IRS recommends email as an “outstanding way to secure financial records.” The advice was given…
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Law and Government
Rep. Jason Chaffetz: IRS Chief testified that ‘Lois Lerner emails were archived’
Rep. Jason Chaffetz tweeted today that the “IRS Commissioner [John Koskinen] testified in March Lois Lerner emails were archived.” His tweet…
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Economy
Report: IRS allowing billions in improper tax credits
A new government report says the IRS is making little progress in reducing improper payments of Earned Income Tax Credits — allowing more…
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Law and Government
Tea Party donors audited 10 times as often as average citizens
Still think it’s a phony scandal? Via the Washington Times: Despite assurances to the contrary, the IRS didn’t destroy all of the donor…
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Lois Lerner’s lousy lawyer: IRS scandal is a ‘baseless … conspiracy’
Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress in a 231-187 vote for refusing to answer questions…
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Economy
IRS awards employees who didn’t pay their taxes with bonuses
If you forget to pay taxes the IRS will be on your back very quickly — unless you work for the…
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Politics
GOP Rep. introduces bill that would cut off Eric Holder’s government paycheck
If Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, has his way, Attorney General Eric Holder will not receive a government paycheck. Neither will…
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Law and Government
IRS seizure of Social Security payments a ticking time bomb
The Washington Post declared victory Tuesday for exposing the seizure of income-tax refunds to claw back alleged Social Security overpayments. But the…
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IRS holding income tax refunds to recover parents’ Social Security ‘overpayments’
Along with death and taxes, add a third certainty in life: taxes after death. This April 15, the IRS is…
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Law and Government
Journalist Bob Woodward on IRS scandal: ‘There’s obviously something here’
Journalist Bob Woodward said to Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday as reported by the National Review, “There’s obviously something here” referring to the IRS…
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Law and Government
House members won’t rule out arresting Lerner if Holder doesn’t? What are they waiting for?
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before a House committee where he was queried about whether the Justice Department…
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Politics
Debbie Wasserman Schultz compares Darrell Issa to totalitarianism in Venezuela
Liberal heads have been exploding ever since Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., cut off Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings’s microphone after he…
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Law and Government
Lois Lerner, Trey Gowdy, and millions in pension benefits
As reported at Liberty Unyielding, former head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS, Lois Lerner, was called again to testify…
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Law and Government
Law that would prevent illegal immigrants from receiving checks from IRS hitting snags
A congressional crackdown on illegal immigrants getting checks from the IRS has some cracks in it. The proposed legislation doesn’t stop…
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Economy
IRS warns uninsured of the ‘Shared Responsibility Payment’
First it was the individual mandate, then it was a tax, then it was a penalty, and now it is…
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Politics
IRS’s Lois ‘Ten Pinocchios’ Lerner being called to testify March 5
The former head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS, Lois Lerner, who apologized for targeting conservative groups and later…
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Law and Government
Proposed IRS rule to silence Tea Party endorsed by group aligned with former IRS head’s wife
Susan L. Anderson is the “Senior Program Advisor” for Public Campaign, which “works closely” with Common Cause, a group that ‘urged‘…
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Law and Government
FCCgate: The content of news and the character (or lack thereof) of Democrats
Even Clinton consigliere Lanny Davis is outraged that the Federal Communications Commission would even entertain the idea of placing government…
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Politics
Conservative blog asks: ‘Are Democrats tyrants?’
On Friday, the conservative blog Gateway Pundit encouraged visitors to participate in a poll that asks: “Are Democrats tyrants?” The…
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Politics
Vulnerable Senate Dems want IRS to help them win elections by targeting conservative groups
While being careful to say they want the IRS to scrutinize all political groups equally, vulnerable Senate Democrats are pushing…
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Politics
Lawmakers threaten NFL’s tax-exempt status over Redskins team name
How this is not an abuse of power is beyond me. In a strongly-written letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell,…
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00bama’s smidgenless-IRS license-to-kill tea party groups
In addition to yesterday’s less-than-Super Bowl game, we were treated to the indispensable pre-game interview with President Barack Obama as…
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Politics
Obama lashes out, blames Fox News during O’Reilly pre-Super Bowl interview
At least twice during his pre-Super Bowl interview with Bill O’Reilly Sunday, President Obama lashed out, blaming Fox News for…
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Law and Government
Four words that could kill Obamacare
It is interesting to listen to the left-wing remonstrations against the argument that we should blow up Obamacare, if we…
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