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"IRS flagged small tea party groups, ignored big budget organizations"

Fox News:  The IRS bullies the small grassroots organizations.   The federal government clamps down on the speech of those citizens the First Amendment was designed to protect. ...

"Voter fraud is easy with 13,000 in Maryland still on D.C. records"

The District has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George’s County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old n...

Dem: "Ex-IRS chief lied to Congress"

Link to story @ the Hill. ...

Wall Street Journal Editorial Page: Reject Perez

The "Vote on Perez." "Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez made it through a Senate committee on an embarrassingly narrow 12-10 vote Thursday, with no Republican support. Democrats want to hold a Senate floor vote as soon as possible, and no wonder....

"The Good News About Race and Voting"

Wall Street Journal has this story: "In the past three presidential elections, very few Americans reported having problems or difficulties voting according to Pew Research Center surveys. In its Nov. 8-12 poll in 2012, just 4% of whites answered yes ...

National Review on Harassment of Election Integrity Groups by Feds

As Cleta Mitchell notes, this is just the begining of the story. National Review: "Bryan adds: 'It was kind of funny to us. I mean, we weren’t laughing that much, but we knew we were squeaky clean. Our CPA’s a good guy. And who says God doesn’t have ...

"Ousted IRS chief defends targeting of groups as obnoxious, not illegal"

Link to video at The Hill:  A lot of activity is obnoxious but certainly does not threaten the constitutional right to raise money for protected speech activity. The targeting of groups based on political views or ideology shows our laws are not...

"Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign"

CBS Evening News: There were new questions Saturday night concerning if anyone in the White House was aware of the IRS' targeting of conservative groups. Inspector General Russell George said he informed a deputy at the Treasury Department in June of...

Wash. Post: "Justice didn't follow its own rules in AP case"

Outrageous behavior by the so-called rule enforcers. The Washington Post: The Obama administration should stop trying to change the subject and start explaining its actions better — if, indeed, it can. ...

On Geraldo at Large tonight

To talk about Eric Holder, and the subpoena of the Associated Press. 10pm. ...

Feds Intimidation of True the Vote on Fox

Fox News will be covering the treatment of True the Vote by multiple federal government agencies - including the Justice Department, IRS and OSHA. Here is the first of many hits. ...

With Lou Dobbs on Fox re: DOJ IRS and AP

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com ...

"IRS Gate: The potential criminal implications"

A list of potential federal offense can be found at the link. ...

Tea Party groups: "We could lose everything"

Fox News quoting the victims in this case:  “We spent thousands of our own dollars fighting this,” she said. “If this happens to one organization in America, we should all be outraged.” Devereaux is among a group of activists, being represente...

"Stunning, Just Stunning"

Quote in the New York Times by Senator Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on the IRS scandal. ...

"Treasury Officials Knew of IRS Probe Last June"; Voter Suppression continued through 2012 General Election

According to the Wall Street Journal: An Internal Revenue Service watchdog on Friday said he informed  Obama administration officials last June, in the heat of the 2012 election season, that a probe was under way over the agency's targeting of c...

"IRS spared liberal groups as Tea Party groups languished"

Townhall: ""What we are witnessing is nothing less than a dramatic reversal of the nation’s political narrative." ...

Mega Voter Suppression: "Acting IRS head apologizes, blames foolish mistakes for targeting of conservative groups"

NBC News Reports on the Acting Head of the IRS apologizing for the targeting of conservatives. Very foolish is an understatement. My friends, there is a now a new definition of voter suppression, a massive suppression of political speech over the cou...

"Voter Fraud Affected Election Results in Missouri"

The American Spectator: If Moretina hadn’t voted illegally, the race would have been a tie. If allegations that Moretina’s wife also voted illegally prove to be true, it will be safe to say that Royster lost his chance to be a state representative th...

42% think DOJ trying to bully media with AP snooping case

Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% think the Justice Department’s actions were chiefly an effort to intimidate the media. ...

House Dems seek to reauthorize the EAC

A number of Democrats serving on the Committee for House Administration released a press statement stating they will be filing a bill to reform and reauthorize the Election Assistance Commission (EAC). Statement. ...

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