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IRS Gave Obama Charity Fast-Track Approval while Tea Party Groups Harassed

What’s in a name?

If you’re Lois Lerner, an IRS division head in charge of approving groups for non-profit status, seemingly everything.

By now, just about everyone in America knows that the IRS division tasked with scrutinizing non-profit applications deliberately and consistently targeted groups with the words “tea party” or “patriot” in their name.

No similar litmus test was used for liberal or progressive groups, indicating a clear and convincing bias by the government against ideological opponents of the White House.

In fact, in at least one case, it looks like the very same IRS agents who persecuted conservative groups fast-tracked approval for an outfit whose name practically screamed for – and received – special treatment.

The name of the organization…[more]

May 25, 2013 • 02:20 pm
Fast and Furious: Who Is Dennis Burke?

Fast and Furious: Who Is Dennis Burke?

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Democrats Look to Turn ObamaCare into State-Level Advantage in 2014

Democrats Look to Turn ObamaCare into State-Level Advantage in 2014

Once qualified, pro-ObamaCare advocacy groups can flood the air- and radio-waves with a classic liberal sales pitch: Advertisements claiming to get something (health insurance for the poor) for nothing (“free” federal tax dollars).

 Background Checks, Anyone? IRS, AP and Fox Scandals Confirm Potential for Bureaucratic Injustice

Background Checks, Anyone? IRS, AP and Fox Scandals Confirm Potential for Bureaucratic Injustice

If there is a silver lining to the scandals blossoming across so many arms of our federal government, it is a healthier wariness toward government overreach and tyranny.

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