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GOP DEFIES BOEHNER on special Benghazi panel – The Hill
By MB Snow at May 14, 2013 | 5:59 am
By Molly K. Hooper - 05/14/13 05:00 AM ET House Republican members are defying Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and five committee chairmen by endorsing a measure that would set up a special panel to investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya. A growing number of members on the committees with jurisdiction over the Benghazi matter — Intelligence, Judiciary, ... Go To Article
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JONATHAN S. TOBIN: Note to President Obama: IRS Scandal Is Why We Distrust Government « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at May 12, 2013 | 5:31 pm
Jonathan S. Tobin | 05.12.2013 While almost all liberals and Democrats are still in denial about the implications of the Benghazi scandal, none of them is choosing to defend the IRS officials who targeted Tea Party groups for investigations that would deny them tax-exempt status. Like the White House, the chattering classes are united in decrying the blatantly illegal ... Go To Article
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REP. STEVE KING: ‘I Have No Moral Obligation’ To Help Illegal Aliens Stay In USA
By MB Snow at May 12, 2013 | 1:13 pm
by LEE STRANAHAN 12 May 2013 In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, straight talking Rep. Steve King (R-IA) makes a seldom heard argument that cuts to the heart of the immigration problem. Congressman King said: I was talking to someone about immigration reform and I told him what I thought was wrong with the approach on the bill. He looks at me and he ... Go To Article
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6 TIMES IRS has been accused of punishing Obama’s opponents | WashingtonFreeBeacon
By MB Snow at May 12, 2013 | 1:08 pm
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff, May 11, 2013 5:47 pm “President [Michael] Crowe and the Board of Regents will soon learn all about being audited by the IRS,” —President Obama jokes during his commencement speech at Arizona State University in 2009. Under President Obama the Internal Revenue Service has repeatedly been accused of using its enforcement ... Go To Article
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AP EXCLUSIVE: IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011
By MB Snow at May 11, 2013 | 1:09 pm
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER — May. 11 4:01 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner. The IRS apologized Friday for ... Go To Article
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THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S Unsound Policies | Cato Institute
By MB Snow at May 11, 2013 | 12:58 pm
By John A. Allison The Federal Reserve is increasing the long-term risk in our financial system through both its monetary and regulatory policies. It is simultaneously redistributing wealth from moderate-income savers to high-income households and laying the foundation for another housing bubble. From 1914 until 2007 the Fed’s balance sheet grew to $900 billion. ... Go To Article
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WAYS AND MEANS to IRS: ‘Provide All Communications Containing Words ‘Tea Party,’ ‘Patriot,’ or ‘Conservative’—By Wednesday | CNS News
By MB Snow at May 11, 2013 | 12:36 pm
May 10, 2013, By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) - The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight has thrown down an investigative gauntlet to the Internal Revenue Service, demanding that the agency hand over by next Wednesday every communication in its records that includes the words “tea party,” “patriot” or “conservative.” The committee is also ... Go To Article
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BENGHAZI WHISTLEBLOWER BLOCKER: 6 facts about Cheryl Mills | Washington Free Beacon
By MB Snow at May 10, 2013 | 5:26 pm
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff, May 8, 2013 Deputy chief of mission for the U.S. in Libya Gregory Hicks testified Wednesday that he was told by the State Department not to meet with Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah), when he traveled to Libya to investigate the Benghazi attack. During that trip, a lawyer from the State Department was excluded from a classified ... Go To Article
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DERSHOWITZ: Tex Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students | TheDailyCaller
By MB Snow at May 10, 2013 | 12:46 am
05/09/2013, Charles C. Johnson Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016. Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t ... Go To Article
GUY BENSON: The Damning Dozen: Twelve Revelations from the Benghazi Hearings – Guy Benson
By MB Snow at May 9, 2013 | 8:42 am
Guy Benson | May 09, 2013 Much of the media and liberal establishment simply ignored yesterday's Benghazi hearings. They were content to see, hear, and speak no evil -- which is typically the fastest way to kill a story in Washington. Others framed the proceedings as just another quixotic, partisan effort to hype a long-resolved story. Selling that template ... Go To Article
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