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• IRS Also Targeted Pro-Life Groups: Will Media Report? - NewsBustersWe've heard a lot in the past few days about the IRS applying extra scrutiny to groups with "Tea Party" or "patriots" in their name, but it appears the unfair targeting runs deeper than that. As the Thomas More Society, a non-profit public interest law firm, first reported yesterday, the IRS harassed at least two pro-life organizations that applied for tax-exempt status as early as 2009.
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• Two 'known or suspected' terrorists vanished from witness program - LA Times
Two "known or suspected" terrorists who cooperated with the government and were placed in the Witness Security Program later were able to board airplanes and quietly vanish, the Justice Department's inspector general concluded in a report that was highly critical of how the government handles some of its most dangerous witnesses.
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• IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office - ABC News
The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.
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• D.C. turns on Obama - Politico
The town is turning on President Obama -- and this is very bad news for this White House. Republicans have waited five years for the moment to put the screws to Obama -- and they have one-third of all congressional committees on the case now. Establishment Democrats, never big fans of this president to begin with, are starting to speak out. And reporters are tripping over themselves to condemn lies, bullying and shadiness in the Obama administration.
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• IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo - USA Today
As applications from conservative groups sat in limbo, groups with liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little as nine months. With names including words like "Progress" or "Progressive," the liberal groups applied for the same tax status and were engaged in the same kinds of activities as the conservative groups.
Added: May 16th, 2013 3:44 AM | Share your opinion!
• James Dobson confirms slam campaign against his group - WND
The Internal Revenue Service campaign that put a bull's-eye on "tea party" groups and those with "Constitution" or "patriot" in their name also took a swipe at Christians.
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• Obama to Announce Major US Nuclear Force Cuts Soon - NewsMax
President Barack Obama is set to announce a new round of strategic nuclear warhead reductions in the near future as part of a disarmament agenda that could reduce U.S. strategic warheads to as few as 1,000 weapons.
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• Acting director of IRS forced to resign amid furor over targeting of conservative groups - Washington Post
President Obama on Wednesday demanded and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven T. Miller, as part of a multi-pronged effort to quell controversies that threaten to dominate his second term.
Added: May 16th, 2013 3:35 AM | Share your opinion!
• Benghazi Emails Released - Wall Street Journal
More than 100 pages of emails released by the White House on Wednesday depict a protracted, frustrating and often tense debate about what should be contained in public "talking points" about last year's deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya.
Added: May 16th, 2013 3:34 AM | Share your opinion!
• Director of IRS Tax-Exempt Determinations Office Is Obama Donor - National Review
The director of the Office of Rulings and Agreements, which oversees the determinatons of tax-exempt organizations, is a donor to Barack Obama. Holly Paz donated $2,000 to Obama's 2008 campaign, according to Open Secrets, which maintains a database of individual political donations.
Added: May 16th, 2013 3:13 AM | Share your opinion!
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