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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday.
Organizations were singled out because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups.

In some cases, groups were asked for their list of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said.

"That was wrong. That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. That's not how we go about selecting cases for further review," Lerner said at a conference sponsored by the American Bar Association.
"The IRS would like to apologize for that," she added.

Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias. After her talk, she told The AP that no high level IRS officials knew about the practice.

Agency officials found out about the practice last year and moved to correct it, the IRS said in a statement. The statement did not specify when officials found out.
About 75 groups were inappropriately targeted. None had their tax-exempt status revoked, Lerner said.

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Apology insufficient; they need to be held accountable, and whoever decided/was involved in it needs to be held responsible.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Can't make this stuff up...

On May 5, Obama give the commencement address @ THE Ohio State U. He tells grads to ignore the voices which warn of govt tyranny ( exactly what our founders warned us about ), and that there's reason to worry.


Then the IRS story breaks.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
But Obama didn't know anything about what the IRS was doing before last Friday. And the stooge of an acting IRS Director who just resigned was scheduled to leave next month anyhow. The House voted today to not give the IRS the money it needs to operate Obamacare. That's one small step for man, we'll see if there's a giant leap for mankind coming.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

This is nothing less than an out right war. No shots are being fired, but the Left are using the power of the Federal govt to smother any and all serious ( or perceived serious ) threats to Obama, and the extreme, Far Left agenda.

US Constitutional rights be damned.

They will do pretty much anything and everything they feel they need to do, and then smugly, defiantly, lie about it, right out in the open.

I doubt the OLD guard Republicans STILL understand what is actually going on here. To them, it's just more " D.C. politics as usual ", and it's their turn to play the role of feisty and combative minority. To them, the games gets played , where they take a few cracks at leading the country, then it's the Democrat's turn, and then after a few years, the Dems will hand over control back to the GOP. It's not like either side really DOES anything to hurt the other side, it's just how the game is played.

Only this time, the radicals are running the Dem party, and even after 3 elections, the good old boys in the GOP are STILL with out a clue.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:


And sometimes the added scrutiny is called for...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-rules-tea-party-
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Originally posted by Kwicko:


And sometimes the added scrutiny is called for...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-rules-tea-party-
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And sometimes the added scrutiny is called for...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-rules-tea-party-
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Damn. A judge in TEXAS ruled that? "Wuss wrong wit' that boy?" Not gonna read the whole piece, I wonder how far they had to go before he got pushed into a place where it was so obvious he had to rule that.

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And sometimes the added scrutiny is called for...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-rules-tea-party-
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In this case, scrutiny of the judge might be called for.

"Dietz’s knowledge of court history in Travis County runs deep, and so does his commitment to the Democratic Party."

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And sometimes the added scrutiny is called for...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Judge-rules-tea-party-
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Damn. A judge in TEXAS ruled that? "Wuss wrong wit' that boy?" Not gonna read the whole piece, I wonder how far they had to go before he got pushed into a place where it was so obvious he had to rule that.

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You mean the judge who the local Democratic party considers a stalwart Democrat (as noted in my post above), who was ruling on a suit by the local Democratic Party against a Tea Party group?

Not really that hard to figure out.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Now see if you can aim that same "objectivity" at the congressional Republicans investigating the so-called "scandals" within the Democratic Obama administration.

You seem to be saying they might have a purely political reason for going after a Democrat in order to support their Republican tea party brethren.

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Now see if you can aim that same "objectivity" at the congressional Republicans investigating the so-called "scandals" within the Democratic Obama administration.

You seem to be saying they might have a purely political reason for going after a Democrat in order to support their Republican tea party brethren.

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If it was just Republicans concerned about the IRS and AP records scandals, you might have a point. However, politicians from both parties, and editorialists and commentators from both sides of the political spectrum, are demanding investigations and that those responsible be punished.

Funny that the same folks who were screaming for impeachment following low-level malfeasence at Abu Ghraib are trying so hard on the IRS and AP issues to deflect any blame from the man in change.

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IRS's Steven Miller knew of targeting in 2012

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was told in May 2012 that the IRS was targeting conservative groups for extra review, the agency confirmed to POLITICO.
The tax-exempt and government entities office informed Miller, then the deputy commissioner for services and enforcement, about the “improperly identified” applications on May 3, 2012, the agency said.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/irs-steven-miller-knew-targeting
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The lying and deception to the American people never does stop with these folks.

Never.

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IRS's Steven Miller knew of targeting in 2012

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was told in May 2012 that the IRS was targeting conservative groups for extra review, the agency confirmed to POLITICO.
The tax-exempt and government entities office informed Miller, then the deputy commissioner for services and enforcement, about the “improperly identified” applications on May 3, 2012, the agency said.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/irs-steven-miller-knew-targeting
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But this is literally blowing up in his face.

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But this is literally blowing up in his face.

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You literally do not know what the word "literally" means.

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This is nothing less than an out right war. No shots are being fired,

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