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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Politics, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, John Kerry
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Jonah Goldberg: Obama has no use for those who disagree with him
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And his...Tags: Carl Levin, Max Baucus, Chuck Schumer, Politics, State of the Union Address
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Biased press doesn't deserve protection
The IRS is constitutionally protected in the execution of its duties to collect income taxes. Reporters are constitutionally protected when they report fairly and honestly. The First Amendment gives the right to print the truth, not to print biased...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics, Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Work Relations
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GOP can't help overreaching on Obama scandals
Well, that didn't take long. Just as several genuine scandals cast the Obama administration in an unfavorable light, Republicans in Congress are already overreaching — with hyperbolic comparisons to Watergate, calls for special prosecutors,...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Republican Party, Radio, Politics, Bill Clinton
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Carney: Senior White House staff, but not Obama, knew of IRS probe; did not intervene
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24 and that she notified senior staff, including Denis McDonough, the...Tags: Denis R. McDonough, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, Barack Obama
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: Denis R. McDonough, Republican Party, Joe Biden, David Axelrod, John Boehner
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IRS follows Obama's lead
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...Tags: Max Baucus, Carl Levin, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Chuck Schumer, Politics
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May 20 Letters: Second Amendment, Hampton budget, IRS rules
Second Amendment support From the recent letters to the editor concerning the Second Amendment, it is obvious that emotions, rather than reason, are taking over the discussion. When in doubt, I like to go to the source documents, and, in this case, there...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, U.S. Army, Personal Weapon Control, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage
WASHINGTON — Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't...
Tags: FBI, Media Industry, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Elections
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Column: Obama accelerates loss of trust
WASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government...Tags: Global Warming, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, Barack Obama
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Point/Counterpoint: What's impact of IRS flap on Obama term?
Will the IRS scandal negatively affect President Barack Obama's second term? Washington correspondent Colby Itkowitz asks political analysts in Pennsylvania and Washington. YES Lara Brown Villanova University political science professor Q: Will...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Political Corruption, Politics
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Past time for heads to roll in Washington
AUSTIN, Texas - The twin revelations of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political organizations and, now, that the U.S. Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press -- all in a few days -- mean this: It is time to air the...Tags: Media Industry, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Elections, Eric Holder
May 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 21, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 20, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 20, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 20, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 19, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 20, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
May 20, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 20, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
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