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In reply to the discussion: Nobody gives a shit about these "scandals" [View all]Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Benghazi: covered enough, I don't think anyone here disputes that.
IRS: IRS agents checking the legitimacy of tax free status of certain 501(c) (4)'s, due to their affiliation to anti-taxation group (s). I ask, if there was (to steal an old G. Carlin joke) corporation named "United Consumer Fuckers". Based on the name alone, the Consumer Protection Agency would have no reason to take a look at them? If this is a big deal, level the playing field. Order examinations of all 501 (c) (4)s formed since 2008.
The AP : the DOJ examined the records of times and numbers of phone calls during a set period. the contents of said phone calls was not available. The NIS listens to millions of phone calls searching for red flag words to find sleeper cells. So, it's okay to listen to us babble, but a tragedy to find out when a phone call might have been made?
I might be missing something here. After reading all the news articles, I still don't see anything out of the ordinary for Washington DC level politics.
I said it before. The Republicans want these to be the Flash-Bangs grenades the incite the people. It is kind of sad that these turned out to be Sparkle-Farts.