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In reply to the discussion: REVEALED: The IRS Targeted Groups Containing 'Tea Party,' 'Progressive,' 'Occupy,' And 'Israel' [View all]Tx4obama
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REVEALED: The IRS Targeted Groups Containing 'Tea Party,' 'Progressive,' 'Occupy,' And 'Israel' [View all]
tpsbmam
Jun 2013
OP
Of course this won't get the same play in the M$M, cause the initial uproar was "juicier".Rating$$$.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#1
The "Occupy" angle will get some play, in terms of mean old Obama picking on them nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#12
You wanna know why they were being checked? Its because many of them actually are political groups
cstanleytech
Jun 2013
#6
+1000, let's see Issa scream about the IRS preventing tax fraud across the board, I can't wait
wordpix
Jun 2013
#34
Funny that ALL we heard about was "FASCIST OBAMA IRS IS HARRASSING OUR TEA PARTY!!" nt
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#8
Waiting for the DUers who claimed "the federal government was using the IRS to harass
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#11
LOL. Doing a proper enforcement job has now been declared "targeting" by the corporate/state media
PSPS
Jun 2013
#32
Of course. That is why the only group denied tax exempt status was a progressive org. nt
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#36
On NPR this morning, the teaser for this story said, "IRS Targetting More Extreme"
Eric J in MN
Jun 2013
#40
From what I see, the story is that Issa commissioned a politically biased audit
Thor_MN
Jun 2013
#47