A Tea Party Loss in Court
Mark Meckler writes about a major development in the pursuit of justice for groups improperly targeted by the IRS: Thursday, Judge Reggie Walton of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia dismissed almost all counts in two major lawsuits brought by conservative groups against the IRS. So why would Judge Walton — a […]
Reporter Won’t Pay Taxes Until IRS Truth Comes Out
Are you fed up with your tax money being misspent while the government that collects them tramples on citizens’ rights? When the IRS scandal broke, one man decided enough was enough — and he hasn’t paid taxes since. Daily Caller reporter Patrick Howley has refused to pay taxes since the public learned about the IRS […]
The Cover-Up Continues at the IRS
Following Judge Sullivan’s orders, IRS officials have submitted a sworn statement attempting to explain the loss of Lois Lerner’s emails — but it doesn’t get us much closer to understanding how they went missing. It appears Lerner’s hard drive went through the hands of two IT technicians at the IRS before it was determined to […]
The IRS Is Ready to Move On, But the American People Are Not
Ever since the IRS scandal broke, the agency’s defenders have been saying it’s over. President Obama denied a “smidgen” of corruption. Elijah Cummings still says “the case is solved.” These statements have the same ring as an officer waving people away from a yellow crime scene tape: “Move along – nothing to see here!” – […]
Video: Ideas for Your Next Audit?
Sometimes if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry. Here’s a nice three-minute YouTube video for the IRS’s excuses for targeting the Tea Party and other patriotic groups:
The Rot Runs Deep: Thousands of Bureaucrats Need to Go
David French has a great article over on National Review, about the incompetency of government employees. When dealing with the federal bureaucracy, we’re dealing with a collection of individuals who simply don’t live with the kind of job insecurity that hangs over the heads of most Americans. Most people live with the reality that not […]
Emails Show Lois Lerner Planned to Help DOJ Prosecute Conservative Groups
Albert Einstein once said the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Should we be surprised that Lois Lerner perpetrated one of the biggest political scandals of our time? The mountain of evidence that Lois Lerner engaged in criminal activity just grew even bigger today. Emails from […]
New Evidence: IRS Shared Tax Info of Targeted Group with Democrats
Evidence continues to be uncovered in the IRS targeting scandal, and this time, Elijah Cummings is in the hot seat. Newly released emails show that the IRS shared confidential documents about a targeted group with Democratic staff on the House Oversight Committee. True the Vote is a conservative group dedicated to restoring American faith in […]
Why Am I Not Surprised?
Perhaps it’s not surprising, but there are dangers in ObamaCare being “the largest personal data integration government project in the history of the Republic, with up to 300 million American citizen records needing to be combined from five federal agencies.” Dr. Stephen Parente – a University of Minnesota professor and health insurance and health information […]
Has the IRS Targeting stopped?
According to the new Commissioner of the IRS Danny Werfel, even after Lois Learner left the IRS there was still targeting going on. In a statement made on Monday by Werfel, he said last month “he discovered wide-ranging and improper terms on the lists and said screeners were still using them. He did not specify what […]