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High noon: Tea Party Patriots plan nationwide protests at IRS buildings on Tuesday
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 1 hr ago
The organizers of Tea Party Patriots have called for a nationwide protest against the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the government agency’s abuse of power while targeting Tea Party groups. The planned protests will take place at IRS offices around the country at noon on Tuesday. The...
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Spoof: Obama uses Buzzfeed list to distract from scandals
Charlie Spiering
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Despite all the White House scandals this week, President Obama is more concerned about a Buzzfeed article listing things that will make you feel old. This spoof video was put together by Jimmy Fallon and the ‘Late Night’ show crew.
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Obama in Baltimore: I’m looking forward to having a dredge named after me
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
Speaking at Ellicott Dredges’ factory in Baltimore this afternoon, President Obama joked that he couldn’t wait to have a dredge named after him. After taking a tour of the factory, Obama explained that a customer of the factory once named a dredge after former President Bill Clinton....
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Congressman: IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers'
Charlie Spiering
Published: Fri, May 17, 2013
During the House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock R-Ill. grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a group in Iowa. “Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life for Iowa ‘Please detail the content of the...
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Outgoing IRS commissioner to Congress: ‘Targeting’ is a loaded term
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
During the congressional hearing Friday morning with outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, asked why Miller couldn’t reveal who was responsible for targeting Tea Party groups. “I’m going to take exception to the concept of ‘targeting,’” Miller replied....
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IRS to Congress: 'We provided horrible customer service'
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
During a congressional hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee, outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller admitted that the IRS provided "horrible customer service" by targeting Tea Party groups.
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Jay Carney: I dismiss the idea that these are scandals
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has come under heavy fire this week as journalists grilled him about the three scandals hitting President Obama’s administration at once. On CNN Thursday night, however, Carney explained to Piers Morgan that he has actually enjoyed his job this week....
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Jon Stewart ridicules media for stupid Hillary 2016 speculation
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
Jon Stewart mocked the media Thursday night on “The Daily Show” for having “the attention span of a concussed goldfish,” suggesting that their distracted news coverage were Obama’s only hope for beating the scandals weighing down his second term. Stewart played several clips of cable...
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White House to Obamacare critics on Twitter: ‘It’s. The. Law.’
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
Critics of Obamacare took to Twitter Thursday to describe the burdensome health care law in just three words using the hashtag #ObamaCareInThreeWords. It wasn’t long before the Obama administration responded using the official White House Twitter account.
