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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.
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Obama 47 minutes late for his press conference; leaves reporters in the rain
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
“I look forward to taking some questions at tomorrow’s press conference,” President Obama said last night, after announcing the resignation of the acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller. The president scheduled a noon press conference today with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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Rubio: Obama creating ‘culture of intimidation’ in the White House
Charlie Spiering
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
On MSNBC this morning, Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla. explained that the IRS scandal was merely one more example of a “culture of intimidation” promulgated by the Obama White House. “I think it’s important for the president to be honest about the culture of intimidation that his...
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Krauthammer: Obama losing his constituency, the media
Charlie Spiering
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
On FOX News last night, Charles Krauthammer explained that President Obama was moving quickly to respond to the scandals in his administration to satisfy the media. “I think what he understands is that he is losing his constituency, that’s the media,” Krauthammer said, noting that...
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