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Ben Smith mocks anti-amnesty Republicans for avoiding Koch sponsored event
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
During Tuesday night’s BuzzFeed Brews immigration forum, Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith noted that Republicans who were opposed the immigration reform bill declined multiple invitations to participate in the forum. The event was sponsored by the Charles Koch Institute. “I was a little...
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Tough talk in Obama statement, but no mention of firing IRS employees
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
President Obama released a statement Tuesday night reacting to the release of the Inspector General’s report revealing that the IRS unlawfully targeted Tea Party and conservative groups. Obama called the behavior “intolerable and inexcusable” vowing that he had asked Treasury Secretary...
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Robert Gibbs: Obama response to scandals sounds like me scolding my 9-year-old
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
Former Obama White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs — now an MSNBC contributor — explained to Andrea Mitchell Tuesday afternoon that President Obama made White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s job more difficult. Carney would have had an easier time defending the president, suggested...
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Media turn on Obama in response to AP probe
Charlie Spiering
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
After news reports surfaced of the Justice Department targeting the phone records of AP reporters, many reporters and pundits expressed their outrage on cable news programs. Watch the video above for reactions from Christopher Hayes, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, Ron Fournier, John King, Piers...
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Rand Paul: What kind of government allows you to abuse people and not be fired?
Charlie Spiering
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., this morning criticized President Obama for his tepid response to the news that the IRS was targeting Tea Party and conservative groups. “If the president was really outraged by this, someone should lose their job,” Paul stated. Paul insisted that it was time for...
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Andrea Mitchell: IRS scandal ‘one of the most outrageous excesses I’ve seen in all my years of journalism’
Charlie Spiering
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
On Morning Joe this morning, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell delivered a strong reaction to the news that the IRS targeted Tea Party groups beginning in 2011, calling it “one of the most outrageous excesses I’ve seen in all my years in journalism.” Mitchell explained that Americans have to...
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Dick Cheney: IRS targeting conservatives reminds me of Watergate
Charlie Spiering
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
On FOX News last night, former Vice President Dick Cheney explained to Sean Hannity that he was concerned about the reports of the IRS targeting conservative and tea party groups. “I think it’s very dangerous,” Cheney said, theorizing that the sensitivity of the IRS activity would...
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