In light of the recent ‘scandalpalooza’, a lack of trust in Washington seems to be rampant. In this case, two popular Republican figures are expressing their distrust in their own party. For many conservatives, frustrated with the ‘RINO’ mentality, this is quite refreshing. First, we have Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who’s been feeling the heat [...]
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Guess what Lois, you’re coming back! House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights and will be hauled back to appear before his panel again. The California Republican said Lerner’s Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination was voided when she gave an opening [...]
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Apparently, America still has questions regarding who Sarah Hall Ingram is and when we’ll hear her testify, as this post was my most popular to date. For Ms. Ingram, she has a double whammy. She was not only in charge of the tax exempt division of the IRS in 2010 when it began targeting tea [...]
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This is maddening. Lois Lerner will be invoking her fifth amendment rights and therefore, not answering any questions regarding the IRS scandal. (LA Times) Lois Lerner, the head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS, won’t answer questions about what she knew about the improper screening – or why she didn’t reveal it to Congress, [...]
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You have GOT to be kidding me… Via Gateway Grassroots Initiative: It seems that the Rockwood School District in St Louis Missouri just can’t take a break. continues to make poor, unconstitutional decisions. First, in an effort to receive vouchers from the state, schools implemented a “Run for Recess” requiring students run laps around the track before [...]
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I’m glad we’re going to hear from Douglas Shulman, but what about Sarah Hall Ingram? WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Some of the questions on Tuesday will [...]
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Do you tumble? Is there a verb for Tumblr like ‘tweeting’ is for Twitter? I created a Tumblr Lord only knows when, but haven’t used it hardly at all. I admit, at times, it seems like there’s always a new social media element popping up, at what point does it stop? Apparently Tumblr was acquired [...]
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This whole IRS scandal is getting rather incestuous. First, we find out Sarah Hall Ingram not only received over $100,000 in bonuses while discriminating against tea party groups, and now she’s running the Obamacare office. Now we find out Lois Lerner’s husband has some interesting connections to Obama and his campaign. The Internal Revenue Service [...]
READ MORE »Is it time to discuss abolishing the IRS? Sen. Ted Cruz thinks so. “Mr. President, if your #1 priority is fixing the problem, let’s abolish the #IRS and ensure it NEVER happens again!” Perhaps it’s no longer a ‘fringe‘ notion? Over the course of several election cycles, what was once a fringe notion advanced by long-shot candidates [...]
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**Welcome Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion readers! Thanks Prof. Jacobson for making this your ‘post of the day’!** **Updated–see below** The IRS scandal is a very tangled web and I think it will be a while before we realize the depths of the issue. Just how many IRS officials are involved and how many organizations were targeted? The President [...]
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