Oh look, a handy-dandy chart compiled by that bastion of right-wing-nut-jobs, NPR House Republicans investigating IRS targeting of groups for extra scrutiny say they have proof conservatives had it worse. A House Ways and Means Committee staff analysis of the applications of 111 conservative and progressive groups applying for tax exempt status found conservative applicants faced “more questions, more denials, more delays,” says committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich. That is,
targeting
May 18, 2013
IRS Scandal? Eh … just a distraction. Really. Move on, wingnuts [Darleen Click]
NYSlimes sets about to shove criminal IRS behavior down the memory hole The Washington Post has two front-page above-the-fold articles on the scandal, a news story and an in-depth look at the IRS in the wake of the controversy. There’s also a tough lead editorial expressing renewed outrage at the IRS’s conduct and demanding thorough reform. Yet after the first dramatic day of congressional hearings, the New York Times has
July 11, 2012
Stasi Democrats [Darleen Click]
This has everything to do with naked intimidation Politicians recognize they give up a degree of privacy when they run for office. But Democrats are testing the outer limits of that understanding with a practice that raises questions about when campaign tracking becomes something more like stalking. While most serious campaigns on both sides use campaign trackers — staffers whose job is to record on video every public appearance and