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2. And yet we only heard about the tea party cases.

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Mon Jun 24, 2013, 05:49 PM

Jun 2013

Who would have thunk it?

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REVEALED: The IRS Targeted Groups Containing 'Tea Party,' 'Progressive,' 'Occupy,' And 'Israel' [View all] tpsbmam Jun 2013 OP

Of course this won't get the same play in the M$M, cause the initial uproar was "juicier".Rating$$$. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2013 #1

It won't get any outrage here. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #4

The "Occupy" angle will get some play, in terms of mean old Obama picking on them nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #12

And yet we only heard about the tea party cases. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #2

Who is doing the most cheating, and the most whining? Berlum Jun 2013 #3

Issa is having a hissy fit right now wordpix Jun 2013 #33

think progress article alp227 Jun 2013 #5

You wanna know why they were being checked? Its because many of them actually are political groups cstanleytech Jun 2013 #6

Exactly.... paleotn Jun 2013 #15

+1000, let's see Issa scream about the IRS preventing tax fraud across the board, I can't wait wordpix Jun 2013 #34

Well that pops Fux New's HUGH scandal......... Grassy Knoll Jun 2013 #7

you think that will stop them? NewJeffCT Jun 2013 #10

Did I miss a brilliant new term? Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #20

Yep, it really is. n/t TDale313 Jun 2013 #26

I think so, too wordpix Jun 2013 #35

Funny that ALL we heard about was "FASCIST OBAMA IRS IS HARRASSING OUR TEA PARTY!!" nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #8

But I thought he was a socialist.... paleotn Jun 2013 #13

I don't think the Tea Party brain is wired correctly 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #16

Wait, "brain?" Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #19

Game over tea party! obama2terms Jun 2013 #9

Waiting for the DUers who claimed "the federal government was using the IRS to harass geek tragedy Jun 2013 #11

I'm waiting for all the jabberwockys on Faux to eat their words. Boomerproud Jun 2013 #25

Quotation marks suggest you are quoting somebody. hay rick Jun 2013 #45

Eh, the search function will provide those. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #46

Any occupy group is going to be way less partisan than any Teaparty group. /nt Ash_F Jun 2013 #14

Maybe Occupy is more ethical and smarter LeftInTX Jun 2013 #21

First come first examined Luschnig Jun 2013 #17

Very important - let's spread this everywhere! Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #18

Serves the "Tea Party" interests to only tell half the truth... jimlup Jun 2013 #22

I'm not sure I'd call that "targetting". JoeyT Jun 2013 #23

But nobody else whines like a tea-bagger ThoughtCriminal Jun 2013 #24

Why didn't they say this from day one? rucky Jun 2013 #27

Well of course 'progressive', 'occupy' and 'Israel' were reasonable. Kablooie Jun 2013 #28

Kick n/t Tx4obama Jun 2013 #29

New York Times Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #30

That's terrible Lugal Zaggesi Jun 2013 #31

LOL. Doing a proper enforcement job has now been declared "targeting" by the corporate/state media PSPS Jun 2013 #32

Of course. That is why the only group denied tax exempt status was a progressive org. nt SunSeeker Jun 2013 #36

you wanna know something lcordero2 Jun 2013 #37

Seriously ... we're JUST hearing about this NOW ... BECAAAAAUSE?!? brett_jv Jun 2013 #38

The delay in the truth coming out is may be because the IRS Eric J in MN Jun 2013 #41

The story raises several issues. merrily Jun 2013 #39

It's not even a scandal if it wasn't based on viewpoint discrimination. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #42

BS Lugal Zaggesi Jun 2013 #44

On NPR this morning, the teaser for this story said, "IRS Targetting More Extreme" Eric J in MN Jun 2013 #40

Time to eliminate this 501(4)(c) section question everything Jun 2013 #43

From what I see, the story is that Issa commissioned a politically biased audit Thor_MN Jun 2013 #47