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22 May 2013

Don’t Target Me Bro

“The beauty of our country is that we can disagree,” says Jenny Beth Martin, who is the co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots. “And you can’t use the IRS to silent citizens.”

Martin was one of about 40 protestors who gathered today outside the Internal Revenue Service’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. to protest the agency for discriminating against tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status. Protestors came with signs bearing slogans such as “Don’t Target Me Bro” and “Suspend IRS Audits.” Similar rallies were held outside IRS offices across the country. Kennedy of Reason.TV reports.

 

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22 May 2013

The Tea Party Fights Back

Badgered by the IRS and a politically vindictive Administration, marginalized by spineless media sycophants beholden to the Washington elites, the Tea Party is now fighting back, gaining new wind as more Americans realize how corrupt, venal and out of control the federal behemoth has become. Fox News pundit Greg Gutfeld says Obamacare and its pending bureaucratic mandates will fuel this resurgence as the Tea Party strikes a blow for transparency and accountability in government.

 

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22 May 2013

3 Reasons to Fear the IRS

So the IRS has admitted to sitting on applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups for political reasons. According to the government’s own investigation, applications containing terms such as Tea Party and Patriot were singled out for delays and holds even as groups with liberal-sounding names like “Bus for Progress” and “Progress Florida” sailed through the process.

President Obama said “the report’s findings are intolerable and inexcusable” and even fired the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service. Regardless of how this particular scandal shakes out, there’s still going to be at least three good reasons to be scared as hell of the IRS. H/T Reason.TV

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18 May 2013

IRS Targeting Known in 2012

An IRS watchdog says he informed Obama administration officials last June that a probe was underway over the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups. Damian Paletta reports for the Wall Street Journal.

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14 May 2013

The Widening IRS Scandal

The IRS not only singled out grassroots Tea Party organizations, but also a wide swatch of conservative groups, including some with ties to Israel and others advocating the sanctity of the US Constitution. Perhaps instead of scrutinizing these groups, IRS agents should go back and re-read the Bill of Rights and Constitution. The specter of a federal agency running roughshod over American principles and laws is simply intolerable. Heads should roll at this all-powerful, but wantonly reckless agency. CNN reports

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11 May 2013

IRS’ Tea Party Witch-hunt

The IRS admitted yesterday that the agency singled out approximately 75 conservative and Tea Party groups for special scrutiny and auditing in advance of the 2012 election. While the agency apologized for overstepping its legal bounds, there was no word forthcoming on who ordered the witch-hunt and whether those responsible will be fired or reprimanded.

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18 Mar 2013

Rand Paul, American Hero

Hugo Chavez just died, and many of us said “good riddance” to a tyrant who defrauded his own people, intimidated his political opposition and left his economy and country in disarray. Senator Rand Paul seemed to be reminding us: “Why would we want a tyrant in America, too?”  Wayne Allyn Root from Personal Liberty Digest weighs in.

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27 Feb 2013

Confrontation 101

As one of the first Tea Party members, Wild Bill adheres to a policy of speaking the truth boldly and encouraging others to do so. The former Colorado law enforcement officer here discusses recent attempts to prevent patriots from staging a peaceful protest. Wild Bill’s message: Know your rights, and exercise them.

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11 Jan 2013

2nd American Revolution

Vice surveys the conservative resistance movement — from Tea Parties  in Texas, to Oathkeeper rallies in Massachusetts, to the followers of faux-libertarian Alex Jones, with his dire, conspiratorial warnings of a pending New World Order. How dangerous is the threat of a totalitarian government, and can the public mobilize to safeguard our freedoms? Are we on the brink of a 2nd American Revolutionary War?

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20 Dec 2012

Conservative Beachhead in NYC

Pamela Geller offers a rousing defense of our First and Second Amendment rights at a Gotham Tea Party conclave in New York City. She also discusses her successful anti-Jihad subway and bus campaigns. Gotham’s Lawrence Winberry introduces the evening.

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