(AP) – A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency’s new acting
While Jay Leno continues to joke about President Barack Obama’s scandals in the proper fashion, the writers over at The Late Show with David Letterman are still perplexed. Since I’m always willing to assist struggling comics, I went back into the
Some real news came out of the release of the Inspector General’s report on the IRS abuse, and from the Congressional hearings this week. The Obama administration lied when it claimed it had no idea the IRS was targeting Conservative
Dennis Miller may have manned a faux news desk on Saturday Night Live, but he knows shoddy journalism when he sees it. And, sadly, that’s precisely what Miller has watched over the past five years as the mainstream media continues
Senator Lindsey Graham appearing ‘On the Record,’ with Greta Van Susteren responded to claims by the White House that Susan Rice deserves an apology for way she misled the American people after the terrorist attack on our Special Mission in
It is difficult to interpret President Barack Obama’s speech Thursday on U.S. terror policy as anything more than an attempt to distract from the damaging recent revelations about the Benghazi terror attacks. The president is attempting to re-connect to his
Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential legacy. Obama faces pressure to honor promises
An obscure November 2012 Wikileaks email dump points to former White House counterterrorism adviser and now-CIA chief John Brennan as the person behind the “witch hunt” of journalists who reported unflattering Obama administration leaks. A little over a week after
(AP) Obama to honor Carole King at White House concertBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House. At an East Room concert Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old
Congressman Jim Jordan questioning former IRS Chief Douglas Shulman about his White House visits at the same time his agency was targeting conservatives…
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) senior official Lois Lerner, the director of the division that targeted Tea Party groups is being represented by William Taylor of Zuckerman Spaeder, a law firm that is closely connected to the Obama White House. The
(AP) – The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s term in office.
NBC’s chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd said on Wednesday that the Obama Administration’s seizure of reporters’ emails and phone records is evidence that “they want to criminalize journalism.” Todd, who made his comments on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, said that
President Barack Obama is a nightmare for political comedians. He’s too cool, too smart, too … good at this whole leadership thing. That was the bill of goods comedians sold us five years ago, an excuse which prevented them from
In response to Shulman Visited White House 118 Times During Tea Party Targeting: Well, well. Just like the Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee who have turned on the #IRS. Via Ace, who says these guys only last week were
Senator Rand Paul recently said something at the New Hampshire GOP’s “Liberty Dinner” that has stirred some debate. The New Hampshire Union Leader reports: He also said the GOP needs to improve from within if it hopes to reclaim the
Fox News is quoting U.S. military sources who claim “the Obama administration knows who is responsible [for Benghazi] but is not acting.” According to these sources, the administration has “let it slip by because of politics, and now we’ve taken
In response to Cummings Fails to Ask Shulman If He Is a Democrat: Democrats are actually asking the witnesses tough questions in today’s Oversight and Reform hearing, instead of running interference for them (like they’ve done in past scandals like
Nice catch by The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack: — Josh Marshall (10:15a.m.): Lerner Must Go talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/… Ezra Klein (9:45a.m.): Heads should roll at IRS washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog… — John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) May 22, 2013 — UPDATE: Add Salon’s Joan Walsh to the
At least when it comes to the overreaching Department of Justice leak investigations, President Obama has finally lost one of his biggest fans, The New York Times. In a Wednesday editorial written by the full editorial board, the Times said
On Wednesday, the White House’s favorite media outlet, BuzzFeed, reported from anonymous White House sources that the administration counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, was largely responsible for both the IRS and Benghazi scandals. “Advisors Urged Obama Early On To Release Comprehensive Benghazi
NPR’s Ari Shapiro posted an interesting Tweet on May 21. He discovered that a cadre of well-known lefty columnists and journalists visited the White House together, three of whom he mentioned by name. Shapiro reported that Jonathan Capehart and Ezra
As more information about the IRS scandal trickles out daily, the White House’s involvement is becoming clearer. Those of us who’ve been warning about the demise of freedom with Barack Obama’s efforts to “fundamentally transform” our great nation are about
White House Spokesman Jay Carney became a little defensive when he was asked by CBS’ Major Garrett if the recent scandals were “partisan fishing expeditions” on Tuesday. After Carney asserted that Benghazi, IRS targeting, and Department of Justice seizure of
By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONFar-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped
