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Liz Warren Campaign: IRS Filing Of $50K In Used Clothing Was ‘Entry Error’
by Shifra on October 3, 2018A bunch of old pantsuits and “household items” are now worth a $50,000 tax deduction? Who knew? Via Boston Herald. More than three years ago, Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the Internal Revenue Service that she had donated $50,000 in used clothing and “household items” to local thrift stores in 2014…. That was the fake Indian’s story and she was sticking to it — until late yesterday afternoon, after we inquired about her rather, uh, profligate spending habits. Suddenly, the fake Indian’s story changed. The totals, her flack said, were “entry errors.” Hey, Senator, glad I could be of service, in helping you correct your false filing. (And I assume the returns, signed under pains and penalties of perjury, will now...
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Pro-Israel Group Sues IRS, Exposes Obama Admin’s Anti-Israel Stance
by Shifra on February 7, 2018I am so sick of hearing the Democrat talking point about Obama being such a “great friend to Israel.” The reality is that under Obama’s IRS, Islamic groups with ties to terrorists had no trouble getting a tax-exempt status, groups such as Gaza’s Hope, Friends of Al-Rowwad USA Inc, American Charities for Palestine, and Institute for Palestine Studies USA Inc. But Z Street, founded in 2009, to “educate Americans about the Middle East and Israel’s defense against terror, ” did not receive the tax-exempt status. Why? Because the IRS determined that Israel was “a country with terrorists” and they needed to investigate if Z Street was “funding terrorism.” When Z Street mounted a lawsuit, IRS froze their application. Finally, Z...
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Lerner, Paz Say They Fear Physical Harm From Enraged Public, Want IRS Testimony Sealed Permanently
by Tammy on November 20, 2017Yet, the only people actually experiencing physical harm these days are Republicans and conservatives at the hands of liberals. These people are frauds and are simply trying to use the courts to implement the protection they received for years from the Obama administration. Via Washington Times. Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court last week that members of her family, including “young children,” face death threats and a real risk of physical harm if her explanation of the tea party targeting scandal becomes public. Ms. Lerner and Holly Paz, her deputy at the IRS, filed documents in court Thursday saying tapes and transcripts of depositions they gave in a court case this year must remain sealed in...
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Lois Lerner Wants Her Deposition in Tea Party Case To Be Sealed; She’s Afraid People Will Want to Kill Her
by Tammy on April 13, 2017Yeah, not kidding. The hubris of this woman is astounding. Via Washington Times. Former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court this week that she faces the possibility of death threats if her role in the tax agency’s tea party targeting becomes public, and asked a judge to forever seal her upcoming deposition in a class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of groups that were targeted. Mr. Lerner and Holly Paz, another figure from the IRS’s tea party targeting, told the judge they’ve already faced “harassment and death threats” before, when the press was intently covering the tea party scandal. “Mss. Lerner and Paz have demonstrated that the public dissemination of their deposition testimony would expose them...
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GOP Wants Trump to Reopen Criminal Probe Into Ex-IRS Exec Lerner
by Tammy on April 12, 2017Now wouldn’t that be nice? I’d love to see more real law and order as the fact that this woman walked away from this corruption is still inexplicable. The previous “probe” that cleared her was done by the Obama administration DOJ. Yeah, I’m sure that was comprehensive and honest. And remember, Obama refused to release emails between Lerner and the White House. That’s also something President Trump could correct. Via Washington Times. Two top Republicans asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to take a new look at the evidence against former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner to see if charges should still be brought against her for targeting tea party groups and losing key evidence in the case. Ms....
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Rep. Chaffetz Introduces Censure Resolution for IRS Commissioner Koskinen
by Tammy on May 18, 2016A censure means nothing to these people. We are through with gestures. Technically this could lead to impeachment or some other punishment, but that wouldn’t even remotely happen until next year, and by then we will have hopefully begun our reformation of the Washington establishment. So this is more of the same during an election year from the Republicans. I don;t mean tobe a wet blanket here but this is theatre, and it’s too late. If there was one action regarding the IRS that should have been taken it would have been the arrest of Lois Lerner for contempt. But instead she’s off enjoying her $100,000 a year tax-payer funded pension. Via House Oversight Committee. Today, in advance of the...
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Freedom Caucus Acts for Impeachment of IRS Commissioner
by Tammy on April 16, 2016Unusual candid of Koskinen? Wouldn’t that be nice? Now imagine a federal government run by people at every level who are committed to genuine conservative principles and willing to hold the corrupt accountable. There’s no holding the IRS accountable because the bureaucracy needs to protect every tentacle. And I’m sure every apparatchik knows the secrets of every other fed troll. In November we must reverse this. So good for the Freedom Caucus. This is largely symbolic, and how awful that that’s the case? Hopefully, though, a sign of things to come~~ real action against the corrupt. Via Daily Signal. From the floor of the House of Representatives, members of the Freedom Caucus will renew today the push to impeach IRS...
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IRS Refusing to Release Secret ‘Church Investigations’ Procedures, Gets Sued
by Tammy on April 12, 2016Via Washington Times. Government watchdog groups have filed a motion in federal court to compel the IRS to reveal how it determines when to initiate “church investigations” after accusing the tax-collecting agency of “stonewalling” efforts to bring to light its procedures. The motion, filed jointly Friday by the Alliance Defending Freedom and Judicial Watch, came in response to a legal settlement struck in 2014 with an atheist organization, which said the IRS had “resolved the signature authority issue necessary to initiate church examinations.” […] [N]obody knows what those “procedures” are for conducting “church investigations,” the watchdog groups said. “The IRS is not above the law, and Americans deserve to know the truth about the agency’s secret deals with activists,” ADF...
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Appeals Court Issues Nightmare Decision for Lois Lerner and the IRS
by Tammy on March 23, 2016Patience, Grasshoppers, patience. Via American Thinker. The wheels of justice slowly have been turning, and those of us who feared that Lois Lerner and the IRS would get off scot-free despite their lawless targeting of Tea Party groups have something to celebrate. And Lois Lerner may have had a troubled sleep last night if she was paying attention instead of enjoying her six-figure pension with leisure activities. An appeals court judge in the Sixth Circuit has delivered a blistering rebuke to both the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department attorneys that have defended it in behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel. As a result, officials current and former will be forced to testify under oath for their misdeeds in...
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IRS: Cyberattacks More Extensive Than Previously Reported
by Tammy on February 27, 2016Of course. Everything with the government is either "more extensive" or "unexpected" or "surprising." It's because they make things up at every single level.
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House GOP Begins Impeachment Against IRS chief
by Vintageport on October 27, 2015Promoted from TAMWire, Posted by Vintageport. No, not the one you wanted to see taken down, but this one is next in line. Lois Lerner is LHAO right now. Koskinen thrown under the Obama bus. Who knew there was anymore room there? Via Fox News. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz began the impeachment process against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Tuesday, accusing him of misleading the public and destroying documents that were being sought under a congressional subpoena. It’s the latest move in the battle over tea party targeting at the tax agency, and comes less than a week after the Justice Department issued a report finding no criminal behavior in the IRS’s decision to subject conservative groups to intrusive...
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IRS And DOJ Get Schooled By Judges Over Pro-Israel Group
by Shifra on May 7, 2015I almost feel sorry for the IRS lawyer. Almost… Via WSJ: The IRS Goes to Court — The agency suggests it can discriminate for 270 days. Judges gasp. It isn’t every day that judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals declare themselves “shocked.” But that happened on Monday when an animated three-judge panel eviscerated the IRS and Justice Department during oral argument in a case alleging the agency delayed the tax-exempt application of a pro-Israel group due to its policy views. In December 2009, Pennsylvania-based Z Street applied for 501(c)(3) status to pursue its pro-Israel educational mission. In July 2010, when the group called to check on what was taking so long, an IRS agent said that auditors had...
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IRS Offers Retroactive Welfare To Illegal Aliens Granted Amnesty By Obama
by Tammy on February 5, 2015As many of us, including myself, warned would be the case. With all the discussion about amnesty simply being about delaying deportations (we already don’t deport people), Obama’s amnesty has been about naturalization. That was obvious when we learned amnestied illegals would be given social security numbers. They already have ITIN numbers in order to file taxes, so why is the SSN important? Because you need that to get the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is automatic welfare through a “refund” check from the IRS. In other words, a massive redistribution of our wealth, a reward, to millions of foreigners on our soil. And it will be retroactive for 3 years. Not. Kidding. Via Washington Times. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen...
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House Republicans May Arrest Lois Lerner If DOJ Doesn’t
by Tammy on April 10, 2014Well, well. Did someone take care of their Low-T problem? Of course, the odds of them doing this are low, but the fact that this is even being discussed indicates they may be stirring from their coma. And remember, the Democrats haven’t given one damn about what the IRS and Lerner have done. They have sided with their party as opposed to the American people, so this is another reminder about the importance of having Republicans in office, even with all their problems, they at least continue to pursue this. If liberals were in charge, violating the Constitution would be sacrosanct. Via Washington Examiner. House Ways and Means Committee Republicans aren’t ruling out the use of the chamber’s “inherent contempt”...
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IRS Trying To Formalize Draconian Rules Targeting Tea Party Groups
by Tammy on January 8, 2014Freedomworks reveals an attempt by the IRS to secretly codify rules which would formalize harassing scrutiny of Tea Party groups. Here’s their video and background. Action: We need you to register your opposition by commenting at the IRS page. All the details follow. Via FreedomWorks. FreedomWorks activists will submit testimony in protest of proposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines that would restrict the political activities allowed by tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organizations. The proposed changes would expand the already unchecked discretionary power of the IRS, and institutionalize the agency’s targeted harassment of conservative and libertarian non-profits in recent years. In a video to the organization’s membership, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe explained: “While you were all celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends,...