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The practical impact of the IRS scandal

May 16, 2013 at 5:50 pm in News by Tea Party Patriots · Tags:

Yesterday, Ed Morrissey had a phenomenal take on the practical implications of the IRS scandal. Two things in particular to note: First, the bad news – the pre-May 2013 effect on the slowing of the Tea Party’s growth in America: Gee, could the fact that the IRS was actively blocking organizational efforts have anything to…

Jenny Beth Martin & Tea Party Patriots join activist and congressional allies in condemning the IRS

May 16, 2013 at 2:55 pm in News, Uncategorized by Tea Party Patriots · Tags:

This morning, Tea Party Patriots’ Jenny Beth Martin joined Senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee, Representatives Louie Gohmert and Michelle Bachmann, and other D.C. and activist allies in condemning the IRS’ treatment of Tea Party and Patriot groups. Tea Party Patriots spoke against the IRS’ actions, which perhaps affected last year’s elections. Tea…

Watch News Conference on IRS Intimidation

May 16, 2013 at 8:03 am in News by Tea Party Patriots · Tags: ,

Watch live at 9:15am as Tea Party Patriots participate in a press conference regarding the IRS scandal. Senator Rand Paul, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Jenny Beth Martin, and others will be there.

Tune in to O’Reilly Tonight

May 15, 2013 at 6:07 pm in News by Tea Party Patriots · Tags:

Tea Party Patriots Jenny Beth Martin will be on The O’Reilly Factor tonight at 8 PM Eastern. And make sure to follow Jenny Beth and Tea Party Patriots on Twitter. Watch the appearance.

House passes bill allowing more employer freedom – but for the wrong reasons

May 15, 2013 at 5:59 pm in News by Dustin Siggins ·

NPR has a decent summary of all the goings-on, but here is the short version: The House passed the Working Families Flexibilities Act of 2013, which allows employers to reimburse hourly employees who work overtime with up to 160 hours of compensation time instead of time-and-a-half pay. The latter is required under current law. The…

Axelrod says government too vast

May 15, 2013 at 5:05 pm in News by Dustin Siggins · Tags:

Too vast for the President to know everything that is going on inside it, that is. From The Corner: The government is simply too big for President Obama to keep track of all the wrongdoing taking place on his watch, his former senior adviser, David Axelrod, told MSNBC. “Part of being president is there’s so much…

The Fact Checker nails Senate Democrats for dishonest semantics

May 15, 2013 at 12:00 pm in News by Tea Party Patriots · Tags:

Over at The Fact Checker, Glenn Kessler hands out Three Pinocchios to Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan for her statement on how the Democratic budget in the Senate is a “balanced budget,” meaning her statement had “significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions.” Kessler wastes few words in his analysis: The summary tables produced by…

Subsidizing the Super Bowl

May 14, 2013 at 6:24 pm in News by Dustin Siggins ·

Did you know that you’re subsidizing some of the world’s wealthiest sports owners and athletes? I didn’t, until I read about Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) new bill this morning: A lesser-known fact is that the NFL, as an organization, is a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization. That means the league doesn’t have to pay federal income tax…

HHS Secretary Sebelius looking for private donations to fund Obamacare

May 14, 2013 at 2:23 pm in News, ObamaCare by Dustin Siggins ·

Last week, Sarah Kliff reported the Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, is talking to health care executives to get their help in implementing Obamacare: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has gone, hat in hand, to health industry officials, asking them to make large financial donations to help with the effort to implement President…

3 scandals and 3 scandals-in-waiting: The Obama Administration’s very bad week

May 14, 2013 at 10:28 am in News by Dustin Siggins ·

Media supporters of the Obama Administration have long said there is a lack of scandal in the Obama Administration. Joe Klein of Time did so last week in a post hammering the IRS for investigating “Tea Party” and “Patriot” groups: The President has been very proud of the absence of scandal in his Administration, and…