It's pretty lonely to be the National Security Agency right now. The revelation of a massive data-collection program has left many progressive senators criticizing the agency, from Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. But one of the other most liberal senators in Congress is so far speaking out in NSA's support: Al [...]
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IRS approved twice as many conservative groups as liberal groups for tax-exempt status
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The IRS targeted tea party groups. Did liberal groups get better treatment?
Today marks the one-week anniversary of the Internal Revenue Service’s disclosure that it improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like “tea party,” “patriots” and “9/12 project” were targeted for the “Be On the Look Out” or “BOLO” list, and often [...]
Liberal groups received same IRS letter that ignited Tea Party outrage
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IRS Approved Liberal Groups as Conservative Groups Waited
USA Today reports that as applications from conservative groups sat in limbo waiting for IRS tax exempt approval, “groups with liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little as nine months. With names including words like ‘Progress’ or ‘Progressive,’ the liberal groups applied for the same tax status and were engaged in the same [...]
The Boston Bombings Could Help a State Get Beyond Its Liberal Stereotype
“Massachusetts invented America,” Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said at the prayer service honoring victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. And though other states might like to claim that mantle for themselves, he spoke the truth. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Liberal PAC has little cash, influence in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The liberal super PAC from Kentucky that incurred the wrath of one of the country's most powerful Republicans is an organization of outsiders that has barely raised any funds toward its stated goal of ousting U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell from office in 2014. Tweet This Post
When Michele Bachmann tries to sound liberal, you know the GOP has lost the spending argument
This video of Michele Bachmann explaining why she’s against the sequester is four weeks old, but I saw it for the first time yesterday. The thing that’s really striking about it is that Bachmann spends a good chunk of the video trying to sound like she’s a progressive Democrat fighting to save the social safety [...]
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