IRS Stops Screening 80% Of Nonprofit Applications
With enough voting restrictions and barriers, and enough deregulation of political dark money, in our time it can become harder to actually vote than it is to make a fortune…
Yellow Journalist Andrew Stiles Hates World Cup Football
The Digital Managing Editor of the Washington Free Beacon hates soccer, since only socialist Europeans and dirty Third World poors play futbol. Real Americans know that real football involves instant…
One Dollar, One Vote
David Weigel, who attended the Republican Leadership Conference last week, reports that the conservative movement is already getting behind the oligarchs as they push back against efforts to reverse the…
Five Videos Worth Watching From the Senate Dark Money Hearing
Not every Senate hearing is worth watching. The senators show up (sometimes) and make statements on what they think about the issue of the day. Some experts testify and the…
Patrick Henry Center Loses Tax-exempt Status
The Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty violated federal regulations by participating in political campaigns and has lost its tax-exempt status (PDF). Cue the right wing freakout, because this one…
Ron Paul Wants Tax-Exempt Status, But Doesn’t Want To Obey The Rules
By karoli April 16, 2014 4:30 pm - Comments Ron Paul's group is being fined for incomplete filings, which are required for them to maintain tax-exempt status. 12 sec ago…
Social Security Administration Stops Collecting Parents’ Debts From Their Children
Yesterday, we reported that the Treasury Department withheld tax refunds from individuals whose dead parents owe public assistance debts from decades ago. After a public outcry, the Social Security Administration…
What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About The IRS And How It Handles Dark Money Groups
by Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer ProPublica, April 9, 2014, 11:52 p.m. A GOP-led House committee voted Wednesday to seek criminal charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner, who used…
Right Wing Noise Machine Explodes Over IRS Doing Its Job
In anticipation of the Big Vote to hold former IRS employee Lois Lerner in contempt, the Right Wing Noise Machine is ramping up their rhetoric in the hope that no…
Dan Backer’s Revealing Victory Lap After McCutcheon v FEC Decision
Dan Backer called into the Steve Malzberg Show yesterday to pat himself on the back for winning the McCutcheon v FEC decision in the Supreme Court. Backer is the foremost…