Thursday, July 25, 2013
The IRS Scandal, Day 77
- Accounting Today: Congress Probes Status of IRS Officials and Documents in Tea Party Scandal
- Daily Caller: Watch Joe Scarborough Smack Jay Carney Around Over the IRS Scandal
- The Hill: Camp, Levin Press IRS for More Documents
- The Hill: House GOP seeks answers on status of IRS's Lerner
- The Hill: Lew: IRS Targeting Not Politically Motivated
- Huffington Post: Joe Scarborough to Jay Carney on IRS: 'Stop Your Games With Me'
- Investor's Business Daily: Plenty of Investigation to Go in Growing IRS Scandal
- National Review: Lew: IRS Targeting Not Driven by ‘Political Decision Making’
- Politico: Jonah Goldberg Apologizes for IRS Charge
- Town Hall: IRS Investigation: Not So "Phony"
- Town Hall: Jay Carney on Investigation Into IRS Targeting Conservatives: This Whole Thing is "Phony"
- Town Hall: Senate Dems: We Need to Increase Funding For the IRS
- USA Today: IRS Scandal Bungling or Wrongdoing? Your Say
- Washington Times: House Republicans May Widen IRS Inquiry: Lawmakers to Focus on Audits of Conservative Nonprofits
- Washington Times: White House Won’t Confirm Visit by IRS Counsel at Suspicious Time
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
- WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling (May 11, 2013)
- Schmalbeck on the IRS 'Targeting' of Conservative Groups (May 12, 2013)
- The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013)
- Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS Scandal (May 14, 2013)
- Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013)
- Ellen Aprill, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Questions About the IRS and About the Report (May 15, 2013)
- Phillip Hackney, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout for False Partisan Witchunts (May 15, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 7 (May 16, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 8 (May 17, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 9 (May 18, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 10 (May 19, 2013)
- SNL on the IRS Scandal (May 19, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 11 (May 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal: Really?! (May 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 12 (May 21, 2013)
- Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 21, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 13 (May 22, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 14 (May 23, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 15 (May 24, 2013)
- Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 24, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 16 (May 25, 2013)
- Jason Jones on the IRS Scandal (May 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 17 (May 26, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 18 (May 27, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 19 (May 28, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 20 (May 29, 2013)
- The Impact of the IRS Scandal on Tax Reform (May 29, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 21 (May 30, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 22 (May 31, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 23 (June 1, 2013)
- 'Cupid Shuffle' Dance Training Video Adds to IRS Woes (June 1, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 24 (June 2, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 25 (June 3, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 26 (June 4, 2013)
- Jon Stewart on the IRS Scandal (June 4, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 27 (June 5, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 28 (June 6, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 29 (June 7, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 30 (June 8, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 31 (June 9, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 32 (June 10, 2013)
- The Complete IRS Video Collection (June 10, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 33 (June 11, 2013)
- The Problem Is Not Just IRS Lawyers; The Problem Is All Federal Government Lawyers (June 11, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 34 (June 12, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 35 (June 13, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 36 (June 14, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 37 (June 15, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 38 (June 16, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 39 (June 17, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 40 (June 18, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 41 (June 19, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 42 (June 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 43 (June 21, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 44 (June 22, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 45 (June 23, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 46 (June 24, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 47 (June 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 48 (June 26, 2013)
- TIGTA: IRS Credit Cards Used for Wine, Porn, $100 Lunches, $140 Dinners (June 26, 2013)
- House Report: IRS Deputy IT Director Steered $500 Million in Contracts to Pal (June 26, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 49 (June 27, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 50 (June 28, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 51 (June 29, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 52 (June 30, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 53 (July 1, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 54 (July 2, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 55 (July 3, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 56 (July 4, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 57 (July 5, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 58 (July 6, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 59 (July 7, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 60 (July 8, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 61 (July 9, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 62 (July 10, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 63 (July 11, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 64 (July 12, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 65 (July 13, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 66 (July 14, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 67 (July 15, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 68 (July 16, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 69 (July 17, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 70 (July 18, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 71 (July 19, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 72 (July 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 73 (July 21, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 74 (July 22, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 75 (July 23, 2013)
- A Cincinnati IRS Lawyer Speaks: We Are Democrats, But Nonpartisan Democrats (July 23, 2013)
- Attorney in Federal Agency General Counsel's Office: There Is 'No Innocent Explanation' for IRS Chief Counsel's Meeting With Obama (July 23, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 76 (July 24, 2013)
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Comments
Thank you TaxProf! Wish we had the same level of care and detailed knowledge applied to more parts of the federal leviathan!
Posted by: Emily | Jul 25, 2013 8:14:28 PM
If only Obama had as much dedication to fixing the economy as the TaxProf has to collecting these links every day...
Great work, keep it up.
Posted by: wodun | Jul 25, 2013 2:15:30 PM
Wow - What a roundup. Thanks for keeping on top of this Professor Caron!
Posted by: Randy Breitbart | Jul 25, 2013 12:48:19 PM
THANK YOU for your efforts everyday in posting these links.
For over a year I did morning news links like this and I know how time consuming they can be.
This is a very important scandal, if not the most important scandal, and its coverage is paramount. THANK YOU AGAIN!
Posted by: LL1885 | Jul 25, 2013 11:20:25 AM
Prof. Caron,
Thanks for the work you do on this blog -- on the scandal as well as on all the other tax stuff.
You seem to have changed your picture. The new photo looks very normal and ungeeky. The old photo could very easily be identified as the photo of a guy with a tax law blog.
Posted by: JimB | Jul 25, 2013 9:45:11 AM
Thank goodness someone still has their eye on the ball on this, the scariest in my opinion, of scandals perpetrated by this administration.
Posted by: forrester | Jul 25, 2013 9:14:04 AM
Paul, John Thomason hit the nail on the head. It certainly appears that you are trying to keep this (non)story alive. Citing the Don May blog post from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal yesterday was ridiculous.
Posted by: Robert Ricketts | Jul 25, 2013 8:36:44 AM
Thanks for this terrific ongoing coverage.
We are all in your debt.
Jamie Irons
Napa Valley
Posted by: Jamie Irons | Jul 25, 2013 7:26:36 AM
Thanks for your continued effort to keep this story alive. The administration's repeated failure to answer relevant questions is disgraceful.
Posted by: John Thomason | Jul 25, 2013 7:06:00 AM
I guess all the folks mad about who Obama meets with didnt mind when VP Cheney wouldn't tell anyone why or who from oil companies met with him, more than once, at the White House. Or why he never completely severed ties with Halluburton and other companies he may have made money off of when they got no-bid contracts from the US military. Seems even those who would say Iran Contra under Reagan was legal are the same that would say it was illegal under Obama. It's humorous how hard conservatives always try to make something out of nothing. It must be part if the victim ideology. Sad and scary. It's no wonder so many Americans are too stupid to know the truth and willing to food blindlessly. I believe it was one of Hitlets top aides that used the same strategy: “Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.” ~ Hermann Göring, Nazi Reichmarshall and Luftwaffe-Chief, one of the highest-ranking Nazis who survived to be captured and put on trial for war crimes in the city of Nuremberg
Here are some interesting FACTS for those who want both sides of the story:
"Of 300 groups flagged by Cincinnati IRS, only 100 were tea party groups, other two-thirds flagged were Liberal groups"(http://dighton.m.wickedlocal.com/wkdDighton/pm_121725/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=WfQ0vcv9)
IRS Scrutinized Some Liberal Groups (http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/irs-scrutinized-liberal-groups-94556.html)
Here's how Darrell Issa manufactured the IRS 'scandal':
Jun 26, 2013 - "On Monday, we learned that the IRS didn't single out tea party groups after all. Instead, they were looking for political groups, including not just tea party groups, but progressive groups as well. They may have used a flawed method for flagging the groups, but the IRS's intent was clear: to identify political groups that were not legally entitled to receive the tax-exempt benefit they sought to receive. That pretty much brought the IRS "scandal" to a screeching halt." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219172/-Here-s-how-Darrell-Issa-manufactured-the-IRS-scandal)
When the IRS targeted liberals May 14, 2013 - "Under George W. Bush, it went after the NAACP, Greenpeace and even a liberal ..."
(http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/when_the_irs_targeted_liberals/)
Liberal groups received same IRS letter that ignited Tea Party outrage May 15, 2013
"... liberal groups were targeted as well, and in fact the only group to have its application denied was a liberal group." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/15/1209257/-Liberal-groups-received-same-IRS-letter-that-ignited-Tea-Party-nbsp-outrage)
"Yesterday, we learned that the IRS wasn't just scanning for the phrase "tea party" when it reviewed applications for tax-exempt non-profit status, it was also scanning for words like "progressive" and "Occupy." With that revelation, weeks of concern trolling from Republicans claiming that conservatives were targeted while liberals weren't vanished in a puff of smoke." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/25/1218698/-Darrell-Issa-responds-to-IRS-scandal-implosion-with-a-hash-tag-Benghazi)
Posted by: Corey Mondello | Jul 29, 2013 6:26:23 AM