The IRS Scandal, Day 1057

Waterbury Republican-American editorial, Barack H. Nixon:

Infamously, President Obama‘s Internal Revenue Service harassed conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status between 2010 and 2012. As we noted in a number of editorials, most news-media organizations – aside from those with conservative leanings – demonstrated little interest in what some have dubbed “IRSgate.” We deemed this an outrageous dereliction of duty. It is clear the harassment was systemic, and American democracy cannot exist under a partisan and/or ideological tax agency.

The vindictiveness of the Obama IRS reminds one of Richard Nixon‘s notorious administration. Of course, Mr. Nixon largely was unsuccessful in siccing the tax agency on his political opponents. Three IRS commissioners – Randolph W. Thrower, Johnnie Mac Walters and Donald C. Alexander – resisted his dark plans.

To our pleasant surprise, the most recent “IRSgate” development has received some coverage from non-conservative news agencies. A three-judge panel from the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has unanimously ruled that the IRS must release a list of targeted conservative groups. This will allow a cadre of groups, led by NorCal Patriots, to proceed with a lawsuit against the IRS. Judges Raymond Kethledge, David McKeague and Damon Keith upheld a ruling issued nearly a year ago by U.S. District Court Judge Susan J. Dlott. ...

Hopefully, the coverage afforded thus far simply is the tip of the iceberg. Americans of all political persuasions deserve to know the full story of the IRS’ sleaziness and the victims’ efforts to seek justice. If mere scheming to politicize the IRS was enough for the House Judiciary Committee to approve an article of impeachment against Mr. Nixon in 1974, the actual weaponization of the tax agency at least warrants a substantial amount of news-media coverage.

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• The IRS Scandal, Days 701-800 (April 10, 2015 - July 18, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 601-700 (Dec. 31, 2014 - April 9, 2015)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 501-600 (Sept. 22, 2014-Dec. 30, 2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 401-500 (June 14, 2014 - Sept. 21,2014)
• The IRS Scandal, Days 301-400 (Mar. 6, 2014 - June 13, 2014)
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