IRS probe going deeper. Who are they protecting?

"...advocates of reform worry that, in light of the IRS disclosure of targeting small groups, government regulators will be less likely to scrutinize the tax-exempt status of the bigger, more powerful groups out of fear that they will appear to be targeting groups for political reasons." "Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., urged the House Ways and Means Committee not to ignore the influx of groups that may be abusing the tax code as part of its upcoming IRS probe, saying: ‘I hope we can remove t ...

James Wilkerson, a colonel in the Air Force, was convicted by a jury of aggravated assult and sentenced to 1 year in military prison. This sentence was overturned by Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin. "General Franklin’s decision to overturn Colonel Wilkerson’s conviction by a jury came after Colonel Wilkerson had failed a polygraph examination concerning the offenses, according to several people close to the case. General Franklin did not check with the victim before making his decision to d ...

Disgusting http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html ...

Jindal argues with journalist that lives in Great Britain that he "KNOWS" there are no-go areas. All I have to say to the journalist is "welcome to reasoning with the right wing of America." We frequently shake our heads when dealing with these. http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/opinion/parini-jindal-comments-muslims/index.html ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMWWYcoIFI ...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/13/fbi-blocked-in-corruption-probe-involving-sens-rei/?page=all • Whether both or either politician sought or received money or other benefits from donors and/or fundraisers in connection with doing political favors or taking official actions. • Whether Mr. Lee provided accurate information when he bought, then sold a Utah home for a big loss to a campaign contributor and federal contractor, leaving his mortgage bank to absorb large lo ...

A North Carolina congressman is calling for a probe into a potential $418 million contract between Kenya and a major U.S. defense contractor announced on President Obama's last day in office -- a deal the lawmaker claims reeks of cronyism. Republican Rep. Ted Budd wants the Government Accountability Office to investigate a deal between the African nation and New York-based L3 Technologies for the sale of 12 weaponized border patrol planes. He said he wants to know why a veteran-owned sm ...

that is his soul. He sends rapper's family personal letter of condolence while Navy SEALs get electronic pen letters. Even some of you "fair-minded Democrats" - I use the term veeeery loosely, should be insulted by this. But I bet you'r not. Link ...

But the roots of discontent run far deeper than inequity in the use of deadly force by police. As the country celebrates its 240th birthday, black Americans continue to earn less than half the national average. Black infant mortality is twice that of white babies. Black household wealth is on average 13 times smaller than that of white households. Some 38% of America’s prison population is African American, compared with 13% of the country at large ..... Read full at the link given below ...

Geez. Every time gas prices go through the roof, they want to investigate, and never find anything wrong, or else they lose interest and it never goes very far. Why do they insist on wasting time? Could it be they don't want to deal with the deficit/debt ceiling vote, or JOBS; i.e., getting people back to work. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri on Monday asked federal regulators to investigate potential price fixing by oil companies that could be keeping gasoline prices arti ...

and to refer the resolution to the Ethics Committee reached the required simple majority. The vote breakdown is very interesting. Bipartisan support on first vote is 402 (dems 240, pubs 162), 1 nay, 15 present and the 14 no votes. Dems overwhelmingly supported this resoluton with only 1 dissent vote. This would indicate a high level of confidence among house party members that the process has been fair and above board. Looks like they are all to eager to ...

Issa launches probe of White House for "potentially illegal" political activities http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20078821-503544.html The House Oversight Committee is investigating a possible overlap between President Obama's official and political activities. In a Monday letter to White House lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler, Darrell Issa, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, requests a number of documents related to what he describes as "an array of potentially illegal fundraising ...

and his secret Libyan prison at all costs. Media is dead. ...

connected fugitive. Congressional aides suspected of criminally misusing their access to House computer systems owed $100,000 to an Iraqi politician who is wanted by U.S. authorities and has been linked to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Middle Eastern terrorist outfit. Imran Awan and four of his relatives were employed as information technology (IT) aides by dozens of House Democrats, including members of the intelligence, foreign affairs and homeland security committees. The aides’ adm ...

By using fired FBI Director James Comey to attack the new Republican administration, Democrats have opened up a legal can of worms for the Obama administration. Under sworn questioning, Comey has veered off the topic of President Trump and Russia and revealed several damning incidents in which his predecessor’s administration politically interfered in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. And now the Senate will investigate Team Obama for obstruction of justice. Specifically, the Sena ...

Five members of a Pakistani family under criminal investigation for allegedly misusing their positions as computer administrators for dozens of Democrats in the House of Representatives were paid at least $4 million from July 2009 to the present, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned. Evidence suggests some of the dozens of House Democrats — many of whom serve on the intelligence, homeland security and foreign affairs committees — who employed the suspects w ...

The ties between indicted banker Allen Stanford and members of Congress -- including millions in contributions and weekends in five-star Caribbean resorts -- are now the subject of a sweeping federal investigation. BY MICHAEL SALLAH AND ROB BARRY msallah@MiamiHerald.com Just hours after federal agents charged banker Allen Stanford with fleecing investors of $7 billion, the disgraced financier received a message from one of Congress' most powerful members, Pete Sessions. ``I love y ...

investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, the committee’s chairman announced Friday. In a letter to Ms. Lynch, the committee asks her to detail the depths of her involvement in the FBI’s investigation, including whether she ever assured Clinton confidantes that the probe wouldn’t “push too deeply into the matter.” Fired FBI Director James B. Comey has said publicly that Ms. Lynch tried to shape the way he talked about the investigation into Mrs. Cli ...

Just ordered some new popcorn. I hope it arrives in time. ...

By Daniel TencerFriday, March 5th, 2010 -- 5:27 pm Officials and student leaders at Virginia colleges are reacting mutedly, so far, to an order from state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli that the schools stop protecting LGBT students. In a letter (PDF) sent to the state's public colleges and universities and obtained by the Washington Post, Cuccinelli declared that the schools don't have the authority to uphold bans on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation when the state ...

He needs to step down if this is true. I would hate for the Dems to ignore his indiscretions like the Repubs did with Vitter and Ensign just for the sake of keeping a seat. David Wu Investigation: Nancy Pelosi Calls For Ethics Committee Probe Into Sexual Allegation Report PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is calling for an ethics panel investigation of Rep. David Wu following a published allegation that a woman reported he'd engaged in unwanted sexua ...

A popular visa program allegedly is being misused by U.S. companies to lay off thousands of American workers and replace them with foreign labor. ...

IRS probe going deeper. Who are they protecting?

Logic tells you who they are protecting - sad part is

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