Now-acting IRS chief didn’t tell Congress about targeting of right-leaning groups even after being briefed on the matter in May 2012.
TPM Reader SS thinks there’s some game-playing from the AP on this phone call record story …
The AP story on the Justice Department “secretly” obtaining phone records from AP strikes me as an unprofessional effort by the AP to make the Department look bad.
Minnesota Senate passes marriage equality bill, now only needs governor’s signature to become law.
The AP is reporting that “the Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP’s top executive says is an unprecedented intrusion into newsgathering.”
It’s unclear from the article whether this was with or without a warrant.
McConnell: IRS case is proof Obama Administration is silencing critics ‘Across The Board’.
There was just a very interesting segment with Chuck Todd on MSNBC commenting on the President’s press conference and his comments on Benghazi and the IRS. Todd noted very different body language and attitude from the President on each point — irritated and dismissive about Benghazi but more cautious and actually pissed about the conduct at the IRS.
Somehow that does not seem particularly surprising to me. It’s an instructive example of how drilling down to the substance of a story can make some mysterious things suddenly not so mysterious. Read More
A Saudi national arrested on arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with pressure cooker. Read More
Gallup: After careful review and examination by a blue ribbon panel it appears we f*$%ed up the 2012 election big time.