Heritage Foundation immigration expert Jason Richwine says he’s no racist, says his remarks lacked “nuance.”
House Republican introduces bill to criminalize political bias at IRS.
Senate Dems vow IRS investigation.
Marco Rubio just called on President Obama to fire the Commissioner of the IRS. Small problem: the Commissioner in place when all this happened was Bush appointee Douglas H. Shulman. He left just after the November election and there’s an acting Commissioner currently in place.
When I first saw this I couldn’t tell if it was cringeworthy or simply awesome. But listening to the whole thing I’m gravitating heavily toward option two.
This is Chris Hadfield, commander of the International Space Station, performing Bowie’s Space Oddity from … well, space. (Helps that Space Oddity remains such an incredible song.) After the jump … Read More
Ron Fournier on the “perfect storm threatening Obama’s credibility” … Read More
Rep. Issa (R-CA) to focus on Hillary Clinton’s role in Benghazi response.
Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) passes on Senate run.
Juliet Eilperin has a piece in the Post about the unfolding IRS story. The point that has surprisingly gotten little attention so far is that while high level IRS employees were told about the targeting of phrases like “tea party” and “patriot” in 2011, the person who was told, the head of the division overseeing non-profits, told them to stop. That sounds like a pretty relevant fact in terms of evaluating whether this came from the top or bubbled up from the staff level before getting discontinued by supervisors.
But there’s a passage in Eilperin’s piece which gives some key points about the progression of events … Read More
Ron Fournier: I misunderstood what Plouffe meant, but the impact of my misunderstanding could be huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.