The head of the US tax agency has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President Barack Obama has announced. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had asked for and accepted the resignation of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller, he said. “I will do everything in my power [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Funnies, Law, Politics, Taxation
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Also tagged 501(c)4, charity, internal revenue service, IRS, Political donations, social welfare organizations, steve miller, superPACs, US democratic party, US politics, US republican party, US tea party
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January 12, 2013 – 9:30 am
Political science models. President Obama’s re-election has already been thoroughly mythologised, particularly by those disappointed by said re-election. One can read worried, or admiring, examinations of the data-mining and thoroughly internetted campaign techniques used by the Obama campaign, complaints about media bias, dark musings about the implications for the future of the US and so [...]
November 21, 2012 – 1:05 pm
This post from Stratfor points out that the US faces much less stressful challenges than the EU or China or Iran. So, the re-elected President Obama faces a world where the US’s hand, vis-a-vis other Powers, is strengthening rather than weakening. I really don’t get the angst about President Obama’s foreign policy. Yes, he has [...]
September 23, 2012 – 12:13 pm
A secretly filmed video has emerged showing Mitt Romney disparaging Barack Obama voters at a private donor dinner. The Republican nominee is shown saying the 47% of Americans who back the president do not pay income tax and would never vote for Mr Romney. “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care [...]
SAN FRANCISCO _ Dressed in his trademark hoodie and jeans, Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg kicked off a cross-country road show to pitch his company’s initial public stock offering. Hundreds of institutional investors stood in long lines Monday to pile into a ballroom at New York’s Sheraton Hotel to hear the billion-dollar pitch from the [...]
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Posted in Economics, Entrepreneurs, Funnies, Human/Civil rights, Internet, Law, Media, Politics, Popular culture, Racism, Society, Technology
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Also tagged america, crime, Facebook, hoodie, mark zuckerberg, social media, trayvon martin, US politics, USA
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Barack Obama is marking the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death with a campaign suggesting that his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, lacks the guts to have ordered the raid that killed the al-Qaida leader. Infuriated Republicans have hit back by accusing the president of dividing America, calling the campaign “shameless” and accusing Obama of seeking [...]
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Posted in Funnies, Media, Politics, Religion, Terrorism
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Also tagged america, jimmy carter, mitt romney, Osama bin Laden, POTUS, US democratic party, US politics, US republican party, USA
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Rick Santorum is facing some awkward questions after footage emerged of a radical evangelical preacher opening a campaign rally with calls for all non-Christians to “get out” of America. In the footage, filmed at the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Louisiana yesterday, Pastor Dennis Terry told a crowd that anyone who doesn’t worship God should [...]
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Posted in Funnies, History, Politics, Religion, Society, The Right
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Also tagged christian evangelism, god damn america speech, greenwell springs baptist church, louisiana, one nation under god, pastor dennis terry, pledge of allegiance, republican primaries, reverend jeremiah wright, rick santorum, united states of america, US politics, US presidential election 2012, US republican party, US republicans, USA
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August 14, 2011 – 12:03 am
Candidates for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential race are facing their first key test of grassroots party opinion with a straw poll in Iowa. The poll is not an official primary but winning is considered a major boost. The front-runner in national opinion polls, ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, is not actively taking part. [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Fark!, Feminism, Funnies, Media, Politics, The Right
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Also tagged america, corn dog, fried food, GOP, iowa state fair, john boehner, michele bachmann, mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick perry, sarah palin, the white house, tim pawlenty, US democrats, US politics, US presidential campaign 2012, US republicans, USA, washington
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