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Treasury Sec Steven Mnuchin Announces April 15 ‘Tax Day’ Has Been Delayed

Treasury Sec Steven Mnuchin Announces April 15 ‘Tax Day’ Has Been Delayed

A number of reasonable changes to accommodate America's new reality in dealing with the coronavirus crisis have been proposed and…

4 years ago

This Is A Republican Elected Official’s Version Of Welcoming Refugees To America

Take heart my Hispanic and Latino brothers and sisters. You're not the only ones whose presence in the U.S. makes…

9 years ago

The IRS Is Investigating The Koch Brothers’ Illegal Tax-Deductions Denying Climate Change

The Kochs will have an even greater reason to hate the Internal Revenue Service because due to a devious, and…

9 years ago

John Boehner To Hold Tax Repeal Vote To Increase Welfare For the Rich

Speaker of the House John Boehner will hold a vote to repeal the "Estate Tax" and give the very richest…

9 years ago

GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates

A PPP poll shows Ted Cruz pulling into contention with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

9 years ago

Ted Cruz Strikes A Match To His 2016 Hopes By Frightening Children In New Hampshire

While Senator Cruz's fiery talk may have won over hardcore conservatives, he just struck a match to his 2016 presidential…

9 years ago

Koch Lovers Claim Kochs Are Defenders of the American Dream

Under attack and exposed, the Kochs have gone on the offensive, with their minions singing paeans of praise for our…

9 years ago

Friday Fox Follies In France

Early in the week Friday Fox Follies crafted a touching remembrance after Mike Huckabee Quits Fox News to Explore 2016…

9 years ago

To Delete Obama’s Agenda From History Republicans Violated Their Pledge To America

There has been an ongoing Republican crusade to eradicate any legislative accomplish this President supported since the Koch brothers took…

9 years ago

Americans Will Pay For Republican-lite Democrats’ Compromise “At All Costs”  

Whatever the reason, the so-called compromise appropriations bill is an affront to the American people, and revealed that many Democrats…

9 years ago

The Koch Brothers Fund Religious Groups That Are Eliminating Women’s Rights

To accomplish their goal of controlling the government, the Koch brothers have had to climb in bed with fundamentalist Christians…

9 years ago

Right-Wing Clergy Are Violating the Law With Impunity Right Up To Election Day

It is no great shock, then, that the religious right, staunch supporters of corrupt Republicans, are blatantly violating the law…

9 years ago

Ted Cruz Has Disqualified Himself from Public Office

A series of episodes of egregious dishonesty this past week have clearly demonstrated Ted Cruz's unsuitability for public office

10 years ago

The Congressional Budget Office Vs. Paul Ryan: Will the Nonpartisan Entity Stand Its Ground?

There are very few nonpartisan, unbiased institutions left to us. But we always have the Congressional Budget Office. Or do…

10 years ago

Right-Wing Evangelicals Violate the Law and Campaign From the Pulpit

The organizers behind Pulpit Freedom Sunday do not even contend they are prohibited from preaching religion, they complain they cannot…

10 years ago

Republican Sequester Prevented Health Agencies From Stopping Ebola Spread

There is little money for the agencies tasked with helping stop the virus due to the Republicans' precious sequester the…

10 years ago

Mitch McConnell Puts His Foot In His Mouth By Calling The Founding Fathers Radicals

McConnell asserted that belief in, and support for, the government is "an act of true radicalism," something that makes the…

10 years ago

Did The Supreme Court Rip The Corporate Veil? Does It Even Care?

Ever since the Hobby Lobby decision there have been two words playing in my head but it had taken a…

10 years ago

Darrell Issa Tells Obama To Forget About Immigration Reform And Deport DREAMers

On Wednesday, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), released a letter to the press that he…

10 years ago

Paul Ryan and House Republicans Hyperventilate Over Imaginary Lost IRS Emails

Republicans have been attacking the IRS Commissioner, accusing him of lying to the American people over lost Nicole Flax emails…

10 years ago

American Voters Need To Realize The Terrible Urgency Of 2014

Every time I hear a pundit or a pollster discuss the certainty that Republicans will hold the House or the…

10 years ago

Another Solid Jobs Report Shows Why Republicans Are Laser Focused On Fake Scandals

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs report for the month on May. For the fourth month…

10 years ago

The Unhinged Conservative Reaction to Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech at West Point

Diplomacy may not be as profitable as war (Cheney's Haliburton made $39.5 billion off the Iraq war alone), but our…

10 years ago

IRS to Propose New Rules for Dark Money Groups

Republicans depend on the big money of Sheldon Addelson, the Koch Brothers and other corporatist billionaires. However, the GOP's biggest…

10 years ago

Right Wingers Rebel Against Fox News And Demand A New Tea Party Driven Network

On Tuesday, Lord Christopher Monckton, a contributor for World Net Daily, penned an article for the far-right website complaining about…

10 years ago

Should We Worry About 3,000 Americans Turning in Their Passports Because of Tax Law?

In the end, it isn't the 1 percent who are leaving the United States, but their money.

10 years ago

Darrell Issa’s Witchhunt Caused 150 IRS Employees to Work 70,000 Hours

Sander Levin called Republicans out for their utter waste of government resources and taxpayer money, noting that 150 IRS employees…

10 years ago

Democrats File a Complaint Against Darrell Issa’s IRS Scandal Co-Conspirators

Democrats filed a formal complaint with the special watchdog council that questions J. Russell George's independence because he met and…

10 years ago

CNN Sucks Up To Rand Paul by Pushing a Conservative Website’s Hillary Clinton Hit Piece

CNN.com posted a story in their political section on Monday detailing a story that ran on a very conservative website…

10 years ago

Another 2016 Hopeful Bites the Dust as Scott Walker Appears to be Under Investigation

Fresh on the heels of the last John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's administration, which resulted in convictions for…

10 years ago

Democrats Demand To Know How Much The Republican IRS Witch Hunts Are Costing Taxpayers

Democrats Sandy Levin and Elijah Cummings demanded to know how much Issa's IRS 'investigations' are costing the taxpayers. They suggest…

10 years ago

House Republicans Continue To Falsely Claim President Obama And IRS Committed Crimes

During a recent subcommittee hearing conducted by the House Ways and Means Committee, Republicans continued to push their false accusations…

10 years ago

‘New’ Republican Healthcare Plan Sticks It To Everyone Except Insurance Companies

The Republicans "new" plan to replace the ACA brings back everything that was wrong with the old system and they…

10 years ago

House Republicans Kick Off 2014 By Ignoring Everything the American People Want

Republicans began 2014 the same way they started the past three years; working solely for their special interests' campaign donations…

10 years ago

Limbaugh Says GOP Are ‘Like A Bunch Of Wildebeests’ For Not Coming To Christie’s Defense

As one would suspect, Rush Limbaugh totally lost his sh*t Thursday regarding the Chris Christie bridge scandal. For the most…

10 years ago

House Republican Bill Requires That the IRS Investigate Sexual Assault Survivors

Rep. Chris Smith's bill amends the Internal Revenue Service code to require IRS auditors to investigate and interrogate sexual-assault survivors…

10 years ago

Republicans Have Cut Funding So Deeply That Government Employees Can’t Do Their Jobs

Republicans have campaigned on an anti-government platform for the past two elections and they have succeeded in hampering the government…

10 years ago

Harry Reid Forces Senate Republicans to Flinch and Will Get Nominees Confirmed Friday

Late on Thursday evening the Senate reached a deal regarding the remaining Presidential nominees waiting to be confirmed. The Senate…

10 years ago

Senate Republicans Upset That Their Own Obstructionism May Delay Christmas Recess

The hope from Republicans was that Reid would just table some of the nominees and hold off until January after…

10 years ago

Republicans Propose Legislation That Would Allow Discrimination Against Same Sex Couples

A group of House Republicans have announced their intent to propose legislation to give conservatives groups legal cover to continue…

11 years ago

Louie Gohmert Suggests Defunding Executive Branch to Punish Obama

Louie Gohmert wants the Obama administration to come clean about non-existent scandals or face being defunded

11 years ago

Fake IRS Scandal Backfires as Democrat Sues the IRS over 501 (c) Regulation

Republicans really did it to themselves with the fake IRS "scandal"; they may lose the ability to shield their donors…

11 years ago

Calls Grow for State and Federal Investigations into ALEC’s Illicit Activities

ALEC is being targeted for an investigation for illegally financing extravagant trips for state legislators and misleading the Internal Revenue…

11 years ago

It’s Time to Investigate Boehner, Issa, and the Republican Criminal Conspiracy

It is high time to demand an investigation into Republicans in Congress and take appropriate action to remove them from…

11 years ago

House Republicans Use Bogus Scandal As an Excuse To Slash The IRS Budget

Republicans have made no secret underfunding the IRS is punitive for what they cite as inappropriate actions over the phony…

11 years ago

IRS Investigation Reveals Darrell Issa’s ‘Enemies List’

The Inspector General's report didn't mention the IRS targeting progressive groups for enhanced scrutiny, because Darrell Issa used the IG's…

11 years ago

Total Republican Fail As Americans Don’t Share Their Hysteria over IRS and Benghazi

While unable to comprehend that we do not share their outrage over their manufactured scandals, Republicans prove completely incapable of…

11 years ago

Instead of Attacking The IRS, Republicans Should be Praising Them for Doing Their Jobs

The real scandal is not that the IRS did its job, it is that groups like Rove's GPS Crossroads and…

11 years ago

Republicans Complain About Incompetence After They’ve Spent Years Defunding the IRS

The IRS is tasked with collecting taxes to fund services all Americans depend on, but they can't properly do their…

11 years ago

Deranged Crackpot Sarah Palin Blames the IRS for Obama’s Reelection

While looking for any reason at all to delegitimize President Obama, Sarah Palin decided that the IRS is responsible for…

11 years ago

After Campaigning from the Pulpit, Right Wing Churches Must Lose their Tax Exempt Status

Regardless if religious organizations abuse their agreement with the IRS or not, it is long past the time to end…

11 years ago

1,000 Evangelical Preachers Will Break the Law and Support Republicans from the Pulpit

On October 7, about a thousand preachers will violate the requirement they agreed to with the IRS by actively providing…

12 years ago