In a press conference just moments ago, President Obama announced:
“Today, Treasury Secretary Lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS [Steven Miller].”
Let’s wait and see if other resignations will follow.
WAJ adds 7 p.m.–
I’m on one of my long drives between homes,...
This just in from CNN’s Jake Tapper:
The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
The exchanges detailing...
The House Judiciary Committee has been conducting a hearing this afternoon to receive testimony from Attorney General Eric Holder on a variety of topics. Given the recent developments with both the IRS and AP stories, the hearing was expected to experience a few tense moments.
Surely one of those most contentious moments...
With so much news breaking on the IRS scandal in the wake of recent revelations that the agency unfairly targeted conservative groups, we’ve rounded up links to some of the most relevant coverage on the topic for Legal Insurrection readers.
We start with big news this morning. As suspicion of the IRS...
SodaStream is an Israeli company which makes a really cool and really popular product, essentially a make your own soda at home device. I plan on getting one. Its U.S. division is SodaStreamUSA.
This video shows the SodaStream story of building bridges between Jews...
I wrote on Monday about the lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of Legal Insurrection seeking documents withheld by the District of Columbia Office of Attorney General (OAG) and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) regarding David Gregory’s clear violation of the D.C. gun laws,
The producers of the Andrew Breitbart documentary “Hating Breitbart,” have found a unique way to further ensconce the Happy Warrior into the minds of his detractors: send them a copy of their movie. The upcoming wider theater release this upcoming Friday (it will also be released via video on-demand the same...
From longtime reader and frequent photographer Ulises:
Non-coexist bumper sticker … In Owings Mills, MD…
+500The full Inspector General report was released tonight.
I’d be interested in what you find that we don’t already know.
Treasury Report IRS Tea Party
Targeting
When Jon Stewart is good, he’s really good.
And he’s really good in this clip about IRS targeting of the Tea Party and the AP phone records.
I found myself shouting the same bleeped out words, but for very different reasons.
ABC News source stands by reference to State Dept in leaked Benghazi talking points emails — White House defenders get the controversy they want (Update – Stephen Hayes stands by his reporting as well)
Jake Tapper reports that the White House is disputing that the Benghazi talking points were edited in the way ABC News and The Weekly Standard presented them, leading to charges that the emails were doctored. The ABC News source is standing by the leaked emails.
Based on Jonathan Karl’s updated report (quoted below),...
Gives up appeals in plea deal
Just breaking.
Convicted Pa. Abortion Doctor Gets Life in Prison:
A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was...
Hollywood couldn’t have scripted it better: A rebel group of engaged activists, derided and harassed by authorities, becomes the obsession of a powerful political machine, leading to the demise of … the machine.
Now, because today’s Internal Revenue Service scandal involves rebellious conservatives pitted against a progressive government, this true story is...
Eric Holder just ended a press conference.
As previously reported by Fox News:
Attorney General Eric Holder is recusing himself from the investigation into leaks made to The Associated Press, Fox News has learned.
Also, as CNN reported, Holder previously had recused...
1) Syria considerations
Last week former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller wrote Syria is not Iraq. The gist of his argument is that he trusts President Obama but shouldn’t have trusted President Bush. It’s a silly argument. However, as Dexter Filkins reports, Keller’s thinking is mirrored in...
