- IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups
- IRS Officiall: 'I'm not good at math'
- The Daily Show: Barack Trek—"The IRS shifts the burden of proof from the tinfoil behatted to the government by targeting the Tea Party and other conservative groups."
- Remember When Andrew Joseph Stack Flew a Plane Into a Texas IRS Building?
- The I.R.S. and the Tea Party: Where Is the Scandal?
- IRS Chief Says 'Mistakes Were Made' But Weren't Partisan
- IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row
- When the IRS targeted liberals—"Under George W. Bush, it went after the NAACP, Greenpeace and even a liberal church." Salon
- Marco Rubio Calls on Nonexistent IRS Commissioner to Resign
- 'Angry' Obama announces IRS leader's ouster after conservatives targeted
- Bipartisan Bill Would Expand Disclosure Of Political Money
- Obama's campaign finance reform plans have faded
- The IRS should do more, not less, scrutinizing of political groups—"Since Citizens United, the super rich are using nonprofits to shield their political spending. They need more oversight."
- Justice O'Connor: Maybe Bush V. Gore Was A Mistake
- Fear of the youth vote, now in Ohio—"[T]o force Ohio’s universities to do the dirty work of voter suppression is unconscionable."
- The Shadow Lobbyist—"Corporate America is relying on new tactics to shape the legislative outcomes it wants." NYT
- Why Lobbying Is Now Increasingly In The Shadows
- One Reason To Apply For Tax-Exempt Status: Anonymity
- 74% of lobbyist spending on Kansas lawmakers unaccounted for
- Public money, private profit
- Ties to gov., clients put NC law firm in spotlight
- North Carolina May Ban Tesla Sales To Prevent "Unfair Competition"—Car dealerships don't like being cut out as the middle man and have resorted to legislating their business model.
- Republicans Refuse to Negotiate Unless They Can Take a Hostage
- The Facts Are In and Paul Ryan Is Wrong
- Reinhart and Rogoff aren't the problem. The Republican Party is.
- Hurricane Sandy and the Myth of the Big Government-vs.-Small-Government Debate—"In the abstract, most Americans want a smaller and less intrusive government. In reality, what Americans really want is a government that spends less money on other people."
- NC Senate GOP debuts far-reaching tax overhaul
- Congressman Finally Takes Action To Remove Needless Requirement Bankrupting The Postal Service
- U.S. Postal Service posts $1.9 billion loss, despite efficiency efforts
- Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Addresses NYT
- RNC Hispanic Outreach Director Becomes A Democrat
- The GOP Doesn't Need Hispanic Outreach—It Needs a Hispanic Takeover
- As controversy swirls, Heritage report author resigns—"An author of a highly critical report on pending immigration legislation has resigned his post at the conservative Heritage Foundation after his previous writings, including a dissertation citing lower IQ among immigrants, drew widespread anger."