AMERICA

home_stars

TAKING IT BACK STARTS NOW

By now, most Americans have heard of Lois Lerner, the senior IRS official in charge of the tax-exempt office at the heart of the agency’s recent scandal. After planting a question to reveal the scandal and subsequently pleading the 5th during yesterday’s House committee hearing, she’s well on her way to becoming America’s favorite bureaucrat. ...
Today, top IRS official Lois Lerner asserted her constitutional protections against self-incrimination today, refusing to answer for the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups: IRS Official Lois Lerner Pleads 5th Amendment Here are four other times people pleaded the fifth during Congressional hearings: Solyndra Executives: GSA Western Official Jeff Neely MF Global Treasurer Edith O’Brien ...
It’s White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s birthday today. Here are seven gift ideas for Jay:   7. Dodgeball DVD – To help him remember his Five D’s: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge: 6. Yak Bak – So he never has to worry about keeping his story straight: 5. Pinocchio – The administration’s favorite ...
Today, senior IRS officials testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about their role in the agency improperly targeting conservative groups. Witnesses appearing before the committee included former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman and Lois Lerner, the IRS’s Director of the Exempt Organizations division. Because, unlike us, you probably don’t have the time to sit ...
As senior IRS officials were on Capitol Hill today to testify about the agency’s recent scandal, BuzzFeed is reporting that TIGTA (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration), or the body charged with investigating claims that the IRS was improperly targeting conservatives, delayed the report throughout 2012. Emails provided by the House Oversight and Government Reform ...