Of course the Trump IRS is going after political opponents
And before anyone whatabouts this, remember: the claims that Obama’s IRS did this have been thoroughly, repeatedly debunked.
Not that such things matter inside the MAGA bubble.
Link: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e
Replies to: Of course the Trump IRS is going after political opponents
Your lack of self awareness is remarkable
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Debunked?! Such ignorance! By Democrats and their media only.
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I know you can read "doc" it was debunked. Tell us how it wasn't?
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Show us it was. I'm interested.
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Inspectors General are such pains in the butt, eh?
They often come up with findings that don't match what Sean Hannity had been assuring us were true.
That's why Trump fired them all.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/politics/irs-targeting-tea-party-liberals-democrats.html
IG's as unbiased as the FBI? I hope not. They need to be much better than that.
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Here's a summary of what the 2017 Inspector General's Report had to say on this issue...
Second Inspector General's report
In late September 2017, an exhaustive report by the Treasury Department's inspector general found that from 2004 to 2013, the IRS used both conservative and liberal keywords to choose targets for further scrutiny, blunting claims that the issue had been an Obama-era partisan scandal.[1][2] The 115-page report confirmed the findings of the prior 2013 report that some conservative organizations had been unfairly targeted, but also found that the pattern of misconduct had been ongoing since 2004 and was non-partisan in nature.
In reaction, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, stated "After years of baseless claims and false accusations it is my hope Republicans will finally put an end to this witch hunt and admit that their attacks on the I.R.S. were nothing but political grandstanding on behalf of special interests at the expense of American taxpayers." In contrast, the Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Brady of Texas, responded by saying that "this report reinforces what government watchdogs and congressional investigators have confirmed time and time again: Bureaucrats at the I.R.S., such as Lois Lerner, arbitrarily and haphazardly administered the tax code and targeted taxpayers based on political ideology."[1] Regardless of reaction, the release of the report brought to an end the last formal governmental investigation into the IRS practice.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy
The claim was the IRS under Obama targeted his political opponents. From NPR:
The controversy began in 2013 when an IRS official admitted the agency had been aggressively scrutinizing groups with names such as "Tea Party" and "Patriots." It later emerged that liberal groups had been targeted, too, although in smaller numbers.
The fact is conservative groups are not an incumbent president's opponent. Now if you said Mitt Romney, etc then you have a point. But it was both sides that were scrutinized more.
Link: https://www.npr.org/2017/10/27/560308997/irs-apologizes-for-aggressive-scrutiny-of-conservative-groups
One man's debunked is another's black letter law.
Anyone who believes any political myths is purposely delusional.
Personally, I don't care about political kabuki. I just care about the impact of policies.
This is exactly why the left keeps losing.
They are only interested in the theatre, see the government shutdown as a prime example. Republicans only care about policy impact.
Yeh... and they conveniently forgot about Lois Lerner
This is wrong, but also not new.
It's very telling that when presented evidence that refutes their claims there is no rebuttal.
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Low IQ people as Trump would say (correctly).
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If nothing else,DOGE proved there’s a shit ton of corruption on the left.
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The crack reporting from the WSJ has to be believed "according to people familiar with the matter."
What great sourcing, irrefutable.
"The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior IRS official involved in the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said."
Link: Bunk
Incredible reporting. Indisputable fact finding.
The sources were familiar with the matter.
End of discussion.
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DOGE did not target corruption. Nice try, though.
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