memeorandum http://www.memeorandum.com/ Political Web, page A1 en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:59 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:59 -0400 CNN Poll: Tea party gets boost from IRS controversy (Paul Steinhauser/CNN) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p77#a130520p77 Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Tea party gets boost from IRS controversy  —  Washington (CNN) - As a major tea party group plans protests Tuesday at Internal Revenue Service offices across the country Tuesday, a new national poll indicates that the IRS controversy has given the four-year-old movement a shot in the arm.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:25 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p77#a130520p77 Fox News: 'We Will Unequivocally Defend' Rosen Against 'Chilling' DOJ Investigation (Alex Weprin/TVNewser) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p78#a130520p78

Alex Weprin / TVNewser:
Fox News: ‘We Will Unequivocally Defend’ Rosen Against ‘Chilling’ DOJ Investigation  —  Fox News executive VP of news Michael Clemente released the following statement to TVNewser with regard to James Rosen being targeted by the Department of Justice.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:25 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p78#a130520p78 Scandal-shocked House Democrats fear for 2014 (Alex Isenstadt/Politico) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p76#a130520p76

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Scandal-shocked House Democrats fear for 2014  —  Democrats aiming to retake the House next year against all odds tried to reassure themselves after President Barack Obama's week from hell: The election is still 18 months away, plenty of time for Republicans to turn today's gift into tomorrow's albatross.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:04 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p76#a130520p76 Baucus, Hatch seek wide range of records from IRS on targeting (Bernie Becker/The Hill) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p75#a130520p75 Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Baucus, Hatch seek wide range of records from IRS on targeting  —  The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee pressed the IRS on Monday for more information about the extra scrutiny the agency gave to conservative groups.  —  A day ahead of the panel's first hearing on the matter …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p75#a130520p75 Lewis Butts busted for campaign sign caper (Donald Gilliland/PennLive.com) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p73#a130520p73 Donald Gilliland / PennLive.com:
Lewis Butts busted for campaign sign caper  —  Democratic mayoral hopeful Lewis Butts meets with the PennLive/Patriot-News editorial board on April 12, 2013.  Christine Baker |  cbaker@pennlive.com (Christine Baker)  —  Harrisburg mayoral candidate Lewis L. Butts, Jr. has been charged …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p73#a130520p73 How to Legalize Pot - THE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman ... (Bill Keller/New York Times) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p74#a130520p74 Bill Keller / New York Times:
How to Legalize Pot  —  THE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea.  Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation of small amounts.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:05 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p74#a130520p74 Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law (Wall Street Journal) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p72#a130520p72

Wall Street Journal:
Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law  —  Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain penalties under the federal health law by offering very limited plans that can lack key benefits such as hospital coverage.  —  Benefits advisers and insurance brokers …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:10:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p72#a130520p72 Justice Department affidavit labels Fox News journalist as possible 'co-conspirator' (Fox News) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p71#a130520p71 Fox News:
Justice Department affidavit labels Fox News journalist as possible ‘co-conspirator’  —  A Fox News correspondent was labeled in a Justice Department affidavit as a possible “co-conspirator” for his alleged role in publishing sensitive security information — in a leak case that takes …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:10:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p71#a130520p71 BREAKING - REPORT: DOJ LEAKED DOCS TO SMEAR FAST & FURIOUS WHISTLEBLOWER, SAYS IG (Matthew Boyle/BREITBART.COM) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p70#a130520p70

Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
BREAKING - REPORT: DOJ LEAKED DOCS TO SMEAR FAST & FURIOUS WHISTLEBLOWER, SAYS IG  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious scandal whistleblower John Dodson.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:45:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p70#a130520p70 Packing the D.C. Circuit (Wall Street Journal) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p69#a130520p69

Wall Street Journal:
Packing the D.C. Circuit  —  Obama prepares to flood an appellate court with judges it doesn't need.  —  It's good to be the king.  When the federal courts overturn your Administration's rules or find decisions unconstitutional, you can pack them with judges more likely to rule your way.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:40:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p69#a130520p69 Reporter Deemed "Co-Conspirator" in Leak Case (Steven Aftergood/The FAS Blog) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p68#a130520p68 Steven Aftergood / The FAS Blog:
Reporter Deemed “Co-Conspirator” in Leak Case  —  In a startling expansion of the Obama Administration's war on leaks, a federal agent sought and received a warrant in 2010 to search the email account of Fox News correspondent James Rosen on grounds that there was probable cause the reporter …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:35:02 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p68#a130520p68 Macroeconomic Machismo - Atrios, weighing in on the Kinsley ... (Paul Krugman) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p67#a130520p67 Paul Krugman:
Macroeconomic Machismo  —  Atrios, weighing in on the Kinsley Kontroversy, suggests that the evident urge to make Someone Suffer — Someone Else, of course — reflects sadism.  But I don't think that's right.  Lack of compassion, sure; an inability to imagine what it must …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:30:03 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p67#a130520p67 Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama (Jennifer Epstein/Politico) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p66#a130520p66 Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Senior W.H. staff knew of IRS investigation, did not tell Obama  —  Senior White House staff knew of the ongoing investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups ahead of the release of a report from a Treasury Department inspector general, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:25:01 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p66#a130520p66 State Dept. Spokeswoman Refuses to Criticize Iran for Excluding Women Candidates from Election (Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p65#a130520p65 Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
State Dept. Spokeswoman Refuses to Criticize Iran for Excluding Women Candidates from Election  —  State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki refused to criticize Iran for excluding women candidates from the upcoming “election” there.  The remarkable exchange, which concludes with Psaki saying this …

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:27 -0400 http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p65#a130520p65 Court to rule on government prayer (Lyle Denniston/SCOTUSblog) http://www.memeorandum.com/130520/p64#a130520p64 Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on government prayer  —  Returning for the first time in three decades to the constitutionality of saying prayers at the opening of a government meeting, the Supreme Court on Monday took on a case involving Town Board sessions in the upstate New York community named Greece, a city of about 100,000 people.

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