8 hrs ago from  CNN Elections from the Left   Political Analytics Republican Party Politics   US Elections   US Politics Senate panel looks at IRS targeting of conservative groups Douglas Shulman, who was IRS commissioner in 2010 when the targeting began, is one of three witnesses scheduled to appear at the second congressional hearing on the practice condemned by President Barack Obama and leaders of both parties. Republicans contend the controversy is part of a pattern of a White House gone wild, while Democrats insist that what happened - while unacceptable - was initiated within the IRS instead of being a practice called for or supported by Obama. New details emerged Monday of what the White House knew about the controversy, with spokesman Jay Carney disclosing Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was among the top officials made aware of the matter late last month. In a new timeline provided by Carney to reporters, General Couns...

 MYFOXAL.COM 2 Hours Ago Armed teachers bill passes without Governor's signature by  Christine Pae MONTGOMERY, AL (WAFF) - Alabama lawmakers stayed up late into the night to consider last-minute bills before the last day of the 2013 legislative session on Monday. Both chambers in the state house voted to override Gov.. Robert Bentley's veto on a local bill that would allow armed teachers in Franklin County schools. The bill will now become law without the governor's signature.  It will allow teachers and other school employees to carry a gun at school – so long as they are properly trained as police officers or sheriff's deputies.  Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow (D-Colbert, Franklin) has been a vocal advocate of the bill, saying schools in Franklin County cannot always afford to hire school resource officers.  He added that the schools – being in rural areas – need to have armed school employees on-hand right away if they need protection in an emergency situation. Rep....

 BREITBART.COM 35 Minutes Ago Report: DOJ Seized Records of Five Fox News Phone Numbers by  Breitbart News 21 May 2013, 2:55 PM PDT post a comment The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed on October 13, 2011, in the case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, a former State Department contractor accused of violating the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking classified information to James Rosen, a Fox News reporter. Ronald C. Machen, Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, who is prosecuting the case, has seized records associated with two phone numbers at the White House, at least five numbers associated with Fox News, and one that has the same area code and exchange as Rosen's personal-cell-phone number (the last four numbers are redacted). In all, Ronald C. Machen, Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has seized record...

Whoa!! ARMED DHS GUARDS Meet Tea Party Protesters Outside IRS Rally in St. Louis Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:07 PM     ARMED DHS GUARDS GREETED TEA PARTY PROTESTERS TODAY AT THE ST. LOUIS IRS RALLY– No sign of the  Light-Armored Tanks  yet… But there were DHS vehicles parked outside the IRS office just in case the Tea Party protesters got violent. Alex Cohen holds a Gadsden flag at the IRS building. It was his first Tea Party rally. Over 300 Tea Party protesters turned out for the rally against IRS harassment and intimidation. Tea Party protesters at the St. Louis-Town and Country IRS protest today wore targets on their backs. There were plenty of American and Gadsden flags at the rally. No wonder Team Obama sent out security. Several young patriots attended the rally, too. For  Twenty-Seven months  the Obama IRS refused to approve any Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status. At the same time the Obama IRS approved dozens of progres...

 MAIL ONLINE 1 Hour Ago Top IRS official will invoke the Fifth Amendment in congressional hearing about tea party targeting program by  David Martosko By  David Martosko PUBLISHED:  16:14 EST, 21 May 2013 |  UPDATED:  16:15 EST, 21 May 2013 Share The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday afternoon that Lois Lerner, who heads up the Internal Revenue Service's tax-exempt division, plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in a hearing Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs. The Fifth Amendment provides that U.S. citizens may not be compelled to offer testimony if telling the truth would incriminate them. Lerner's defense lawyer, William W. Taylor III, wrote to the committee on Tuesday that his client would refuse to answer questions related to what she knew about the extra levels of scrutiny appled to conservative nonprofit organizations that applied for tax-exempt status beginning in 2010. She also will decli...

Tuesday, May 21st Devastation In Oklahoma Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones and property in Oklahoma over the last few days. Yesterday, a presumed EF-4 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma. Its wind speeds were up to 200 mph, at some points it was up to 2 miles wide and the path stretched for about 20 miles. It is an unbelievable storm which has now claimed the lives of at least 24 people, nine of whom are children. The stories of children at the Plaza Towers elementary school being pulled out of the rubble, some not making it out alive or missing, are beyond heartbreaking. You can help those a...