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GOP Black Men

GOP's 'mad men'

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Recently, the GOP has seized on potential African-American conservative stars like famed Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Ben Carson, only to have them go up in a ball of rhetorical flames...
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee Liberty Dinner, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Concord , N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

GOP leaders say Obama impeachment talk premature

Steve Peoples, Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment...
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GOP nominee's anti-gay views stir controversy

David A. Love
OPINION - Virginia Republicans have selected a dyed-in-the-wool, black conservative minister and activist as their nominee for lieutenant governor. And he has drawn particular criticism for his homophobic views...
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President Barack Obama (Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty Images)

White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn't tell Obama

Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News
NBC News - The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative groups in late April...
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Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck: NAACP ‘a joke’, Tea Partiers like ‘white lynching victims’

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theGRIO REPORT - Right wing talker Glenn Beck is at it again...
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Non-profit groups often look for tax breaks

Democratic, liberal groups got IRS scrutiny too

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Amid the uproar, and calls for investigations, over IRS employees using inappropriate criteria and questions to vet applications for 501(c)4 non-profit status by tea party groups, a few facts are falling through the cracks...
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No, Obama is not Nixon

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for audits, have caused some to liken President Obama to Richard Nixon...
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Eric Holder

Eric Holder grilled by House committee

Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder was due to testify before Congress on Wednesday as the Justice Department opens a criminal investigation of the federal tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
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Julian Bond

Where was the outrage over IRS' NAACP audit?

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
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Alex Wong/ Getty Images News

Obama faces new challenges, but not 'curse'

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Obama hardly seems likely to be forced out of office, impeached or have the kind of incident like Katrina that eliminates his credibility with members of both parties...
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