Obama tells us not to listen to the voices that warn that tyranny is lurking around the corner.
- The IRS admits to targeting groups that have the wrong opinion.
- The FBI conducts a secret and unprecedented investigation of reporters who broke a news story they didn't like.
- It is only Tuesday.
Yet, somehow, I am still crazy.
The IRS didn't care so much about the opinions of the groups they targeted. They cared about whether or not those groups might get a tax exemption they didn't deserve if they were engaged in politics since Citizens United was passed and the applications for 501(c)(4) status skyrocketed.
As far as the FBI probe is concerned, the gov't was (and still IS as far as I know) looking for a gov't source of leaks to the press that the gov't says endangered American lives. It would also be against the law to leak classified gov't information to the press. There's a name of one high profile Republican legislator (female) who has a penchant for the spotlight while having no legislative record that comes to mind as a possible source of the leaks. She's been known as a loose cannon and for her over-the-top rhetoric and attention-getting stunts. I think she's also crossed swords with the Republican leadership and shown a complete disregard for rules and protocol in the past. I wonder what the right would say if she (or any other conservative legislator or staff member) was found to be the source of the leaks because that WOULD be a scandal.