by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2018 A U.S. district judge last month awarded what amounts to $17,000 each to more than 100 tea party groups illegally targeted by the IRS for political purposes before the 2012 elections. Judge Michael R. Barrett, who called the $3.5 million settlement “fair, reasonable and adequate,” also allowed the testimony […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 13, 2016 Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island pushed the Justice Department to prosecute conservative groups he alleged were violating IRS rules, according to email conversations obtained by Judicial Watch. “The conversations were in preparation for a briefing by Justice Department officials for Sen. Whitehouse’s staff and for a Senate […]
Sol W. Sanders Could it be that the numbing financial and economic crisis engendered by divided government in Washington is returning the country to an authentic budget process? That piece of what may well be Pollyanna comes out of an examination of what has actually been going on, rather than the mainstream media’s hysterical […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Matt Barber Sir John Dalberg-Acton famously observed: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” No federal agency enjoys more power than the “absolute power” wielded by the Internal Revenue Service. It’s little wonder, then, that under this power-drunk Obama regime, the IRS has become “corrupted absolutely.” It’s become the […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama is facing a perfect storm of scandals, cover-ups and criminality that threatens to sweep him from power. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first Watergate hearings. They eventually brought down President Nixon, forcing him to resign. Mr. Obama is the liberal Nixon — a corrupt chief executive, who […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Republican Party has capitulated to President Obama’s redistributionist tax agenda. Mr. Obama has won a significant victory. He has broken Republican ranks and effectively co-opted much of the GOP opposition. The Republican Party, especially House Speaker John A. Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, will rue the day. Many House […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner Conservatives are asking a reasonable question: Will a Mitt Romney candidacy turn into another debacle like Sen. John McCain’s in 2008? The Arizona maverick was said to be the most “electable” of the Republican nominees. Many GOP voters held their noses and supported Mr. McCain. Yet he was defeated — convincingly — […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media Democrats say they have dirt on Newt Gingrich, but he appears ready to speak out on the dirt he has on them. In a reference to his new book, Gingrich has accurately described the socialist infiltration of America: “The Left has […]
