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The IRS may be stupid, but no scandal or conspiracy exists
The GOP is at it again, decrying attacks on its suspected abuse of the tax code by IRS employees. Shakespeare’s take on the proceedings might have been, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Me thinks the same.
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Voter education
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ahead of the April 2 city election for Ulysses mayor between incumbent John Battin and challenger Dan Widder, AFP sent out mailers to residents of the Western Kansas town. The group bills itself as a grassroots organization dedicated to educating
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Americans for Prosperity Maine Expresses Opposition to Medicaid Expansion Bill
Millinocket :: ME :: USA | 1 month ago
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Americans for Prosperity Maine is announcing its opposition to a bill that would expand Medicaid in the state. The expansion would come as part of a "deal" wherein the federal government would pay for some of the coverage under the Affordable Care
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AFP to release Congressional scorecard
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Americans for Prosperity is planning to release its annual scorecard for Congress later today. AFP, which was founded by Charles and David Koch of Wichita-based Koch Industries, is a conservative/libertarian activist group promoting free markets and
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Americans for Prosperity campaigns to let the sequester take effect in March
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Washington Post The conservative group Americans for Prosperity is mobilizing to pressure lawmakers not to delay cuts in government spending that are set to take effect at the beginning of next month. The campaign, dubbed the Spending
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How Donors Trust distributed millions to anti-climate groups
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Dozens of exhibitors promote their oil and gas related businesses...Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA The secretive funding channel known as the Donors Trust patronised a host of conservative causes. Recipients included some of the best-known thinktanks
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Unhinged Chris Matthews Berates Conservative Guest 13 Times: 'Who's Paying Your Salary?'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 6 months ago
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At the end of the segment, Matthews whined, "Again, for the fifth time, who pays your salary?...Who pays your salary?"...According to the Americans for Prosperity website, the organization describes itself : The heart and soul of AFP is our citizen
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Charts: How Much Have the Kochs Spent on the 2012 Election?
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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See how much the billionaire brothers have spent in your stateand why the size of their campaign to beat Obama is a mystery...Just as conservatives have come to see George Soros as the mastermind of a shadowy leftist network, the billionaire brothers
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Americans for Prosperity mailers arriving in support of Republican candidates
Lawrence :: KS :: USA | 8 months ago
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The mailers are identical except interchanging the names and photos of Republican candidates, and praising those candidates as ones who will fight spending, cut taxes, and "stop ObamaCare." Because AFP is considered an issue advocacy group, it does
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Americans for Prosperity pushes a different message on day Obama visits Madison
Phillips :: WI :: USA | 8 months ago
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the tea party group funded heavily by the Koch brothers -- brought one of its three buses to VFW Post 1318 on Lakeside Drive just off of John Nolen Drive. \n\n Luke Hilgemann, director for AFP Wisconsin , said the group \"wanted an opportunity to
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