Author: Justin Lane

GOP Conspiracy Goon Squad Fails Again: IRS Targeting Conservatives is Nonsense According to DOJ

Congress has been notified by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it intends to close its investigation into allegations that the IRS targeted conservative groups for improper scrutiny. Conservatives loved to claim that this showed that the government, the establishment as a whole, was out to get them. Now it seems they were just completely bogus. “We found no evidence that any IRS official acted based on political, discriminatory, corrupt, or other inappropriate motives that would support a criminal prosecution,” said Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Peter J. Kadzik. “We also found no evidence that any official involved...

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Jeb Gives Rubio Great Advice: If He Didn’t Like The Senate, He Should Resign

Marco Rubio is well known for failing to show up to the Senate for votes. Jeb Bush offered him some advice during the debate last night: If you don’t like your job, you should quit and let someone else who wants the job have it. “I’m a constituent of the senator and I helped him and I expected that he would do constituent service, which means he shows up to work,” said Bush. “But, Marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. And you should be showing up to work. I mean, literally, the Senate,...

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Jindal Pledges to do as Much Damage to U.S. Economy as He Did to His Own State Economy

During Wednesday night’s debate, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that he would absolutely do to the national economy what he did to the economy of his own state. That’s not good. When Jindal came into office in Louisiana, the state was running with a budget surplus and after years with Jindal in power, the government is running with a $1.6 billion budget gap. Jindal was asked about his policy during the debate. “When you came into office with a budget surplus in the state of Louisiana, now years later the state legislature faced a $1.6 billion budget gap and...

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Belgium Looks to Kick Scientology Freaks Out of the Country

The Church of Scientology may soon be getting kicked out of Belgium. Members of the church were called to a courtroom in Brussels on Monday to answer for charges of extortion, fraud, violating privacy laws, running a criminal organization, and practicing illegal medicine. If the church is found guilty, Belgium may ban it from the country. The Huffington Post reports: The charges, leveled against 11 senior members of the group, are the result of two separate investigations by Belgian authorities: one in 1997, spurred by complaints from former members, and one in 2008, after an employment agency accused the...

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