Friday, May 24, 2013

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OBAMAISM: FBI SHOOTING OF A SUSPECT GOES FROM "LUNGED AT AGENT WITH A KNIFE" TO "IT'S NO LONGER CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED" ANOTHER POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED COVER-UP IN PROGRESS? ONE RELATED TO ANOTHER MUSLIM 9/11 TERRORIST EVENT?
Corrupt Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Searching for another well-paying public tit to suck on
WHY AMERICANS SHOULD LOOK AT MOSQUES CAREFULLY: A CLEAR AND PRESENT TERRORIST DANGER?
THE UPCOMING MUSLIM THREAT: ENGLAND NEEDS TO ARM ITS CITIZENS NOW!
GUN CONTROL: PUBLIC OFFICIALS NEED TO BE FIRED OR RECALLED IF THEY CANT PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR RECOMMEND SELF-PROTECTION
Funny: Two democrat media whores who normally run toward the cameras, fight to avoid answering questions about the IRS scandal

OBAMAISM: FBI SHOOTING OF A SUSPECT GOES FROM "LUNGED AT AGENT WITH A KNIFE" TO "IT'S NO LONGER CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED" ANOTHER POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED COVER-UP IN PROGRESS? ONE RELATED TO ANOTHER MUSLIM 9/11 TERRORIST EVENT?

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:28 PM PDT

Is it me or does it seem that everything associated with the Obama Administration is being subject to a re-write for political purposes?

The original news story …

Man with ties to Boston bombing suspect admits role in 2011 murders; shot during FBI questioning
Dead Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and another man — who was killed by the FBI on Wednesday —murdered three people in Massachusetts after a drug deal went wrong in 2011, law enforcement sources tell NBC News. Sources say that what began as a drug ripoff ended in a triple homicide when Tsarnaev and friend Ibragim Todashev realized their victims would later be able to identify them.
Todashev was killed by a federal agent while giving a statement on his role on Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.
The man who was shot, Todashev, 27, allegedly attacked an agent with a knife while confessing to the slayings. He was not suspected of having played any role in the bombing that killed three people and injured scores more in April, but he did confess to being involved in a brutal Boston-area slaying two years ago, investigators said.
Law enforcement officials said Todashev was being questioned as part of the FBI’s effort to find and talk to anyone who had any contact with Tsarnaev, the older bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours on Wednesday, the FBI said in a statement. “The agent, two Massachusetts State Police troopers, and other law enforcement personnel were interviewing an individual in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation when a violent confrontation was initiated by the individual,” the statement said. “During the confrontation, the individual was killed and the agent sustained non-life threatening injuries,” according to the statement. <Source>

OK … the story is that the triple murder was drug-related/ Even though the men were Jewish, found with their throats slit, copious quantities of marijuana and money still present at the scene – and, oh by the way, the killing happened on the anniversary of 9/11.

2011 Waltham murders
A triple homicide was committed in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the evening of September 11, 2011. Brendan Mess, Erik Weissman, and Raphael Teken were murdered in Mess's apartment. All three victims were Jewish according to a source. All had their throats slit from ear to ear, with such great force that they were nearly decapitated. Thousands of dollars of marijuana and money were left covering their mutilated bodies, and $5,000 was left at the scene. The local district attorney said that it appeared that the killer and the victims knew each other, and that the murders were not random. <Source>

If a drug deal went wrong, you think that the perpetrators of this crime would have not have left the drugs and money at the scene.

Now the story is changing …

An FBI incident review team from Washington, D.C., is in Orlando today, a day after a Russian man who knew Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot dead by an agent.
Federal and Central Florida law enforcement agencies are still collecting and processing evidence from the shooting scene at a condominium complexon Peregrine Avenue, near Kirkman Road and Universal Orlando, where Ibragim Todashev was shot early Wednesday.
Initially, FBI officials said Todashev, 27, became violent and lunged at an agent with a knife while he was being questioned about Tsarnaev and an unsolved 2011 triple murder in the Boston suburb of Waltham. The agent, acting on an "imminent threat," then shot Todashev, they said.
However, later in the day, some of those officials had backed off that preliminary account, and it's no longer clear what happened in the moments before the fatal shooting, The Associated Press reported. Sources told Fox 25 News in Boston that Todashev, a Russian national living legally in Florida, was about to sign a confession linking him to the Waltham slayings just before the shooting took place.
"I heard a couple of loud bangs and saw a couple of cop cars riding by," said Jared Morse, who lives in the area. "They wouldn't let anyone out to see anything or anything like that, so they made us go back inside." Source: Moments leading to fatal FBI shooting in Orlando still unclear - FOX 35 News Orlando

Bottom line …

Unfortunately, we can no longer take anything the Obama Administration says at face value. The trust and faith in the Department of Justice under Eric Holder is gone; as is the trust and faith in a FBI run by the Department of Justice.

It is good police procedure to determine that an interviewee or suspect is not armed, especially with a deadly weapon prior to interrogation. It is also good police procedure to secure the scene of the interview to prevent the interviewee or suspect from obtaining a weapon during the course of the interview. So what went wrong?

And, as we have seen over the past months, we can’t have an actual finding of Muslim terrorism, especially relating to the anniversary of 9/11, on Barack Obama’s watch. Especially not now with the Benghazi scandal unfolding and the near-beheading of a soldier in England.

-- steve

Corrupt Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Searching for another well-paying public tit to suck on

Posted: 23 May 2013 04:15 PM PDT

Here is a progressive socialist who is more interested in living the high-life than he is resolving the troubles of a near-bankrupt and troubled city. Now, he wants a reward for being a telegenic Hispanic with some dodgy political credentials.

The thought of some public organization, non-profit, or educational institution giving this democrat cretin a job is abhorrent to me. I tried to think of anything positive to say about this man. Nada. He is an unrepentant philanderer who should give back part of his made-up name, Villaraigosa, and return to being plain old Tony Villar, Mexican activist.

Report: Mayor Villaraigosa ‘Didn’t Save Any Money,’ Casting ‘Really Wide Net’ For Jobs
Is the highest-paid mayor in the United States broke? With just over a month left in his second and final term, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will leave office in June reportedly without a place to live or a car of his own to drive, according to a report published Thursday. Jill Stewart, L.A. Weekly’s managing editor, told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO that Villaraigosa faces an uncertain political – and financial – future when he steps down June 30.
In order to maintain his current lifestyle, which includes frequent cross-country travel, a mayoral mansion at the taxpayer-supported Getty House, an Los Angeles Police Department security detail for his personal SUV, courtside seats to Lakers games, and several other perks, associates estimate Villaraigosa’s next gig would need to pay about $750,000 a year, according to Stewart.
“His friends are so concerned because he’s lived so flamboyantly and spent basically so much of other people’s money on a very, very costly lifestyle,” Stewart said, adding that Villaraigosa has lived “far better than Gov. Jerry Brown and far more flamboyantly than actual multi-millionaire mayor Richard Riordan.”
The report, entitled Antonio Villaraigosa’s Quest for Wall Street, Washington and Wealth, also cites mayoral associates and City Hall insiders in estimating Villaraigosa earns a salary of $232,735 a year, more than any of his mayoral counterparts nationwide. And now, according to Stewart, Villaraigosa is broke.
“He didn’t save any money…we got his required economic interest reports where you see all their stocks and bonds and property,” Stewart said. “Nada.” Outside of a rental property in Moreno Valley which brings in about $600 a month, Stewart said that Villarigosa has no major assets despite having been paid over $1.6 million during his time as mayor. Public pension information for Villaraigosa was not available, L.A. Weekly reported.
It’s still unclear where Villaraigosa will land: while staffers have been mum on the mayor’s job search, he is reportedly considering a number of possibilities after denying in February any interest in a Cabinet position in the Obama Administration.
According to L.A. Weekly, Villaraigosa may also have to wait until 2018 to make a bid for Governor of California, with Brown expected to run for reelection in 2014.
“He is asking anyone and everyone for jobs at think tanks; he thinks he could be a resident-in-scholar at UCLA or USC; he’d like to work on Wall Street,” said Stewart. “It’s incredible, he’s throwing a really wide net out there.” Source:Report: Mayor Villaraigosa ‘Didn’t Save Any Money,’ Casting ‘Really Wide Net’ For Jobs « CBS Los Angeles

Bottom line …

His fellow socialists in California will probably throw him an interim lifeline. I wouldn’t be surprised if the California Governor or legislature appointed him to a few of those $100,000+ jobs on advisory panels where you are free to pursue your own personal and political interests while milking the public tit. Perhaps he can become one of those highly-paid lobbyists who represent the special interests who are bleeding California dry.

Tony, (His real name is Tony Villar), if you are reading this – might I suggest a job with your buddies who support illegal alien citizenship. You could be paid partly by Mexico and partly by those scam lawyers who are fleecing their own people. Perhaps your compadre, Charlie Sheen, can loan you a few hundred thousand bucks to tide you over.

Of course, he is unqualified for most jobs – at least those jobs that would require him to show up on time, stay at work, and produce a meaningful result.

-- steve

WHY AMERICANS SHOULD LOOK AT MOSQUES CAREFULLY: A CLEAR AND PRESENT TERRORIST DANGER?

Posted: 23 May 2013 02:43 PM PDT

The primary reasons Americans must look at Mosques – especially those established or funded by foreign governments – can be summarized thusly:

In spite of all protestation that Islam is a religion of peace, history and experience has told us Islam was founded by a warlord, to promote the primacy of the religion over all others, at the point of a sword if need be.
In spite of all protestations that Islam is tolerant of other points of view or religions, history and experience has told us that Islam demands obedience to the faith and divides people into believers and non-believers. With heavy sanctions or penalties on non-believers, and the possibility to death for those who convert from Islam to another faith.
There is no such thing as a separation of church and state in a theocracy. Everything, be it the actions of the government or the actions of an individual, is governed by Sharia law – sometimes as interpreted by corrupt religious leaders to promote their own agendas.
Foreign governments, such as those in Saudi Arabia, fund and found foreign Mosques to spread a virulent form of Islam, known as Wahhabism. It is believed that many wealthy Saudi royals have made a Faustian deal with the terrorists to fund their activities as long as they do not attempt to overthrow the Kingdom and its corrupt rulers.
Many Mosques have served as centers for terrorist fundraising, radicalization, and support centers for terrorist attacks.
Mosques are tax-exempt facilities that often do not welcome curious Americans as do other churches.
The United States Constitution is not a suicide pact which conveys special privileges to our cultural enemies.

So this story is deeply disturbing …

Maryland Blessed With $100 Million Turkish Mega-Mosque
On May 15, 2013, the Turkish Prime Minister, Erdogan, an anti-Semite, attended a ceremony a stone’s throw from our nation’s capital celebrating what he claims “will likely become the largest and most striking example of Islamic architecture in the Western Hemisphere.” Next year, when completed, the Turkish American Culture and Civilization Center, in Lanham, Maryland “US of A,” a project of the Islamist Turkish government, will be the grandest Islamic site in the Western Hemisphere. Allah Akbar!
Last week’s Islamist celebration ceremony was attended by Maryland Governor, Martin O’Malley who welcomed guests representing the “Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA),” the “Islamic Society of North America” and several other U.S. Muslim Brotherhood affiliates. Rumor has it that Governor O’Malley is considering a Presidential run in 2016.
Many Americans are unaware of an escalation of Turkish government programs to grow Islamist influence in North America. Not surprising, since any real reporting on the growth of Islamic cultural influence in America is commonly ignored by our liberal press. After all, why should progressive ideologues give a hoot about Islamist leadership in the United States? To them, mainstream Islamic leaders like INCA President Naeem Baig should be embraced regardless of ties to terror and Baig’s public comments like: “work in America is kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within” are out of context Islamaphobic misunderstandings.
Whether here or abroad Islamic cultural centers are not a model of civic multicultural charity. They only serve Muslims. Welcoming these stealth jihadists’ compounds financed by leaders that condemn both Israel and America, in my opinion, is at a minimum aiding seditious behavior.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan considers Islamic criticism akin to “a crime against humanity.” He has also publicly railed against Israel as a “fascist regime” and a “terrorist state, “but considers Hamas a “resistance group. “ It has been reported byIslamist-Watch.org that Erdogan’s AKP Party “desires to re-establish the Caliphate and unify the Middle East—and later the world—under Turkish Islamist rule and hegemony.”
Yeah, not a big deal. It is just another innocuous fancy Muslim cultural center. Nothing to be concerned about. Jihad and desires for a Global caliphate are not real. It is only a conspiracy theory.
Presently, the Turkish Fethullah Gulen School network, the “largest charter school network in America” is under investigation by the FBI. The Gulen School ideology has been a powerful force aiding in the conversion of Turkey’s former secular society into an Islamist dominated state. In other words, we have Jihadi Elementary, Intermediate and High Schools currently operating with US tax payer subsidies all over our country. The founder of this Turkish education and cultural abomination just happens to reside in Pennsylvania.
Since Prime Minister Erdogan took over Turkey in 2003, the peaceful culture of Islam has worked very hard to establish itself as a true purveyor of tolerance. According to the Clarion Project:
“College admissions have been changed to favor religious students, the military has been gutted of its secular generals (with one in five generals currently in prison on dubious charges) and women have been routed out of top government jobs. Honor killings in Turkey increased 1,400 percent between 2002 and 2009. Persecution of artists and journalists has become commonplace as opponents are charged with vague crimes like “denigrating Islam” and “denigrating the state.”
It would appear that our former Muslim allies in Turkey might not be so tolerant after all.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is aggressively pursuing his pro-Islamist agenda within our borders and not much is being done to prevent foreign Islamists from strengthening their subversive activities. Our federal government is once again asleep at the wheel while future anti-American pro-Sharia influences work to radicalize Muslim youth. I wonder what historic calamity awaits America. Regardless, I am sure it will result in more unconstitutional infringement and privacy loss. After all, when it comes to terrorism, Washington rarely learns life’s lessons. To quote future Presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton “What difference does it make?”
Source: Maryland Blessed With $100 Million Turkish Mega-Mosque : The Last Resistance

Bottom line …

Political correctness, multi-culturalism, and moral equivalency have allowed the progressives to welcome subversives and illegal aliens to enter and remain in America without the safeguards available to citizens of other countries. It appears that our pro-Muslim president cares little about the fact that 80% of all world terrorism is conducted by Muslims – preferring to attack white supremacist groups over criminal alien or domestic gangs.

I look upon state-sponsored building – many tax exempt – as a clear and present danger that poses problems for America as they can be used for overthrowing our government. Sometimes by simply purchasing corrupt politicians as is the apparent modus operandi of Saudi Arabia.

Be alert to the danger from within – as it is often more potent than the danger from without.

-- steve

THE UPCOMING MUSLIM THREAT: ENGLAND NEEDS TO ARM ITS CITIZENS NOW!

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:39 PM PDT

Hands covered in fresh blood, standing in the street holding the knife and a cleaver he used to behead a British soldier, this terrorist asks a local to film his Islamic rant. Luckily, those about him were not similarly attacked. He was subdued and shot by arriving police – after the execution of an innocent soldier.

Look at the potential victims just standing there in shock. Unarmed, unable to defend themselves, and completely helpless to stop this terrorist.

In the wake of a terrorist’s public beheading of a British soldier by a Islamic jihadist, perhaps it is time to consider arming the British public to defend against the Muslim hordes that are emigrating to Europe – not to escape religious oppression at home, but to bring religious oppression with them into their new homeland.

Scores of supporters of the English Defence League threw bottles at police and chanted anti-Muslim slogans in Woolwich hours after the murder of one man and the shooting of his two suspected assailants. About 100 men, including some wearing balaclavas printed with "EDL", engaged in running battles with police for less than an hour.
A police commander said officers cited section 60 of the Public Order Act, which allowed them to stop and search individuals within a specific area without evidence of a crimebeing committed. EDL leader Tommy Robinson said: "They're chopping our soldiers' heads off. This is Islam. That's what we've seen today. They've cut off one of our army's heads off on the streets of London.
"Our next generation are being taught through schools that Islam is a religion of peace. It's not. It never has been. What you saw today is Islam. Everyone's had enough. There has to be a reaction, for the government to listen, for the police to listen, to understand how angry this British public are."Source: Anti-Muslim reprisals after Woolwich attack | UK news | The Guardian

Bottom line …

Self-defense begins at home. The Brits are essentially helpless when it comes to defending themselves against the Muslims in their country. Muslims who have rioted over what one may suggest are silly things like comic books and other perceived insults to Islam. Some police authorities will not even travel within Muslim areas as they fear for their lives. And, like the terrorist IRA, the citizens bear the brunt of political activists among them.

Watch the enemy publicly condemn the heinous act, while privately celebrating another defense of Islam.

Is this the future of America when we are disarmed by the socialist democrats and overrun with ethnic gangs?

-- steve

GUN CONTROL: PUBLIC OFFICIALS NEED TO BE FIRED OR RECALLED IF THEY CANT PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR RECOMMEND SELF-PROTECTION

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:24 PM PDT

It appears that elected and appointed politicians and high-ranking government officials do not understand that their duties to “protect and serve” their constituents demands that they prioritize available funding. Placing public safety needs (fire, police, emergency medical assistance, sanitation, infrastructure maintenance) above everything else, including the support of unionized cubicle workers, and even education. Truth-be-told, there is enough money to fund essential services and those corrupt officials like the Los Angeles County Sheriff who threatens to let dangerous criminals out of jail to force tax increases, should be fired or re-called if they can’t do their jobs.

I find the following story to be extremely disturbing on two levels. First, the fact that her township cannot correctly prioritize their public safety needs, and second, that there was no recommendation that the woman adequately arm herself (and take self-defense lessons if necessary) BEFORE the necessity to use such a weapon arose.

911 Dispatcher Tells Woman About To Be Sexually Assaulted There Are No Cops To Help Her Due To Budget Cuts
An Oregon woman was told by a 911 dispatcher that authorities wouldn’t be able be able to help her as her ex-boyfriend broke into her place because of budget cuts.Oregon Public Radio reports that an unidentified woman called 911 during a weekend in August 2012 while Michael Bellah was breaking into her place. Her call was forwarded to Oregon State Police because of lay-offs at the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office only allows the department to be open Monday through Friday.
“Uh, I don’t have anybody to send out there,” the 911 dispatcher told the woman. “You know, obviously, if he comes inside the residence and assaults you, can you ask him to go away? Do you know if he’s intoxicated or anything?” The woman told the dispatcher that Bellah previously attacked her and left her hospitalized a few weeks prior to the latest incident. The dispatcher stayed on the phone with the woman for more than 10 minutes before the sexual assault took place.
“Once again it’s unfortunate you guys don’t have any law enforcement out there,” the dispatcher said, according to Oregon Public Radio. The woman responded: “Yeah, it doesn’t matter, if he gets in the house I’m done.” Police say Bellah choked the woman and sexually assaulted her. He was arrested by Oregon State Police following the incident.
“There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t have another victim,” Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilberson told Oregon Public Radio. “If you don’t pay the bill, you don’t get the service.”
The sheriff’s department had to cut 23 deputies and the entire major crimes unit after it lost a multi-million dollar federal subsidy, according to Oregon Public Radio. There are now only six deputies left.
The sheriff’s department even put out a press release warning domestic violence victims to “consider relocating to an area with adequate law enforcement services.”
Bellah pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sex abuse and assault. Source: 911 Dispatcher Tells Woman About To Be Sexually Assaulted There Are No Cops To Help Her Due To Budget Cuts « CBS Seattle

Bottom line …

I bet no politician was in favor of cutting back the debt service for public employee pensions, firing or laying off cubicle workers and other non-essential personnel before reducing public safety. Closing and combing schools or taking other precipitous action before compromising public safety.

Since this victim was previously attacked, one might assume that she is one of those liberals who would prefer to die screaming at the hands of a merciless attacker rather than pick up a socially-unacceptable firearm.

The sheriff’s office should have put out a press release about the incompetence of their over-paid leadership and urging everyone to defend themselves; perhaps even offering a program to help potential victims purchase a weapon, learn how to use it correctly, and defend themselves when the authorities could not be present.

But, then again, that would require individual responsibility and not socialist collectivist groupthink.

-- steve

Funny: Two democrat media whores who normally run toward the cameras, fight to avoid answering questions about the IRS scandal

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:06 PM PDT

Democrat cockroaches scurrying away when the light of day falls upon their nefarious actions …

For those who do not remember exactly how corrupt both Senators are, one must remember that Chuck Schumer’s letter to a number of financial regulatory agencies precipitated a modern bank run on IndyMac bank which ultimately resulted in its failure. And, former comic Al Franken was involved in a fraudulent election scheme which saw him improperly elected to office on the thinnest of vote margins.

Illegitimate Senator Al Franken
Convicted felons and ACORN-driven voters handed the wacky “Saturday Night Live” guy a slim win in the 2008 election in Minnesota. Allegations of voter fraud are stonewalled by county prosecutors and ignored by liberal local mainstream media. Why are we not at all surprised at all the tomfoolery?
Talk about making a difference: At least 341 convicted felons quite possibly voted illegally in 2008 in Minneapolis and St. Paul alone, says an 18-month study of Minnesota voting in the ’08 election. Besides this frontal assault on election laws, untold thousands of ACORN-recruited, one-time, rent-a-voters cast ballots in that same election, most for the first time ever, to decide a race for the United States Senate.
Taken together, a vast majority likely voted for “Saturday Night Live” comedian Al Franken, the Democrat, over incumbent Senator Norm Coleman, a Republican, in their razor-thin race that took five months in courts to decide. The forever-tainted result still rankles local Republicans. But alleged illegalities and proven ACORN voter-rigging do not seem to faze “see-no-evil” local media.
In the end, Al Franken “won” a contested election for the U.S. Senate seat by just 312 disputed votes. Do the math. <Source>

How Chuck Schumer Caused the Second Largest Bank Failure in US History
Federal officials aren’t supposed to cause bank runs. In fact, much of the New Deal bank regulatory apparatus was set up for the purpose of eliminating such panics. When FDR was hit with a massive set of bank runs shortly after taking office, he gave an address in order to calm terrified depositors, assuring them that the banks would reopen shortly, and that everything would be fine. But Chuck Schumer is no FDR. He doesn’t stop bank runs; he starts them. Or, at least, has started one. The collapse of IndyMac bank, the second largest bank failure in American history, began with a letter from the office of Senator Charles Schumer on June 27. He questioned the viability of the bank. When a senior senator who is in a number of influential posts regarding oversight of bank regulators directly attacks the confidence of a depository institution, it matters. Not surprisingly, the director of the Office of Thrift Supervision concluded that the collapse of the bank immediately following the Senator’s comments was not a coincidence. Director Reich concluded that Senator Schumer had ‘given the bank a heart attack’. <Source>

The democrat plea for the IRS to take actions on the political activities of tax-exempt organizations …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2012 -- SENATE DEMOCRATS URGE IRS TO IMPOSE STRICT CAP ON POLITICAL SPENDING BY NONPROFIT GROUPS—VOW LEGISLATION IF AGENCY DOESN’T ACT
Senators Seek To End Tax Code Abuse By Political Groups Masquerading As ‘Social Welfare Organizations’
In Letter to IRS, Lawmakers Say Firm Limit Should Be Set on Percentage of Nonprofits’ Spending That Can Be Devoted To Political Activities Reforms Also Urged To Prevent Political Donors From Claiming Tax Deduction For Their Contributions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of seven Senate Democrats urged the Internal Revenue Service on Monday to impose a strict cap on the amount of political spending by tax-exempt, nonprofit groups.
The senators said the lack of clarity in the IRS rules has allowed political groups to improperly claim 501(c)4 status and may even be allowing donors to these groups to wrongly claim tax deductions for their contributions. The senators promised legislation if the IRS failed to act to fix these problems.
“We urge the IRS to take these steps immediately to prevent abuse of the tax code by political groups focused on federal election activities. But if the IRS is unable to issue administrative guidance in this area then we plan to introduce legislation to accomplish these important changes,” the senators wrote.
The letter was signed by Senators Charles E. Schumer, Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Al Franken. It follows an earlier letter, sent to the IRS by the same of group of senators last month, that also urged the IRS to better enforce rules pertaining to 501(c)4 organizations.
Federal law defines 501(c)4 groups as groups engaged exclusively in “social welfare” activities. The IRS, however, has allowed these 501(c)4 groups to venture into political activities as long as civic and charitable work remains their “primary purpose.” This loophole has caused a number of organizations heavily engaged in political work to organize themselves as 501(c)4 groups in order to gain tax-exempt status and shield their donors from the disclosure requirements that apply to more traditional political organizations.
The senators said the IRS should close this loophole by imposing a strict, percentage-based cap on the amount of a nonprofit group’s spending that can go towards political activities. Legal experts have proposed a cutoff of 49 percent to ensure that political activities never command more than half of a group’s total spending. But the senators said even this threshold would be too high and would permit more political work than any nonprofit group should be able to perform.
The senators also said that 501(c)4 groups should have to disclose upfront—on all written and online solicitations that get sent to potential donors—how much of their activities are political. The senators said this would make it clear to potential donors how much of a tax deduction, if any, they could claim on their tax returns. Currently, no such information is required to be disclosed and tax experts have expressed concern that many corporations contributing funds to these political groups may be counting those donations as a business expenses eligible for a full tax deduction.
A copy of the senators’ letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman appears below.
Hon. Douglas H. Shulman. Commissioner
Internal Revenue Service
Room 3000 IR
1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Dear Commissioner Shulman:
We write to ask the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to immediately change the administrative framework for enforcement of the tax code as it applies to groups designated as “social welfare” organizations. These groups receive tax and other advantages under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (hereinafter, “IRC” or the “Code”), but some of them also are engaged in a substantial amount of political campaign activity. As you know, we sent a letter last month expressing concerns about the 501(c)(4) issue; an investigation this week by the New York Times has uncovered new, specific problems on how c)4)s conduct business. We wanted to address those new concerns in this letter.
IRS regulations have long maintained that political campaign activity by a 501(c)(4) entity must not be the “primary purpose” of the organization. These regulations are intended to implement the statute, which requires that such organizations be operated exclusively for the public welfare. But we think the existing IRS regulations run afoul of the law since they only require social welfare activities to be the 'primary purpose' of a nonprofit when the Code says this must be its 'exclusive' purpose. In recent years, this daylight between the law and the IRS regulations has been exploited by groups devoted chiefly to political election activities who operate behind a facade of charity work.
A related concern, raised in a March 7^thNew York Timesarticle, concerns whether certain nonprofits may be soliciting corporate contributions that are then treated by the company as a business expense eligible for a tax deduction. The Timeswrote: “Under current law, there is little to no way to tell whether contributions are being deducted, especially because many of the most political companies are privately held.” This potential abuse distorts the objectives of vital revenue mechanisms and undermines the faith that we ask citizens to place in their electoral system.
We propose that the IRS make three administrative changes to curtail these questionable practices and bring IRS tax regulations back into alignment with the letter and spirit intended by those who crafted the Code:
·         First, we urge the IRS to adopt a bright line test in applying its “primary purpose” regulation that is consistent with the Code’s 501(c)(4) exclusivity language. The IRS currently only requires that the purpose of these non-profits be “primarily” related to social welfare activities, without defining what “primarily” means. This standard should be spelled out more fully by the IRS. Some have suggested 51 percent as an appropriate threshold for establishing that a nonprofit is adhering to its mission, but even this number would seem to allow for more political election activity than should be permitted under the law. In the absence of clarity in the administration of section 501(c)(4), organizations are tempted to abuse its vagueness, or worse, to organize under section 501(c)(4) so that they may avail themselves of its advantages even though they are not legitimate social welfare organizations. If the IRS does not adopt a bright line test, or if it adopts one that is inconsistent with the Code’s exclusivity language, then we plan to pursue legislation codifying such a test.
·         Second, such organizations should be further obligated to document in their 990 IRS form the exact percentage of their undertakings dedicated to “social welfare.” Organizations should be required to “show their math” to demonstrate that political election activities and other statutorily limited or prohibited activities do not violate the “primary purpose” regulation.
·         Third, 501(c)(4) organizations should be required to state forthrightly to potential donors what percentage of a donation, if any, may be taken as a business expense deduction. As the New York Times reported in its March 7^tharticle, some of these organizations do not currently inform donors whether a contribution is tax deductible as a business expense at all.
The IRS should already possess the authority to issue immediate guidance on this matter. We urge the IRS to take these steps immediately to prevent abuse of the tax code by political groups focused on federal election activities. But if the IRS is unable to issue administrative guidance in this area then we plan to introduce legislation to accomplish these important changes.
Sincerely,
Senators Charles E. Schumer, Michael Bennet, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Jeanne Shaheen and Al Franken
<Source: Chuck Schumer>

Bottom line …

You might even say that the IRS was sympathetic to the demands of the above listed seven democrat Senators who threatened the IRS with legislation if they did not take action. Thus, it is possible that a self-fulfilling prophesy was created whereby the democrats in the IRS responded to other democrats in the Congress and the Administration – believing that they had the necessary legal cover for their actions.

It appears that the goal of the IRS program was to cripple conservative and religious fundraising by organizations that promoted messages against President Obama and Obamacare by denying donors a tax deduction for their contribution.

And while this does not mitigate any illegality that may be found within the IRS, it does point to a broader pattern of political corruption among democrats who need to be sanctioned for their actions in the 2014 congressional election cycle; perhaps waiting until as late as the 2018 congressional cycle to remove corrupt, ideological and socialist Senators from office.

-- steve