Bloomberg: “The Internal Revenue Service used terms such as ‘progressive’ and evidence of advocacy on Israel to flag groups’ tax-exempt applications for extra attention, complicating what had been seen as targeted scrutiny for small-government groups.”
First Read: “The IRS controversy/scandal looks much more like an agency
controversy/scandal (where wrongdoing was committed by bureaucrats) than
a full-blown political controversy/scandal (where it goes all the way
to the top). And in retrospect, that also applies to those Benghazi
talking points.”