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  <updated>2013-05-19T15:44:27-04:00</updated>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/19/put-jack-lew-under-oath-n1600783">
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    <title type="text">Put Jack Lew Under Oath</title>
    <summary type="html">In an interview with Al Hunt, Jack Lew -- now Treasury Secretary and President Obama's Chief of Staff from January 2012 until this spring --...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-19T14:41:47-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/19/put-jack-lew-under-oath-n1600783" />
    <content type="html">In an interview with Al Hunt, Jack Lew -- now Treasury Secretary and President Obama's Chief of Staff from January 2012 until this spring --...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/19/white-house-advisor-attempts-to-defend-the-handling-of-the-irs-scandal-n1600774">
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    <title type="text">White House Advisor Attempts to Defend the Handling of the IRS Scandal</title>
    <summary type="html"> Dan Pfeiffer, a White House Senior advisor, attempted to defend the Obama administration’s handling of the IRS scandal on today’s Face the...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-19T14:32:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Heather Ginsberg</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/19/white-house-advisor-attempts-to-defend-the-handling-of-the-irs-scandal-n1600774" />
    <content type="html"> Dan Pfeiffer, a White House Senior advisor, attempted to defend the Obama administration’s handling of the IRS scandal on today’s Face the...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/19/bloomberg-skip-college-and-become-plumbers-n1600608">
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    <title type="text">Bloomberg: Skip College and Become Plumbers</title>
    <summary type="html"> At an event on Friday the Mayor of New York City put his foot in his mouth…again. Michael Bloomberg attempted to give mediocre high school...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-19T08:36:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Heather Ginsberg</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/19/bloomberg-skip-college-and-become-plumbers-n1600608" />
    <content type="html"> At an event on Friday the Mayor of New York City put his foot in his mouth…again. Michael Bloomberg attempted to give mediocre high school...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/18/just-following-their-leader-n1600446">
    <id>93853d8a-8138-4b78-91ff-10cc5b101d08</id>
    <title type="text">Just Following Their Leader</title>
    <summary type="html">The IRS scandal has shocked decent Americans, of every political stripe, to their core.  Did the President know about this specific wrongdoing? ...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-18T18:14:50-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/18/just-following-their-leader-n1600446" />
    <content type="html">The IRS scandal has shocked decent Americans, of every political stripe, to their core.  Did the President know about this specific wrongdoing? ...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/18/harry-reid-is-considering-rule-change-to-block-filibuster-n1600415">
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    <title type="text">Harry Reid is Considering Rule Change to Block Filibuster</title>
    <summary type="html"> Well, Harry Reid is resorting to desperate measures in order to try and regain some power in the Senate. Reports say that he is getting ready to...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-18T17:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Heather Ginsberg</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/18/harry-reid-is-considering-rule-change-to-block-filibuster-n1600415" />
    <content type="html"> Well, Harry Reid is resorting to desperate measures in order to try and regain some power in the Senate. Reports say that he is getting ready to...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/18/outside-money-could-change-massachusetts-senate-race-n1600199">
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    <title type="text">Outside Money Could Change Massachusetts Senate Race</title>
    <summary type="html"> It appears the Scott Brown victory of 2010 is still haunting the Democrats. Outside groups are spending more money than ever to make sure that...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-18T08:30:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Heather Ginsberg</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HeatherGinsberg/2013/05/18/outside-money-could-change-massachusetts-senate-race-n1600199" />
    <content type="html"> It appears the Scott Brown victory of 2010 is still haunting the Democrats. Outside groups are spending more money than ever to make sure that...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/boom-obama-administration-knew-of-irs-targeting-in-june-of-2012-n1599984">
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    <title type="text">Boom: Obama Administration Knew of IRS Targeting in June of 2012</title>
    <summary type="html">Earlier in the week, White House spokesman Jay Carney categorically denied that no one at the White House was aware of the IRS targeting operation...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T20:06:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Guy Benson</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/boom-obama-administration-knew-of-irs-targeting-in-june-of-2012-n1599984" />
    <content type="html">Earlier in the week, White House spokesman Jay Carney categorically denied that no one at the White House was aware of the IRS targeting operation...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/another-lie-from-lerner-n1599894">
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    <title type="text">Another Lie From Lerner</title>
    <summary type="html">To its credit, The Atlantic points out yet another lie Lois Lerner profferd at her press conference last week.  She blamed the political targeting...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T17:04:21-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/another-lie-from-lerner-n1599894" />
    <content type="html">To its credit, The Atlantic points out yet another lie Lois Lerner profferd at her press conference last week.  She blamed the political targeting...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/administration-knew-of-targeting-before-the-election-n1599879">
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    <title type="text">Administration Knew of Targeting Before the Election</title>
    <summary type="html">So there it is -- a hitherto-missing link in the chain of information that every Obamaphile was dreading. 
Senior Obama administration officials...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T16:43:15-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/administration-knew-of-targeting-before-the-election-n1599879" />
    <content type="html">So there it is -- a hitherto-missing link in the chain of information that every Obamaphile was dreading. 
Senior Obama administration officials...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/AliciaPowe/2013/05/17/venezuelas-toilet-paper-crisis-is-no-laughing-matter-n1599839">
    <id>681f4b6e-201d-4e83-8765-5fe906cfc345</id>
    <title type="text">Venezuela's Toilet Paper Crisis is No Laughing Matter </title>
    <summary type="html"> Venezuela's new president promises to import 50 million rolls of toilet paper as fears of a bathroom emergency spread prompting people across the...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T16:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Alicia Powe</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/AliciaPowe/2013/05/17/venezuelas-toilet-paper-crisis-is-no-laughing-matter-n1599839" />
    <content type="html"> Venezuela's new president promises to import 50 million rolls of toilet paper as fears of a bathroom emergency spread prompting people across the...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/LeahBarkoukis/2013/05/17/another-gosnelllike-house-of-horrors-revealed-in-texas-n1599742">
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    <title type="text">Another Gosnell-like ‘House of Horrors’ Revealed in Texas</title>
    <summary type="html">Was Kermit Gosnell really the outlier abortion-rights advocates would like us to believe? No—the real question seems to be, how many more Gosnells...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T15:08:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Leah Barkoukis</name>
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    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/LeahBarkoukis/2013/05/17/another-gosnelllike-house-of-horrors-revealed-in-texas-n1599742" />
    <content type="html">Was Kermit Gosnell really the outlier abortion-rights advocates would like us to believe? No—the real question seems to be, how many more Gosnells...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/cbs-news-benghazi-counterterrorism-response-team-ruled-out-from-the-start-n1599731">
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    <title type="text">CBS News: Benghazi Counterterrorism Response Team "Ruled Out From The Start" </title>
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CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson -- last heard from explaining that although her bosses have been supportive of her Benghazi reporting, her...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T15:05:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Guy Benson</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/cbs-news-benghazi-counterterrorism-response-team-ruled-out-from-the-start-n1599731" />
    <content type="html">

CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson -- last heard from explaining that although her bosses have been supportive of her Benghazi reporting, her...</content>
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  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GregHengler/2013/05/17/rep-kelly-owns-fired-irs-commishgets-rousing-ovation-n1599659">
    <id>38890c49-6482-421d-a2e5-7ba842720181</id>
    <title type="text">Rep. Kelly OWNS Fired IRS Commish--Gets Rousing Ovation</title>
    <summary type="html">
	Incredible! Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PN) will win your hearts and minds with his questioning and statements: you&amp;#39;ll see why he got a rousing...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T13:30:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Greg Hengler</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GregHengler/2013/05/17/rep-kelly-owns-fired-irs-commishgets-rousing-ovation-n1599659" />
    <content type="html">
	Incredible! Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PN) will win your hearts and minds with his questioning and statements: you&amp;#39;ll see why he got a rousing...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GregHengler/2013/05/17/fired-irs-commissioner-i-promoted-sarah-ingram-to-head-obamacare-we-provided-horrible-customer-service-n1599552">
    <id>cb490732-cecc-411e-9bbe-bf91749e71ae</id>
    <title type="text">Fired IRS Commissioner: I Promoted Sarah Ingram To Head Obamacare: "We Provided Horrible Customer Service"</title>
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	&amp;quot;We&amp;quot; meaning he and sidekick Sarah Ingram. Well, that makes sense. Sarah Ingram &amp;quot;provided horrible customer service&amp;quot; but...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T11:37:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Greg Hengler</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GregHengler/2013/05/17/fired-irs-commissioner-i-promoted-sarah-ingram-to-head-obamacare-we-provided-horrible-customer-service-n1599552" />
    <content type="html">
	&amp;quot;We&amp;quot; meaning he and sidekick Sarah Ingram. Well, that makes sense. Sarah Ingram &amp;quot;provided horrible customer service&amp;quot; but...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/acting-irs-commissioner-doesnt-know-whos-responsible-objects-to-targeting-as-pejorative-term-n1599512">
    <id>6b49502b-7cf5-42e3-81f3-0172aa0d33e7</id>
    <title type="text">Acting IRS Commissioner Doesn't Know Who's Responsible, Objects to "Targeting" as "Pejorative" Term</title>
    <summary type="html">
 Stephen Miller, the acting IRS chief who "resigned" this week despite being on his way out the door anyway, appeared before the House Ways and...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T11:36:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Guy Benson</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/acting-irs-commissioner-doesnt-know-whos-responsible-objects-to-targeting-as-pejorative-term-n1599512" />
    <content type="html">
 Stephen Miller, the acting IRS chief who "resigned" this week despite being on his way out the door anyway, appeared before the House Ways and...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/putting-the-lie-to-the-irs-foolish-mistakes-narrative-n1599548">
    <id>e6cf90bb-5e16-4279-891f-47d86ec1b1fe</id>
    <title type="text">Putting the Lie to the IRS' "Foolish Mistakes" Narrative</title>
    <summary type="html">Testifying before Congress this morning, outgoing IRS Acting Commissioner Steven Miller sought to convince everyone that the targeting of...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T11:26:12-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/putting-the-lie-to-the-irs-foolish-mistakes-narrative-n1599548" />
    <content type="html">Testifying before Congress this morning, outgoing IRS Acting Commissioner Steven Miller sought to convince everyone that the targeting of...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/the-white-houses-sgt-schultz-defense-n1599507">
    <id>cadfaf0b-a281-4379-9b49-e60bd9ea13a4</id>
    <title type="text">The White House's "Sgt. Schultz" Defense</title>
    <summary type="html">
The confluence of multiple scandals -- Benghazi, the IRS, the AP wiretaps -- has forced President Obama into a political vise of his own...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T10:29:11-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/17/the-white-houses-sgt-schultz-defense-n1599507" />
    <content type="html">
The confluence of multiple scandals -- Benghazi, the IRS, the AP wiretaps -- has forced President Obama into a political vise of his own...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/surprise-obama-poised-to-promote-susan-rice-n1599097">
    <id>a352b5d0-77fc-47b6-9233-8e386f766bbf</id>
    <title type="text">Surprise: Obama Poised to Promote Susan Rice</title>
    <summary type="html">
 Of course he is.  Haven't you heard?  The new Benghazi emails totally vindicate Rice's talking points, so she really deserves a promotion and...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-17T09:55:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Guy Benson</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/17/surprise-obama-poised-to-promote-susan-rice-n1599097" />
    <content type="html">
 Of course he is.  Haven't you heard?  The new Benghazi emails totally vindicate Rice's talking points, so she really deserves a promotion and...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/16/unreal-irs-official-who-oversaw-targeting-scandal-now-in-charge-of-obamacare-division-n1599015">
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    <title type="text">Unreal: IRS Official Who Oversaw Targeting Scandal Now In Charge of Obamacare Division</title>
    <summary type="html">
 Reality is sometimes crazier than fiction.  My initial reaction? You must be joking (via ABC News):




The Internal Revenue Service...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-16T20:07:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Guy Benson</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/GuyBenson/2013/05/16/unreal-irs-official-who-oversaw-targeting-scandal-now-in-charge-of-obamacare-division-n1599015" />
    <content type="html">
 Reality is sometimes crazier than fiction.  My initial reaction? You must be joking (via ABC News):




The Internal Revenue Service...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry xml:base="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/16/the-woman-behind-the-irsobamacare-nightmare-n1598999">
    <id>a49de1b9-d09b-468c-8377-484f97abc7bb</id>
    <title type="text">The Woman Behind the IRS/ObamaCare Nightmare</title>
    <summary type="html">ABC News is reporting that the woman who was the head of the tax-exempt organizations division of the IRS during the time conservative groups were...</summary>
    <published>2013-05-16T18:59:22-04:00</published>
    <updated>2013-05-19T19:44:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Carol Platt Liebau</name>
    </author>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Link Title" length="1000" href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/CarolPlattLiebau/2013/05/16/the-woman-behind-the-irsobamacare-nightmare-n1598999" />
    <content type="html">ABC News is reporting that the woman who was the head of the tax-exempt organizations division of the IRS during the time conservative groups were...</content>
  </entry>
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