re: #212 Citizen K

The IRS “scandal” is a huge circle jerk.

1. The IRS was understaffed and basically put together a spreadsheet of words that suggested political activity.
2. More conservative groups got flagged because this was the peak of the Tea Party movement so there were more such groups being formed than on the left
3. The Republicans take control, apologize to these groups and settle lawsuits. This is taken as proof that bad things were actually happening as opposed to the Republicans passing along cash and validation to Republican political groups