Irs turns out to be big bureaucracy, not terrorist organization

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free _Mother Jones Daily_. Let’s check in on the latest in Obama administration tyranny and

lawlessness. Hum de hum — oh, hey, look what’s buried on page A12 of my _LA Times_ this morning. The Justice Department has finished its investigation into Lois Lerner and her reign of

terror at the IRS against hardworking conservative activist groups: > Assistant Atty. Gen. Peter J. Kadzik, who is in charge of > congressional relations, told House Judiciary 

Committee Chairman Bob > Goodlatte (R-Va.) that “we are closing our investigation and will > not seek any criminal charges.” >  > ….“Not a single IRS employee reported any 

allegation, concern or > suspicion that the handling of tax-exempt applications — or any > other IRS function — was motivated by political bias, > discriminatory intent, or 

corruption,” Kadzik said. >  > HE SAID JUSTICE HAD SPECIFICALLY ABSOLVED LERNER, WHO RESIGNED OVER > THE ALLEGATIONS, OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY, AND FOUND IN FACT THAT SHE > WAS THE 

FIRST OFFICIAL TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND TO TRY AND > CORRECT IT. Kadzik said that their investigation found evidence of mismanagement and institutional inertia, “But poor management

is not a crime.” I guess that’s what they call this kind of organized oppression in Obama’s America. Anyway, I urge everyone to consider this outcome when thinking about Hillary Clinton’s

email server. Both are “scandals” pushed relentlessly by a right wing that’s infuriated over everything related to the Obama administration. Both had some surface plausibility. And both were

kind of sexy. But as usual with these kinds of things—Solyndra, Fast & Furious, Benghazi, Sharyl Attkisson’s computer, etc. etc.—there’s really nothing there. Sometimes some bad

judgment, sometimes not even that. The fact that Republicans are outraged and have large megaphones to spread that outrage doesn’t change this and doesn’t justify 24/7 news coverage. So

maybe a more temperate approach to these endlessly manufactured right-wing outrages would be appropriate. Just a thought.