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June 24, 2011

Strip MMFA Of Its Tax Exempt Status, Now
— Ace

It's clear this is not an "educational" mission but a pure advocacy mission for the Democratic Party.

Says who? Says MMFA founder (or whatever) David Brock, as reported by Douglas Shoen, a Democrat himself. Over breakfast Brock made it clear their IRS status was a fraud:

I had breakfast with Media Matters founder David Brock about 6 months ago to talk about his efforts to strengthen the Democratic partyÂ– efforts that I fully support and believe are necessary.
Brock was compelling in arguing that he would like to see the Democratic Party develop a different, more inclusive message for the 2012 election, recognizing that the Party in large part, had failed in 2010 because they did not present a positive and affirmative case to the electorateÂ– an argument that I could only agree with.
Brock also made clear that he saw his mission to try to the best of his ability to counteract Republican fundraising efforts, that had frankly exceeded in substance and sophistication, those of the DemocratsÂ…
Brock also made it clear to me that his focus was on the party, and providing and creating a level playing field for it and its advocates, rather than positioning himself as exclusively or even primarily as a media critic.

George Soros is an extremely rich man. He can take the hit.

The fact that he refuses to do so speaks ill of him, as it speaks ill of everyone involved in this fraud on the taxpaying public.

As they agitate for higher taxes, they perpetrate a fraud to avoid taxes themselves.

Posted by: Ace at 10:28 AM | Comments (51)
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1 Who's side are you on?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 24, 2011 10:31 AM (le5qc)

2 As they agitate for higher taxes, they perpetrate a fraud to avoid taxes themselves.

Which is the same way they act on energy.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 24, 2011 10:33 AM (tf9Ne)

3 How the fuck did these guys get tax exempt status anyway? Really how?

Posted by: Mr. Pink at June 24, 2011 10:34 AM (VidfH)

4 Tax everyone but democrats. Corruption, baby. suck me.

Posted by: Democrat hard on at June 24, 2011 10:34 AM (0fzsA)

5 Media Marxists

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 24, 2011 10:35 AM (ujg0T)

The fact that he refuses to do so speaks ill of him, as it speaks ill of everyone involved in this fraud on the taxpaying public.

As they agitate for higher taxes, they perpetrate a fraud to avoid taxes themselves.

That is because the driving force behind liberalism/leftism is greed. DOn't ever let them tell you differently.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at June 24, 2011 10:35 AM (JxMoP)

7 David Brock, Super-Genius.

Posted by: Anonymoose at June 24, 2011 10:36 AM (ZgvjV)

I'm really tired and when I saw the headline I missed the "F" and was momentarily confused as to why Ace was upset about MMA. And also why they would be tax exempt.

These demoncrat media type folks seem more emboldened than ever to admit their evildoings. (I am picturing the table of bad guys in Austin Powers) what's up with that?

Posted by: ParanoidWorkingGirlinSeattle at June 24, 2011 10:37 AM (RZ8pf)

9 At first I thought Mixed Martial Arts organizations had lost their tax exempt status I never knew they had.

Posted by: Alabaster Jones at June 24, 2011 10:37 AM (xECRb)

10
As they agitate for higher taxes, they perpetrate a fraud to avoid taxes themselves.

There is no fraud.

They simply omit that they feel that taxes are for the little people.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at June 24, 2011 10:38 AM (1hM1d)

11 The outrage, she just don't end.

Posted by: Sgt. Fury at June 24, 2011 10:38 AM (LXPet)

12 I'm sure Obama's IRS will get right on this.

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 24, 2011 10:39 AM (k0TKJ)

13 The very same could be said about the League of Women Voters. They have a 501(c)(3) [Education Fund] and a 501(c)(4) [lobbying association], both have the same board members and they toe the progressive line.

Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at June 24, 2011 10:39 AM (4136b)

14 As they agitate for higher taxes, they perpetrate a fraud to avoid taxes themselves.

This is some kind of sarcasm isn't it?

Posted by: toby928™ at June 24, 2011 10:40 AM (GTbGH)

15 For my next trick I will juggle Debbie Wasserman Schultz's balls with my tongue.

Posted by: David Brock at June 24, 2011 10:40 AM (ZgvjV)

16 How the fuck did these guys get tax exempt status anyway? Really how?

I watched an O'Reilly rerun at 5am this morning (so take this with a BIG grain of salt as I was still half asleep...) but they discussed this and said it was given exemption status under W.

Yeah, I don't know.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 24, 2011 10:40 AM (pLTLS)

17 As they agitate for higher taxes, they perpetrate a fraud to avoid taxes themselves.

Crap. He's onto us.

Posted by: Democrats at June 24, 2011 10:42 AM (6ATVV)

18 Well CAIR got hit for theirs finally, maybe some of these other front groups will get hit.

Posted by: Vic at June 24, 2011 10:43 AM (M9Ie6)

Poster child for the Democrats view on taxes???

General Electric... who paid NO Federal Taxes last year, while their CEO is on boards saying how to fix the debt.

Posted by: Conspiracy Guy at June 24, 2011 10:44 AM (NtXW4)

20 Poster child for the Democrats view on taxes???

Charlie Rangel. Claire McCaskill. John Kerry. I could go on.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 24, 2011 10:46 AM (6ATVV)

21 How the hell did these guys get 501(c)(3) status anyway?? They are a partisan media corporation. WTF?

Report 'em to the IRS, Ace!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 24, 2011 10:46 AM (f9c2L)

22 They deserve tax exempt status as a religious organization.

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 24, 2011 10:47 AM (ZG8Ti)

It's not Bush's fault. If MM applied for tax exempt status - they must have used all the tricks and lies to do it. Democrats lie.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 24, 2011 10:47 AM (0fzsA)

24 It's not Bush's fault. If MM applied for tax exempt status - they must have used all the tricks and lies to do it. Democrats lie.

Pretty much. When they made their request the language they used to describe the organization was written so broadly and in such a neutral manner (ie, "analyzing media bias"), it would have become a partisan affair had the W IRS denied it.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 24, 2011 10:51 AM (pLTLS)

25 While they are at revoking the tax exempt status of Media Matters, why not do the same thing to the Eco-terrorists? What they have been doing over the last 40+ years is nothing short of criminal.

Posted by: Stan at June 24, 2011 10:52 AM (N1Gru)

Maybe Ace can file as a 501(C)(3). Feel like donating some Val-u-rite to some starving children or a hobo kidney to a needy hospital?

Posted by: Jollyroger at June 24, 2011 10:55 AM (NCw5u)

27 Doesn't Hillary have a stake in MM?

Posted by: mpurinTexas supports Rick Perry, bitch at June 24, 2011 10:55 AM (5d6vv)

Yeah, Soros has the money to pay the taxes. But it's a double hit - paying the taxes, and the PR hit of losing the fig leaf of tax-exempt status. It gets more expensive to run, and he gets less value for the money.

He might just fund a new operation with operatives who are more circumspect. What he won't do of course, is cut this crap out.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at June 24, 2011 10:56 AM (w41GQ)

Mission Statement: To educate the public about new light sources.

Posted by: From the Manhattan Project 501(C)(3) application at June 24, 2011 10:58 AM (w41GQ)

30 So Michelle Bachman voted to continue funding for Libya. Won't be voting for her.

Posted by: tangonine at June 24, 2011 10:58 AM (x3YFz)

31 30 So Michelle Bachman voted to continue funding for Libya. Won't be voting for her.

Posted by: tangonine at June 24, 2011 02:58 PM (x3YFz)

WHAT????

How did Congressman West vote?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 24, 2011 10:59 AM (NtXW4)

32 It looks like it was a busy day for tax exempt organisations.

A small tax-exempt political group with ties to wealthy liberals like billionaire financier George Soros has quietly helped elect 11 reform-minded progressive Democrats as secretaries of state to oversee the election process in battleground states and keep Republican Â“political operatives from deciding who can vote and how those votes are counted.Â”

Known as the Secretary of State Project (SOSP), the organization was formed by liberal activists in 2006 to put Democrats in charge of state election offices, where key decisions often are made in close races on which ballots are counted and which are not.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2011 11:00 AM (c5Nbw)

33 Fuck Media Matters with a flaming copy of Non-Profits for Dummies! Tax this Brockian cancerous cockweasel.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at June 24, 2011 11:02 AM (QcFbt)

34 "WASHINGTON (WJZ)Â—DonÂ’t panic if you see large planes flying unusually low over Maryland roadways next week. ItÂ’s all part of a major plan by NASA to help study air pollution over major cities."

Well, fuck it. NASA doesn't actually do space exploration anymore so what the hell else can they do?

Posted by: tangonine at June 24, 2011 11:02 AM (x3YFz)

So Michelle Bachman voted to continue funding for Libya. Won't be voting for her.

This argument about what to do in Libya deserves its own thread.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at June 24, 2011 11:03 AM (ujg0T)

36 Last week I would have said: "Yeah, right!"

But now, I'm still trying to figure out how/why CAIR lost their status.

Posted by: ASK-21 at June 24, 2011 11:03 AM (th8WQ)

CAIR failed to file paperwork, I thought.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at June 24, 2011 11:04 AM (w41GQ)

38 @30 Yeah between that and extending the PATRIOT act, I think the bloom is pretty much off the rose, there.

Posted by: Lone Marauder at June 24, 2011 11:04 AM (/bVuS)

39 How the hell did these guys get 501(c)(3) status anyway??

A horse head was involved.

Posted by: toby928™ at June 24, 2011 11:04 AM (GTbGH)

40 O.T.: Heard on the radio that 99 Cent Stores in their weekly sale flyer had: "Weiners - as seen on Twitter"

Posted by: mike at June 24, 2011 11:04 AM (KsI1l)

41 According to both reports I've seen, someone has to contact the IRS and ask for them to investigate. Does it have to be someone other than a FNC employee? Do you know if anyone has contacted the IRS about this?

Posted by: JackieV at June 24, 2011 11:06 AM (Rm6P+)

42 Here's the 99 cent store ad.. hilarious!

http://tli.tl/nYhrGO

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 24, 2011 11:08 AM (f9c2L)

43 At Hot Air's Libya thread, some commenters are saying there were too many loopholes in the bill so the TEA Party types voted for it e.g.

Allen West: Â“Rep. RooneyÂ’s resolution to stop funding Libya Â“with exceptionsÂ” doesnÂ’t go far enough and IÂ’ll vote No. There arenÂ’t exemptions to the law.Â”

Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2011 11:09 AM (c5Nbw)

44 BWAHAHAHAHHAHA!

Posted by: soros at June 24, 2011 11:12 AM (OXs1J)

45 Really, it's pretty easy to get 501(c)3 status as long as you don't advocate specific candidates or flub like Brock did here.

Media Research Center is a 501(c)3, for instance.

Posted by: AmishDude at June 24, 2011 11:16 AM (73tyQ)

Oh, Jesus. It took me like ten minutes to realize MMFA is Media Matters.

They're tax exempt? No shit?

Posted by: Truman North at June 24, 2011 11:37 AM (K2wpv)

47 Dear Amishdude--Can't agree. The IRS is diligent. BTW, what gives with Mrs. Clinton's office. Can't believe that she wants her name associated with that sumbag Soros.

Posted by: cbs3243 at June 24, 2011 11:43 AM (Sy4KD)

@47: "Can't believe that she wants her name associated with that sumbag Soros."

Yeah, it's so unlike the Clintons to let their name get associated with something unsavory.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at June 24, 2011 12:12 PM (xy9wk)

49 "what gives with Mrs. Clinton's office. Can't believe that she wants her name associated with that sumbag Soros." Thats no shocker at all. She loves her some progressive sack full of evil.(yeah I stole that from yesterday heh) Seriously, she is the first one I remember coming out and saying she didnt wanna be called liberal any more. She prefered progressive. Pretty sure Soros has always had at least one finger up her gnarly old wrinkled ass.

Posted by: lowfibass at June 24, 2011 12:13 PM (T1ZAZ)

W strikes again!!!

Posted by: Rich at June 24, 2011 12:55 PM (VfkBC)

My solution - strike ALL tax exempt organizations, except Churches and hospitals. Then let any org wishing to be readmitted to the club, be voted on by Congress, one org, at a time. Let's get it on the record. Clearly. No conflicting other orgs voted on at the same time.

We do have a country killing deficit to consider. Right?

Posted by: MDr at June 24, 2011 01:26 PM (ucq49)

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