As always, the truth is a bit more complex (dare we use that freedom-hating word nuanced?)  than the headlines.  The headlines in mass media are often framed by the more aggressive, better financed, more media savvy group.   The apparent spinelessness of our cringing majority party aside, there would seem to be something to this assertion:

No one was singled out. The IRS net for possibly political organizations caught some 300 applications. Of these, no more than a third were “conservative” or “tea party” or “right-wing.” The rest were something else, including “liberal” and “left-wing.” None of the so-called conservative group applications were denied. Some were delayed, deservedly so, but a group can function as a 501(c)(4) with an application pending, so it’s hard to see how much damage a delay would do, if any.

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