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I spent a delightful conversation today with a field representitive in Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS. I related some specific evidences that Media Matters has violated it’s status as a 501(c)(3) related to it’s political activities. The representative advised me that a formal complaint should be filed with specific references of political activity as outlined in this guidance document (pdf). I told them that I would be compiling such information for a formal complaint. While not providing specifics I was also told that mine was not the first call of inquiry. Perhaps the ball has begun to roll.

Recently I have noticed a disturbing trend in my Archdiocese newspaper The Witness regarding the amount of thinly veiled pro-Kerry editorial, "news" and letters to the editors published in the last few issues. Some of the most troubling pieces were written as letters to the editors form "priests". Most of the material begins with the recognition that the Church is pro-life (duh) but then what typically follows is a lengthy rationalization for weighing other social justice issues like: the war, death penalty, living wage, etc. on an equal or, by preponderance of sheer volume, superior weight in deterring one’s vote....