Republican President Richard M. Nixon had an “enemies list” on which he unleashed the Internal Revenue Service.

Today, the WIND email contains information of this modern day IRS personal visit to the first person to connect the IRS with censorship of conservative Tweeters:

IRS Suspiciously Visits Journalist Matt Taibbi Same Day He Testified Before Congress

Fox News: The IRS was silent about how often it dispatches agents to people’s homes Tuesday on the heels of journalist Matt Taibbi saying he received an unannounced visit from Uncle Sam at his New Jersey residence. Taibbi, a Substack journalist who played a key role in Twitter owner Elon Musk’s efforts to reveal the social media juggernaut’s once-secret communications, was visited by an IRS agent on March 9. That was the same day he testified before the newly Republican-created Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government about what he learned about Twitter (Fox News).

Wall Street Journal: Typically when the IRS challenges some part of a tax return, it sends a letter. Or it might seek more information from the taxpayer or tax preparer. If the IRS wants to audit a return, it schedules a meeting at the agent’s office. It doesn’t drop by unannounced. The curious timing of this visit, on the heels of the FTC demand that Twitter turn over names of journalists, raises questions about potential intimidation. The fear of many Americans is that, flush with its new $80 billion in funding from Congress, the IRS will unleash its fearsome power against political opponents (Wall Street Journal).