This is not scary at all in the context of the IRS just admitted to going after groups that are political opponents of the current administration. Nope nothing to see here.
If those groups are indeed "political opponents" of the current administration, then the IRS has good reason to believe those groups are "political". Political groups have a different tax status than a group that is a church or other non-profit fraternal organizations. That is the law, and the IRS is correct to scrutinize them, in order to properly ascertain what category they fall under.
Slam dunk for the IRS, right there.