
Last month, President Barack Obama hailed income inequality as “the defining challenge of our time.” Politico says nervous Democrats are “convinced” the issue will help stave off midterm election losses to Republicans. On Wednesday, however, Obama’s own pollster, Joel Benenson, told
by Wynton Hall31 Jan 2014, 1:25 PM PST0

President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the government to “give America a raise” by raising the federal minimum wage – a move that would affect just 2.8% of Americans in the workforce who earn at or below the minimum wage. “Tom
by Wynton Hall28 Jan 2014, 7:33 PM PST0

A photo posted on Sunday by the official HealthCare.gov Facebook account has prompted an avalanche of mockery. The Obamacare Facebook photo reads: “The first thing I’m going to do after my coverage begins is ______.” Facebook users wasted no time
by Wynton Hall20 Jan 2014, 2:36 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s best friend, Chicago businessman Marty Nesbitt, told New Yorker editor David Remnick that he views Obama as a global community organizer. “He was a local community organizer when he was young,” said Nesbitt. “At the back end
by Wynton Hall19 Jan 2014, 4:22 PM PST0

The Obama administration has delayed the Obamacare provision that would have required employers to make the same health benefits available to employees that it does to top executives until after the midterm elections. As the New York Times reported on
by Wynton Hall19 Jan 2014, 10:55 AM PST0

Obama biographer and New Yorker editor David Remnick reported on Sunday that First Lady Michelle Obama is already fast at work on her memoirs, which famed literary agent Andrew Wylie says could fetch $12 million. Remnick quotes Obama strategist David
by Wynton Hall19 Jan 2014, 10:03 AM PST0

Startling congressional testimony on Thursday revealed the Obama administration does not know how many people have Obamacare coverage because it has yet to build the systems necessary to determine the number of individuals who have paid their premiums to activate
by Wynton Hall17 Jan 2014, 12:36 PM PST0

U.S. economic conditions in 2014 continue to languish, as millions of Americans remain jobless. Seven economic facts underscore America’s increasingly dire economic outlook. 1. A Record 91.8 Million Americans Are No Longer in the Workforce The latest Labor Department figures
by Wynton Hall17 Jan 2014, 7:59 AM PST0

One of the big data companies responsible for the Obamacare website scored an over-$19 million taxpayer-funded contract from the State Department for its new visa-processing system as well as help managing oversight in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda,
by Wynton Hall17 Jan 2014, 12:26 AM PST0

The government watchdog group that revealed that President Barack Obama failed to attend over half of his daily intelligence briefings (known officially as the Presidential Daily Brief, or PDB) released a devastating Benghazi timeline Wednesday. It reveals Obama’s schedule in
by Wynton Hall16 Jan 2014, 7:38 AM PST0

A report released Monday by the Congressional Management Foundation finds that 91% of congressional senior managers reported their staffers are concerned about Obamacare-induced changes to their personal health care plans. Obamacare required almost all congressional staffers to give up their
by Wynton Hall13 Jan 2014, 3:55 PM PST0

Washington Post health care reporter Sarah Kliff said Monday that the next wave of Obamacare outrage will hit as Obamacare enrollees discover that their choice of doctors and hospitals is about to shrink dramatically. “Obamacare’s narrow networks are going to
by Wynton Hall13 Jan 2014, 2:34 PM PST0

Echoing past economic promises of “green shoots,” “five million green collar jobs,” and “recovery summer,” President Barack Obama said during his Saturday weekly address that 2014 will be a “year of action” on the economy. “This will be a year
by Wynton Hall12 Jan 2014, 2:30 PM PST0

Over 100 former New York City cops and firefighters have been charged in one of the largest Social Security disability scams in U.S. history, costing taxpayers an estimated $400 million. Over half of the defendants allegedly scored disability payments by
by Wynton Hall9 Jan 2014, 1:43 PM PST0

The White House released a video on Wednesday assuring Americans that the extreme cold freezing the nation does not disprove global warming, that the U.S. is extremely cold because the planet is increasingly hot. “If you’ve been hearing that extreme
by Wynton Hall9 Jan 2014, 7:55 AM PST0

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama presented a mixed economic message, saying that 2014 will be a “breakthrough year for America” while simultaneously touting the dire need to issue an unprecedentedly long and generous extension of unemployment insurance. Obama blasted as callous
by Wynton Hall8 Jan 2014, 1:14 PM PST0

Republicans are not the only ones looking to wield Obamacare as a political bludgeon come election time; Democratic primary challengers are using Obamacare to attack their own for the failed implementation of the controversial and unpopular health care program. On
by Wynton Hall8 Jan 2014, 11:15 AM PST0

Just hours after Senate Democrats argued for the dire need to pass an emergency unemployment insurance extension, Democratic Senate aides said they are confident the Obama economy will be Democrats’ saving grace come the November midterm elections. “If the economy
by Wynton Hall8 Jan 2014, 10:40 AM PST0

Growing questions about President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s mismanagement of the unpopular Obamacare program have prompted a House vote this Friday on a pivotal bill that would provide greater transparency by requiring weekly
by Wynton Hall7 Jan 2014, 3:11 PM PST0

Americans on main street may have a bleak outlook on the Obama economy in 2014, but President Barack Obama’s Wall Street campaign donors and friends are scoring record profits off the Obamacare debacle–a reality that may further complicate Democrats’ “income
by Wynton Hall7 Jan 2014, 11:13 AM PST0

With the midterm elections just over 300 days away, nervous Democrats reeling from the Obamacare debacle are hoping a big push to raise the minimum wage will be the silver bullet that will spare them from the historic losses they
by Wynton Hall5 Jan 2014, 6:07 PM PST0

A new Obamacare website failure has forced 18,000 West Virginians to re-enroll for health coverage. The Charleston Gazette says HealthCare.gov’s back end systems that are supposed to transfer account information to and from the state of West Virginia’s system have
by Wynton Hall3 Jan 2014, 9:32 AM PST0

On Thursday, sick people with Obamacare-purchased insurance plans were crestfallen when hospital staff in Northern Virginia were unable to verify whether their plans were active, reports the Daily Mail. “They had no idea if my insurance was active or not!” a
by Wynton Hall2 Jan 2014, 4:13 PM PST0

Eleven Republican attorneys general have sent a letter to embattled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius slamming the Obama administration for endless Obamacare changes that it calls “flatly illegal under federal constitutional and statutory law.” The letter, written
by Wynton Hall2 Jan 2014, 2:15 PM PST0

A Wednesday NBC News report highlighting happy Obamacare customers failed to mention that one of the “average citizens” it profiled is a Democratic political candidate and Obama campaign worker. NBC News senior health reporter JoNel Aleccia told the story of
by Wynton Hall2 Jan 2014, 8:56 AM PST0