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Politico Destroys White House Claim of Secret Obama-Sebelius Meetings

Politico Destroys White House Claim of Secret Obama-Sebelius Meetings

Late Friday afternoon, Politico Magazine published an update dismantling White House claims that President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held “dozens” of unrecorded one-on-one working meetings over the last three-and-a-half years leading up to Obamacare’s

HHS: Obama, Sebelius Met… After GAI Report Released

HHS: Obama, Sebelius Met… After GAI Report Released

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department on Friday claimed that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius meets frequently with President Barack Obama and just had a meeting with him on Thursday, one day after a report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability

HHS Scrambles to Defend Against Obama-Sebelius Meetings Revelation

HHS Scrambles to Defend Against Obama-Sebelius Meetings Revelation

Late Friday, with the help of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s former employer TIME, the Obama Administration attempted to explain away the Government Accountability Institute’s (GAI) explosive report revealing that President Barack Obama’s official White House calendar records a

WH Claims Obama 'Regularly' Meets with Sebelius Off the Record

WH Claims Obama 'Regularly' Meets with Sebelius Off the Record

On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tried to dismiss a shocking Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report that found President Barack Obama had only a single face-to-face meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius since Obamacare was

Schweizer: Ignorance No Excuse for 'Colossal' Obamacare Failure

Schweizer: Ignorance No Excuse for 'Colossal' Obamacare Failure

On Friday, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer said ignorance should never be an excuse for the Obamacare rollout, which he called “a colossal failure.” Schweizer appeared on Fox & Friends a day after a

Obama Lied About IRS Scandal 'Outrage'

In May 2013, President Barack Obama tried to control the damage of the IRS scandal by expressing his outrage–literally. In a statement in the East Room of the White House, he noted that “across the board, everybody believes what happened

Ryan Budget Deal May Hike TSA Fees

Ryan Budget Deal May Hike TSA Fees

Congressional Budget Committee chairs Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray are working to finalize a deal on the federal budget. Reportedly, the two are just “a few billion” away from an agreement to fund government and replace the automatic

POLITICO-'When Barry Met Kathy: Almost Never, It Turns Out'

POLITICO-'When Barry Met Kathy: Almost Never, It Turns Out'

From Peter Schweizer, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and President of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), writing at Politico: Journalists and pundits have begun offering lengthy postmortems to explain the causes of the ruinous Obamacare rollout. The debacle’s scale has surprised even

GOP Objective: Keep Focus on Obamacare

GOP Objective: Keep Focus on Obamacare

The GOP leadership has its priorities in order, and undoing Obamacare is priority number one. With the Affordable Care Act imploding by its own design and its support continuing to decline even among Democrats, Republicans are choosing not to interfere.

Politico Under Fire Over Alleged Payola Scandal

Politico Under Fire Over Alleged Payola Scandal

Late last month Washington Post media reporter Erik Wemple pretty much caught Politico reporter Mike Allen in what is known as “payola” or “pay-for-play” or, if you want to be generous, “native advertising.” Either way, Wemple made a very convincing

MSNBC Claims Absent Bashir Merely on Vacation

MSNBC Claims Absent Bashir Merely on Vacation

On Monday, MSNBC maintained that missing host Martin Bashir had not been suspended despite the fact that Bashir has not appeared on his show since November 22. MSNBC told Politico that Bashir was merely on vacation, but neglected to say

Politico: Latest Obamacare Delay Crushes Relaunch Victory

Politico: Latest Obamacare Delay Crushes Relaunch Victory

Politico writer David Nather says the Obama Administration’s announcement that the small business Obamacare system will not be ready for the website’s Saturday relaunch dashes all Democratic hopes for declaring the relaunch a victory. “There’s no way the administration could