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Obama Forced to Dump Tax on 529 College Savings Accounts

In a desperate attempt at relevance, President Barack Obama thought he could pay for two promised years of free community college tuition by eliminating the tax exemption on middle-class 529 college-savings accounts. Although the Administration argued that the 529 accounts disproportionately benefit higher-income families, disenfranchising 11.6 million accounts was seen as just short of a declaration of war on “the family.” This afternoon Obama dumped his tax plan.

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Palin on GOP leadership: ‘It’s not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now.’

Sarah Palin is using the big sports story of the day to profess herself less than amazed by the Republican leadership. “It’s not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now,” she said. Let’s hope the Republican Party figures that out before they try taking the 2016 field with a deflated-ball squad that isn’t convinced it has any business in the Democrat end zone.

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Zuckerman: Obama Econ Platform ‘Doesn’t Address’ Problems

US News and World Report Chairman and Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the New York Daily News, Mort Zuckerman argued that President Obama’s economic plan “doesn’t address what is happening in this country” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” While Zuckerman said that

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GloBama Goes Full Troll

On Thursday, President Barack Obama sat down with YouTube sensation GloZell Green – she of the bathing in Froot Loops and the cinnamon challenge – to discuss issues ranging from SportsCenter (Obama’s favorite pastime) to the “po-po” (GloZell’s terminology). The same day, the White House announced that it would not be hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Netanyahu accepted an invitation from Speaker of the House John Boehner to address a joint session of Congress.

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Iran’s Invisible Shadow in a Prosecutor’s Death

President Obama was clear in his message to Congress during this week’s State of the Union: “I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress [with Iran].” While the room applauded, the President’s praise echoed throughout Tehran, as the Ayatollahs realize they are inching closer to achieving international legitimacy. One major hurdle, however, stands in their way.

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‘Middle-Class Economics’ vs. Bread-Bag America

America is not made great by its government. Passive “hope for change” is worth nothing compared to active effort. Our true recovery will not be a matter of pouring another $60 billion into the leaky administrative bucket of public education. Recovery will be delivered by people who want an education so badly that they’ll go to school on rainy days with bread bags over their shoes to keep them dry.

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Obama’s State of the Union: Vacuous

It may be unfair to expect any meaningful discussion of strategy and America’s security position in a State of the Union address. But, it is all too clear that President Obama failed to go beyond a few sentences of vacuous spin in dealing with the world outside the United States.

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Cruz: State of the Union Was ‘Alice In Wonderland’

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that the State of the Union reminded him of “Alice in Wonderland” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “Last night’s speech reminded me of one of my young daughter’s favorite stories, which is ‘Alice

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Report: State of the Union Audience Hits 15 Year Low

Television ratings for President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday are in and the news is that America just isn’t into this president anymore. Viewership appears to have plummeted to a 15 year low. Variety warns that these are

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Smirk of the Union: How Better Politics Became Bitter Politics

Despite the best efforts of his staff, we saw the real Barack Obama last night. In the time it takes a smirk to spread across a face, the president revealed himself to be something quite different than the earnest believer in bipartisanship the speech was crafted to convey.

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The Party That Stands Up for Taxpayers Will Be the Party of Freedom

Another State of the Union speech; another empty pageant of “signals” sent by selecting special guests; another chance for President Obama’s party to create a brief illusion of popularity by furiously applauding pronouncements that will be forgotten within days; and another wish list of billion-dollar spending proposals designed to make the opposition party look bad by blocking them. None of it has anything to do with responsible government, and only the political class will pay much attention.

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Obama Touts VA Reform in State of the Union, but He Has Nothing to Brag About

“As a new generation of veterans comes home, we owe them every opportunity to live the American Dream they helped defend,” said President Obama in his 2015 State of the Union address on Tuesday night. He praised a national campaign organized by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden for helping “nearly 700,000 veterans and military spouses get new jobs,” asserting that “already, we’ve made strides” to improve life for veterans in America.

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Obama’s deflated-football SOTU speech

Tha annual State of the Union address is the quintessential Beltway performance, a weird little surrealist play in which every scripted line, ad-lib, invited guest, and round of applause is calculated to send messages, settle scores, goose poll numbers, and above all help the Ruling Class feel important.

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GOP SOTU Spanish Response Asks for Obama’s Help in Reforming Immigration

Pro-amnesty Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), in delivering the Republican’s Spanish-language response to the State of the Union (SOTU) address, called on Obama to cooperate with the GOP in crafting “permanent solutions to our immigration system.” Freshman Rep. Curbelo did not challenge the president on illegal immigration or executive amnesty.

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Middle Class Hits 50 Year Low on President Obama’s Watch

President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech said, “The verdict is clear, middle class economics works.” Obama said lots of words about how the U.S. economy has improved, but he avoided the “numbers” regarding how or if that improvement had reached the middle class. If the president had used the “numbers,” he would have to explain why real middle class paychecks hit a 50 year low on his watch.