The Congressional Budget Office just put out a damning report that by some accounts finds that Obamacare will cost the country as many as two million jobs, but many in the mainstream media are looking to downplay the dire warnings.
Progressive Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank said on Tuesday that the explosive new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report showing Obamacare will reduce the workforce by 2.3 million full-time workers over the next seven years has “bestowed a big gift on
Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post is the latest to defend President Barack Obama’s use–past, present, and future–of executive orders to circumvent Congress. She argues that his “push-the-envelope moves” are “within the bounds of the modern presidency.” Marcus is not alone
White House spokesperson Jay Carney is not known for his honesty or command of the facts. So it is hardly a surprise that he would use misleading statistics in an attempt to dismiss a Washington Post report that the federal government’s
Sandra Fluke has made it official: she has filed to run for the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) after 40 years. The birth control advocate who shook up the 2012 presidential campaign does not live in the
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s high school classmate and former senior adviser is causing a stir with the claim that evidence exists linking Christie to the now months-old bridge scandal in suburban Fort Lee. The media have been quick to
On Monday’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to host Bill O’Reilly’s interview with President Barack Obama that aired before Sunday’s “Super Bowl” broadcast.
Iran is set to receive its first batch of oil money from a $4.2 billion pot this week, according to its chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi. The funds, thought to be around $550 million, are due to be deposited in
The Obamacare website is unable to fix entry mistakes or handle appeals for incorrect or denied coverage and subsidies because the government has yet to build the systems necessary to handle them. A Washington Post investigation published on Sunday revealed
Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday’s “Special Report” discussed the controversy surrounding Democratic Texas gubernatorial hopeful Wendy Davis: KRAUTHAMMER: Well, look, everybody tries to create, especially in America, tries to create a log cabin story. And this is her
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s former campaign manager, Bill Stepien is fighting a subpoena in the on going George Washington Bridge traffic scandal investigation by invoking the Fifth Amendment. “… the very real possibility that his act of producing documents
On Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said President Barack Obama’s use of executive orders would constitute impeachment … if he were a Republican.
LA Times writer Paul Thornton has been following the many scandals surrounding Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis: her lies about her personal life, her lack of identifiable political ideology, the attacks on her opponent Greg Abbott. Yet to Thornton, it isn’t
Washington Post media reporter Erik Wemple sees something happening at MSNBC beyond just that of a bizarre series of offensive statements dehumanizing Republicans, followed by apologies. Wednesday night, after MSNBC’s official Twitter account claimed conservatives would be offended by a
When Darion Aguilar walked into Rockville, Maryland’s United Gun Shop on December 10th and underwent a background check for his shotgun purchase, he was “an ideal customer.” Store owner Cory Brown said Aguilar “smiled” and “was polite” as he talked about
President Obama would have been remiss to not mention that his signature legislation at the State of the Union address last night. He did so with unwarranted aplomb, repeating the falsehood that Obamacare has insured nine million people–a number embellished
On MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown,” Rep. Paul Ryan elaborated on his vision for so-called immigration reform, but part that would allow undocumented workers to obtain work permits as the reforms are being put into place. Emphasis added: (h/t Mickey Kaus
Last night one of Obama’s biggest applause lines was his repetition of a misleading statistic about the wage gap between men and women. This specific claim has been rebutted numerous times and yet in Wednesday morning fact checks many news
It is a beautiful thing being President Obama. You can pretty much say whatever you want and never be held accountable for it. Sure, a Washington Post fact-checker will dutifully note the brazen falsehoods. The media dutifully reports on most
Washington Post columnist George Will suggested President Barack Obama’s was just going through the motions in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night and that the speech was devoid any substantive “red meat” for his liberal base. Transcript
Minutes after President Obama ripped America’s gender “wage gap” during the State of the Union of Address, House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told Breitbart News “of course” he thinks the White House should pay its female staffers equally to
Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the early excerpts of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday’s “Special Report”:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly suggesting that the United States is undermining his government through dozens of insurgent-style attacks. Citing an anonymous Afghan official sympathetic to Karzai’s views, The Washington Post reported that Karzai has provided “a list of
Pete Seeger, the legendary folk singer, unabashed socialist and political activist, has died at the age of 94. The left celebrated Seeger’s art and commitment to progressive causes, but those on the right noted his embrace of American enemies during
Much hay is being made over a Washington Post poll that purports to show 52 percent public support for President Obama’s imperial regime of rule by executive order. But that’s not the question the poll asked. It stated the
