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Incompetence, Secrecy Still Dog Obamacare Roll Out

The Obama Administration’s new goal for the healthcare online market is that 80% of those who want to buy insurance will successfully be served. The lowered expectations for the healthcare.gov website prompted the administration to devise the mantra “work smoothly for the vast majority of

Incompetence, Secrecy Still Dog Obamacare Roll Out

CNN Acquires Vargas' Immigration Film 'Documented'

(AP) CNN acquires Vargas’ immigration film ‘Documented’By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA former Washington Post journalist who later revealed he has been living in the country illegally since childhood has made a documentary about his experience and announced Tuesday that he is

CNN Acquires Vargas' Immigration Film 'Documented'

Poll: Obamacare Sinking Dems Even in Blue States

President Obama’s personal approval ratings, which have held up his overall approval ratings for years despite low polling numbers on his positions, have now dropped through the floor based on the brutal Obamacare implementation. According to a new ABC News-Washington

Poll: Obamacare Sinking Dems Even in Blue States

Arne Duncan: 'I Regret' Insult to Common Core Critics

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has walked back a casual dismissal of Common Core school curricula critics after his comments generated a heated response. Last week, Duncan explained away criticism of his proposed Common Core program to school superintendents as “white suburban

Arne Duncan: 'I Regret' Insult to Common Core Critics

D.C. Insurance Commissioner Fired Day After Criticizing Obamacare 'Fix'

Washington, D.C.’s insurance commissioner was fired a day after he criticized President Barack Obama’s “administrative fix” for Obamacare.  William P. White, the D.C. insurance commissioner, told the Washington Post that D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s top deputies said Gray “wants to go

D.C. Insurance Commissioner Fired Day After Criticizing Obamacare 'Fix'

Insurers Will Panic If Obamacare Misses Nov 30 Deadline

The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Healthcare.gov website isn’t likely to be fully functional by the White House’s self-imposed November 30th deadline. After the site’s disastrous launch on October 1st, the Obama Administration announced a “tech surge” and promised

Insurers Will Panic If Obamacare Misses Nov 30 Deadline

WaPo Lectures: Thanksgiving Kills Mother Earth

In what reads like something a satirist would compose to mock the hypocritical killjoys who infect the gaping wound that is the environmental movement, the Washington Post’s Brian Palmer devotes nearly a thousand words (and who knows how much carbon-based

WaPo Lectures: Thanksgiving Kills Mother Earth

VA GOP Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling Undermined Cuccinelli Campaign

Virginia’s incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling helped Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly defeat Republican Ken Cuccinelli in several ways. Not only did Bolling refuse to endorse Cuccinelli, he also transferred $446,674 remaining in his gubernatorial campaign committee to his newly

VA GOP Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling Undermined Cuccinelli Campaign

Feds: Navy Admirals Bribed with Hookers, Lady Gaga Tickets

The Washington Post reports that two American admirals, one of whom is the director of naval intelligence, are facing serious bribery charges. A federal investigation is underway into their ties to a defense contractor in Singapore. The seedier aspects of

Feds: Navy Admirals Bribed with Hookers, Lady Gaga Tickets

DMV Official Pleads Guilty to Giving Illegals Driver's Licenses

Three people in Virginia, including a DMV employee, pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to get state IDs or driver’s licenses for at least 300 illegal immigrants.  Noemi Barboza pleaded guilty on Thursday to “a bribery conspiracy charge, admitting that

DMV Official Pleads Guilty to Giving Illegals Driver's Licenses

WaPo Pollsters Blame Republicans for Bad Poll

The Washington Post‘s final poll in the Virginia Governor’s race predicted Democrat Terry McAuliffe romping to a 12-point landslide victory over Republican Ken Cuccinelli. The Post also found a gender-chasm, with McAuliffe enjoying a 24-point advantage among women over Cuccinelli.

WaPo Pollsters Blame Republicans for Bad Poll

30% of Virginia's Pro-Lifers Voted for McAuliffe

A Washington Post 2013 exit poll published Tuesday revealed that 30 percent of Viriginians who are pro-life category voted for Terry McAuliffe for governor. Of those polled, 13 percent of Virginians who believe abortion should be “illegal in all cases” voted

30% of Virginia's Pro-Lifers Voted for McAuliffe

Amnesty Activists Crash Cuccinelli Concession Speech

Pro-amnesty activists have followed through on their promise to use a Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial victory in Virginia to lobby for comprehensive immigration reform, as several have been removed by police from Republican Ken Cuccinelli’s campaign headquarters demanding amnesty after McAuliffe

Amnesty Activists Crash Cuccinelli Concession Speech

House Republican Circulating Petition to Push Immigration Reform

The third House Republican to support the comprehensive immigration bill introduced by House Democrats is circulating a petition to House Republicans to pressure House Republican leaders to bring up comprehensive immigration reform legislation this year.  On Friday, Rep. David Valadao

House Republican Circulating Petition to Push Immigration Reform

Milbank: Sebelius Was 'Well-Coiffed'

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post scored Wednesday’s Obamacare hearing at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce a win for Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Not because of what she said–she apologized for a “debacle,” after all–but because

Milbank: Sebelius Was 'Well-Coiffed'

Obama: Cancellation Notices Result of 'Substandard' Insurance Plans

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama implied that Americans who are receiving cancellations letters from their insurance companies–even if they liked their current plans–is because they chose to purchase “substandard” insurance plans.  Speaking at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Obama said the

Obama: Cancellation Notices Result of 'Substandard' Insurance Plans

Obama's Favorite Columnists

According to former Barack Obama aides Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau, Obama is a “voracious” reader, whose favorite columnists include Josh Barro of the Business Insider, Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine, and Ezra Klein of the Washington Post.  Vietor

Obama's Favorite Columnists