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Emails Confirm Gruber and Orszag Schemed to Sell Obamacare With Economic Modeling Propaganda

When Orszag was named head of the OMB in January 2009, several of Gruber’s Phd. students were left behind at CBO to run its scoring model. Orszag himself moved quickly to make sure that Gruber won a $400,000 no-bid economic modeling contract in March 2009 with the Department of Health and Human Services. Gruber’s job was to create a model that mimicked and predicted the results of the CBO model he himself had designed.

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Media Quest to Humanize Hillary Launches

Hillary Clinton’s campaign to transform from a wooden political manipulator with a long list of lies into a real human candidate continued apace on Thursday. The media Blue Fairy has descended from the heavens, declaring that Hillary’s new, fun, spontaneous campaign has shown us all the true woman who exists beneath our sexist preconceptions.

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Halperin: ‘Establishment Is Afraid’ of Rand Paul

Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark Halperin said “lot of the establishment is afraid” of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in part because he “can be a formidable fundraiser” and “throws the sharpest, hardest elbows” on Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. “They [Rand’s

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Heilemann: Hillary Has ‘Barely Veiled Hostility’ to Press

Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor and “With All Due Respect” co-host John Heilemann said Hillary Clinton has a “barely veiled hostility” towards the press on Tuesday. Heilemann stated that Hillary’s remarks to a press event on Monday were “sarcastic,” “disingenuous,” and was

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Fournier: Hillary Like Bank Robber Deciding How Much to Give Back

National Journal Senior Political Columnist and Editorial Director Ron Fournier compared Hillary’s e-mail release to a bank robber saying they get to decide how much money to return on Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. After Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark Halperin

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Feinstein Calls on Hillary Clinton to ‘Come out’ over Emails

On Sunday morning’s edition of Meet the Press, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) called on Hillary Clinton to “come out” with the truth about her emails after it emerged last week that she had used a private email address for all of her correspondence as Secretary of State, against department policy.

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Halperin: ‘Huge Double Standard’ Over Giuliani Comments

Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark Halperin argued there was a “huge double standard” in the media over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s comments on Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. After host Joe Scarborough remarked, “I think they [Giuliani’s

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Halperin: Hillary Far and Away the Most Likely Next President

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin said Hillary Clinton is “far and away the most likely next president of the United States.” Halperin said, “They have people who could step in if she falters. Right now, she’s so far

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