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Apr 16 2019
Opinion
OPINION: How the legal battle for the full Mueller report could play out
The Mueller report is expected to be released Thursday, but we may not learn that much. Attorney General William P. Barr has said he’ll redact along four broad categories, meaning key information could remain undisclosed.
As a result, congressional Democrats are gearing up to fight for the unredacted report. It’s probably the only chance lawmakers and the public have to learn all that
Guest Writer - LeftApr 16 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Progressive Revolution: From Democratic to Liberal to Progressive to Socialist
Obama kick-started a cycle that moves ever farther left — even he now seems passé.
Americans voted for Barack Obama in 2008 despite, not because of, his most partisan voting record in the Senate. They were once willing to look past his earlier dubious associations with abject anti-Semites such as the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, former terrorists like Bill Ayers, and unhinged characters
Victor HansonJun 18 2012
News
Supreme Court review of health care under microscope (and stopwatch)
If you thought the ways to analyze the Supreme Courts marathon arguments about President Obamas health-care law had been exhausted, you were wrong.
A Texas trial consultant with an unflagging interest in all things high court-related has taken a stopwatch and magnifying glass to all six hours and 14 minutes (and seven seconds) of the relevant back-and-forth of the late March arguments
Washington PostAug 25 2013
News
Ted Cruz doubles down on threat to defund Obamacare, proposes alternatives
Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday doubled down on his call to arms in “defunding Obamacare,” even if Senate Democrats are highly unlikely to approve any short-term spending deal this September that impugns President Obama’s signature domestic achievement. Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, said that if the GOP-controlled House could pass a continuing resolution that strips the Affordable Care Act of funding
Washington TimesAug 24 2013
News
Obama: NSA surveillance programs ‘loaded gun’ that can be abused if unchecked
President Obama strongly defended National Security Agency surveillance programs on Friday morning but acknowledged that, if unchecked, they could easily be abused. “There are legitimate concerns that people have that technology is moving so quick that, at some point, does the technology outpace the laws that are in place and the protections that are in place?” Mr. Obama told CNN’s Chris Cuomo
Washington TimesFeb 15 2014
News
The Remarkable Parallels Between Obamacare And George W. Bush's Medicare Part D
No one would credit the Obama administration with handling the rollout of the Affordable Care Act efficiently or with aplomb. Website malfunctions produced bad enrollment numbers and bad enrollee data. Consumers were struck by the narrow networks of insurers. There was general confusion over the implementation of the law and, when the president moved to extend deadlines, he was criticized for
HuffPostJun 15 2012
News
Thanks Obamacare: 83% of Doctors Surveyed Say They May Quit
The Doctor Patient Medical Association has released a new survey of about 700 doctors, and the results are bleak. Scary bleak. Among other dismal figures, Doctors' Attitudes on the Future of Medicine: What’s Wrong, Who’s to Blame, and What Will Fix It found that 83% of respondents are contemplating leaving the industry if Obamacare is fully implemented, owing to its disastrous projected
TownhallJun 07 2012
News
An Off Note as Bill Clinton Sings Obama’s Praises
As President Obama seeks re-election, he has one advantage that former President Bill Clinton did not have in 1996: a popular Democratic predecessor to vouch for him  Mr. Clinton. The former president had only Jimmy Carter, who remained a political pariah after his own one-term presidency.
New York Times (News)Jun 06 2012
News
Calif. Voters OK Term Limits Change, Incumbents
In a statewide primary that tested incumbent strength after election reforms, voters largely stuck with established names Tuesday, setting up several contests in which members of the same party will face off this fall. They also shortened the tenure of state lawmakers in Sacramento and put limits on public pensions in two of California's largest cities.
NPR (Online News)May 04 2024
Headline Roundup
Second Boeing Whistleblower Dies After ‘Sudden’ Illness
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, died Tuesday after “a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection,” according to The Seattle Times (Center bias).
The Infection: Dean was 45 years old, and according to the Times, “had been in good health and was noted for having a healthy lifestyle.” He spent two weeks in critical condition, in which he
Fox News (Online News) The Seattle Times The Guardian