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ObamaCare waivers jump from 222 to 729 covering 2.2 million employees
Exceptions. Last year, the HHS website was very efficient posting a list of ObamaCare waivers that had been granted. Ususally by the 3rd of the month the list was updated to included waivers that had...
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Jim Moran to Alhurra: Republicans won the midterms because a lot of Americans...
New tone. Via the Right Scoop and Mark Tapscott of the Examiner. There’s a wrinkle here that you don’t usually find with most clips of Democrats embarrassing themselves in public — namely, a voiceover....
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Boehner: I’m a little surprised that Obama didn’t mention entitlement reform...
"We're broke!" That makes one of us. If you’re anticipating an excoriation of The One here based on the above headline, lower your expectations: Not only does Boehner resort to gassy platitudes about...
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Good news: Sharron Angle not ruling out presidential run
What could go wrong? Sure, she couldn’t beat the face of the Democratic caucus in a hugely Republican year even with a gigantic war chest. And yeah, her comment about “Second Amendment remedies” was...
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Quotes of the day
2012. “Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin remains a top favorite of Republican voters, but she’s also the front-runner they least want to see get the GOP’s 2012 presidential nomination… “These findings...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. On one hand, when discussing issues in real time with little preparation — and no TelePrompter — it’s easy to get points confused. On the other hand, can we all imagine how the...
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Obamateurism of the Day
No joke. In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Barack Obama insisted that America needs to invest in today’s high-tech world, and what better way to do that than to spend lots of money on...
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Palin: WTF was a perfect theme for the SOTU
Molehills out of mountains. Jim Hoft grabs the zinger from Sarah Palin about Barack Obama’s “Winning the Future” speech, and it’s good — but the entire clip puts it in better context: Well, speaking of...
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Initial jobless claims jump 51,000
Back to 2010 range. The measure of weekly jobless claims returned to the narrow and high range seen throughout 2010 this week, going up 51,000 to 454,000. Florida and Nevada contributed the most to...
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Recess appointments Berwick, Becker renominated in new session
So much for bipartisanship. Barack Obama spent Tuesday night telling the American people that he understood the midterm message as the electorate demanding that Democrats and Republicans need to work...
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Plagiarism in the SOTU?
Not really. US News’ Alvin Felzenberg says those who listened to the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night can be forgiven for thinking they’ve heard it before — and not just because it turned out...
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Surprise! Radical Islamist smuggled across US-Mexico border
Security. Almost seven years ago, the 9/11 Commission warned Congress about the security risk the nation runs against terrorist infiltration over the US-Mexico border (as wel as the US-Canadian...
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Video: DHS to end color-coded terror alerts
End of the Perpetual Orange. Some may see red over this change, while others feel a little blue, but I suspect most of us will wonder why the DHS color-coding threat system lasted as long as it did....
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Palin up $1.3 mil in PAC filing – but no expansion into 2011
Hmmmm. The will she or won’t she? question continues at Politico, where Andy Barr reports on SarahPAC’s FEC financial disclosure yesterday. The PAC finished 2010 in good shape, with $1.3 million in...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson & the Week in Review
3 pm ET! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we’ll take a look at the past week with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show. Duane and I will go a day early, as I’ll be...
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New-home sales in 2010 lowest in almost 50 years
Late December, back in '63, was a very special time for me ... Hey, I think 1963 was a brilliant year in many respects. The Beatles released their first album, James Bond premiered in Dr. No, the...
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Filibuster reform achieved on bipartisan basis
The Longest Day finally ends. It took more than three weeks for the Senate to finish its first official day of business, which Harry Reid finally gaveled to a close on January 25th. With that, the...
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Rasmussen on SOTU speech: No sale
Majority opposes new spending initiatives. Via Power Line, it appears as if the State of the Union speech had little impact on the electorate’s desire for “investments.” Despite Barack Obama’s...
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Coming soon to Fox News …?
Take the poll! Ever since Keith Olbermann and MSNBC parted company last week, speculation has continued about whether Fox News might give a show to the former Countdown host as a sort of coup against...
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Report: Obama to step up criticism of Mubarak if he cracks down on protesters
Tension. True or false? We’ll know pretty soon: Tomorrow is prayer day in the Muslim world, and prayer day has a habit of turning into protest day with so many people out in the streets after services...
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