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“We’ve Got a Big Problem”: Speaker Boehner on White House’s Arrogance of Power

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

After another week of the White House shifting, revising and walking-back its account of its involvement in the IRS scandal, the American people deserve a straight answer and Republicans “are going to continue to seek answers until we get to the truth,” Speaker Boehner said at a press conference today.  Here’s more:

“Well, today is a new day, which means that we’re sure to get a new story from the White House on the IRS scandal.  First they told us that the White House learned from ...

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Scandals Could Sink Obamacare

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

It will be months before the dust settles on the Obama scandals-the Benghazi Cover-up, the IRS suppression of political opposition, the Justice Department snooping on the media, and the shakedown of insurance companies and healthcare providers by Kathleen Sebelius.

It’s a long list. Congressional committees are falling all over each other with hearings and investigations. Meanwhile, the Obama administration struggles with one implausible explanation after another.

Regardless, the real casualty...

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The Crazy World We Live In

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

More Questions Than Answers

Surely I can’t be the only person who has a hard time falling asleep at night, thanks to all the unanswered questions floating around in my head.  For instance, after seeing Juan Williams constantly trying to pooh-pooh away questions about the Benghazi cover-up on both Bret Baier’s “Special Report” and O’Reilly’s “The Factor,” I keep wondering if he’s been required to register as a lobbyist for the Obama administration.

For instance, how is it that ...

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Judge Jeanine Pirro Blasts Obama on IRS, AP, and Benghazi Scandals

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

Speaking truth to power as few others can, Judge Jeanine Pirro devastates Barack Obama for his scandal trifecta of the past week — namely, the Benghazi Betrayal, IRS Harassment, and the AP Phone Records Seizure.

The administration’s strategy through it all continues to be:

1. Shrug, deny, delay, dissemble, obfuscate, rationalize, and blame-shift.
2. Own up to nothing while throwing a few underlings under the bus.
3. Ascribe statist thuggery and gross negligence to lack of funding.

Fl...

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Video: West Wing Weak — Your Guide to the Obama Scandals

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

The Obama White House has released the latest installment of its ongoing and self-congratulatory video series, West Wing Week. But despite touting itself as “your guide to all things 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” the new episode seems to be missing some of the key stories that have hit the headlines over the past few days.

There’s no mention, for instance, of Benghazi or the AP phone tapping – and the IRS scandal is barely mentioned in passing.

Perhaps the White House is just...

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Refuting the Administration’s Claims on Obamacare

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Obamacare: A Study in Broken Promises

From Cathy McMorris Rodgers and the House Republican Conference:

CHARGE: “You should know that once we have fully implemented, you’re going to be able to buy insurance through a pool so that you can get the same good rates as a group that if you’re an employee at a big company you can get right now — which means your premiums will go down.”(President Obama, speech in Cincinnati, Ohio July 16, 2012)

RESPONSE: Nothing could be further from the tru...

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37 Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

After $1 trillion in new taxes and more than $2 trillion in new spending, three years later the Democrats’ law has failed to deliver on the promise of affordable health care for Americans.

Instead, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare: higher health insurance premiums, the loss of the health plan you have and like, lower wages, and less hiring and business expansion.  Now, on the eve of the 37th vote in the House to repeal all or some of t...

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Barack Obama: Lame Duck Walking

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

It’s Already Over for the Obama Administration

Second term presidents usually get almost two years to pursue their agendas before the midterm elections and the next presidential election cycle slams the door.

For President Obama, the second term timetable has been cut short. Next week marks only four months since Obama took the oath of office to begin his second term and it is already over. He’s a lame duck walking way before his time.

This is no idle prediction. The administration is mired ...

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The Sebelius Shakedown

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

HHS Seeks Insurance and Healthcare Industry Funds To Promote Obamacare

In Barack Obama’s Washington it’s a new scandal every day, with the Secretary of Health and Human Services joining the chorus-line led by the former Secretary of State and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

Kathleen Sebelius, the boss at Health and Human Services, is responsible for implementing Obamacare. It’s a tough job, with a deadline of October 1 to have the insurance exchanges up and running and ...

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Five Reason to Reconsider Health Insurance for your Small Business

Monday, May 13th, 2013

The Hot Spot is Western Free Press’s forum for letters to the editor and opinion pieces submitted by readers. If you would like to submit a piece for consideration, email us at hotspot@westernfreepress.com. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of Western Free Press.

 

By Michael Cahill

The unintended effects of Obamacare

On Jan. 1, 2014, President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will fully take effect, and whether or not it’s the right move for ...

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IRS Not Ready to Enforce Obamacare Provisions

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Most everyone has seen the chart above. When I first saw it, I thought it was satire. But it’s a good faith attempt to show the organizations and interfaces needed to implement Obamacare.  No kidding.

Of course the chart doesn’t show what goes on inside the boxes, but Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has dipped into just one of them — the IRS box at the top-center of the chart.  They have listed 47 differerent taxes and regulations that IRS is expected to begin enforcing under ...

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Medicaid Expansion: Déjà Vu All Over Again

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Republican governors are following the script of Obama and Clinton in their campaign strategy for the Medicaid expansion that is needed to implement ObamaCare: The cast of earnest white coats and tearful, upstanding, hard-working patients with hard-luck stories. Statements that sound as though they were written by the same PR firm. The same dire consequences of inaction.

Children won’t get their shots, cancer patients won’t get their chemotherapy, hospitals will close, a victim of hepatitis ...

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