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Barack Obama’s in Philadelphia Today

POTUS is rolling through town for a fundraiser aiming to raise one million bucks for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Guess whose house he’ll be […]

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Under Obamacare, Some Blue Cross Insurance is Free

The New York Times reports that Obamacare subsidies are making some health insurance plans essentially free after rebate.

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Now’s the Time: End the Filibuster

Fresh off the government shutdown,Republicans in the Senate are giving us …another shutdown. This time it’s in miniature: They’re threatening to filibuster one of President […]

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President Obama on NSA Wiretapping: Incompetent or Unaware?

“Asleep at the wheel” is the idiom we use for a leader who is so inattentive at important moments that he or she is dangerous. […]

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Market Report: Obamas are Officially Best-Dressed Political Family

Check out Sasha and Malia’s coats. And that suede dress on FLOTUS! [Huffington Post] From intern to head of Moschino: Jeremy Scott takes over. [Style.com] Today, […]

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Expert: Here’s Why Healthcare.gov Has Been a Disaster

On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced that it had tapped Jeffrey Zients – a Bain & Co. alum and incoming head of the National Economic […]

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Joan Walsh is Wrong: Liberals Should Criticize Obamacare Problems

One of the things I hate about ideology—left or right—is how easy one’s worldview about politics can transmute into something lazier, dumber, tribalistic and ultimately […]

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Are You Part of the “Sleepless Elite”?

The White House has announced a “tech blitz” to take on the glitches at HealthCare.gov that have been thwarting millions of Americans attempting to sign […]

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How to Fix ObamaCare and End the Shutdown

Say, wouldn’t this all be easier if we’d simply passed a single-payer health insurance program? We’ve spent several weeks now watching, first, the House of […]

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Are Conservatives Really Ready to Default on America’s Debt?

One of conservatism’s really great beliefs (I’m serious about this) is about the unknowability of the future: That well-intentioned actions can have big unintended consequences; […]

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Why Millennials Should Opt Out of Obamacare

Sometime back in 2001, Denzel Washington brought his ’79 Monte Carlo to a dead stop in the middle of a bustling LA intersection to hold […]

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Democrats Screwed Themselves Using “Obamacare”

Question to Democrats: Whose bright idea was it for you to start using the term “Obamacare?” Oh, yeah, that’s right–it was the guy who created […]

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Too Much Eye Contact: Maybe This Is Why the Government Shut Down!

So yesterday John Boehner and President Obama sat down for a face-to-face chat, and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED. Throughout the country, journalists lamented: How can this […]

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Americans Are Losing Faith in Each Other. Are We Losing Our Democracy, Too?

So, America, are you ready for a dictator yet? That seems like a crazy question to ask, doesn’t it? After all, we Americans practically invented […]

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The Government Is Shut Down! Obamacare Has Started! The World Has Gone Higgledy-Piggledy!

The New York Times reports that the government is shutting down for the first time in nearly 20 years: “The impasse meant that 800,000 federal […]