Year: 2013

Intelligence Officials: Actually, the White House Did Know About Spying on Allies

Despite the White House denying that they knew anything about the National Security Administration spying on world leaders, intelligence officials released some… awkward information. Via LA Times: The White House and State Department signed off on surveillance targeting phone conversations of friendly foreign leaders, current and former U.S. intelligence officials said Monday, pushing back against assertions that President Obama and his …

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Democrat Senator Calling for Obamacare Enrollment Deadline Extension

New Hampshire’s Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen has broken ranks with the party by calling for an extension of the Affordable Care Act enrollment deadline. In her letter to the White House obtained by Politico (and reprinted in Buzzfeed; see first link), Shaheen explained: … As website glitches persist, we are losing valuable time … Given the …

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Dear Republicans: Stop Talking Process, Start Telling Stories About Obamacare

It happens all too often. The GOP is handed something on a silver platter and they run off, chasing squirrels. Every single day there is a new story about people — not hundreds…not thousands….but hundreds of thousands of people getting notices that their health insurance plan has been cancelled. And that figure will rise to …

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