via Food Stamp program up from 35 to $80 billion on Obama’s Watch Nearly 47 million people – one in seven Americans – rely on food stamps for some or all of their daily sustenance, according to the Department of Agriculture, a number that has grown nearly 70 percent since the financial collapse of 2008. [...]

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When it became clear last fall that the CIA’s now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community, but White House documents reviewed by Congress suggest a different story. ABC News has obtained 12 different versions of the talking points that [...]

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White House spokesman Jay Carney had a “What difference does it make?” moment earlier when asked about whistleblowers on Benghazi being threatened to keep them quiet. “Let’s be clear,” said Carney. “Benghazi happened a long time ago. We are unaware of any agency blocking an employee who would like to appear before Congress to provide [...]

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President Barack Obama got ahead of himself and his advisers when he said that Syria using chemical weapons would cross a “red line,” the New York Times reports. “How can we attack another country unless it’s in self-defense and with no Security Council resolution?” an unnamed Obama administration official tells the paper. “If he drops sarin on [...]

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via Rep. Trey Gowdy: further Benghazi hearings \’coming quickly\’ If you thought the Benghazi cover-up story was a thing of the past, think again.  According to Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC), more hearings are imminent, and they promise to be “explosive.” Appearing on Fox News yesterday afternoon, Gowdy indicated that they may also – for the [...]

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When President Obama unveiled his 2014 budget on Wednesday, he called it “responsible” and a “compromise.” Color Republicans skeptical. “The president’s budget isn’t a compromise,” said Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., in the weekly GOP address on Saturday. “It’s a blank check for more spending and more debt.” Walorski scalded the president’s budget for proposing new [...]

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Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act, said on Tuesday that the healthcare law, set to go into full effect in less than eight months, is “probably the most complex piece of legislation ever passed by the United States Congress” and “is just beyond comprehension.” Rockefeller said he is [...]

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Time flies, doesn’t it? It was three years ago that President Barack Obama, after a brutal political battle, signed The Affordable Care Act it into law on March 23, 2010. Here’s a quick and dirty rundown of what Americas have gotten from Obamacare so far: Fewer jobs: If you’re a business with 50 or full-time employees you’re [...]

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Looking ahead to November 2014. The weasels who wrote the Obama health law postponed the pain until after the 2012 presidential election. Popular provisions were put into effect immediately, such as allowing children to stay on their parent’s plan until age 26, offering “free” colonoscopies and mammograms (in truth, forcing you to pay for them [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned. The newly disclosed figures, cited in internal budget documents reviewed by the AP, are significantly higher [...]

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