Obama Declares Victory: Nation has Turned “Corner on Health Care – and We’re Never Going Back”

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In a fundraising email sent on behalf of his political committee, Organizing for Action, President Obama declares victory, suggesting that the nation’s healthcare problems have miraculously come to an end . . . effective January 1, 2014.

After lying to the public that Obamacare would allow Americans to keep their doctors and health coverage if they liked it, he now expects us to believe

From here on, no American should have to go broke just because they get sick. You can’t be dropped from your plan when you need it most. Pre-existing conditions will never prevent someone from getting coverage, and women can’t be charged more than men for their plans.

Turning a blind eye to the millions of Americans who have already lost their plans and doctors due to the Obamacare fiasco, the President claims that “for millions of Americans, affordable, quality coverage is finally within reach.” Of course, he doesn’t explain why these “millions” haven’t all jumped at the opportunity to be covered by Obamacare.

But Obama expects his equally blind supporters to help in his fundamental transformation of America. He explains

Fundamental change like this doesn’t happen just because people believe it’s the right thing to do. It happens because people like you . . . fight for it — no matter how hard it gets.

Let’s hope and pray – whoever these supporters are – that they wizen up quickly to this “fundamental change,” recognizing that they are the suckers in the statists’ scheme to create more dependency and government control.

And let’s hope the GOP aggressively pushes back, repealing Obamacare and replacing it with market-based solutions that put the consumer back in the driver’s seat, pushing costs down and quality of care up.

Read Obama’s original email HERE.

Federal Judges Running Amok: Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Nixed, New York’s Gun Restrictions Upheld

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By Associated Press. A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Florida law requiring applicants for welfare benefits to undergo mandatory drug testing, ruling it was unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced.

U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven’s 30-page order made permanent an earlier, temporary ban on the law by the judge.

Gov. Rick Scott had backed the drug testing of prospective welfare recipients, arguing it helped protect taxpayers and families. He said in a statement Tuesday that his administration would appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

“Any illegal drug use in a family is harmful and even abusive to a child,” Scott said…

Read more from this story HERE.

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Photo Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Federal Judge Upholds NY Gun Restrictions

By Christopher Bedford. A federal judge in Buffalo, N.Y. upheld most of New York’s new gun laws Tuesday, rejecting a challenge that the tight restrictions violated the Second Amendment.

Judge William M. Skretny’s ruling upheld recent laws restricting high-capacity magazines and “assault weapons,” but struck down a seven-round limit for loaded guns, calling that restriction “arbitrary,” as well as “tenuous, strained and unsupported.”

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General Calls for Citizen Arrest of Obama and Congressional Leaders

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In 1775, an American people preparing to fight for their freedom turned to a retired military officer to lead them.

For more than 15 years, Col. George Washington had been retired to farm the Virginia countryside, until Boston patriots waged their famous tea party and the Battles of Lexington and Concord erupted. Washington, the former fighter of the French and Indian War, determined he could remain on the sidelines no longer.

When Col. Washington (ret.) showed up shortly thereafter at the Second Continental Congress in his dusted-off uniform, the spirit of the American Revolution had at last found a man it could follow.

Today, as the tea party rages again in cities across the U.S., a retired American military commander is drawing attention to a new crop of George Washingtons already leading the charge for freedom.

As WND reported, Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely declared it’s time for millions of Americans to “stand up” to a federal government that is “conducting treason … violating the Constitution, violating our laws.” He’s calling for marches, a legislative vote of “no confidence” in President Obama and congressional leaders, even citizen arrests – drawing inspiration from the 33 million Egyptians who stood up to their government and removed Muslim Brotherhood officials from office.

Read more from this story HERE.

Obama Pollster Says Reporters Should Go the Next ‘Year Without Reporting Any Public Polling Data’

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Photo Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing

After a year of seeing President Obama’s approval ratings plummet, the president’s pollster is offering a strikingly candid and pessimistic New Year’s resolution.

Reporters should go the next “year without reporting any public polling data,” Joel Benenson, president and CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, said.

His comments were made to reporter Mike Allen, who published them in his daily “Politico Playbook” morning newsletter on Tuesday.

Benenson explained that he thinks the polling often reported by news organizations lacks the proper context.

Read more about the Obama pollster HERE.

Activists Protest: Rose Parade Homosexual Marriage Float Degrades Family Event

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Two homosexual men will be married on a float in the 2014 Rose Parade on Wednesday, Jan. 1, in what critics are saying transforms the family-friendly event into a vehicle for promoting the gay rights activists’ political agenda.

Aubrey Loots and Danny Leclair were chosen by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation by lottery to be married atop a float made to resemble a wedding cake.

“The decision to allow two gay couples to ‘marry’ on a float during the Rose Parade denigrates this once family-friendly event,” said Brian Brown, president of the National Organization of Marriage. “It’s another ‘in your face’ example that should serve as a teachable moment for the American people.”

“Once marriage is redefined to make it genderless, this perverse construct of ‘marriage’ is forced on everyone,” Brown said.

The Pasadena Star-News reported on Thursday that San Diego, Calif. , resident Karen Grube started a Facebook page protesting the same-sex wedding.

Read more about the homosexual marriage float HERE.

New Year’s Eve Celebrations Usher in 2014 Across the World

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From London to Dubai and from Tokyo to Times Square, millions around the world welcomed 2014 on Tuesday with fireworks, dancing and all-night revelry.

A sea of horn-tooting, hat-wearing revelers cheered and some even smooched as the famed crystal ball dropped in freezing New York City’s Times Square to ring in 2014. Bronx-born U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor led the 60-second countdown and pushed the button that unleashed the shimmering orb with 2,688 crystals, a role usually filled by the New York City mayor. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, on his last day in office, sat out the celebration after 12 years on the job, while newly elected Mayor Bill de Blasio took the oath of office just after midnight at his Brooklyn home.

Kerrie McConaghy, 20, a university student visiting Times Square from Armagh, Ireland, was dancing and jumping up and down, donning a big blue top hat.

“It’s unbelievable here,” she said. “The lights, seeing the ball, hearing the music, all the people. It’s amazing.”

“TV doesn’t do this justice,” she said. “You have to be here to believe it.”

Read how 2014 across the world was welcomed HERE.

ACLU Sues for Details of U.S. Surveillance Under Executive Order

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Photo Credit: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Monday, seeking to force the U.S. government to disclose details of its foreign electronic surveillance program and what protections it provides to Americans whose communications are swept up.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, came three days after the ACLU lost a bid to block a separate program that collects the phone calls of millions of Americans.

The latest lawsuit seeks information related to the use of Executive Order 12333, which was signed in 1981 and governs surveillance of foreign targets.

Under the order, the National Security Administration is collecting “vast quantities” of data globally under the order’s authority, “inevitably” including communications of U.S. citizens, the lawsuit said.

Read more from this story HERE.

Apple Denies Allowing NSA to Spy on iPhones

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Apple on Tuesday strongly denied knowledge of an alleged National Security Agency program that allows the government to penetrate and spy on iPhones.

“Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone. Additionally, we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting our products,” the company said in a statement.

Apple’s denial follows a string of reports in Der Spiegel about the NSA’s highly classified hacking arm, called Tailored Access Operations. That unit has worked, according to the German magazine, to exploit weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows, Cisco’s routers and Apple’s iPhones — the latter through a program codenamed DROPOUTJEEP, which may have allowed the NSA to tap into older versions of the device’s operating system. Separately, a security researcher this week raised questions that Apple may have assisted the NSA.

Read more from this story HERE.

ObamaCare Birth Control Mandate Delayed

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Photo Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty

Justice Sonia Sotomayor blocked a birth control mandate in ObamaCare that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide employee health insurance that includes contraceptive coverage.

Sotomayor acted on a request from an organization of Catholic nuns in Denver that requested an emergency stay, according to the Associated Press.

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Officials Admit New Problems With ObamaCare Launch

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Administration officials acknowledged Tuesday that some people will have problems when their new plans under ObamaCare begin Wednesday, but said they are working closely with insurers to minimize difficulties.

Wednesday is a major milestone for the law, as new plans bought through the exchanges before Dec. 24 will go into effect.

The White House on Tuesday said it had worked closely with the insurance industry to ready for the important date.

White House advisor Phil Schiliro on Tuesday said the admnistration knows insurers will be in the spotlight, and has set up a toll-free number to help consumers.

“We don’t want anybody to have problems but we know some people will,” he said on MSNBC.

Read more about problems with Obamacare launch HERE.