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Poll: 42% Identify with Obama, 42% with the Tea Party

Click here: A new Rasmussen Reports national survey finds that 42% of Likely U.S. Voters think Obama’s views are closest to their own when it comes to the major issues facing the country. But just as many (42%) say their views come closest to the Tea Party instead.
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Obama knew millions could not keep their health insurance

Click here: President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.

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Obamacare Sticker Shock for Middle Class

Click here: Health insurance gets pricier as Obamacare rolls out

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Stop Watching Us: The Video

StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. Join the movement at https://rally.stopwatching.us. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us spread the message that we will not stand for the dragnet surveillance of our communications.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit civil liberties law and advocacy center that has been fighting the NSA’s unconstitutional spying for years. Learn more at https://eff.org.

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Census: Welfare Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Workers

Click here: Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov’t Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers

 

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Democrat Harry Reid: ‘Everybody … Willing to Pay More’ Taxes

Click here: Harry Reid: ‘Everybody … Willing to Pay More’ Taxes
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$3.7-Trillion spent on Welfare in only 5-years

Click here: U.S. Spent $3.7 Trillion on Welfare Over Last 5 Years

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Census: 49% of Americans Get Gov’t Benefits

Click here: Census Bureau estimates 151,014,000 Americans out of a  population of 306,804,000 receive benefits from one  or more government programs.
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Iowa Computer Programmer Finally Buys Health Care Through Obamacare Site After 100+ Tries

Click here: Even though he was eventually successful, Voss criticized the website for resembling one from the 1990s, saying it was one of the worst he’s seen. He recommended that the administration consider shutting the site down for at least a week in order to address the problems. “It’s “hard to fix things while you’re up and running,” he said.
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All of JFK’s women

Click here: All the president’s women: Virgin interns. Prostitutes. White House pool sex sessions. 50 years after the murder of JFK, the jaw-dropping truth of the betrayal of Jackie

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