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Breaking: Healthcare.gov sent out 800,000 bad tax forms
2/20/2015 10:31:08 AM  Ed Morrissey
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The White House has some bad news for those ObamaCare-insured taxpayers who prepared for early tax filing — or actually had already filed. That form that they sent out about premiums and subsidies? More than ten percent of them turned out to be
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The media rushes to defend Obama's honor from Rudy Giuliani
2/20/2015 10:01:54 AM  Noah Rothman
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused President Barack Obama of not loving his country. Some agreed with those comments; others thought they were silly and even a little offensive. When the former mayor went on to defend that assertion, he
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Politinerds: Andrew Malcolm
2/20/2015 9:21:12 AM  Jazz Shaw
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This week Doug and I got the chance for an extended interview with Andrew Malcolm, currently writing at Investors Business Daily. Many of you are familiar with the Prince of Twitter from his regular commentary on the issues of the day with Ed Morrissey,
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Mark your calendars: US announces Iraqi army to retake Mosul in April or May
2/20/2015 8:41:30 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Ain’t modern war grand? You don’t win it by killing your enemies or even mentioning the ideology that drives them, but by building better hashtags and shushing all criticism of the enemy at home. And when the time comes to actually fight, you
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MSNBC upends most of its lineup
2/20/2015 8:01:56 AM  Jazz Shaw
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As we’ve discussed before, the rumors have been circulating for some time that MSNBC, which constantly gets hammered in the ratings for most of their time slots, was on the verge of shaking things up. This week Phil Griffin started bringing the
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Quotes of the day
2/19/2015 10:41:15 PM  Allahpundit
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President Obama said Thursday that governments across the globe are obligated to confront the “warped ideologies” that lead to terrorism, “especially their attempt to use Islam to justify their violence.”… “The notion
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Video: Former MNsure chief wants to get paid to cooperate with probe of meltdown
2/19/2015 10:01:16 PM  Ed Morrissey
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“You can’t make any of this up,” says the WCCO news anchor, but it’s just par for the course with April Todd-Malmlov. Hot Air readers may recall that Todd-Malmlov served as the executive director of MNsure up through the October
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Administration delays another Obamacare rule, this time for small businesses
2/19/2015 9:21:07 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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Every time the administration delays an Obamacare rule, it makes two concessions. One, the law is indeed bad for many businesses and can lead to bureaucratic morass and stagnation in an already slow jobs economy. Two, businesses are more important than
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Times are tough for the anti-interventionist libertarian
2/19/2015 8:41:24 PM  Noah Rothman
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Americans have short memories. It was not long ago that the nation was beset by war-weariness. The American public, we were told, was snake bit as a result of a long war to subdue insurgent elements in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, with a new and terrible
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Great news: Subprime loans at highest level since 2008
2/19/2015 8:01:18 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Are you ready to party like it’s 2008? The lending institutions seem to be, as subprime lending has reached a peak not seen since the year of the near-collapse of the financial industry. Nearly 40% of all auto loans are now subprime, and it’s
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Outrage: Marie Harf reportedly ruled out as new State Department spokesman
2/19/2015 7:21:56 PM  Allahpundit
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Via the Daily Caller, I don’t get it. She said we could cut ISIS recruitment by creating job opportunities. When she was criticized for that, she doubled down and accused her critics of not being as “nuanced” as she is. A day after
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Gay marriage as a constitutional right is so popular that even Republicans are coming around – Poll
2/19/2015 6:41:09 PM  Noah Rothman
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Fortunately for the stability of the republic, the United States Supreme Court's justices do not take public opinion into account when deciding the cases before them. At least, they're not supposed to keep public opinion in mind. But if they did, there
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Video: US unprepared for expansion of ISIS into North Africa
2/19/2015 6:01:57 PM  Ed Morrissey
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“Strategic patience” may sound good as a presidential soundbite, but it’s translating into paralysis as ISIS expands. CBS News analyst Juan Zarate warns that Barack Obama’s strategy outline has already been outstripped by the
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Question for Scott Walker: Do you agree with Rudy Giuliani that Obama doesn't love America?
2/19/2015 5:21:58 PM  Allahpundit
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Via TPM. Actually, I’m not sure Giuliani still agrees with Giuliani. Evidently the word came down from somewhere that last night’s comments were Unhelpful, so he went on Fox & Friends this morning to say sure, Obama’s a patriot.
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Abandon ship: Southern Tier New York looks to defect to Pennsylvania over fracking ban
2/19/2015 4:41:25 PM  Noah Rothman
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Despite the fact that it rests upon a wealth of resources, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sticking by his pledge to ban the practice of the hydraulic fracturing of shale to extract natural gas (fracking) in the Empire State. He flipped on his opposition
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Obama's immigration orders are a nightmare for everyone
2/19/2015 4:01:44 PM  Noah Rothman
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Republicans in Congress are in a bind over the president's executive orders on immigration. Having picked a fight over funding the Department of Homeland Security so as to prevent the implementation of those orders, the GOP in Congress is finding that
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Obama: Republican rhetoric on Islamic terrorism is helping ISIS, you know
2/19/2015 3:21:07 PM  Allahpundit
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He didn’t say the word “Republican” today but Time magazine has no trouble reading between the lines. A day after talking about the "debate in the press and among pundits" over terminology, he accused others in the public sphere
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Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Graeme Wood
2/19/2015 2:51:48 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson brings us up to date on the week's top stories and gives us a preview of tonight's Hugh Hewitt show. The Atlantic’s
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Ted Strickland was probably hoping nobody would notice him quitting that anti-gun group
2/19/2015 2:41:12 PM  Jazz Shaw
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You may have already seen that former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) is currently testing the waters for a 2016 Senate run against incumbent Republican Rob Portman. But if he’s really serious about it, he may want to get a very good chemistry set
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New video from conservative group: Jeb Bush is unelectable
2/19/2015 2:01:11 PM  Allahpundit
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That thesis is defensible. Although, contra the clip below from For America, it’s Jeb’s chumminess with the Bushes rather than with the Clintons that’s the strongest argument for his unelectability. Still, a fair point from Brent
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The next ObamaCare shoes to drop will hit at tax time
2/19/2015 1:21:45 PM  Ed Morrissey
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And Democrats know it. For some strange reason, the open enrollment that closed on Sunday came two full months before the end of tax-filing season, which means that a lot of people will get an ugly surprise when they do their taxes. This is the first
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More buyer's remorse in the swing states
2/19/2015 12:41:54 PM  Jazz Shaw
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In 2012 Barack Obama managed to carry Iowa, Virginia and Colorado. But after getting a good look at his second term agenda, particularly his plan to provide “free” community college education for most people, the voters there seem to be
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The promise of hashtag: Jen Psaki gets a big promotion
2/19/2015 12:01:42 PM  Noah Rothman
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Alongside her colleague Marie Harf, State Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki has become the focus of a significant amount of scrutiny in the right-leaning press. After serving as a press liaison for President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign,
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Scott Walker approved Milwaukee county resolution backing 2006 McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill
2/19/2015 11:21:48 AM  Allahpundit
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I should hope so. After signing a separate resolution calling for a path to citizenship in 2002, how could he turn down a sequel? Are we sure Jeb Bush is the most pro-amnesty candidate in the field? Remember, unlike some people, Jeb (supposedly) opposes
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CBS poll: 57% want US ground troops to take on ISIS
2/19/2015 10:41:37 AM  Ed Morrissey
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If the White House hoped to convince Americans about its strategy for handling ISIS, it has failed miserably at doing so. While Eric Holder says we’re not really at war-war, the State Department considers it an opportunity for a jobs program, and
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