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opinion
Obama-Era Policies Helped Keep Parkland Shooter Under the Radar. Here’s What Went Wrong.
One of the most heartbreaking and perhaps infuriating aspects of the Florida school shooting that took 17 lives is just how many red flags there were surrounding the shooter. The national debate following the shooting has mostly revolved around guns. Much ink has also (rightly) been spilled about the failed leadership of the Broward County… -
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How Congress Can Provide Relief From Looming Obamacare Mandates
President Donald Trump’s historic tax reform legislation repealed, among other things, Obamacare’s individual mandate tax penalty. Effective in 2019, the IRS will no longer penalize Americans for not purchasing a federally approved health insurance plan. Unfortunately, Congress failed to repeal the even more economically disruptive employer mandate that forces businesses to pay tax penalties for… -
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Scott Pruitt Fought the EPA Under Obama. Now, He’s Leading an EPA Listening Tour.
When President Barack Obama’s EPA introduced the so-called “Clean Power Plan” by phone, pen, and teleprompter, he knew he had a strong sound bite and great talking points. But that’s where its momentum abruptly ended. Like most of the Obama administration’s political agenda, clever messaging aside, the Clean Power Plan faced a head-on collision with… -
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20 State AGs Contend Obamacare Unconstitutional, Launch New Lawsuit
Now that Obamacare lacks the individual mandate tax that prompted the Supreme Court to hold it constitutional, 20 attorneys general are again challenging the law. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel are leading the lawsuit. They were joined by colleagues from across the country Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation, contending… -
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Court Ruling Rebukes Obama-Era Practice That Flouted Rule of Law
A federal judge in Texas this month unmasked one of the defining features of the Obama administration’s abuse of executive power: the use of so-called agency “guidance documents” to usurp Congress’ lawmaking function. The Trump administration, to its credit, has returned to the rule of law by unwinding that practice. In 2012, the Equal Employment… -
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‘Lack of Candor’ Cited Before in Surveillance Requests by Obama Administration
A judge who is part of a secret court system criticized the Obama administration for “an institutional lack of candor” in seeking warrants to spy on U.S. citizens. This scrutiny came in the form of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court report, issued last spring in an investigation that began well before most of the public… -
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The Latest Political Correctness Crusade Targets Sessions for Using Term Obama Also Used
Political correctness jumped the shark long ago, and now we must simply suffer through one absurd controversy after another in the crusade to perfect society. Attorney General Jeff Sessions got himself in hot water for saying in a speech to the National Sheriffs’ Association Monday that the position of sheriff is a part of the… -
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4 Keys to Understanding the Investigation of a Loan Helping Bernie Sanders’ Wife
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is keeping quiet as a federal grand jury investigates a bank loan to a now-defunct private college once run by his wife. “If Jane Sanders had been Jane Doe, she never would have gotten the loan,” @BradyToensing says. Sanders’ Senate office has been declining media interviews in Vermont. A spokesman, Josh… -
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Must-See Moments: Obama Wanted to ‘Know Everything’
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media and some weren’t reported at all. This week, text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page revealed that former President Barack Obama wanted to “know everything” about an FBI… -
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The GOP’s Coming Obamacare Capitulation
Congressional Republicans were elected to repeal Obamacare. They may run this year as the politicians who saved it. Since late last year, GOP leaders have been planning to pump tens of billions of dollars’ worth of new federal spending into the veins of insurance companies that are hemorrhaging red ink on the Obamacare exchanges. The… -
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Problematic Women: Hillary Clinton, Nikki Haley, and Michael Wolff
This week, Democratic senators high-fived each other for spiking a bill that would protect babies 20 weeks and older in the womb. Hillary Clinton issued a statement filled with excuses as to why she kept a staffer on her 2008 campaign after a woman complained he had sexually harassed her. Discredited author Michael Wolff is… -
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Senator Questions CBO’s Political Neutrality Over Obamacare Numbers
The Congressional Budget Office’s overestimation of future enrollment in Obamacare raises questions about the agency’s commitment to nonpartisanship, one of the Senate’s prominent budget experts says. The CBO describes itself as being “strictly nonpartisan,” Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., told the budget office’s director, but the Obamacare estimates appeared to favor the Obama administration’s policy stand… -
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Cruz Urges Congress to ‘Finish the Job’ of Repealing and Replacing Obamacare
Congress needs to finish the job of repealing and replacing Obamacare in 2018, Sen. Ted Cruz says. Republicans in Congress last year failed to craft a comprehensive repeal-and-replace bill for Obamacare that both the House and the Senate could agree on. “I think we got very close last time, and that’s something I’m continuing to… -
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Obamacare Continues to Crush Small Business Owners in 2018
Lawmakers may have gotten rid of the individual mandate, but the crushing weight of Obamacare still has not been lifted. Thanks to Obamacare, in 2018, some Virginia small business owners and their employees reportedly will only have one option for a health insurance plan that offers health savings accounts. As a result, those who prefer… -
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Liberals Are Ripping Tax Reform Bonuses. But They Celebrated $40 Under Obama Tax Cut.
In late 2011, President Barack Obama’s White House promoted the hashtag #40Dollars to get the word out about an extra $40 per paycheck Americans would save in the temporary payroll tax cut. “I’m not sure that $1,000 … goes very [far] for almost anyone,” @DWSTweets says. Less than seven years later, prominent liberals are scoffing at… -
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How State Leaders Can Begin Undoing Obamacare’s Damage
In 2018, millions of middle-class Americans, particularly those unsubsidized enrollees in the states’ individual health insurance markets, are rightfully anxious about the future of their health care. They face skyrocketing premiums—a 34 percent jump for “standard” plans—as well as exploding deductibles, amounting to many thousands of dollars annually. In some states, health insurance costs are… -
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After Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Freezes Data Collecting, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Demands Reversal
A federal court last week again ruled in favor of Mick Mulvaney as the rightful head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which strengthens his hand on such issues as the recent decision to freeze data collection in light of cybersecurity concerns. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who conceived the idea of the consumer agency,… -
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6 Actions States, Federal Government Could Take on Obamacare, Health Care in 2018
Many states are eager to reverse the damage from Obamacare in 2018, but in some cases, they will need help from Congress, leading health care experts say. “A lot of states would like to act in 2018, but there is a lot of uncertainty while they are waiting on Congress and the administration,” Grace-Marie Turner,… -
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Jeff Sessions Just Reversed Obama’s Pot Policy. Why That’s Good News for America.
Reversing Obama-era policy, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has given federal prosecutors the discretion to prosecute marijuana traffickers. That’s good news for those who believe in the rule of law. And good news, too, for those concerned about public health and the safety of our nation’s youth. On Jan. 4, Sessions revoked the Cole Memo, a… -
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New Offshore Drilling Plan Will Reverse Obama Restrictions, Unleash US Energy Dominance
America is moving forward in its march toward energy dominance, and the Trump administration just took an important step forward in achieving that goal. In unveiling its draft five-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan on Thursday, the Interior Department is reversing the Obama administration’s “Keep it in the Ground” anti-energy policy. An abundance of untapped…