The Right Stuff In The Morning
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Good morning! In the news today: Obamacare price tag rises to $2 trillion as costs kick in; Obama approval hits 50 percent; Bergdahl supposedly to be charged with desertion; Kochs to spend nearly $1 billion; anti-semitic acts in France double; and Sarah's not really running.
Have a great day.
Keith
Obamacare to cost $2 trillion over next decade . . . President Obama's healthcare law will spend about $2 trillion over the next decade on expanding insurance coverage but still leave 31 million
Americans uninsured, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office released on Monday. Washington Free Beacon Deficits set to soar right back up . .
. Barack Obama is ready to turn the page on the $1 trillion deficits that once defined his presidency. That’s easy for him to say — he’ll no longer be in office when everything blows up. Daily Caller ******* Support REDLINE and White House Dossier when you shop on Amazon. Just click on this link and bookmark it for use each time you make a purchase. REDLINE and White House Dossier will receive a percentage of the price of your purchase, but it doesn't cost you a thing! Thanks for your
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Did Obama trade a terrorist for two Americans? . . . the United States in July 2014 was offered up two Americans imprisoned in Qatar, Matthew and Grace Huang, in exchange for an al Qaeda operative, Ali Saleh
al-Marri. The proposed deal occurred just after the White House had traded five very bad guys for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. Which apparently gave the Qataris an idea. U.S. officials of course deny any deal was made. It’s just that, the Huangs were released in December, and al-Marri was sprung last week. Early. White House Dossier Obama approval at 18-month high . . . President Barack Obama’s approval rating is as high as it’s been since mid-2013, reaching 50 percent on Monday according to Gallup. This comes as Republicans have backed down from several immigration campaign promises as they seek to “govern” rather than follow through on what
they said they were going to do. Breitbart McDonough nabbed trying to steal oil boom credit . . . One of the more shameless lies repeatedly repeated by this administration is the suggestion that it is somehow responsible for the growth in U.S. oil production and lower gasoline prices. White House Dossier WH Drone landing shows unresolved security issue . . . The intrusion by a recreational drone early Monday onto the White House lawn exposed a security gap at the compound that the Secret Service has spent years studying but has so far been unable
to fix, according to several officials familiar with the concern. Washington Post VA scandal won't go away easily for the administration, as Concerned Veterans for America plans February 26th "Fixing Veterans Health Care Summit" in Washington featuring House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other
big names. Obama Schedule || Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Claim: Bergdahl to be charged with desertion . . . Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was released by the Taliban last year in exchange for five prisoners, is being charged with desertion, retired Lt. Col. Tony Schaffer told Bill O’Reilly on
“The O’Reilly Factor” Monday. Washington Times ISIS has some setbacks . . . The self-styled Islamic State is losing key battles on the ground in Iraq and Syria
and in the propaganda wars as well. A Kurdish victory in Kobane would be a stinging blow. Christian Science
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Kochs to spend close to $1 billion on 2016 . . . The Koch brothers’ operation intends to spend $889 million in the run-up to the 2016 elections — a historic sum that in many ways would mark Charles and David Koch and their fellow
conservative megadonors as more powerful than the official Republican Party. Politico Gillibrand blasted for SOTU guest . . . Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is coming under fire for hosting
at the State of the Union address Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University student known as “mattress girl,” whose anti-rape campaign against a fellow student has been criticized as harassment. Washington Times Clinton gives top campaign role to husband of CNN VP . . . Hillary Clinton plans to improve her relationship with the press for 2016, and her choice of Tom Nides as a top campaign official could be a good start. He is married to a top executive of CNN. Washington Free Beacon GOP may ease path for Obama Supreme Court nominees . . . A Republican proposal to abolish filibusters on Supreme Court nominees is gaining steam in the Senate, a move that would make it much easier for the White House to fill high court vacancies
just as President Obama appears likely to get another appointment. Washington Examiner
Sarah Palin isn't really running
for president . . . She says she's interested in running for president, but Sarah Palin is not backing that interest up with action. Washington Examiner Dems jam the Keystone bill . . . Democrats on Monday night were able to stall legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, sending Republicans back to the drawing board on a plan to get the bill through the Senate. The Blaze Reid has eye surgery; doctors optimistic . . . Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid successfully underwent a lengthy surgery on Monday to repair broken bones in his face suffered in a New Year’s Day exercise injury, according to his
office. Doctors are “optimistic” that Reid will regain sight in his right eye, though “there is no definitive verdict yet.” Politico De Blasio's
bizarre sign language interpreter . . . New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio today used an startlingly overzealous sign language interpreter, who pushed the absurdity envelope to the tearing point while Hizzoner was telling New Yorkers to get ready for the snow. Apparently, this is real signing. White House Dossier  |
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Reports: Pope met with transgender man . . . There are reports in Spanish publications that Pope Francis has accepted a transgender person into the Vatican — and embraced him — after the man who was once a woman wrote
him an anguished letter last year. The Vatican hasn’t corroborated the accounts, but it hasn’t denied them either. Washington Post Anti-Semitic acts in France double . . . Some 851 anti-Semitic acts were registered in 2014, compared with 423 the previous year, with acts of physical violence jumping to 241 from 105, the CRIF said. The numbers were released as world leaders readied to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. AFP
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Rush's chief of staff dies . . . Christopher “Kit” Carson, Rush Limbaugh’s chief of staff, passed away this morning from brain cancer at the age
of 56, leaving behind his wife, Theresa, and two teenaged sons, Jesse and Jack. He had worked with Limbaugh for 27 years. CNS News Keith Koffler
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