Obama stakes final two years on climate change . . . With just two years left in power, President Barack Obama is elevating his efforts to combat global warming as he seeks to leave an imprint on the world that will endure after he's gone. It's a strategy rooted not only in Obama's long-stated support for such efforts, but also in political reality.

Although Obama has long sought to rally action against climate change, White House aides say the issue has become even more attractive after the election because it's one where Obama has considerable leverage to act without Congress. Associated Press

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Gruber said Obama's promises were false . . . “I know zero credible evidence to support that conclusion,” Gruber told the non-partisan FactCheck.org in Feb. 2008 about proposals offered by Obama and his Democratic challenger at the time, Hillary Clinton. Clinton claimed that her plan — which, unlike Obama’s, included the individual mandate — would save the average American family $2,200 per year. Obama said the plan would save families $2,500. Daily Caller

Was there anything we heard about Obamacare that was truthful? That would be a man-bites-dog story.

The Cadillac Tax is for you . . . The Obamacare tax on the most generous health plans - a 40 percent excise tax on employer-sponsored plans spending more than $10,200 per employee - will increasingly hit middle class families. White House Dossier

Gruber cites "evil" states with racist motives . . . A new video featuring Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber, uncovered by White House Dossier today, shows Gruber concurring that some states refusing to expand Medicaid as part of Obamacare do so out of racist motives and asserting that the refusal is “almost awesome in its evilness” and an effort to “punish poor people.” White House Dossier

Paul wants our money back . . . "The one thing we can do is that this Mr. Gruber, this Jonathan Gruber, he was paid and now he’s admitted he was deceptive and deceitful, I’m going to ask for an investigation from the investigator general and ask that he return his pay," said Sen. Rand Paul. Daily Caller

Obama net neutrality plan would cause new tax . . . Internet users would be forced to pay a new federal tax on their monthly bills if the government approves regulations recently endorsed by President Obama, a member of the Federal Communications Commission predicts. Fox News

USDA misspent $2.4B on Food Stamps . . . The Office of Inspector General said the government has been building up the food “safety net” for decades, adding programs so that now one in four Americans now receive federal food assistance. Free Beacon

Did the Founders intend for a limited government to be buying food for a quarter of the population?

UAE labels CAIR a terrorist front . . . A State Department spokesman said Monday the administration was seeking clarity from the United Arab Emirates over its decision to list two American Muslim groups as terrorist organizations. CNS News​

Keystone one vote short . . . Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and other supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are stuck at 59 votes — one vote shy of the supermajority they need to move their bill forward on Tuesday. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said Monday that they would vote against moving forward with the legislation, making it unclear whether supporters had a path to the magic number of 60. The Hill

Where the polls went wrong . . . For much of this election cycle, Democrats complained the polls were biased against them. They said the polls were failing to represent enough minority voters and applying overly restrictive likely-voter screens. But in the end, they were just as wrong. The polls did have a strong bias this year — but it was toward Democrats and not against them. FiveThirtyEight

Christie has shed at least 100 pounds . . . a doctor who was shown before and after pictures of the potential Republican presidential candidate - once an estimated 200 pounds overweight - believes he has shed at least half of those excess pounds. Daily Mail

Christie to GOP: Compromise . . . Making a rare Capitol Hill appearance, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday encouraged the GOP's newest members of Congress to embrace compromise and common ground as they shift to a governing role following their party's midterm rout. Associated Press

Asian backing for Dems dips . . . Democratic backing among Asian-Americans declined sharply in the 2014 cycle, according to exit polls, suggesting President Obama’s decision to delay executive action on immigration policy might have wounded his party in the eyes of a voting bloc that has sided strongly with Democrats for the better part of a generation. The Hill​



Netanyahu blames Abbas for attack . . . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after a deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday, saying it was the "direct result" of his incitement. AFP​

Contagious bird flu outbreak in Europe . . . Dutch officials were on Monday checking poultry farms for a highly infectious strain of bird flu following outbreaks of similar strains of the virus in Britain and Germany. AFP



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Illegals to get benefits under Obama plan . . . Illegal aliens who get Obama’s likely forthcoming executive amnesty will have immediate access to welfare and other public benefits, according to a new report from the Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR). “Obama’s executive amnesty isn’t only unconstitutional but costly; from day one it opens up federal  and state benefits to individuals who are still illegal aliens, regardless of the label the President puts on them,” FAIR executive director Julie Kirchner told Breitbart News.

Another sign the order cannot be revoked. Benefits given are hard to take away.

NY Times backs illegals - unless they're Cuban doctors . . .  In an editorial published on Sunday, the board lamented the “Cuban brain drain” brought on by U.S. immigration policy. Specifically, they want to do away with a program allowing highly trained Cuban doctors to defect to the United States while serving on medical missions abroad. Free Beacon

Asians sue Harvard over affirmative action . . . Harvard University's affirmative action policies, which the school says are aimed at achieving diversity on the vaunted campus of Cambridge, discriminate against Asians who often can't get in despite having higher test scores and grade-point averages than black and Hispanic students who are accepted, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Fox News

Franklin Graham slams Muslim service . . . The Rev. Franklin Graham, son of "America's Preacher" the Rev. Billy Graham, has slammed the Washington National Cathedral for allowing Muslims to hold their first prayer service there Friday. "It’s sad to see a church open its doors to the worship of anything other than the One True God of the Bible who sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to earth to save us from our sins. Newsmax

Surgeon who contracted Ebola dies . . . A surgeon who contracted the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone died Monday at a Nebraska hospital where he was being treated in a biocontainment unit, the facility said in a statement. Fox News

Jose Conseco to sell his middle finger . . . Former Major League Baseball all-star Jose Canseco is planning to sell his amputated middle finger on eBay a few weeks after he accidentally shot it off while cleaning his handgun. “The eBay ad will read slightly used middle finger with 462 home runs could be used as a stirring straw for drinks, Canseco tweeted. Fox News

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Keith Koffler
Editor
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