Obama to shield 5 million from deportation . . . The executive actions will cover 4 million undocumented immigrants who would qualify for deferred deportations by using criteria such as longevity in the United States and family ties, according to sources briefed on the discussions. An additional 1 million would receive protection through other means, two sources said.

There will be no special protections for farm workers or parents of Dreamers because there were concerns about those pieces clearing the legal bars, sources said. But, administration officials said in their calls, many people who fall into those categories would qualify if they have children who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. Politico

As subversion of our system of government goes, this ranks with Roosevelt's effort to pack the Supreme Court and Nixon's attempt to cover up Watergate. It is possibly a major turning point in our history.

Half oppose Obama action . . . Forty-eight percent oppose Obama taking executive action on immigration -- which could come as soon as later this week -- while 38 percent support it; another 14 percent have no opinion or are unsure. NBC News

The White House has repeatedly claimed this is what "the American people" want. Not.

Conservatives Demand strong response . . . Conservatives say that Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, will be “complicit” in President Barack Obama’s planned executive amnesty if they don’t pull out all the stops to block him. They warn that chaos is around the corner if that’s how it goes down, even though they’d much rather have Republican leaders fight the president alongside them. Breitbart

At some point, Republicans have to stop worrying about whether they are going to get 22 or 27 percent of the Hispanic vote and stand up for principle. And perhaps Latino voters who came here the right way will respect this. Hispanics care about other issues, not just immigration.

Shutdown might not be so bad for GOP . . . "We went down the government-shutdown route before, and the results didn't hurt the Republicans at all," says Rick Tyler, a onetime spokesman for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. "Republicans got reelected to the majority." National Journal

Networks refuse to air the speech . . . The White House is exasperated with the major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS and NBC -- for skipping out on President Barack Obama’s Thursday primetime address on his executive actions on immigration. Politico

Greedy network executives. Like or not, this is a very significant event, and Americans should be informed about it.

White House might negotiate . . . White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest today did not rule out negotiating with the GOP if Republicans move to bar funding for the implementation of President Obama’s upcoming executive order on immigration. White House Dossier

Texas to sue Obama . . . Texas Attorney General and Gov.-elect Greg Abbott says he will sue President Barack Obama on behalf of his state as soon as Obama announces that he is taking executive action and granting legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. Newsmax

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Taxpayers pay $300K for Obama to attend wedding . . . Obama's decision to return home from a trip instead of staying in Westchester, NY, where the wedding of MSNBC host Alex Wagner was to take place, cost taxpayers an extra $300,000. Judicial Watch

Obama would have stayed local if he was able to arrange golf, but he couldn't so he flew back to Washington to relax and then returned to Westchester.

Will: Obama best GOP recruitment tool since Reagan . . . “Barack Obama once said that he wanted to be as consequential in his own way as Ronald Reagan was. He is in this sense: he is the greatest builder of the Republican Party since Ronald Reagan," Will said. Daily Caller

Gruber loses Vermont contract . . . A spokesman for Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday that the state would no longer pay the ObamaCare architect. “As the Governor and I have said, the comments by Mr. Gruber are offensive, inappropriate and do not reflect the thinking of this administration or how we do things in Vermont,” Lawrence Miller, said Wednesday in a statement. Fox News 

Dems demand "carbon footprint" test . . . Three House Democrats have proposed legislation that would require the Congressional Budget Office to produce a “carbon score” for legislation, in the same way CBO creates a budget score for bills. The Blaze

Christie: Shutdown talk "hysteria" . . . At the opening of the annual Republican Governors Association meeting here on Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said talk of a potential shutdown amounts to “hysteria” and “people looking to make news.” The outgoing RGA chairman said it is “incumbent upon everyone in Washington, D.C., to do their job.” Politico

Christie positions himself as "the responsible adult."



Fear of a religious war in Israel . . .   Israelis and Palestinians expressed fear Wednesday that their decades-old conflict was moving beyond the traditional nationalist struggle between two peoples fighting for their homelands and spiraling into a raw and far-reaching religious confrontation between Jews and Muslims. Washington Post

Ebola spreading intensely in Sierra Leone . . . The toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,420 deaths out of 15,145 cases in eight countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, with transmission of the deadly virus still "intense and widespread" in Sierra Leone. Reuters

But Ebola is so yesterday! Maybe not.



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Virginia Tech pulls conservative group's funding . . . A conservative group at Virginia Tech is fighting back after a student-run group pulled its funding following a speech on illegal immigration by former Treasury Secretary Bay Buchanan. Young Americans for Freedom is appealing a decision made by the university’s Student Budget Board. The board denied the group funding for an already-scheduled speech by Herman Cain, as well as all other aid for the rest of the year. Fox News

Student politburo quashes free speech.

Billy Graham: A "lawless and wicked age" . . . World renowned evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, the founder and chairman of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,  said that our children are growing up in a “lawless and wicked age,” infused with the “philosophy of the Devil, who says, ‘Do as you please.’” CNS News

Perfect for today. Obama's executive action is the ultimate "do what makes you feel good" moment from the Sixties, ignoring the principles this country was founded on.

A third of student loans could go bad . . .  Four years after the federal government took over the student loan program, nine percent of student loans are in default and another 23 percent have the potential to go bad as well. Breitbart

Conservatives mark Goldwater campaign's 50th . . . “Fifty years ago as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater lost the 1964 election in a landslide. In defeat, however, he proved to be the most consequential loser in American politics." Breitbart

As they say, the votes for Goldwater's victory eventually came in, but it took until 1980.

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Keith Koffler
Editor
White House Dossier