The Right Stuff In The Morning Friday, November 21, 2014 Good morning! In the news today: Obama announces the immigration order; heads to Vegas; gets some of his facts wrong; gets some of his logic wrong; Republicans disagree on how to react; Hayden: We can't detect an Iran bomb; Jeb declares his love for
common core; and in case you haven't heard this asked before, Who killed JFK? Have a great weekend. Keith
Obama unveils sweeping amnesty . .
. President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for some 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans who vow to fight his moves. In a White House speech, Obama rejected Republican arguments that his decision to bypass Congress and take executive action was tantamount to amnesty for illegal immigrants. Reuters
Today is a sad day . . . This is a turning point. This is a new nation. Fundamentally changed . . . Do as you please. It is the philosophy of the Left, inflicted upon the country from the 1960s onward. What Obama is doing is of apiece with this “feels
good” philosophy. Timeless principles are thrown to the wind to allow the indulgence of desire. Obama wants immigration reform. And therefore, it shall be. White House Dossier
Obama's action in summary . . . The president's immigration order, broken down into bite-sized chunks. The Daily Signal
Obama fact check . . . President Barack Obama made some notable omissions in his remarks about the unilateral actions he's taking on immigration. A look at his statements Thursday and how they compare with the facts. Associated Press
Obama's flawed logic . . . Can the president make fraud and theft legal? How about assault? Cocaine use? Perjury? You’d have to conclude he can — and that we have supplanted the
Constitution with a monarchy — if you buy President Obama’s warped notion of prosecutorial discretion. National
Review
The point here is, just because you don't prosecute someone, why does it mean they become "legal?" A crime is still a crime, even if you don't take it to court.
Republicans united in anger, not on response . .
. A heated argument is raging among Republicans in Congress over the best response, with a sizable and vocal group of conservatives pressing to use a must-pass government spending bill to withhold funding for implementation of Obama's order easing deportation rules for millions of undocumented residents. Other suggestions from Republicans have ranged from filing a lawsuit to block the executive action to
crafting separate immigration legislation that would override the president's order. Hal Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, argued on Thursday that a 'de-funding' plan will not work because the agency primarily responsible for processing immigrants, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is funded almost entirely by application fees. Reuters
Latino support lukewarm . . . According to a breakdown provided by the pollsters, 43 percent of Latino respondents said they approved of the president's actions, versus 37 percent who disapproved and 20 percent who said they didn't have an opinion or weren't sure. Washington Examiner
No Obamacare for newly legalized . . . Freed from deportation threats, more of the undocumented may be able to take regular jobs with
health insurance for themselves and their families, instead of operating in shadow jobs without health insurance. They will not be covered by Obamacare, however.
Politico
Well why not? Because Obama knows it could sink Obamacare by swelling the rolls - and the costs for average Americans?
Illegals to get a big wage boost . . . Illegal immigrants stand to make out nicely, seeing a big jump in their wages under President Obama’s policy, announced Thursday, granting millions of them temporary amnesty and the chance to work legally, but analysts say American workers in some jobs are likely to
feel a pinch from new competitors. Washington Times
How Obama got here . . . The president, the Homeland Security secretary and their secret 9-month project to
remake American’s broken immigration system. Politico
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Obama heads to Vegas . . . Determined to go it alone, President Obama will head to Nevada on Friday to sign an executive order granting “deferred action” to two illegal immigrant groups- parents of United States citizens or
legal permanent residents who have been in the country for five years, and young people who who were brought into the country illegally as of 2010. Obama will sign the executive order at the same Las Vegas high school where he unveiled his sweeping blueprint for a national immigration overhaul nearly two years ago. Fox News
Obama will veto efforts to mess with order . . . President Obama would veto any Republican attempts
to undermine the executive action he’s unveiling Thursday night in a primetime address, a senior administration official said Thursday. The Hill
Obama huddles with civil rights activists . . . President Obama met with more than a dozen prominent civil and immigration rights activists Thursday ahead of his speech debuting a series of new steps that will extend deportation relief and work permits to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants. The Hill
HHS over-reported Obamacare signups . . . The Obama administration acknowledged Thursday it has been over-reporting the number of people signed up under the
health care law, a discrepancy that congressional Republicans seeking to repeal the program say they uncovered. Associated Press
I'm sure this was just an honest mistake.
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Hayden: U.S. can't detect Iranian bomb . . . Former top George W. Bush administration official Gen. Michael Hayden said on Thursday that unless Iran provides the West with extensive access to its suspected nuclear facilities—a concession
the Islamic regime has strenuously refused—U.S. intelligence agencies will be unable to detect its development of a bomb. Washington Free Beacon
I guess we'll be able to verify
Iran's nuclear activities when they drop a bomb on Tel Aviv.
China significantly expanding nuclear forces . . . China’s nuclear forces are expanding and details about the nation’s strategic weapons programs remain hidden by Beijing’s secrecy, according to the annual report of the congressional U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. Washington Free Beacon
Obama releases five more from Gitmo . . . The Obama administration has released five Guantanamo Bay prisoners after an administration task force
determined they no longer posed a threat. Fox News
I assume they'll just go to work at a 7-11, and not immediately log onto the ISIS jobs
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Clinton finally weighs in on immigration . . . Hillary Clinton backed President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration Thursday night, thanking him for moving amid congressional “inaction” but also urging a legislative solution. Politico
Jeb doubles down on Common Core . . . The former Florida governor signaled in a Washington speech Thursday that he is prepared to fight the base in his own party over the increasingly unpopular Common Core education standards, arguing that they are vital to improving the quality of education
and, by extension, improving children’s chances to succeed in today’s economy. Washington Times
Webb forms presidential exploratory committee . . . Former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb became the first major
Democratic candidate to signal officially an intent to run for president in 2016, forming an exploratory committee and vowing to provide positive leadership for the country. Washington
Times
Paul meets with Sharpton . . . Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul met with the Rev. Al Sharpton in the Senate Dining Room on Thursday for what Sharpton called a "candid" meeting. Paul, a Republican, is a likely candidate for president in 2016. He and Sharpton discussed criminal justice system reforms and mandatory sentencing practices during the breakfast chat. Newsmax
I almost headlined this "meeting of the minds," but only one of the parties involved has one.
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 Ferguson simmers . . . Riot
police arrested at least two demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, for a second night running as tensions simmer ahead of a grand jury decision in the case of a white officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August. Reuters
Mafia Hit man confesses to killing JFK . . . "I squeezed off my round. I hit him and blew his head backward," James Files said of the single shot he fired that fateful day. Files tells why he chose to position himself on the grassy knoll to await JFK's motorcade while another shooter - not Oswald - took a different position. "I've got the
railroad yard in back of me," he said. "We got a parking lot there and I got a place where I could stash whatever I would need, and I could pass myself off as a worker in the railroad yard for the time being until the time comes and nobody would really pay any attention to me." Newsmax
Is this credible. I dunno. But it's fascinating.
We're even fatter than we thought . . . The obesity rates of many U.S. states are actually higher than previously thought, a new study finds. The new findings are based on doctors'
measurements of people's height and weight, whereas many previous reports were based on people's reports of their own measurements. But the problem is not that people underestimate their weight surprisingly, it's that they overestimate their height. Fox News
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