White House: Obama lied about gay marriage stance . . . In one of the most shameful and startling moments I’ve ever viewed in 17 years covering the White House, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest Tuesday casually acknowledged that President Obama had been lying all along when he said as a candidate in 2008 and as president that he opposed gay marriage. The revelation of deceit was made by David Axelrod in his new book, as first reported by Time. Earnest said Axelrod’s characterization of the nakedly political lie “is not one that I would disagree with or quibble with.” White House Dossier

Later, an interview appeared in which Obama said Axelrod was "mixing up my personal feelings with my position on the issue." But Obama was quite clear his personal opinion was his "position on the issue."

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White House: Global warming a greater threat than terrorism . . . Even as America’s Islamist enemies multiply in the Middle East, the White House today left little doubt that President Obama views global warming as a greater threat than terrorism, refusing to say this wasn’t the case and asserting that more people are affected by changes in the weather than by terror. White House Dossier

State Department won't say Jews target in Paris attack . . . State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki today refused to say that terrorists who attacked a Jewish deli in Paris, killing four people, were targeting Jews, saying it was a matter for the French government to decide. “There were not all victims of one background or one nationality,” Psaki said. Actually, they were all Jewish. White House Dossier

Josh Earnest and Psaki later tweet: “Our view has not changed. Terror attack at Paris Kosher market was motivated by anti-Semitism. POTUS didn’t intend to suggest otherwise.”

FCC Commissioner sites "enormous" White House pressure . . . Republican Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai voiced his concern Tuesday about President Obama’s proposal “to regulate the internet.” Pai cited concerns ranging from the proposal causing heavy-handed FCC regulations on the internet to the plan being a “gift to trial lawyers.” Daily Caller

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Foreign fighters stream into Iraq, Syria . . . Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among 20,000 from around the world, U.S. intelligence officials say in an updated estimate of a top terrorism concern. Fox News

Afghanistan becoming haven for Islamists . . . Afghanistan is in danger of turning into a sanctuary once again for Islamist extremists as the West withdraws troops and shifts its attention elsewhere, a former senior CIA official warned. AFP

White House seeks compromise on ISIS war powers . . . The White House will ask Congress to approve military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that bans “enduring offensive ground operations.” GOP lawmakers had balked at earlier language considered by a Senate panel in December that banned ground troops in combat operations with some exceptions, such as self-defense and rescue missions. The Hill​

Democrats risk Jewish backlash with Netanyahu boycott . . . Their absence will give Republicans a chance to showcase that which has become undeniably true but which may still be poorly understood by many American Jews: The best friends Israel has in America today are Republicans, not Democrats. White House Dossier

Bush tries to deal with his Common Core problem . . .  “I am for creating real restrictions on the federal government’s role in this so you can alleviate people’s fears that you’re going to have some kind of control by the federal government of content, of curriculum, or even standards. I’m against all that.” Time

Bush PAC tech guru resigns over offensive tweets . . . A new aide to Jeb Bush's political action committee has resigned after it was revealed he made comments many deemed offensive about women and gay men. The Hill​

Bill would allow Congress to veto Obama regs . . . A bill that would gut federal agencies’ ability to impose sweeping regulations could save government workers a great deal of time and money if implemented — more than 11 million hours of paperwork and $27 billion each year — according to an advocacy group. Fox News

Groups backed by Cuba continue to wage terror . . . U.S. officials are considering removing Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, even as Cuban allies continue to launch military attacks and trade for weapons. Washington Free Beacon

German anti-Semitism commission has no . . . Jews . . . Leading Jewish groups on Tuesday criticized the German government for creating a new commission on anti-Semitism without including a single Jew. Associated Press

U.S. may send fugitives to China for prosecution . . . Senior U.S. officials will meet in August with their Chinese counterparts to discuss the possibility of repatriating Chinese officials who have fled to America with billions of dollars of allegedly stolen government assets, according to a State Department official. International human rights groups say torture is used as a tool for extracting confessions in Chinese interrogations. Government officials convicted of corruption have been sentenced to death. Reuters

So the corrupt who are in power can torture the corrupt who are not. The fruits of Obama's moral equivalence.

Brian Williams suspended for six months . . . The announcement comes amid an ongoing internal investigation into whether Williams exaggerated stories during his public appearances as managing editor of the top-rated evening news program, both on NBC and elsewhere. Yahoo News

A last-ditch effort by NBC to save Williams . . . The betting is that with Lester Holt handling “Nightly News” for six months, things will cool off—the country will have moved on to some other outrage—and Williams will be able to return to the chair. But that will also require a complete accounting by Williams of what he did wrong—in Iraq, in New Orleans, perhaps on other stories—and a full-throated apology that shows he understands the magnitude of his misconduct. Fox News

Two immigrants for every job . . . The Center for Immigration Studies has released a report that says roughly two immigrants have arrived in the United States over the last 15 years for every net job that was created in that period of time. CIS said that according to government data, 18 million immigrants entered the U.S. from 2000 until the end of 2014. That includes both legal and illegal immigrants. The Blaze

Muslims alarmed by killing of three in NC . . . A Chapel Hill man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting of a young couple and their sister Tuesday, police say. One of the slain was a student at North Carolina State University. Another was at the University of North Carolina and the third was planning to enroll at UNC dental school this year. Washington Post

You're clear to eat eggs . . . The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption. Washington Post

San Francisco water manager caught urinating in reservoir . . . San Francisco-area residents were less than relieved Monday after hearing that a city water manager had been caught urinating into an empty reservoir that supplies drinking water for the Bay Area. Fox News

Sorry, couldn't resist that one. Just one of the funniest headlines I'd seen in awhile.​

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Keith Koffler
Editor
White House Dossier