They Knew. They Lied.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer conceded to reporters today that Democrats knew people would not be able to keep their current health care plans under Obamacare and expressed qualified contrition for President Obama’s repeated vows to the contrary.

	Oregon signs up just 44 people for Obamacare despite spending $300 million
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Oregon, once touted as a model for President Obama's health care law, signed up just 44 people for insurance through November, despite spending more than $300 million on its state-based exchange. The state’s exchange had the fewest sign-ups in the nation, according to a new report today by the Department of Health and Human Services... Oregon is a Democratic state that embraced Obamacare early and enthusiastically. Its outreach effort, which included a folk-style music video featuring a singer playing an acoustic guitar against a colorful and scenic backdrop, had been praised among the law's supporters.

	Hill Staff Members Warned Not to Rely on Obamacare D.C. Portal
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Capitol Hill staff members who signed up through the Washington healthcare exchange are being told to confirm their enrollments in person, the Hill reported. Staff members were told not to rely on data from the troubled healthcare exchange, called DC Health Link or DCHL, the report said. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said as much as 25 percent of enrollment transmissions sent from the federal portal, healthcare.gov, to insurers were either garbled or contained bad data, The Hill reported.

	Sebelius: Obama Admin Still 'Hand-Matching' Applicants with Insurance Companies
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On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the Obama administration is still "hand-matching" Americans who attempted to apply for Obamacare on HealthCare.Gov but may not have had their information correctly sent to insurance companies due to what are known as "834 errors."... Responding to questions from Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT), Sebelius conceded there were Americans who think they are enrolled in Obamacare and may not be because of the "834 errors," and that the Obama administration is working to make sure Americans people who think they are enrolled in Obamacare are "actually matched with the company."

	Only 7,000 Enroll in Obamacare in Obama's Home State
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Illinois reported only 7,043 enrollments in Obamacare in the first two months of the program, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Chicago Tribune reports. The eventual goal is 300,000 Illinois enrollments.

	Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to face sentencing
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In what could be the final act in a long-running drama, ex-Mayor Bob Filner is set to appear in court Monday to be sentenced on three counts of mistreating women, the kind of accusations that drove him to resign. The judge is widely expected to approve a plea bargain that includes no jail time, three months of home confinement, a reduction in his city pension, mandatory mental health counseling and a bar against seeking public office.... For the 71-year-old Filner, San Diego's first Democratic mayor in two decades, the public aspect of the case may be complete.

“If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too.” One million Californians who lose their individual plans in 2014 know that’s not true; when many saw their new premiums, they experienced “sticker shock.” Next comes “doc shock” — the revelation that many folks also won’t be able to keep their doctors. -Ed Driscoll

	Alan Grayson loses $18M in fraud scheme
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Controversial House Democrat Alan Grayson lost $18 million as part of a criminal scheme run by a Virginia man that bilked more than 100 investors out of more than $35 million, according to federal court documents.

	Capitol Hill Feels Pains of Obamacare Sign-Up Troubles
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Members of Congress who have gone along with the idea that they should get insurance through Obamacare’s system of exchanges are getting a stronger dose of medicine than they bargained for.... “Those who have managed to navigate the site and successfully sign up are finding an enrollment page that shows they are enrolled in multiple plans or not enrolled at all. The people at DC Health Link have had a difficult time answering our questions and confirming we are enrolled in a plan,” Beardslee said.

	1 in 4 Obamacare enrollments affected by technical bug first month
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After refusing for weeks to detail the extent of back-end problems with healthcare.gov, the Obama administration on Friday said a technical bug affected approximately 25 percent enrollments on the federal exchanges in October. Those technical bugs, separate from the troubles consumers had experienced accessing information on the website during the first two months, are posing a significant new problem for those who signed up and are expecting insurance coverage come Jan. 1.

	Obamacare Site For Congressional Staffers Crashes
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Today a mass email was sent to Senate staff informing them the Washington DC Health Link website has crashed. Congressional staffers must sign up for Obamacare through the Washington D.C. exchange.

A noted liberal Georgetown University law professor who represented members of Congress in a lawsuit over the Libyan war, represented workers at the secret Area 51 military base and served as counsel on national security cases says Barack Obama is a danger to the U.S. Constitution. The comments from Jonathan Turley came during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

	Some Reid staffers exempt from Obamacare exchanges
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Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare's architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law's new exchanges... In September, Reid told reporters, "Let's stop these really juvenile political games -- the one dealing with health care for senators and House members and our staff. We are going to be part of exchanges, that's what the law says and we'll be part of that."

	Work for Obama grassroots organization...for free
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Despite consistently beating the drum for an increased minimum wage, President Obama’s highly organized grassroots organization is offering jobs that don’t pay at all. "OFA is now accepting applications for full-time and part-time HQ Interns for the Spring 2014 and Summer 2014 HQ Internship Programs in Chicago, IL," reads the job posting listed at Organizing for Action’s site, BarackObama.com... "No one who works full time in America should have to live in poverty," reads another OFA advertisement

	Latest Obamacare Glitch: Third of Enrollees May Not Get Insurance
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Up to one-third of the 149,000 individuals who have been able to sign up for Obamacare — 44,700 people — may not have health insurance after all come Jan. 1, even though HealthCare.gov accepted their applications and confirmed coverage. In yet another acknowledged blunder, administration officials have admitted that people “might not be officially signed up with their selected issuer, even if the website has told them they are,” ABC News reports.

	Penn State cutting employee hours due to Obamacare
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According to Susan Basso, Penn State’s Vice President for Human Resources, the current law will have a “significant, negative impact on the university budget” which will surely be passed onto current and prospective students in the form of higher tuition costs, other fees, and reduced funding to other programs that benefit students, like club sports... To mitigate these costs, the University is preparing to do what countless other businesses have already done: cut back employee hours. Starting on January 1st, no student will be allowed to work more than 20 hours a week at any on-campus, university operated location.

	Analysis Finds Cost of Obamacare Website Is Way More Than Anyone Predicted
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The to-date cost of the glitchy Obamacare website has topped $1 billion, easily surpassing the $394 million originally estimated by the Government Accountability Office, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis.

MSNBC host Chris Matthews said President Obama “came amongst us” in an awestruck voice during a post-interview analysis on Hardball Thursday. Panelist David Corn said Obama appeared to remain frustrated with the media culture in Washington, but Matthews countered with Obama’s appearance on his program. “David Corn, you skeptic,” Matthews said. “He came to us today. He came amongst us.”

	War on Men: Archie Comics CEO Accused of Referring to Male Employees as ‘Penis’
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The co-CEO of Archie Comics’ says she couldn’t have discriminated against her underlings – because they’re white men. In papers filed in Westchester Supreme Court, Nancy Silberkleit’s lawyer says a gender discrimination lawsuit filed against her earlier this year by a group of Archie Comics employees should be tossed in part because white guys aren’t members of "a protected class."

	With HealthCare.gov 'Fixed,' Ohio Woman Sees Severe Sticker Shock
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Liz Binns told Newsnet 5 that the federal health-care exchange was no salvation for her and her husband. He has a preexisting condition and a job that doesn’t offer coverage. However, the cheapest plan she was able to find on the federal health-care exchange has a premium over $400 and a $5,000 deductible. "I can’t afford it. I cannot afford it," Binns said. She predicted that she would be able to pay off such costs only with "at least a second job and praying that I would make enough." Binns has been attempting to use the site since October and says she isn’t sure what her next course of action will be. "I thought this was going to be the miracle for us and it’s not," Binns said.

	White House: Obama hasn't yet signed up for Obamacare
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President Obama has yet to make good on the administration's promises that he would sign up for health insurance on the new government exchanges, the White House acknowledged on Monday. White House press secretary Jay Carney said that Obama has not signed up for Obamacare and that he did have a reason for the delay. A reporter pressed Carney on whether the White House would make it an open-press event if and when Obama does enroll. “I'll get back to you,” Carney replied.

	Relaunched Healthcare.gov Still Proves Dysfunctional
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On Sunday, a day after the date on which the White House had promised Healthcare.gov would work for a "vast majority" of Americans, Jeffrey Zients, the man tasked with fixing the dysfunctional website, claimed it was "much more stable" and "reliably open for business."

	CNN and MSNBC Lose Almost Half Their Viewers in One Year
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It's been a tough year for the liberal cable news outlets. Data released Tuesday show CNN shedding 48 percent of total viewers since last November and MSNBC dropping 45 percent. The numbers were even worse in the all important demographic of people aged 25 to 54 as CNN's ratings dropped 59 percent and MSNBC's 52 percent.

And indeed, fifty thousand people signed up online for New Jersey’s gambling sites in the first week. That compares with 741 who signed up for Obamacare during all of October. Yes, the Obamacare website has been plagued with problems, but the disparity between the two programs is still eye-popping.

	Bias incidents at Vassar College were hoaxes - Daily Caller
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Reports of bias incidents at Vassar College that involved hateful messages left on students’ doors were actually elaborate hoaxes — and the perpetrator is none other than the student member of the Bias Incident Response Team, The Daily Caller has learned. Five days after the email was sent, Vassar President Catharine Hill sent a follow-up email announcing that the bias incidents were hoaxes perpetrated by two students. The students wrote the vile messages and then filed the reports themselves, claiming to be the victims of unknown haters.

	Obama referred to Tea Party protesters as 'tea-baggers' in handwritten letter to Texas teacher
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Responding to an angry constituent’s letter about the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama allegedly used a sexually charged derogatory term referring to members of the Tea Party movement. ... ‘I... appreciate your concern about the toxic political environment right now. I do have to challenge you, though, on the notion that any citizen that disagrees with me has been “targeted and ridiculed” or that I have “made fun” of tea-baggers,’ Obama allegedly wrote.

	Professor Tells 'Evil' GOP Rep 'F*ck You' over Obamacare Criticism
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An English professor for the taxpayer-subsidized Langston University, a historically black college in Oklahoma, took to social media Tuesday to deride congressional Republicans, specifically Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR), for their efforts to expose the flaws of Obamacare... Van Meter posted as a comment: "Call me when you come up with a better plan, you stupid crook. Of course, that would involve taking off your knee pads."... Van Meter told Griffin "f--- you,” said “you Republicans are evil," and said Griffin was a "graft-taking motherf---er," among other comments.

	UCSF fundraiser wishes death on all Obamacare ‘nonbelievers’
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@BarackObama At this point, we should deny #Obamacare nonbelievers access to care at all. Let them eat their McDonalds, drink 18oz sodas -Stephanie Handler, UCSF fundraiser

Peter Schweizer unveiled a shocking study that found President Barack Obama has not had a single one-on-one meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius since the passage of Obamacare in 2010... "In the case of President Obama, If you look at his calendar, there is no evidence whatsoever that he is focused or has much interest in health care at all," Schweizer said.

	Rule lets unions avoid ObamaCare tax
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The Obama administration sneaked in a rule that would let some labor unions off the hook for an ObamaCare tax. After publicly rejecting the unions’ request for an exemption, the Department of Health and Human Services last week quietly gave the unions a pass on what would have been a massive tax hit. The fee was expected to raise $25 billion over three years, with the funds going to insurance companies to offset the cost of covering pre-existing conditions and other mandatory benefits.

	Congress to get Obamacare fix
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The White House has approved a deal that will exempt members of Congress and their staff from some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported late Thursday. Under the law, popularly referred to as Obamacare, lawmakers and their aides were required to source health insurance "created" by the law or offered through one of its exchanges, and without the subsidies they currently enjoy, the members of Congress would have faced thousands of dollars in additional premium payments each year, the report said.

	House Democrats: Obamacare is working, no apology needed
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House Democratic leaders are holding firm in their support for President Obama's health care law, saying the Affordable Care Act is "working" and that no apology is necessary regarding its problem-plagued rollout... House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., called the president's move "a good step forward." But he added the law already "is working for millions and millions of people right now, and will work for millions and millions of more people."