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A video posted to You Tube yesterday shows the kind of violence against protesters that is becoming more common in Venezuela. A member of a riot police squad in Valencia first sits on the chest of a young woman, trapping

Four million people have now enrolled in private health plans under Obamacare according to President Obama. There is still an asterisk on that number as it includes hundreds of thousands of people who insurers report did not pay a premium

The White House may have been lucky that so few of the Obamacare exchanges worked last October. Newly revealed documents show that CMS staffers were aware of security flaws which made connecting them to federal databases a “high risk” proposition

Monday Senator Marco Rubio delivered a blockbuster speech on political repression in Cuba and Venezuela which touched on recent events including the death of 22-year-old Genesis Carmona. The speech makes him the most outspoken U.S. politician on the subject of

President Nicolas Maduro’s ability to maintain control in Venezuela comes down to his internal intelligence network which keeps an eye and a lid on dissent. That network is heavily assisted by experts sent over from Cuba. Douglas Farah, who was

Friday Human Rights Watch published a long piece critical of the government of Venezuela, saying it had adopted “tactics of an authoritarian regime.” HRW director Jose Vivanco said “The Venezuelan government has openly embraced the classic tactics of an authoritarian

Pop star Madonna weighed in on events in Venezuela and Ukraine Thursday, launching an attack against President Maduro via Instagram. Beside a picture of Maduro, Madonna wrote: Apparantly Maduro is not familiar with the phrase “Human Rights”! Facism is alive

Price controls, a government bureaucracy to set profits, and prison for “capitalist parasites.” In the past five months Venezuela has become a socialist autocracy which only insures things will continue to get worse. In 2013 Venezuela had a 56 percent

During a stop at a coffee shop in Minneapolis Wednesday, Vice President Biden said problems with Obamacare enrollment meant the final tally could be lower than expected. “Initially we talked about by the end of this period having seven million

Tuesday Venezuelan opposition leader Leopold Lopez turned himself in to police who were seeking him on charges of terrorism and murder. Lopez helped organize massive student protests against President Maduro last week, demanding Venezuela’s socialist government do something about crime,

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf fired back Wednesday morning at criticism from the White House over his most recent economic report. The White House and CBO disagree over the effect raising the minimum wage would have on employment. The

Venezuelans sick of high crime and higher rates of inflation have been protesting President Maduro’s socialist regime. Tens of thousands have marched in the streets in all of Venezuela’s cities and several have been killed by motorcycle riding government loyalists.

One of my favorite SNL skits of all time is Chris Farley as motivational speaker Matt Foley. He’s the guy who lives in a van down by the river. Collider highlights a video uploaded to You Tube Monday which shows

John Dickerson is the political director for CBS News and also a political correspondent for Slate. Monday he wrote a piece suggesting that everyone would be better off not mentioning Monica Lewinsky, or any other event in Bill Clinton’s history,

Since the death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013, Nicolas Maduro has continued to run the government along socialist lines. As you’ll see, that approach still has fans in the country but recently there have been massive street protests against

More than half of the people who called Covered California’s phone support in December received a busy signal.  For those who heard a ring, wait times often exceeded 45 minutes leading more than half of all callers to simply give

Meredith Kercher’s killer is gaining new freedoms even as the shameful treatment of Amanda Knox by Italian courts drags on with no end in sight. Rudy Guede killed British university student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in 2007. He was

This morning the White House used its official Twitter account to direct people to a new dedicated page on its website called “Raise the Wage.” Share the news: Today, President Obama will raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to

Monday night Megyn Kelly and guest Marc Thiessen discussed a rule which states that in order to be eligible for the one year mandate delay (which applies to companies with 50-99 employees) a larger employer “must not reduce the size

Last week health insurance industry expert Bob Laszewski asked whether Obamacare was unraveling. His question was prompted by a report that the White House was considering a 1-3 year extension that would allow people to keep plans (in some states)

The White House pulled out all the stops last week to insure reporting on CBO estimates of how Obamacare would create a disincentive to work were strictly accurate. They seem to have another standard entirely when it comes to putting

In response to Selling socialists the bricks they need to bury themselves: I took my kids to see the film Saturday. My son, who is six and has played many of the Lego video games, was particularly excited about it.

Health insurance industry insider Bob Laszewski asks today whether Obamacare is beginning to unravel. His question is prompted by word yesterday that the Obama administration is considering a 1-3 year extension of rules which allow people to keep their “old”

Should we care if people decide to work less because they get more government benefits? Writing at Salon Brian Beutler says we should focus on the benefit to individuals who are no longer indentured at jobs they don’t want because

In a move designed to avoid further rate shock, the Obama administration is considering a possible extension of the one year grace period on previously cancelled health insurance plans. The AP reports word of the possible extension came from Aetna’s

During a 20 minute speech at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama said “killing the innocent” is the “ultimate betrayal” of God’s will. It’s a line that comes across as tone deaf given his own record on abortion. But

Even fans of Obamacare in theory are experiencing disillusionment with the program in practice. An LA Times piece published Tuesday cites current Obamacare customers who are less than thrilled with their coverage. Danielle Nelson lost her insurance plan when her

The White House loves a big number to sell the success of its policies. When it comes to Obamacare enrollment, the big number has come primarily from Medicaid enrollment totals. But a new estimate reveals the extent to which those

Reporters at the NY Times believe their editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal is a petty tyrant who produces boring, doctrinaire output that rarely has an impact on the national debate. Even as the New York Times has laid off reporters

Prior to the launch of the Obamacare exchanges last October, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that 7 million people would sign up for new private insurance plans by the end of then enrollment period. The White House embraced that estimate