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2026-10-09 Home Front: Politix

Barack Obama and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad News Cycle

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-09 02:14|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [87 views ] Top

1 My editor also says that Al-Sayed now just uses "SAYED!" in his campaign materials.

I am seeing yard signs here in Michigan that say "ABDUL". No doubt a totally genius plan to hide the candidate behind a common Midwestern name.

Posted by SteveS 2026-10-09 09:10|| 2026-10-09 09:10|| Front Page Top

2 ‘Like a Klingon prison’: inside Barack Obama’s audacious, near-windowless, $850m presidential library

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-09 09:19|| 2026-10-09 09:19|| Front Page Top

3 Trump is fighting Obamacare fraud. Democrats are defending the numbers
Democrats love double-talk. They claim to defend affordable healthcare while taxpayers finance fraudulent enrollments that harm the very consumers Obamacare was supposed to protect. Right on cue, they turned the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown into cruelty. Chuck Schumer claims the administration is kicking hundreds of thousands of people off their plans, while former Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls fraud enforcement a "false pretext" for stripping away coverage. Before Democrats declare 760,000 people victims of Republican cruelty, they should explain why taxpayers were financing policies that some consumers never requested, used or knew existed.

The Trump administration recently announced that CMS canceled approximately 315,000 unauthorized Obamacare enrollments covering more than 760,000 people and expected to recover approximately $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. An additional 419,000 enrollments are undergoing eligibility verification. Every taxpayer and every family struggling to afford health insurance should be alarmed. Instead, Rep. Richard Neal, the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, accused Republicans of "[doubling] down to take [coverage] away entirely," warning that the crackdown would increase medical debt and healthcare costs without acknowledging the fraudulent enrollment or the $2.2 billion in subsidies the administration expects to recover.

GAO found that Biden-era controls failed to verify consumer consent, restrict broker access or notify patients when plans changed. Complaints involving confirmed unauthorized activity more than quadrupled from 2023 through 2025. Predatory brokers used basic personal information to enroll consumers or switch their plans without permission, changed their contact information to conceal the activity and then collected compensation from insurers. Victims risked losing doctors or medications, paying higher copayments and deductibles or repaying tax credits based on false information.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-09 09:46|| 2026-10-09 09:46|| Front Page Top

4 Obama Foundation workers move to unionize over benefits, working conditions months after center opens
Employees at former President Barack Obama's foundation are moving to unionize, accusing leadership of rolling back benefits, failing to address workplace concerns and driving away experienced staff, according to a letter reviewed by Fox News Digital.

The workers are invoking Obama's own public support for organized labor as they seek to form Obama Workers United, urging foundation leadership to respect their right to organize.

In the letter, signed by dozens of employees, workers said increasing workloads, reduced benefits and a lack of support from leadership have contributed to high staff turnover at the foundation, which operates the recently opened Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-09 10:18|| 2026-10-09 10:18|| Front Page Top

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-10-09 15:14|| 2026-10-09 15:14|| Front Page Top

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