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2026-10-09 Home Front: Politix
Barack Obama and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad News Cycle
[PJ] Few things bring me more workday pleasure than an opportunity to mock The Lightbringer, the man whose very nomination caused the oceans to stop rising (or maybe stop receding), healed our racial divisions (except for those tricksy Jews and also white guys), and ushered in "a new way of being on the planet."

Of course, it's even more pleasurable when I don't have to think about Barack Obama at all, but he was never one of those "absence makes the heart grow fonder" people, so I have to leap on those mocking opportunities whenever they present themselves.

Today, for example, when I do believe I'll celebrate filing this column by shaking myself a martini.

Shall we begin?

The setup began Monday with a news item you're probably already well aware of. Despite polls showing Michigan Islamo-Commie Democrat Abdul El-Sayed with an insurmountable 417-point lead over his rival, that Republican dude that nobody is 100% certain is actually running.

Campaigns comfortably in the lead don't interrupt Obama from doing whatever it is he does these days — occasionally scold black men and count his Netflix money, I think — for a joint campaign stop on the first day of early voting.

That planned October 24 joint campaign appearance might get a little awkward, given what we just learned SAYED! really thought about the Lightbringer's performance as president.

And Another Thing: My editor assures me that there is a Republican nominee, that his name is Mike Rogers, and that he's been both on the campaign trail and occasionally (but only very occasionally) in the news. My editor also says that Al-Sayed now just uses "SAYED!" in his campaign materials. So, kind of like Madonna, but instead of getting you out on the dance floor, Madonna wanted to force you onto a prayer mat and confiscate your wealth. # id) ?>
Posted by Besoeker  2026-10-09 02:14|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| ||Comments [86 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 || Comments   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 || Comments   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 || Comments   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 || Comments   Top

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

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