Maxine Waters Warns 170 MILLION Jobs Could Be Lost Due to Sequestration Cuts — But There’s a Huge Problem With Her Estimate | Video | TheBlaze.com

Maxine Waters Warns 170 MILLION Jobs Could Be Lost Due to Sequestration Cuts — But There’s a Huge Problem With Her Estimate | Video | TheBlaze.com: "If Congress allows sequestration cuts to take effect, more than 170 million Americans could lose their jobs, according to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).

“If sequestration takes place, that’s going to be a great setback. We don’t need to be having something like sequestration that’s going to cause these job losses — over 170 million jobs that could be lost,” Waters said."

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WaPo Fact-Checker Blasts White House Sequester Scare Tactics | Conservative Byte

WaPo Fact-Checker Blasts White House Sequester Scare Tactics | Conservative Byte: "“The sequester is not something that I’ve proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed.” – Barack Obama

The President of the United States is lying. He’s not lying about his personal life sex ala Bill Clinton, he’s lying about policy. And he’s not just lying, he’s brazenly lying; audaciously lying. Obama and the media know the stakes in this battle are enormous. If the GOP and sequester can’t be blamed for our failed economy, Obama and his big government philosophy will be."

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More Details Emerge on Obama’s Prison Purge | Conservative Byte

More Details Emerge on Obama’s Prison Purge | Conservative Byte: "Yesterday we had the shocking news that the regime had released hardened criminals from the illegal immigrant population. They were in jail. Hardened criminals were jailed from the illegal alien population."

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Chuck Todd on OFA Fundraising: ‘This Just Looks Bad’ | Washington Free Beacon

Chuck Todd on OFA Fundraising: ‘This Just Looks Bad’ | Washington Free Beacon: "MSNBC’s Chuck Todd criticized Monday the new fundraising efforts of President Obama’s dark money group, Organizing for Action, calling a scheme for high donors to meet regularly with Obama “the definition of selling access.”"

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House report says 'big-ticket' conferences cost taxpayers $340M | Fox News

House report says 'big-ticket' conferences cost taxpayers $340M | Fox News: "The infamous Las Vegas bash held by the obscure General Services Administration wasn't that unusual after all.

The lavish 2010 conference, which cost over $800,000, had lawmakers fuming last year. But a new congressional report shows taxpayers picked up the tab for at least 894 conferences in 2012 -- to the tune of $340 million. "

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Voting Rights at the Supreme Court Today

Voting Rights at the Supreme Court Today:

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Democrats complain about presence of debt clock on Capitol Hill | The Daily Caller

Democrats complain about presence of debt clock on Capitol Hill | The Daily Caller: "Some members of Congress apparently don’t like to be reminded about how much debt the country continues to rack up."

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20 Most Miserable U.S. Cities to Live In

20 Most Miserable U.S. Cities to Live In: Forbes magazine released its dubious 2013 list of the most miserable cities in the United States of America. With the new list for the new year came a new city listed at the top of the list as Detroit, Michigan (pictured above) replaces last year’s most miserable city of Miami, Florida. The magazine cites Detroit’s high unemployment, violent crimes, shrinking population, and its financial crisis as reasons for giving the city the title.

The Sin Tax Backlash « Hot Air

The Sin Tax Backlash « Hot Air: "Regular Hot Gas readers are already familiar with the various attempts at imposing sin taxes around the country on products like tobacco, alcohol and fast foods, as well as the dismal record of “success” such efforts frequently meet. But there is a new study out this month which is definitely worth your time to read. Chris Snowdon, a fellow at the Adam Smith Institute in London, has published The Wages of Sin Taxes, available at the link in a convenient to read or download format."

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Bob Woodward: Obama’s sequester deal-changer - The Washington Post

Bob Woodward: Obama’s sequester deal-changer - The Washington Post: Bob Woodward (woodwardb@washpost.com) is an associate editor of The Post. His latest book is “The Price of Politics.” Evelyn M. Duffy contributed to this column.

Misunderstanding, misstatements and all the classic contortions of partisan message management surround the sequester, the term for the $85 billion in ugly and largely irrational federal spending cuts set by law to begin Friday.