Obama's ATF, in tandem with the DoJ, arranged for thousands of heavy assault rifles to make their way into the hands of Mexican narco warlords, setting the stage for a mass slaughter of Mexicans (more than 300 to date). 04/01/2010 The Washington Times Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

The Obama Administration fired the ATF whistleblower who exposed the Fast and Furious scandal. 06/28/2011 Fox News Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Documents reveal Obama's ATF used "Fast and Furious" as part of a campaign for more gun control. 12/07/2011 CBS News Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

More than 1,000 guns from Obama's "Fast and Furious" program remain lost. 12/15/2011 The Washington Times Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Obama's ATF used mentally disabled teens to run drug-and-gun stings. 12/09/2013 Reason Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

The DoJ's internal watchdog says the ATF let a confidential informant keep as much as $5.2 million from illicit cigarette sales. 09/25/2013 CBS News Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

The DoJ's internal watchdog says the ATF somehow "lost track" of 420 million cigarettes 09/25/2013 CBS News Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Guns from Obama's "Fast and Furious" programs were used in the killings of at least two Americans, and probably more. 08/04/2015 National Review Online Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Obama's ATF is using its resources to threaten the makers of kombucha, a fermented tea with trace amounts of alcohol. 09/20/2015 The Denver Post Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

After AmeriCorps' Inspector General uncovered corruption in the office of an Obama ally, Sacramento's major Kevin Johnson, Obama fired the IG. 07/10/2009 The Washington Times AmeriCorps

In firing AmeriCorps' IG for doing his job too effectively, Obama broke a law that he as a senator sponsored. 07/10/2009 The Washington Examiner AmeriCorps

After Amtrak's inspector general uncovered waste, fraud, and abuse within Amtrak, Obama fired him. 05/31/2010 The Washington Times Amtrak

Generally ignored South America despite consequential developments during his presidency. 11/08/2011 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

Despite campaign promise to retain ban on slaughtering horses for meat, he ended the ban. 12/10/2011 NewsBusters Barack Obama White House

During his State of the Union address, Obama misquoted Lincoln. 01/25/2012 Human Events Barack Obama White House

The Obama White House somehow spelled Rhode Island as "Road Island." 02/20/2012 The Daily Mail Barack Obama White House

Two of Obama's three biggest bills were only accomplished through political bribery. 02/21/2012 The Daily Signal Barack Obama White House

Obama used executive powers to benefit close friends' private investment firms 03/20/2018 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

He threatened Israel not to protect itself against Iran's nuclear threat. 02/22/2012 The Wall Street Journal Barack Obama White House

During an interview with Grantland's Bill Simmons, Obama claimed to have known about then sensation Jeremy Lin before anybody else in the world. 03/01/2012 New York Magazine Barack Obama White House

Despite a recent scandal involving throwing like a girl on national TV, Obama boasted Bill Simmons he's actually an incredible athlete. 03/01/2012 NewsBusters Barack Obama White House

During an interview with Grantland's Bill Simmons, Obama claimed he was "way ahead of the curve on the podcast thing." 03/01/2012 Grantland Barack Obama White House

More than half of Obama's big money contributors received plum payouts or positions. 03/07/2012 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

Tried to bribe Israel to promise not to challenge Iran while he was running for re-election. 03/08/2012 Reuters Barack Obama White House

While mocking Republicans' lack of historical knowledge, Obama mangled history himself. 03/15/2012 ABC News Barack Obama White House

On the campaign trail, Obama often talked about how his cancer-stricken mother had to battle insurance companies to receive payments; in fact that was not true. 03/19/2012 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

Despite having taught constitutional law, Obama badly misstated the Constitution during an unscripted effort at defending ObamaCare (eventually forcing the DoJ to issue a "correction"). 04/03/2012 The Wall Street Journal Barack Obama White House

Obama's senior adviser, David Plouffe, violated the Hatch Act by participating in campaign activities. He went unsanctioned. 04/09/2012 The Washington Free Beacon Barack Obama White House

After repeatedly bemoaning the injustice of Warren Buffett's secretary paying a higher net tax rate than Warren Buffett, it was revealed Obama also pays a lower rate than his White House secretary. 04/13/2012 ABC News Barack Obama White House

Obama signed an executive order giving himself power to regulate anything to do with water (even non-waters) 04/17/2012 Human Events Barack Obama White House

Obama White House counsel, Greg Craig, is being investigated for failing to register as a foreign agent over Ukraine work 07/31/2018 NBC News Barack Obama White House

As a candidate, Obama ran afgainst the use of signing statements and executive orders; as president he did a 180. 04/22/2012 The New York Times Barack Obama White House

A pro-life Chinese dissident sought protection from the U.S.; the Obama State Dept. tricked him into coming to our Beijing embassy, where he was promptly returned to the Chinese (facing possible execution). 05/02/2012 HotAir Barack Obama White House

Obama admitted having invented a central character in his supposedly nonfiction autobiography (his girlfriend). 05/02/2012 Politico Barack Obama White House

While still supposedly opposed to gay marriage, Obama lectured North Carolina about his "disappointment" in their constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. 05/09/2012 The Hill Barack Obama White House

As a candidate, Obama ran on an anti-gay marriage platform; once in office, he announced he supports gay marriage. 05/10/2012 CNN Barack Obama White House

Obama's White House quietly inserted him into existing WhiteHouse.gov biographies of past presidents. 05/15/2012 Commentary Magazine Barack Obama White House

President Obama Broke Promise for Charity Donation, ISIS Hostage Family Says 08/26/2016 ABC News Barack Obama White House

Despite his promise to keep lobbyists away from his administration, visitor logs showed their visits were frequent. 05/20/2012 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

If the government used the same budgeting rules it forces on the private sector, it's annual deficit would actually be $5 trillion (not $1.3 trillion). 05/24/2012 USA Today Barack Obama White House

Despite boasting of imposing tough sanctions on Iran, his administration granted waivers to all 20 of Iran's primary trading partners 07/04/2012 The Wall Street Journal Barack Obama White House

Obama's "jobs council" was packed with companies known for outsourcing. 07/12/2012 The Huffington Post Barack Obama White House

The White House Facebook page somehow misspelled "Americans" 07/26/2012 The New York Daily News Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, the number of regulators grew more than 25 percent. 09/12/2012 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

Obama's White House staff was also caught up in the Colombia prostitution scandal. 09/20/2012 Fox News Barack Obama White House

For years, the Obama Administration falsely reported progress in its war in Afghanistan 12/09/2019 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

Obama Admin. regulations cost businesses $1.8 trillion in lost revenue, more than 20 times the White House's estimate 09/20/2012 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

Under the Great Recession, the number of Americans who killed themselves began outpacing those who die in car accidents. 09/22/2012 The Daily Mail Barack Obama White House

Obama kicked off his Middle East foreign policy by condemning U.S. foreign policy in the region until his presidency; by 2012, opinions of America in the Middle East were worse than when Obama arrived. 09/23/2012 Reuters Barack Obama White House

At a United Nations meeting, Obama skipped out on meeting with his counterparts so he could instead focus on his re-election campaign. 09/25/2012 Associated Press Barack Obama White House

Obama touted his "balanced approach" to debt reduction, but it was actually 88 percent percent tax hikes. 10/04/2012 AEI Barack Obama White House

Obama crafted a tax plan that would have lowered taxes on the millionaires working in the White House. 10/10/2012 The Washington Free Beacon Barack Obama White House

When Obama met the father of one of the men who died trying to save America's consulate in Benghazi, the father described Obama as cold, impersonal, and ungrateful. 10/25/2012 The Weekly Standard Barack Obama White House

The Obama Administration regularly ignored a law requiring information about the impact of proposed regulations. 11/01/2012 The Daily Signal Barack Obama White House

The number of Americans on food stamps outnumbers the population of 24 states combined. 11/23/2012 Breitbart Barack Obama White House

Obama's vice president quickly developed a reputation for copping feels whenever meeting the wives of his colleagues, at one point even saying "Spread your legs I'm going to frisk you." 01/03/2013 HotAir Barack Obama White House

Despite being legally required to do so, Obama repeatedly failed to submit a budget by the first Monday of February. 01/16/2013 Heritage Action Barack Obama White House

On a per-household basis, Obama's first term raised the national debt more than 42 presidents in 53 terms combined. 01/19/2013 CNS News Barack Obama White House

Despite promising to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, Obama actually did the opposite, doubling it to $1.1 trillion. 01/26/2013 Congressional Budget Office Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, for the first time a majority of Americans said the federal government threatens their personal rights. 01/31/2013 The Pew Research Center Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, food stamp rolls have grown to more than 47 million -- greater than the entire population of Spain. 02/11/2013 CNS News Barack Obama White House

Obama has said his biggest regret as president is not passing new restrictions on gun ownership; a Gallup poll found only 4 percent of Americans agreed. 04/16/2013 CNS News Barack Obama White House

An official with the UN Human Rights Council said Americans got what they deserved in the Boston Marathon bombing; the Obama Administration did not respond. 04/22/2013 Breitbart Barack Obama White House

Agencies in the Obama Administration have created "secret" email addresses to conduct government business, but would not turn them over the the Associated Press despite FOIA requests. (The DoJ even asked for $1 million to do so.) 06/04/2013 Associated Press Barack Obama White House

During Obama's economic "recovery," average Americans' incomes dropped twice as much as during the recession. 08/23/2013 The Weekly Standard Barack Obama White House

Obama's budget for his final year in office called for $4 trillion in spending, $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $700 billion in new deficits, and would never balance. 03/26/2014 The Heritage Foundation Barack Obama White House

Michelle Obama, in touting the success of her school lunch campaign, cited a bogus study claiming to show a drastic drop in childhood obesity. 03/17/2014 The Weekly Standard Barack Obama White House

When Congress refused to raise the minimum wage again, Obama unilaterally raised it on federal properties (i.e., military bases), forcing the closure of many beloved fast food restaurants. 04/28/2014 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

Even as Obama's Labor Department effectively banned unpaid internships, the White House refused to pay its own interns anything, much less than $10.10 minimum wage it sought to impose on the private sector. 04/29/2014 The Huffington Post Barack Obama White House

Thanks largely to ObamaCare, a majority of Americans now receive some form of government benefits. 07/02/2014 Forbes Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, the average American household is worth a third less than in 2003. 07/26/2014 The New York Times Barack Obama White House

After discussing his dismay over the beheading of American journalist James Foley, Obama headed straight to the golf course. 08/24/2014 The New York Post Barack Obama White House

After Congress wouldn't agree to pass his sought after immigration reform, Obama signed an executive order effectively legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants -- despite earlier saying he didn't have the power to do so 11/20/2014 Rep. Kevin McCarthy Barack Obama White House

Obama adviser David Axelrod wrote in his book that Obama lied during his first presidential campaign about supporting traditional marriage. 02/10/2015 TIME Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, Americans' confidence in the federal government fell to historic lows, with just 11 percent expressing confidence in the executive branch. 03/11/2015 Associated Press Barack Obama White House

Despite regular boasts he's orchestrated the longest jobs expansion in history, an ex White House economist admitted that 94 percent of jobs created under Obama were part time 01/02/2016 ZeroHedge Barack Obama White House

Obama has effectively doubled the national debt, from $10.6 trillion upon taking office to $19.5 trillion as of this writing. 01/04/2016 U.S. Debt Clock Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, the national debt per taxpayer increased to $166,769. 01/04/2016 U.S. Debt Clock Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, unfunded liabilities -- spending the government has already promised but can't actually afford -- grew to more than $104 trillion. 01/04/2016 U.S. Debt Clock Barack Obama White House

Obama regularly boasts of cutting the deficit two-thirds. In reality, he's grown the deficit from $458 billion in 2008 to $591 billion as of this writing. 01/04/2016 U.S. Debt Clock Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, America's debt-to-GDP ratio soared to 106 percent (by comparison, Spain -- a country governed by a socialist workers party for much of the last 30 years -- is 68 percent). 01/04/2016 U.S. Debt Clock Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, the number of Americans not in labor force skyrocketed from 80.5 million to 96 million. 01/04/2016 St. Louis Federal Reserve Barack Obama White House

Food stamp usage is up 42 percent under Obama. 01/12/2016 FactCheck.org Barack Obama White House

Obama made at least 140 promises in his State of the Union addresses that he never fulfilled. 01/12/2016 Grabien Barack Obama White House

Despite promise to be "the most transparent administration in history," Obama ended up denying 77 percent of Freedom of Information Act requests. 03/18/2016 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

Obama admitted he moved the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. (Earlier his press secretary claimed it had been given back to the British embassy, a tale Obama contradicted.) 04/22/2016 ABC News Barack Obama White House

A study found regulations under Obama exploded to cost $1.9 trillion in 2015, or $15,000 per American household. 05/03/2016 The Competitive Enterprise Institute Barack Obama White House

Despite making almost daily calls for "equal pay for women," Obama's own White House has for years been found to pay women at least 11 percent less than men. 07/06/2016 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

America's home ownership is now at the lowest rate since 1965. 07/28/2016 Bloomberg Barack Obama White House

In 2015, the Obama Administration set a record for not fulfilling FOIA requests (despite claiming to be the "most transparent in history"). 08/11/2016 Associated Press Barack Obama White House

Despite claiming to have only learned about Hillary Clinton's secret server in the news, the FBI revealed that Obama communicated with her, using a pseudonym. 09/26/2016 National Review Online Barack Obama White House

On his final day in office, Obama signed an executive order banning "traditional ammunition" from federal grounds, which it said is meant to protect birds and fish from lead poisoning. 01/23/2017 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

Amongst those to receive a last-minute commutation from Obama was Oscar Lopez, "one of the most violent" terrorists of his time. 01/24/2017 Politico Barack Obama White House

After the Obama Administration ended, many joined the board of the Holocaust Museum, where they oversaw the creation of a report absolving the administration for inaction during the Syrian genocide. The report was pulled amid criticism. 09/05/2017 Tablet Magazine Barack Obama White House

As recounted in his autobiography, Obama reacted to 9/11 by worrying it might dampen his political career on account of his middle name. 09/11/2001 The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama White House

While campaigning, Obama said he had visited "57 states" in America, and had two more to go before seeing them all. 05/09/2008 Snopes Barack Obama White House

Before he was even in office, Obama was enmeshed in scandal. He was accused of consorting with then-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich over who would get his Senate seat, although he denied making contact with the governor's office. However a witness says this was 12/09/2008 TIME Barack Obama White House

When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the White House, Obama gave him a bunch of DVDs as a gift (worse: they were in the wrong format). 03/18/2009 The Daily Telegraph Barack Obama White House

Despite running on a promise to go through the budget "line by line" to cut wasteful spending, Obama quadrupled the deficit in his first year of office. 03/24/2009 The Heritage Foundation Barack Obama White House

When one of his staffers referred to the pope as a "discredited leader," Obama refused to say if he agreed. 04/15/2009 CNS News Barack Obama White House

Obama seemed to think Austrians speak "Austrian" 04/07/2009 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

After enduring hours of anti-American speeches from crackpot South American leaders at the 2009 Summit of the Americas conference, Obama said ... nothing. 04/17/2009 Bloomberg Barack Obama White House

When the Grateful Dead was in D.C. for a show, Obama made sure they paid him a secret visit in the Oval Office. 04/19/2009 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

After Iran convicted an American journalist in a sham trial, the Obama White House was mute. 04/19/2009 Yahoo News Barack Obama White House

Breaking a decades long precedent, Obama happily met with then-Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi at a G8 Summit. 07/09/2009 Tripoli Post Barack Obama White House

After committing to cut a mere $100 million in spending in 90 days (around 1/10th of 1 percent of the budget), Obama missed his deadline. 07/21/2009 CNN Barack Obama White House

Despite admitting "not having all the facts," Obama said a Boston police officer "acted stupidly" when arresting a professor who resisted questions while the officer responded to a 911 call. Obama later said he regretted his comments. 07/22/2009 Wikipedia Barack Obama White House

Despite publicly asking federal agencies to look for places to cut costs, Obama arranged a massive spending boost for a legal aid agency whose own inspector general accused it of wasting money on goodies for its execs. 07/29/2009 The Washington Times Barack Obama White House

Obama tried turning 9/11 into some kind of national holiday for liberalism. 08/24/2009 The American Spectator Barack Obama White House

Barack Obama, commander in chief, pronounced Navy "corpsman" like "corpse-man." 02/04/2010 YouTube Barack Obama White House

While Obama hosted an Earth Day celebration in the Rose Garden, the Deepwater Horizon, which had been burning for two days, sank into the Gulf 04/22/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

The Coast Guard announces 11 Deepwater workers are dead; Obama travels to N.C. for a vacation, where he eats BBQ with Michelle. 04/23/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Coast Guard announces oil is spewing into the Gulf; the Obamas continued their vacation 04/24/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

James Comey accused Obama and Loretta Lynch of repeatedly interfering in the FBI's Hillary probe 04/15/2018 The Washington Barack Obama White House

After an attempt at stopping the leak fails, the spill is now the size of Rhode Island; Obama hosts a ceremony with the Yankees and then plays a round of golf 04/26/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

The spill rate is upgraded to 5,000 barrels/day; Obama spends the day doing political events in Illinois 04/28/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Louisiana Gov. declares a state of emergeny as the 600 mile spill is just 16 miles off the coast; Obama delivers a speech on cybersecurity and meets with FEMA -- about hurricane preparedness 04/29/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Efforts at stopping the leak continue to fail; Obama attends the White House Correspondents Dinner to tell jokes. 05/01/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

BP's "containment dome" fails to contain the leak; Obama plays golf at Fort Belvoir 05/08/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Tar balls begin reaching the Alabama coastline; Obama delivers a commencement address at Hampton Univ. 05/09/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

By now the spill rate has been upgraded to 50,000 barrels/day; Obama hosts UCONN's women's basketball team at the White House 05/17/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Oil balls are now washing ashore in Fla.; Obama meets with members of the Democratic Caucuses 05/18/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

The spill continues unabated; Obama announces a renovation project at the White House and delivers another commencement address 05/22/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

The spill continues unabated; Obama hosts the U.S. World Cup soccer team and Duke's basketball team 05/26/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Obama makes a brief visit to Loisiana to inspect the recovery efforts, then heads on vacation 05/28/2010 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

Obama tried to illegally bribe a Democratic senatorial candidate (Joe Sestak) out of running. 05/29/2010 CNN Barack Obama White House

After the Gulf disaster was finally contained, Obama commissioned a taxpayer funded study to see what Americans thought of his handling of the crisis 09/13/2010 Yahoo News Barack Obama White House

When Obama met with elementary school children in Virginia, he read them his own book. 12/17/2010 USA Today Barack Obama White House

Against advice, Obama invited China's government to a White House state dinner; the Chinese pianist ended up playing an anti-American tune during the event. 01/22/2011 The Epoch Times Barack Obama White House

Under Obama, regulations soared to more than 1,500/year (by contrast Congress averages 200 laws/year). 02/08/2011 The Competitive Enterprise Institute Barack Obama White House

For months Obama deflected calls to act on the deficit/debt by creating a commission to handle the issue; when the commission issued its report, Obama ignored it entirely. 02/14/2011 The Heritage Foundation Barack Obama White House

After Obama touted China's high-speed rail system as a model for America, the system announced it's fighting corruption and insolvency. 02/17/2011 The New York Times Barack Obama White House

Obama ordered the killing of a 16 yr old US citizen who had not been charged with a crime 04/06/2010 The New York Times Barack Obama White House

Despite taking credit for disposing of Gaddafi, Obama was the last Western leader to speak in favor of regime change. 02/23/2011 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

Since taking office, Americans' share of the debt increased $50/day. 03/08/2011 The Washington Times Barack Obama White House

Obama said he would like to be president of China so that criticism of him could be outlawed. 03/10/2011 The New York Times Barack Obama White House

Despite it being constitutional questionable, Obama began signing legislation -- without actually signing it (but rather with an "autopen"). 05/27/2011 NPR Barack Obama White House

When business leaders came to meet Obama at the White House to discuss improved relations, they left "infuriated" with his behavior. 06/16/2011 The Washington Post Barack Obama White House

During a debt ceiling debate, Obama claimed 80 percent of Americans wanted higher taxes as part of the deal; a Rasmussen poll that week showed that just 34 percent thought so. 07/23/2011 Human Events Barack Obama White House

After Obama touted China's electric car makers, they soon thereafter began focusing on gas engines. 08/11/2011 Future of Capitalism Barack Obama White House

Obama wanted to apologize to Japan for America dropping nukes during WW2, but Japan told him not to. 10/11/2011 Investors Business Daily Barack Obama White House

GAO report says Obama broke the law in using taxpayer funds to host bilateral China talks focused on aerospace 10/25/2011 The Washington Examiner Barack Obama White House

Bypassed Congress on student loans, contracts, drugs, and mortgage legislation. 10/31/2011 The Daily Caller Barack Obama White House

The CIA informed Obama within 24 hours of the Benghazi attack it had found terror links, but Obama nonetheless kept blaming an unrelated YouTube video for weeks. 10/19/2012 USA Today Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, once said Gitmo's 20 percent recidivism rate was unbothering. "20 percent isn't bad." 01/07/2013 National Review Online Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, was described as "instrumental in preventing ... an operation in 1998 that would have killed or captured Osama bin Laden." 01/07/2013 National Review Online Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, supported direct talks with the designated terrorist organization, Hezbollah, which is second only to al Qaeda in the number of Americans it's killed. 01/07/2013 National Review Online Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, is the leader of the push to kill, not capture, suspected terrorists (robbing them of intel value). 01/07/2013 National Review Online Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, admitted to worrying about receiving security clearance on account of his past allegiance to the Communist Party. 01/07/2013 CNN Central Intelligence Agency

Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, argued for government censorship in his graduate thesis; "too much freedom is possible," he wrote. 01/23/2013 The Daily Caller Central Intelligence Agency

After Congress failed to confirm Richard Cordrary to the CFPD, Obama unconstitutionaly appointed him to the board anyway. 01/20/2010 The Daily Signal Consumer Finance Protection Board

Despite swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution, Obama frequently flouted its limitations, as seen -- take one example -- with his decision to name commissioners to positions that require Senate approval ... without Senate approval. 01/05/2012 The Washington Post Consumer Finance Protection Board

The CFPB collects intrusive data on consumers in an NSA-like dragnet fashion. 06/11/2013 The Daily Signal Consumer Finance Protection Board

The CFPB's warrantless surveillance of Americans is creating data that will likely be shared with other parts of the federal government. 06/28/2013 Judicial Watch Consumer Finance Protection Board

The CFPB, considered both the most powerful yet least acccountable agency in the government, is intent on keeping things that way. When a congressman attempted attending an advisory meeting, he was refused entry. 03/20/2014 National Review Online Consumer Finance Protection Board

The CFPB's performance reviews have been called racist, as whites were twice as like to receive a top rating than minorities. 03/24/2014 The Washington Free Beacon Consumer Finance Protection Board

The CFPB has a socialist on one of its advisory boards. 04/02/2014 The Washington Free Beacon Consumer Finance Protection Board

A CFPB staffer said racism is pervasive within the agency; a primarily black division is referred to internally as "the plantation" or "cesspool" and that black employees struggle to leave that division. 04/02/2014 Politico Consumer Finance Protection Board

When the House held a hearing on accusations of racism and bigotry within the CFPB, the bureau refused to send anyone to testify. 04/02/2014 Politico Consumer Finance Protection Board

When a CFPB staffer/whistleblower spoke out about "pervasive" culture of intimidation and discrimination, the CFPB Director Richard Cordray personally told her to "back down." 04/03/2014 The Washington Free Beacon Consumer Finance Protection Board

CFPB spent more than $215 million renovating its temporary office ($120 million over its initial estimate), making it one of the most expensive construction projects in the world. 07/02/2014 The Financial Services Committee Consumer Finance Protection Board

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFPB is unconstitutionally structured and violates due process rights. Obama had argued otherwise. 10/12/2016 The Washington Post Consumer Finance Protection Board

CFPB chief Richard Cordrary used a private device to conduct government-related communications while skirting federal record keeping laws. 01/23/2017 The Daily Caller Consumer Finance Protection Board

Obama's top campaign ad firm received nearly $60 million in federal contracts, almost all of which came from the CFPB he setup with Sen. Elizabeth Warren 09/14/2017 The Daily Caller Consumer Finance Protection Board

Obama's CPSC sued the maker of a perfectly safe toy, leading the company to stop manufacturing it. 07/26/2012 NewsBusters Consumer Product Safety Commission

Even as the Obama Administration portrayed the Flint, Mich., water crisis as a failure of Michigan's Republican governor, records show his EPA knew about the issue but didn't tell anyone. 01/12/2016 The Detroit News Environmental Protection Agency

After committing one of the worst environmental atrocities in Colorado history with the Gold King Mine disaster, the EPA still insisted it should have control over the nearby Animas River. 02/23/2016 The Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency

While conducting water tests in Alaska, EPA agents treat locals like enemy combatants, even pointing a shotgun at a septuagenarian. 09/29/2016 Alaska Daily News Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA warned Alaskans to stop burning wood to keep warm. 01/01/2017 Townhall Environmental Protection Agency

Obama EPA employees earned overtime without justification 08/14/2017 The Washington Free Beacon Environmental Protection Agency

Obama's EPA hid experimental data debunking the 2015 ozone rule 09/12/2017 JunkScience Environmental Protection Agency

After a Democrat-led Senate rejects his global warming emissions law, Obama uses the EPA to impose them anyway 01/20/2010 The Heritage Foundation Environmental Protection Agency

After Obama's EPA enacted new rules on greenhouse gases, political ally General Electric received an exemption. 02/04/2011 The Blaze Environmental Protection Agency

Obama's EPA imposed burdensome regulations instructing how to put canoes in the water in Canton, Conn. 01/13/2012 Patch Environmental Protection Agency

Under Obama, the EPA ordained that "environmental justice" must govern their every decision; one effect was that people could sue a polluter, claiming racism. 05/17/2012 Breitbart Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA ruled that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant -- as a means to enact global warming regulations -- even though life on earth could not exist without it. 06/26/2012 The Daily Signal Environmental Protection Agency

Obama's coal regulations led to PBS Coals to lay off 225 works, about 30 percent of its workforce. 07/23/2012 The Washington Examiner Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA funneled money to a newspaper that largely focused on covering the EPA. 09/12/2012 The Washington Guardian Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA honored Hispanic Heritage Month with a poster of Che Guevara "and a bit of plagiarism." 09/13/2012 BuzzFeed Environmental Protection Agency

Obama's coal regulations led to Alpha Natural Resources to cut 1,200 jobs and close 8 mines. 09/18/2012 Associated Press Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA celebrated "Children Health Month" by encouraging schools to create "energy patrols" aimed at making students feel guilty for using electricity. 10/05/2012 CNS News Environmental Protection Agency

To avoid federal laws governing electronic record keeping, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used "alias" email accounts. 11/20/2012 NewsBusters Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA mandate that cars in 2025 get 54.5 miles per gallon will effectively outlaw cars under $15,000, and will increase the average price of a car by $3,000. 12/26/2012 The Daily Signal Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA's mandated ethanol blend E15 has been discovered to destroy engines -- but the rule has not been repealed. 01/31/2013 The Blaze Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA mandated gasoline blenders use a fuel ... that doesn't exist. 02/05/2013 The Christian Science Monitor Environmental Protection Agency

Emails from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's secret account reveal her contempt for congressional oversight, the Wall Street Journal, and attempts to borrow art work from the Smithsonian for the EPA's office. 02/20/2013 The Washington Free Beacon Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA conducted a study in which children were intentionally exposed to diesel exhaust; when asked about it, they deleted all records of it from their website. 02/25/2013 JunkScience Environmental Protection Agency

A study found the EPA routinely waives fees for environmental groups seeking informatiom from the agency (more than 90 percent), while the media and watchdog groups received no such favors. 05/14/2013 The Washington Examiner Environmental Protection Agency

An EPA mandated vehicle emissions reduction device forward an ambulance to shut down on the way to the hospital; the patient died. 05/31/2013 The Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency

An inspector general's report found that conditions at an EPA warehouse included mold, rot, vermin feces, and "generally deplorable conditions." 06/04/2013 Reason Environmental Protection Agency

EPA workers at a Landover warehouse turned the space into a personal rec room/gym. 06/05/2013 The Washington Post Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA leaked private information on farmers to radical environmental groups. 06/07/2013 Townhall Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA gave an ethics award to a fake employee, "Richard Windsor," which was actually an alias the EPA administrator used to avoid federal record keeping laws. 06/10/2013 HotAir Environmental Protection Agency

A former EPA adviser pleaded guilty to $900,000 in pay fraud. 09/04/2013 The Washington Post Environmental Protection Agency

A Bloomberg reporter was detained after attempting to ask the EPA administrator a question. 03/28/2014 The Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA exposed the elderly and other people with health issues to lethal pollutants as part of a study hoping to show the need for new EPA rules. 04/02/2014 The Daily Caller Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA is creating a wireless system to track how long hotel guests spend in the shower as part of an effort to "modify their behavior." 03/17/2015 The Washington Free Beacon Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA's WaterSense program urged kids not to take too many baths. 04/19/2015 Front Page Mag Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA threatened a Wyoming man with millions of dollars in fines for creating an ecologically beneficial pond for his farm livestock. 08/27/2015 The Pacific Legal Foundation Environmental Protection Agency

After the feds sued the testing prep company Kaplan for discrimination based on its use of screening applicants' criminal history, a federal court ruled that the EEOC, which brought the suit, does the same thing. 04/23/2014 The Daily Caller Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

An Ex-Im official was fired after taking cash in exchange for helping a Florida company obtain financing. 07/29/2014 The Daily Signal Export-Import Bank

The Obama Administration arranged a photo shoot of Air Force One directly above the New York City skyline; the site of the large aircraft sent New Yorkers running for their lives, believing it another terror attack. Schumer called it "cruel or very, very 04/28/2009 The Media Research Center Federal Aviation Authority

Before he bombed the Boston Marathon, the FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev but let him go. Russia sent the Obama Administration a second warning, but the FBI opted against investigating him again. 04/15/2013 NBC News Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI had possession of emails sent by Nidal Hasan saying he wanted to kill his fellow soldiers to protect the Taliban -- but didn't intervene. 08/28/2013 Breitbart Federal Bureau of Investigation

Like the NSA, the FBI conducts data mining on innocent Americans retains that material for decades (even if no wrongdoing was found). 06/30/2013 Bloomberg Federal Bureau of Investigation

Before the Obama Admin approved in 2010 a controversial deal giving Moscow control of a large portion of American uranium, Obama's FBI had uncovered a Russian bribery scheme to win the business (including donations to the Clinton Foundation). 10/17/2017 The Hill Federal Bureau of Investigation

After Congress rejected his attempt to have the feds regulate the Internet, the FEC announced on Christmas Eve that it would do so anyway (despite a court order specifically stating it lacked the authority) 01/10/2012 The Daily Signal Federal Communications Commission

The Obama Administration created a program to give free phones to (primarily) people already receiving government assistance; the lucrative contract went to a wireless company owned by an Obama donor. 10/08/2012 The Washington Free Beacon Federal Communications Commission

The director of the FCC's communications office was caught having sex with a Washington Post report in his government office. 10/20/2016 Forbes Federal Communications Commission

Male employees at the FCC routinely gather to watch porn together in their government office. 10/20/2016 Forbes Federal Communications Commission

When a female employee complained about sexual harassment and her male colleagues watching porn in the cubicle next to hers, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler dismissed her complaints entirely. 10/20/2016 Forbes Federal Communications Commission

Emails show Obama's Federal Elections Commission was also involved in the targeting of conservative groups (alongside the IRS). 08/06/2013 The Wall Street Journal Federal Election Commission

As QE ramped up, the Fed began buying 90 percent of America's debt. 12/03/2012 Bloomberg Federal Reserve

The amount of money in circulation has quadrupled since Obama took office. 01/04/2017 The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Federal Reserve

The Obama Admin. staged a large scale crackdown on companies selling food to kids using marketing like Tony the Tiger. 06/21/2011 Human Events Federal Trade Commission

Obama's FDA classified walnuts as a drug. 09/26/2011 The Wall Street Journal Food and Drug Administration

Two Vermont brothers were born with the deadly Duchenne muscular dystrophy; one received a new drug that helped him recover, but due to FDA rules, the other did not and grew worse. 08/20/2012 ABC News Food and Drug Administration

The FDA banned the very inocuous French cheese, mimolette. 04/03/2013 The Competitive Enterprise Institute Food and Drug Administration

The FDA got Wrigley's to take its caffeinated gum off the market. 05/08/2013 Associated Press Food and Drug Administration

Even though they're credited with saving thousands of lives, the FDA moved to severely restrict e-cigarettes. 05/05/2016 The New York Times Food and Drug Administration

Despite regularly mocking the Tea Party, Obama's White House ordered the GSA to "stand down" in the face of Occupy Wall St. protesters in Portland. 08/07/2012 The Washington Examiner General Services Administration

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare HSA Withdrawal Tax took effect. 01/01/2011 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite publicly attacking tax breaks for private jet owners, Obama instead lowered them -- as a favor for his friend Warren Buffett (primary owner of NetJets). 03/08/2012 The Huffington Post Internal Revenue Service

The IRS seized the bank accounts of a small New York business, claiming it could take the money due to the business having made many small bank deposits. 05/01/2012 The Daily Signal Internal Revenue Service

After a whistleblower exposed abuse and fraud at an IRS agency that gives taxpayer IDs to immigrants (often illegal), the IRS was itself audited. 07/02/2012 WTHR Internal Revenue Service

Idaho businessman Frank VanderSloot donated to a group supporting Romney; after Obama's campaign website attacked him personally, the IRS audited him, and the Department of Labor likewise audited his company. 07/19/2012 The Wall Street Journal Internal Revenue Service

Clamed in a 60 Minutes interview he hadn't raised taxes, even as raised taxes on tobacco 09/24/2012 The New York Sun Internal Revenue Service

Claimed in a 60 Minutes interview he hadn't raised taxes, even as he imposed a new tax on tanning salons 09/24/2012 The New York Sun Internal Revenue Service

Claimed in a 60 Minutes interview taxes were lowest in 50 years; in fact the opposite was true 09/24/2012 The New York Sun Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Surtax on Investment Income took effect. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers took effect. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date eliminated a tax deduction for employer provided retirement Rx coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare $500K Annual Exec Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives took effect. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the Medical Itemized Deduction was reduced. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promie not to raises taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Flexible Spending Account Cap (aka the "Special Needs Kids Tax") took effect. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax took effect. 01/01/2013 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

The IRS, despite having no actual authority to do so, began demanding tax preparers pay licensing fees. 01/24/2013 The Institute for Justice Internal Revenue Service

IRS agents seized almost $1 million from an Iraq war vet in Athens, Ga., which they justified as a result of his having made many deposits under $10,000. Despite no unlawful activity, the IRS refused to give back his money, only surrendering the majority 04/01/2013 The Daily Signal Internal Revenue Service

The IRS's Lois Lerner announced the agency had unfairly targeted conservative groups and apologized -- but Obama later claimed this was a "phony scandal." 05/10/2013 Associated Press Internal Revenue Service

While the IRS kept Tea Party groups' tax exempt applications in limbo during the 2012 election, groups with "progress" or "progressive" in the title were ushered through quickly. 05/13/2013 USA Today Internal Revenue Service

The IRS leaked confidential information on conservative groups to ProPublica. 05/14/2013 The Washington Post Internal Revenue Service

As an example of the kind of pressure applied to conservative groups, the IRS asked a Tea Party group about everything its members read. 05/14/2013 ABC News Internal Revenue Service

After St. Louis reporter Larry Conners gave Obama a tough interview, the IRS "hammered him" with audits. 05/14/2013 RedState Internal Revenue Service

After a prominent Catholic wrote an oped attacking the Obama Administration, she was audited (although not her husband despite them joint filing). 05/15/2013 The Blaze Internal Revenue Service

The IRS is accused of stealing 60,000,000 medical records from 10,000,000 Americans held by a private company it was not investigating. 05/15/2013 National Review Online Internal Revenue Service

The IRS demanded of a pro-life group to know the content of their prayers. 05/17/2013 Yahoo News Internal Revenue Service

Lois Lerner was personally involved in the targeting of conservative groups -- nine months before she claimed to have learned about it. 05/24/2013 Human Events Internal Revenue Service

The commissioner of the IRS visited the White House several times per week during the height of the IRS scandal, with 118 visits in all (the previous IRS commissioner visited the White House once during his four year term). 05/27/2013 Commentary Magazine Internal Revenue Service

Evidence indicates the IRS also targeted pro-Israel organizations at the request of Palestinians. 05/29/2013 Commentary Magazine Internal Revenue Service

An internal report found that IRS agents routinely abuse their government credit cards. 05/29/2013 Watchdog.org Internal Revenue Service

Records show the IRS commissioner had more visits to the White House than any other cabinet member. 05/29/2013 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

In addition to having tax-exempt applications intentionally delayed, many of these same conservatives were audited by the IRS. 05/30/2013 McClatchy Internal Revenue Service

Obama's deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, admitted she attended White House meetings with the IRS chief. 06/01/2013 Rare Internal Revenue Service

The IRS leaked a conservative group's donor list to an oppositional progressive organization. 06/04/2013 Fox News Internal Revenue Service

The IRS spent $4.1 million on a single conference, which included gifts for all in attendance as well as luxury accommodations. 06/04/2013 The New York Times Internal Revenue Service

Contrary to IRS officials trying to blame a rogue office in Cincinnati, a staffer in that office said the IRS in D.C. was very interested in the Tea Party cases. 06/07/2013 The Hill Internal Revenue Service

Even after being put on leave, Lois Lerner still had access to IRS computers, which she accessed while "on leave." 06/11/2013 National Review Online Internal Revenue Service

A FOIA request found that the IRS has 201 employees working full time on union business. 06/13/2013 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

At the height of the IRS scandal, the agency doled out $70 million in employee bonuses. 06/20/2013 The Hill Internal Revenue Service

The IRS sent tens of millions of dollars in refunds to illegal aliens at one address. 06/22/2013 PJ Media Internal Revenue Service

Charities with "Israel" flagged for greater scrutiny 06/24/2013 National Review Online Internal Revenue Service

Despite the IRS insisting progressive groups seeking non-profit status were also flagged for increased scrutiny, that later proved to be untrue. 06/24/2013 National Review Online Internal Revenue Service

IRS chief council William Wilkins, one of the orchestrators of the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups, visited the White House the day before issuing guidelines on tea party groups. 07/23/2013 The Wall Street Journal Internal Revenue Service

The IRS secretly seized the entire bank account of a small business owner in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Again the agency explained they could take the money because she had made several deposits under $10,000. 08/01/2013 The Daily Signal Internal Revenue Service

Despite having claimed to learn about the scandal in the press, emails show Lois Lerner had initially said Tea Party applications were too sensitive for the supposedly "rogue" Cincinnati office. 09/11/2013 The Wall Street Journal Internal Revenue Service

Documents show the IRS, in reviewing applications from conservative groups, described anti-Obama rhetoric as "propaganda." 09/17/2013 USA Today Internal Revenue Service

After the IRS granted tax-emempt status to some conservative groups, those groups said they were "spied on" by the IRS. 09/19/2013 The Washington Times Internal Revenue Service

Ben Carson said after he attacked Obama during the National Prayer Breakfast, he was audited. 10/01/2013 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

A study found tht the IRS's suppression of Tea Party groups swung the 2012 election. 10/03/2013 The Washington Examiner Internal Revenue Service

Emails show the IRS disussed confidential taxpayer information with White House officials during the 2012 campaign. 10/09/2013 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Individual Mandate Excise tax took effect. 01/01/2014 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Health Insurers took effect. 01/01/2014 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Employer Mandate Tax took effect. 01/01/2014 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

The IRS was not going rogue in targeting conservative groups; the White House and Senate Democrats explicitly told them to. 02/26/2014 The Wall Street Journal Internal Revenue Service

The IRS was required by law to print out Lois Lerner's emails. It didn't. 06/17/2014 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

An inspector general's report found the IRS "prematurely" destroyed computer data storage devices. 06/25/2014 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

IRS commissioner John Koskinen claimed Lois Lerner's emails were lost in a 2011 computer crash; a hard drive backing them up was also "recycled." 06/25/2014 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

The IRS claimed it lost the emails from six other employees in six other computer crashes. 06/25/2014 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

An IRS official tasked with spinning Congress on the IRS scandal lost all of his emails in a "computer crash." 07/07/2014 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

The IRS said Lois Lerner's hard drive had been "scratched"; when it was recommended a third party recovery firm might be able to recover the contents, the IRS then "shredded" the drive. 07/22/2014 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

After the IRS learned Lois Lerner's computer "crashed," destroying her emails, and a backup storage device was prematurely "recycled," it went ahead and destroyed her Blackberry. 08/25/2014 The New York Observer Internal Revenue Service

A White House staffer divulged information about the Koch Brothers' tax returns in 2010, indicating the White House and the IRS were sharing taxpayers' private information. 06/19/2015 Roll Call Internal Revenue Service

Emails show the Obama Administration discussed its plan to target conservative groups before the IRS scandal began. 07/06/2015 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

Emails show the IRS gave Obama's DoJ 21 disks with 1.25 million pages of taxpayer records. 07/06/2015 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

With Americans renouncing their citizenship in record numbers (up more than 500 percent since the Bush Administration), the Obama Administration hiked the tax on doing so 422 percent. 02/20/2016 Forbes Internal Revenue Service

The IRS identified 1.1 million cases of identity theft but did not notify the victims. 08/31/2016 HotAir Internal Revenue Service

The Obama Administration used information from Americans' tax returns to market ObamaCare (specifically to young adults). 11/07/2016 The Daily Caller Internal Revenue Service

An investigation found IRS workers spent more than $1.4 million for the travel of just 27 staffers, which included high-end car services and luxury apartment/hotel stays. 12/14/2016 Fox News Internal Revenue Service

An Inspector General report found the IRS prioritized ObamaCare enforcement over taxpayer customer servide. 01/05/2016 The Washington Times Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans takes effect. 01/01/2018 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare BlueCross/BlueShield tax took effect. 01/01/2010 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare excise tax on charitable hospitals took effect. 03/23/2010 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare "Black Liquor" Tax hike took effect. 03/23/2010 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date ObamaCare codified the "economic substance doctrine," which disallowed unspecified tax deductions. 03/23/2010 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the tax on Indoor Tanning Services took effect. 07/01/2010 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Medicine Cabinet Tax took effect. 01/01/2011 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Innovator Drug Companies took effect. 01/01/2011 Americans for Tax Reform Internal Revenue Service

Obama nominated David Hamilton, infamous for his rulings favoring sex offenders, to the 7th Court of Appeals. 04/30/2009 Front Page Mag Judiciary

Obama nominated Louis Butler, who Wisconsin voters twice voted off the state Supreme Court after weakening laws against frivilous lawsuits, to a federal district court. 11/19/2009 The Wall Street Journal Judiciary

Obama nominated Robert Chatigny, who infamously partially excused a rapist/murderer of his crimes because of the perp's penchant for "sexual sadism," to the 2nd Court of Appeals. 03/16/2010 The Washington Times Judiciary

As a senator, Obama warned ending the filibuster would worsen "the fighting, the bitterness, and the gridlock." When Harry Reid ended the filibuster for Obama's nominees, he applauded the move. 11/21/2013 The Washington Post Judiciary

Obama's NIH spent taxpayer money studying gay men's penis sizes. 07/18/2011 The Daily Caller National Institute for Health

The NIH funded a study that (wrongly) claimed the tobacco industry created the Tea Party movement. 02/18/2013 The Competitive Enterprise Institute National Institute for Health

Obama NIH courted the alcohol industry to fund study showing benefits of drinking 03/17/2018 The New York Times National Institute of Health

Unconstitutionally named three officials to the NLRB (side-stepping the Senate) and was later slapped down by the Supreme Court. 01/20/2010 The Daily Signal National Labor Relations Board

Obama's NLRB imposed new rules requiring nonunion businesses to encourage their workers to ask to unionize. 12/21/2010 The New York Times National Labor Relations Board

After Congress rejected the Employee Free Choice Act (aka "card check"), which would have eased unions' ability to unionize non-union companies, his NLRB imposed new rules that sought to achieve the same outcome. 06/21/2011 The Daily Signal National Labor Relations Board

Obama's NLRB sued Boeing for trying to open a plant in South Carolina (because it wouldn't be unionized). 02/17/2012 The Washington Examiner National Labor Relations Board

Under Obama, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granted broad new powers to the NSA to collect data on average Americans (with no public input, of course). 07/07/2013 The New York Times National Security Agency

Under Obama, the NSA now has access to 75 percent of America's Internet traffic. 08/21/2013 NBC News National Security Agency

The NSA's spying on Israel's Netanyahu ended up also eavesdropping on U.S. congressmen. 12/29/2015 The Wall Street Journal National Security Agency

Obama's rule changes opened the door for NSA intercepts of Americans to reach political hands (e.g., the Trump campaign) 03/29/2017 Circa National Security Agency

The FISA court recently unleashed on the former Obama Administration for trying to cover up the NSA's widespread, and illegally, domestic spying. 05/26/2017 National Review Online National Security Agency

Obama's NTSB is seeking to require cars install "black boxes," which is raising privacy concerns. 12/07/2012 USA Today National Transportation Safety Board

Obama's NTSB, in pushing to regulate out of business the "Chinatown Bus Industry," used "statistical malpractice" to show the industry is dangerous; when asked, the agency refused to release its data. 05/07/2013 Reason National Transportation Safety Board

Obama's NRC chairman was forced to quit after accusations of serial sexual/sadistic harassment. 05/21/2012 The Washington Free Beacon Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Obama's nuclear regulations caused Dominion Resources to close its Kewaunee plant, resulting in 600 job losses. 03/27/2013 The Milwaukee Business Journal Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Created "truth teams" to snitch on Americans criticizal of the president. 02/13/2012 ABC News Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Obama, in attempting to refer to the Falkland Islands by their Spanish name, instead called the archipelago "The Maldives," a completely different place. 04/16/2012 The Daily Telegraph Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Breaking promise, Obama campaign raised money from lobbyists in 2012 04/22/2012 The Washington Examiner Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Claimed he was outspent in 2008 campaign; in reality, he outspent McCain 3-1. 07/06/2012 YouTube/FactCheck Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Obama attacked Romney for being in charge of Bain Capital during a particular set of layoffs; in fact his top bundler Jonathan Lavine was running Bain at the time. 07/18/2012 Gateway Pundit Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Despite 2008 promise to never run negative ads, Obama was widely criticized for negativity of his 2012 campaign 07/30/2012 BuzzFeed Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Obama compared his campaign volunteers to embassy staff killed in Libya 09/12/2012 The Washington Examiner Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Obama only met with students during an event if they pledged to support him. 10/01/2012 AEI Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Despite regularly claiming foreign funds improperly influenced U.S. elections, Obama's campaign actively enabled such (illegal) contributions. 10/08/2012 The Daily Caller Obama for President (2012 campaign)

After claiming in the second presidential debate to have labeled the Benghazi attack "terrorism" the following day, he admitted immediately after the debate he avoided describing it that way. 10/17/2012 The Washington Post Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Flew Air Force One to Chicago -- just to vote for himself (rather than using a mail-in ballot). 10/25/2012 USA Today Obama for President (2012 campaign)

Flew Air Force One to a campaign office in Orlando ... to deliver pizza. 10/29/2012 The Washington Times Obama for President (2012 campaign)

The Obama White House covered up a program that pays union workers taxpayer money to lobby the government for more unions. 04/08/2011 The Washington Times Office of Personnel Management

OPM offered "hints about how to cut corners" during the screening of federal employees, which may have helped the Navy Yard shooter to slip through the cracks. When Congress attempted to investigate, OPM refused to hand over documents. 11/20/2013 The Washington Times Office of Personnel Management

The OPM announced 21.5 million Americans (mostly government workers) had their personal information compromised after China hacked its computers. 07/09/2015 Reuters Office of Personnel Management

Obama political group created thousands of fake Twitter accounts to agitate for gun control 02/26/2013 The Daily Signal Organizing for America

Despite promising not to engage in lobbying, Obama's political group registered as lobbyists 04/12/2013 The Washington Free Beacon Organizing for America

A study found that the stimulus bill actually 'forestalled or destroyed' one million private sector jobs. 05/20/2011 NewsBusters Recovery.gov

Cree Inc., an LED lightbulb maker that received $5.2 million in stimulus funds, created ... 3.02 jobs. 06/17/2011 Townhall Recovery.gov

A $130K stimulus grant went toward buying 8,000 "social justice" manuals for Omaha janitors, effectively teaching them to resent white people. 07/12/2011 The Blaze Recovery.gov

While selling the stimulus, Obama regularly assured shovel ready projects were awaiting to be funded; he later admitted to the New York Times "there's no such thing as shovel ready projects" 07/23/2011 Human Events Recovery.gov

Stimulus dollars somehow ended up paying teenagers to wrestle alligators. 08/11/2011 Breitbart Recovery.gov

A stimulus grant directed billions to California so it could build a train to connect two cities no one has ever heard of. 08/14/2011 HotAir Recovery.gov

A $20 million stimulus project for Seattle was supposed to create 2,000 jobs. Actual result? 14. 08/17/2011 Human Events Recovery.gov

A $1.2 million stimulus grant went to studying erectile dysfunction of overweight middle aged men and sexual history. 05/17/2012 NBC San Francisco Recovery.gov

An $11 million stimulus grant meant to outfit 400 Detroit job seekers with fresh clothes somehow only ended up helping two people. 03/07/2012 Fox News Recovery.gov

$9 billion in stimulus funds for clean energy projects ended up creating just 910 jobs ($9.8 million per job) 06/20/2012 CNS News Recovery.gov

$1.4 billion in stimulus funds went to tax cheats 06/27/2012 The Washington Times Recovery.gov

Despite regularly promising the stimulus spending would be completely transparent, its website, recovery.gov, was completely opaque. (Today it doesn't even exist.) 09/21/2012 The Washington Free Beacon Recovery.gov

Obama's VP, the "sheriff" of the stimulus, was used by companies to procure stimulus cash. 10/10/2012 The Washington Times Recovery.gov

Obama regularly promised the stimulus would create 5 million jobs; at most it created 1/10th of that. 10/12/2012 Bloomberg Recovery.gov

Obama's vice president's brother received plum government contracts through the program run by the vice president himself. 10/23/2012 The New York Post Recovery.gov

At one point there were more than 1,000 investigations into stimulus project wrongdoing. 11/04/2012 The Washington Guardian Recovery.gov

A $2 million Obama stimulus progream created just 17 jobs in Kentucky's coal country. 07/21/2017 The Daily Signal Recovery.gov

Obama's "Wall Street Reform" resulted in the end of free checking accounts (by trying to outlaw credit card "swipe fees"). 09/25/2012 The Week Securities and Exchange Commission

A number of Dodd-Frank's boards and commissions are unconstitutional 10/11/2012 The Washington Free Beacon Securities and Exchange Commission

Obama financial regulations are spurring foreign banks from doing business with Americans. 10/19/2012 The Wall Street Journal Securities and Exchange Commission

The Social Security Administration bought 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets, explaining they were needed for its 295 "special agents." 08/07/2012 Fox News Social Security Administration

The number of Americans on disability has skyrocketed 975 per day under Obama, reaching more than 10.6 million -- exceeding the entire population of Greece. 05/07/2013 CNS News Social Security Administration

Over the last decade, the Social Security Administration paid $1 billion in benefits to people without social Security numbers 02/22/2017 The Washington Free Beacon Social Security Administration

Obama admin spent $36M on lawsuits to keep info secret 03/14/2017 CBS News The Obama White House

Despite studies revealing their lack of utility as well as their cancer risk, the TSA has pressed forth with deploying thousands of full body scanners in America's airports. 12/28/2011 ProPublica Transportation Security Agency

Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, per a terror watch list, was not supposed to be allowed to leave the country. However he did without even being pulled aside for questioning. 01/21/2012 NBC News Transportation Security Agency

Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, per a terror watch list, was not supposed to be allowed to leave the country. However he did without even being pulled aside for questioning. 07/17/2012 NBC News Transportation Security Agency

The TSA, which rejected congressional requests to screen its agents' criminal records, has seen hundreds of agents be caught for stealing from passengers. 09/28/2012 ABC News Transportation Security Agency

When asked about a secret Twitter-like program in Cuba that backfired, USAID hid behind the Freedom of Information Act to drag its feet as much as possible. 08/11/2016 Associated Press U.S. Agency for International Development

Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack violated the Hatch Act which forbids federal employees from campaign activities; he went unsanctioned. 04/09/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Michelle Obama directed the Agriculture Department to eradicate "food deserts" (the apparent scarcity of healthy food in poor neighborhoods), despite studies showing no such things exist and there is no relationship between the availability of healthy foo 04/17/2012 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

The USA used $22,000 in taxpayer funds to commission a painting of the department secretary, Tom Vilsack. 11/20/2012 Reason U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Obama's USDA banned schools from selling soda, candy, and other unhealthy snacks. It was even claimed doing so will raise students' GPAs. 02/01/2013 The Hill U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Under Obama, 101 million Americans now receive food aid -- more than the number of fulltime private sector workers. 07/08/2013 CNS News U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Thanks to "use it or lose it" spending rules, the Dept. of Agriculture bought $127,000 worth of printer cartridges -- in a single day. 09/30/2013 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

The USDA opted to update its dietary recommendations based on -- global warming. 03/09/2014 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Obama's USDA instructed grandparents to read bedtime stories encouraging healthy eating to their grandkids. 03/31/2014 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

USDA regulations have proven so burdensome they've put out business restaurants like Pittsburgh's Crested Duck. 12/07/2015 The Pittsburgh Tribune U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Obama's USDA created fines for schools not following Michelle Obama's lunch rules. 03/28/2016 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Obama's secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, said Americans "need to pay" for Chinese emissions 07/17/2009 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Obama's regulations meant to protect turtles are putting American shrimpers out of business. 08/01/2012 U.S. News and World Report U.S. Dept. of Commerce

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) bought 46,000 rounds of ammo, which it said were necessary for its 63 "enforcement personnel." 08/17/2012 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Commerce

When the Economic Development Administration noticed its computers had a virus, they ... destroyed their printers and mice. 07/09/2013 RedState U.S. Dept. of Commerce

The Census Bureau was caught inflating jobs data by itself continually re-hiring the same short-term workers. 11/21/2013 The New York Post U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Dozens of Census Bureau employees billed taxpayers for hours they never worked, wasting more than $1 million. 09/17/2015 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Commerce

One Census Bureau employee was caught using his position to give jobs to friends and family, including someone he was sexually involved with. 09/17/2015 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Census Bureau officials attempted to "intimidate" a whistleblower who alerted a watchdog to the above-described billing fraud. 09/17/2015 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Commerce

The Obama Administration relinquished control of the Internet's "address book" to an international group. 09/29/2016 The Washington Times U.S. Dept. of Commerce

A high-ranking Obama Commerce Dept. official commuted by taxi -- and billed taxpayers 01/11/2018 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Commerce

After inviting a police officer who helped stop the Fort Hood terrorist attack to the 2010 State of the Union, promising she would be taken care of, the officer, Kimberly Munley, later reported being ignored and feeling "betrayed" 02/12/2013 ABC News U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama administration used a Pakistani dentist, Dr. Shakil Afridi, to gather intel on Osama bin Laden. Yet after the raid they left him, ignoring his requests for help, and he was sentenced to 33 years in jail. 02/28/2013 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Defense

Obama claimed sexual assaults in America's military was getting out of control and presented a national security threat; in reality sexual assault in the military is lower than comparable civilian populations. 07/10/2013 Foreign Policy U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama Administration attempted to stop the Navy-Air Force football game during the shutdown, but the schools used non federal funds to play the game. 10/02/2013 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Defense

During the government shutdown, the feds blocked tourists from visiting ... Normany Beach (as well as 24 other overseas cemeteries). 10/03/2013 HotAir U.S. Dept. of Defense

On the 7th day of the government shutdown, the National Guard bought a $47,174 mechanical bull. 10/07/2013 CNS News U.S. Dept. of Defense

Obama announces he's releasing five Taliban from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for the release of Bowe Bergdahl, who was later charged with desertion. 05/31/2014 CNN U.S. Dept. of Defense

It's revealed Bowe Bergdahl's dad, who converted to Islam, vowed revenge "for the death of every Afghan child" and to "free all Guantanamo prisoners." 06/01/2014 Allen West U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama Administration released a terrorist from Gitmo "because he took up yoga." 06/07/2014 New York Post U.S. Dept. of Defense

When the longtime property owners near Area 51 refused to sell their land to the feds, the Air Force threatened to destroy it. 09/17/2015 news.com.au U.S. Dept. of Defense

After the family that owned the land near Area 51 for more than 100 years refused to sell, the feds just took it. 10/16/2015 Las Vegas Now U.S. Dept. of Defense

In a bid to become "gender neutral," the Navy scuttled sailors' enlisted rating titles. 09/29/2016 Navy Times U.S. Dept. of Defense

In a new handbook on transgenders warned the U.S. military not to make "assumptions" about someone's gender and to be "sensitive" about pronoun use. 10/03/2016 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Defense

Ran on promise of closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; didn't. 01/20/2017 Wikipedia U.S. Dept. of Defense

Obama asked the UK to cover up a failed Trident missile test as U.S. technology was to blame. 01/24/2017 The Daily Express U.S. Dept. of Defense

Obama freed two Gitmo detainees, sending them to Senegal, where they were then let return to Libya, where they finally disappeared 04/23/2018 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Defense

Obama negotiated the START Treaty with Russia, which triumphed Russia reducing a nuclear stockpile it was planning on discarding anyway. 07/08/2009 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Defense

The START Treaty committed the U.S. to reduce its number of launchers to match Russia; Russia wasn't require to reduce any of its launchers. 07/08/2009 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Defense

The START Treaty left Russia with a 10-1 nuclear weapons tactical advantage. 07/08/2009 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Defense

When Afghanistan was falling apart and debate simmered over what course to take, Obama dithered, waiting several months to weigh in. 11/09/2009 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Defense

Despite Russia's reputation for ignoring arms treaties it's party to, START made no effort to police Russia's compliance. 07/08/2010 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Defense

Obama negotiated the START Treaty with Russia, which forced the U.S. to reduce its nuclear stockpile while unilaterally commiting to not upgrade our nuclear weapons (Russia was not similarly bound). 04/09/2010 The Washington Times U.S. Dept. of Defense

Despite warnings from generals, Obama opted to leave just 160 soldiers in Iraq, creating a dangerous vacuum later filled by ISIS. 12/01/2010 The Washington Times U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama Administration created "fake people" on social networks to promote propaganda. 02/18/2011 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Defense

In order to woo Russia to engage in the START talks, Obama first ended America's missile defense alliances with Poland and the Czech Republic 06/15/2011 ABC News U.S. Dept. of Defense

Released a major terrorist from Gitmo, Majid Khan. 02/23/2012 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Defense

Fearing a Jimmy Carter-like Iran hostage rescue fiasco and it's resulting political fallout, Obama said the Bin Laden raid "was the longest 40 minutes of my life." 05/03/2012 The Hill U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama Admin. leaked classified information about the bin Laden raid to filmmakers so as to play up his own role in the raid. 05/23/2012 The Daily Mail U.S. Dept. of Defense

Despite promising as a candiate to shutdown Guantanamo Bay, he later admitted to the New York Times he had no plan to do so. 05/29/2012 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Defense

Russia quickly violated the START treaty but faced no repercussions from the Obama White House 07/19/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Defense

U.S. soldiers were ordered not to shoot the Taliban at night so as to avoid bothering locals trying to sleep. 10/05/2012 Breitbart U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama Administration offered to pay U.S. defense companies to break the law and not issue mandated job loss announcements (which would embarrass him during an election year). 10/26/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Defense

The Obama Administration colluded with infamous short-seller Steve Eisman when dishing out new for-profit college regulations (which Eisman happened to be short-selling). 03/01/2011 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Education

Sidestepping Congress altogether, his Department of Education tied waivers to No Child Left Behind to new national education standards. 01/10/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Education

His Dept. of Education used its budget to shutdown a popular voucher program in D.C. that helped poor minorities -- twice. 02/13/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Education

Because black students are disproportionately disciplined in school, the Education Department alleged that America's schools are racist. 08/08/2012 Townhall U.S. Dept. of Education

In trying to make the case against the sequester, Education Secretary Arne Duncan claimed "there are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips," which he later admitted was untrue. 03/04/2013 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Education

Despite publicly pledging to improve access to education, the Obama Administration tried effectively shutting down non-federally funded colleges. 03/13/2014 Politico U.S. Dept. of Education

His Dept. of Education decreed Title 9 covers transgendered students, meaning they will need separate and equal accommodations. 04/29/2014 The Department of Education U.S. Dept. of Education

After passing regulations that made it impossible for the University of Phoenix to continue in its current form, the school was bought by three of Obama's best friends at a bargain price. 06/29/2016 Politico U.S. Dept. of Education

Blaming Obama's Department of Education, ITT Technical Institute it was shutting down all of its campuses and lay off its thousands of employees, leaving its thousands of students stranded. 09/06/2016 NPR U.S. Dept. of Education

Obama's chosen secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, who said he wanted to double, or triple, gas prices. 12/12/2008 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Energy

Despite receiving a warning from a donor not to do so, Obama visited Solyndra, touting it as a model for government-driven clean energy/job creation. The company laid off its entire workforce less than a year later. 03/24/2009 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Energy

Range Fuels, which received $80 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 02/10/2011 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Energy

Stirling Energy Systems, which received $7 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 06/10/2011 Renewable Energy Focus U.S. Dept. of Energy

Green Vehicles Inc., which received $700,000 in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 07/18/2011 NewsBusters U.S. Dept. of Energy

Evergreen Solar, which received $24 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 08/15/2011 Wikipedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

The Energy Department decreed that its rules governing urinal efficiency shall preempt state urinal rules. 08/23/2011 Government Printing Office U.S. Dept. of Energy

SpectraWatt, which received $500,000 in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 08/24/2011 CNET U.S. Dept. of Energy

Solyndra, which was run by an Obama campaign supporter and received more than half a billion in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 08/31/2011 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Energy

Olsen's Crop Service, which received $10 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 09/10/2011 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Energy

Nevada Geothermal Power, which received $145 million in stimulus, went bankrupt. 10/02/2011 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Energy

National Renewable Energy Lab, a non profit that received $200 million in stimulus failed, soon thereafter laid off 10 percent of its workforce. 10/04/2011 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Energy

Just as the Dept. of Energy's loan program was set to expire, SunPower received a $1.2 billion loan, which provided the politically connected insiders to cash out. 10/11/2011 Human Events U.S. Dept. of Energy

Obama's Dept. of Energy invested hundreds of millions in Tesla Motors, which was owned by one of his donors. 10/17/2011 PJMedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

Mountain Plaza Inc., which received almost half a million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 10/19/2011 The Blaze U.S. Dept. of Energy

Raser Technologies, which received $33 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 10/20/2011 BreakingEnergy.com U.S. Dept. of Energy

Obama's Dept. of Energy gave a $527 million loan to Al Gore connected Fisker Automotive -- which used the funds to create jobs ... in Finland. 10/26/2011 The National Center for Public Policy Research U.S. Dept. of Energy

Obama's Dept. of Energy invested almost half a billion in the Al Gore connected Silver Spring Networks, a smart grid contractor that's since laid off much of its workforce. 10/26/2011 The National Center for Public Policy Research U.S. Dept. of Energy

Beacon Power, which received $43 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 11/01/2011 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Energy

A123 Systems, which received stimulus funds as well as a personal Obama visit, failed. 12/02/2011 The Ann Arbor News U.S. Dept. of Energy

Willard & Kelsey Solar Group, which received $6 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 01/17/2012 The Toledo Blade U.S. Dept. of Energy

Energy Conversion Devices, which received $13.3 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 02/14/2012 Wikipedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

Unisolar, which received $100 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 02/15/2012 Renewables International U.S. Dept. of Energy

Sapphire Energy, which received $100 million in stimulus funds, created ... 36 jobs. 02/22/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

Abound Solar, which received stimulus funds and a shoutout from Obama, went bankrupt. 02/29/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Energy

Obama's Dept. of Energy doled out favors to the politically connected Pacific Gas (a number of employees have cycled in and out of the Obama Admin.). 03/14/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

Azure Dynamics, which received $120 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 03/28/2012 AutoBlog U.S. Dept. of Energy

Ener1, which received $118.5 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 03/30/2012 Wikipedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

Solar Trust, which was offered $2.1 billion in stimulus funds, went bankrupt before it could accept them. 04/02/2012 Reuters U.S. Dept. of Energy

BrightSource Energy, which received $1.6 billion in stimulus funds, canceled its IPO and all U.S. related projects. 04/13/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

Obama's Dept. of Energy granted Reliant Energy, a $1.237 billion loan; the company's run by the husband of an Obama bundler. 05/22/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

First Solar, a politically connected company that received more than $3 billion in stimulus funds, soon thereafter laid off 30 percent of its workforce (as well as sold solar panels to itself). 05/30/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

Genesis Poly, which received $500,000 in stimulus funds, went bankrupt -- twice. 06/24/2012 HotAir U.S. Dept. of Energy

Thompson River Power, which received $5 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 07/17/2012 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Energy

Greenvolts, which received $500 in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 09/12/2012 Forbes U.S. Dept. of Energy

Australian company Babcock & Brown, which received $178 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 10/18/2012 PJMedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

Armonix, which received $6 million in stimulus funds, is faltering. 10/18/2012 PJMedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

Satcon Technology Corp., which was granted $6 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 10/18/2012 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Energy

Nordic Wind Power, which received $16 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 10/19/2012 Kansas City Business Journal U.S. Dept. of Energy

Korean owned Compact Power received $150 million in stimulus funds and a visit from Obama; it soon thereafter began furloughing workers before having produced a single battery (it's workers reportedly spend their days playing cards). 10/19/2012 HotAir U.S. Dept. of Energy

Two high tech electric car companies sued the Department of Energy, accusing it having passed them over for loans in favor of politically connected, but less promising, Fisker Automotive (which later went bankrupt). The DoE was also accused of passing alo 01/15/2013 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

Navistar's estar electric van, which was introduced after a $40 million in stimulus funds, was discontinued in 2013. 05/16/2013 Trucking Info U.S. Dept. of Energy

The Dept. of Energy decided to give $100 million to an over-budget clean energy project after a Democratic donor, James Croyle, got involved. 06/12/2013 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Energy

In violation of anti-nepotism rules, more than a dozen Energy Department officials arranged summer jobs for their kids at the department. 06/10/2013 The Associated Press U.S. Dept. of Energy

ECOtality, which received $126.2 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 09/16/2013 Wikipedia U.S. Dept. of Energy

Fisker Automotive, which received $192 million in stimulus funds, went bankrupt. 11/22/2013 The Energy and Commerce Committee U.S. Dept. of Energy

The Department of Energy dumped at least $259 million into a uranium company that admitted being near bankruptcy and having no business plan before finally going bankrupt. 11/27/2013 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Energy

Obama began bragging about low gas prices, despite actually attempting to raise them. 01/26/2015 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Energy

ObamaCare imposed a tax on unprocessed fuels. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare imposes a tax on employers that do not offer health coverage. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's HHS has attempted to ban smoking on college campuses. 09/11/2012 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

The Obama Admin. paid Hollywood to promote ObamaCare in TV shows. 09/14/2012 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

On this date, Americans who use medical devices were forced to start paying another ObamaCare-related tax. 01/01/2013 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's HHS conducted an exhaustive, years-long study into the efficacy of Head Start; the results showed that, if anything, it hurts children's progress; Obama pledged to expand the program anyway. 01/10/2013 The Heritage Foundation U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare moved much of the middle class into a welfare program originally meant for the very poor. 03/05/2013 The Heritage Foundation U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

An HHS website for girls 10-16 taught them about "mutual masterbation" as well as gay sex and birth control. 05/31/2013 CNS News U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Former Obama campaign staffers have since admitted that the idea for ObamaCare came when they needed something to talk about during an education speech. 09/23/2013 HotAir U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare does not view races equally under the law. 10/29/2013 The Competitive Enterprise Institute U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

A San Francisco couple donated to and volunteered for the Obama campaign; a year later ObamaCare canceled their insurance plans. 11/06/2013 ProPublica U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

An estimated 87 percent of ObamaCare waivers went to Obama's allies and supporters. 11/20/2013 Newsmax U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare forbids insurance companies from considering drug abuse when setting their clients insurance premiums. 11/25/2013 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare forbids insurance companies from considering alcoholism when setting their clients insurance premiums. 11/25/2013 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare encourages insurance companies to charge smokers more (apparently being a less acceptable vice than drinking or using drugs). 11/25/2013 Fox News U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

After failing to win carveouts for unions in ObamaCare itself, Obama used an executive order to exempt unions from fees other large employers pay. 12/22/2013 Forbes U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

On this date, ObamaCare began taxing full coverage insurance plans (perversely raising premiums and encouraging Americans to seek worse care). 01/01/2014 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

On this day, ObamaCare partially defunded a popular Medicare home health care program. 01/01/2014 The Washington Examiner U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber said the federal exchanges were designed to prevent people in conservative states resisting the Affordable Care Act from buying health insurance. 07/25/2014 The New Republic U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare extempted Congress and their staff; a federal judge recently upheld the carveout. 02/26/2015 The Washington Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

After videos exposed Jonathan Gruber saying ObamaCare passed thanks to "the stupidity of the American people," the White House insisted he did not have an official role crafting the law; emails later showed that was untrue. 06/22/2015 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

HHS employees infected their computers with viruses after watching too much pornography (none was fired). 07/29/2015 The Daily Mail U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Medicare under the Obama Administration has increased funding for "end of life" consultations, which critics accuse of promoting euthanasia. 08/05/2015 The Huffington Post U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Once it became clear insurance costs were still rising despite passing ObamaCare, Obama changed the goalposts, arguing that prices would have increased even more without the law, and therefore he helped Americans save "$2,600" on their premiums. 06/01/2016 Grabien U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Despite promising ObamaCare would, on average, lower families' premiums by $2,500/annually, costs have skyrockted under the law; in 2016, premiums shot up nationwide -- even by more than 100 percent in Arizona. 10/21/2016 ZeroHedge U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Despite a majority of states (unsuccessfully) suing the federal government in a bid to not participate in ObamaCare, on this date states are required to pick up the tab for the ObamaCare-mandated Medicaid expansion. 01/01/2017 The Heritage Foundation U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid $729 million in erroneous payments to doctors as part of a stimulus program. 06/12/2017 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's first pick for HHS, Tom Daschle, quit after it was revealed he hadn't paid all of his taxes; Obama, however, had urged him to remain. 02/03/2009 NBC News U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Polls showed Americans hated ObamaCare even more than HillaryCare 06/18/2009 Pew Research Center U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare amendments that would have banned rationing health care were blocked. 07/10/2009 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama sought to repeal (outside of Congress) ERISA, a law ensuring large companies can manage their employees under one set of rules, as opposed to 50. 07/20/2009 The Wall street Journal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama touted the Mayo Clinic as an example of what ObamaCare can accomplish; the Mayo Clinic trashed ObamaCare. 07/21/2009 The Washington Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama regularly claimed 47 millions were insured while pitching ObamaCare. The real number was closer to 8 million. 07/22/2009 The American Spectator U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Americans lost five specific freedoms with ObamaCare (freedom to choose what's in your plan; the freedom to be rewarded for living a health life; the freedom to choose high-deductible coverage; the freedom to keep your existing plan, and the freedom to ch 07/28/2009 Fortune U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Despite promising ObamaCare hearings would be televised, CSPAN was denied access during final meetings. 01/01/2010 ABC News U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama crafted a secret deal with the pharmaceutical industry in order to get ObamaCare passed. 02/12/2010 The Sunlight Foundation U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare effectively banned physician-owned hospitals (which have a strong track record). 03/23/2010 Forbes U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Breaking a promise that ObamaCare would let you keep your plan if you like, ObamaCare specifically outlawed a broad swath of existing plans. (Politifact even named this its 2012 Lie of the Year.) 03/23/2010 Politifact U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare violates the First Amendment (which protects religious liberty). 03/23/2010 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama promised not to levy a tax on the uninsured; ObamaCare broke that promise. 03/23/2010 Keith Hennessey U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare includes $10 billion for ... the United Auto Workers. 03/24/2010 Foundation for Economic Education U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's secretary of the HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, threatened to put out of business insurance companies that communicated with their clients about the potential impact of ObamaCare. 10/14/2010 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Even as one arm of the HHS was telling Americans to restrict fat, sugar, and salt, the HHS spent $776,000 to open an International House of Pancakes in an affluent neighborhood in Washington, D.C. 11/24/2010 The Competitive Enterprise Institute U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare requires insurers to "justify" to bureaucrats increases over 10 percent. 12/21/2010 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama used an executive order to reinsert an "end of life" provision of ObamaCare that was so unpopular it had to be stripped for the bill to pass. 12/25/2010 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

The Obama Admin. cooked the books to show ObamaCare reduces the size of government. 01/06/2011 The American Spectator U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Within the first year, Obama's HHS granted 733 waivers from ObamaCare -- almost all to political allies. 02/02/2011 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's HHS let four states avoid ObamaCare's most punitive provisions. 02/17/2011 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Even Democratic governors sought an escape hatch from ObamaCare. 02/28/2011 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Even the liberal CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, attacked ObamaCare's onerous effects on small business. 03/12/2011 The Seattle Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Nearly 20 percent of ObamaCare's early waivers webnt to restaurants, nightclubs, and fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi's district. 05/17/2011 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

HHS granted hundreds of ObamaCare "waivers" to political allies -- despite having no formal power to do so. 06/07/2011 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare arranged for the hiring of spies to investigate private doctors. 06/27/2011 The New York Times U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare immunizes the Independent Payment Advisory Board from lawsuits resulting from the way its decisions impact patients. 07/09/2011 The Daily Caller U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama sold ObamaCare promising Americans could keep their current doctors; that quickly proved untrue. 07/23/2011 Human Events U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Only a month into his presidency, Obama broke his promise not to raise taxes, raising taxes on cigarettes more than 100 percent (a regressive tax that hits poor Americans hardest). 02/04/2012 Wikipedia U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama changed his argument defending ObamaCare's constitutionality as soon as it became a Supreme Court case. 02/25/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Starting in 2012, ObamaCare began severely restricting the use of highly popular health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts (HSAs and FSAs). 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare created an entirely new tax on investments. 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare created a new, actuarially unsound longterm entitlement called the CLASS program. 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare makes more than half of the American population dependent on government through its expansion of Medicaid and subsidies. 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare puts Medicare decisions in the hands of an unelected, unaccountable board. 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare violates religious liberty, requiring religious charities, for example, to pay for abortion-inducing drugs and a full range of contraceptives. 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare creates a new marriage penalty (as two individuals receive higher subsidies than a married couple). 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare takes an increasing chunk out of middle class wallets as a tax set for families earning over $250K is not indexed for inflation. 03/07/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare violated existing federal laws (by conferring benefits on same-sex couples). 03/26/2012 The Washington Post U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Obama's HHS secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, violated the Hatch Act, which forbids participation in campaigning. She went unsanctioned. 04/09/2012 The Washington Free Beacon U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Despite Obama's promises, ObamaCare expands the deficit, not reduces it. 04/11/2012 Forbes U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare funds pet neutering and bike lanes. 05/03/2012 The Hill U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare funds were used to give business to Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod. 06/02/2012 The Wall Street Journal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

HHS waived welfare reform's work requirements -- despite having no legal authority to do so 08/08/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare imposes a tax on health insurance providers based on their share of the market. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare imposes a tax on Americans who do not want health insurance. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare imposes a tax on drug manufacturers/importers based on their market share. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare lowered the medical expenses deduction. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare imposed a tax on retirees' prescription expenses (via the elimination of a corporate deductions). 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare raised taxes on health insurance companies by limiting the amount of compensation that can be deducted. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

ObamaCare imposed a tax on BlueCross/BlueShield by removing their special deduction. 08/20/2012 The Daily Signal U.S. Dep