 
1,366 well sourced examples of Barack Obama's lies, lawbreaking, corruption, cronyism, hypocrisy, waste, etc.

By Daniel Alman

Since there are quite a few people named Daniel Alman in the world, it is worth noting that this particular Daniel Alman was born in 1971, and has spent his entire life so far living in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, but even more importantly (at least in his opinion), he attended the Montessori Centre Academy in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, for ten years, beginning at the age of two. His blog is at <https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/>

The first Amazon Kindle version of this book was on published on April 11, 2016.

This version was last updated on September 26, 2017.

I ask you to please show this list to as many people as possible - and especially, to please show it to as many Obama supporters as possible. Sunshine really is the best disinfectant. I can't stop Obama from doing any of these horrible things, but I can tell people about what he is doing.

Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign promises were so much better sounding than anyone else's - no lobbyists in his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money isn't being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against medical marijuana in states where it's legal, high levels of transparency. Obama's promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere. They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other Presidents broke their promises.

In the 2008 United States election, I wrote in Ron Paul for President. In the 2012 and 2016 elections, I voted for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. Those who are of a more leftist persuasion than myself might want to consider voting for the Green Party in future elections.

Some of the things on this list are major events that should scare the daylights out of any true liberal who cares about civil liberties.

Other things on this list are medium things that some Obama supporters may dislike, but would be willing to overlook in light of the things that Obama has done which they like.

And some of the things on this list may seem trivial, but I still think they are an interesting reflection of the kinds of policies that Obama supports.

Every claim that I make in this list is sourced. Click on the underlined text to see the sources. I have cited a wide variety of sources, from right wing, to left wing, to middle of the road.

And now, on with the list:

*** * * * * * ***

**1) Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional approval**

In June 2011, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)  said that Obama had violated the Constitution when he launched military operations in Libya without Congressional approval.

In April 2014, Ralph Nader  said that Obama should be impeached for his actions in Libya.

2) **Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton cronies – just like Bush did**

In May 2010, it was  reported that the Obama administration had selected KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, for a no-bid contract worth as much as $568 million through 2011, just hours after the Justice Department had said it would pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of using kickbacks to get foreign contracts.

Don't be fooled by the words "former subsidiary." These are the same Halliburton cronies that Bush gave a no-bid contract to.

3) **Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn't have any**

On November 15, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Obama  said that lobbyists

_"... will not work in my White House."_

However, by February 2010, he had more than 40 lobbyists working in his administration. A list of them can be seen  here.

4) **Had close ties to Wall St., but pretended to support Occupy Wall St.**

Although Obama claimed to support the Occupy Wall St. movement, the truth is that as of 2011, he had raised  more money from Wall St. than any other candidate during the previous 20 years. In early 2012, Obama held a fundraiser where Wall St. investment bankers and hedge fund managers each paid  $35,800 to attend. In October 2011, Obama  hired Broderick Johnson, a longtime Wall Street lobbyist, to be his new senior campaign adviser. Johnson had worked as a lobbyist for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Comcast, Microsoft, and the oil industry.

5) **Broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay**

_Obama's campaign made the following promise:_

_"As president, Barack Obama will close the detention facility at Guantanamo."_

PolitiFact  rated this as

_"promise broken"_

In July 2012, ABC News  reported that this

_"... might be President Obama's biggest broken promise"_

I have gotten more criticism for this particular item than for any other item on my list. People have said that Obama "tried" to close Guantanamo Bay, but was blocked by Republicans in the House and Senate. However, Obama did not promise that he would "try" to close it. He promised that he would "close" it. Furthermore, there were enough Democrats in the House and Senate to pass Obamacare  without any Republicans voting for it, so if you want to blame someone in the House and Senate for failing to close Guantanamo Bay, then I suggest that you blame the Democrats.

6) **Supported the $700 billion TARP corporate-welfare bailout just like Bush**

While Senator, Obama  voted for the $700 billion TARP bank bailout bill. The bailout rewarded irresponsible and illegal behavior. It redirected resources from more productive uses to less productive uses. It punished the hard working taxpayers who had played by the rules and obeyed the law. It created horrible incentives, and sent the wrong message. The bailout was evil because it rewarded the bad people and punished the good people. No society that does this can expect to remain free or prosperous. Instead of bailing out these corrupt corporations, we should have let them cease to exist, like we did with Enron.

7) **Waged the biggest war against medical marijuana of any president, which was the opposite of what he had promised**

In May 2008, Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt said that Obama would end DEA raids on medical marijuana in states where it's legal. Also in 2008, Obama said that he supported the "basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs" and that he was "not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws."

However, in February 2010, DEA agents raided a medical marijuana grower in Highlands Ranch in Colorado, a state where medical marijuana is legal. Also in February 2010, DEA agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City in California, a state where medical marijuana is legal. In July 2010, the DEA  raided at least four medical marijuana growers in San Diego, California. Also in July 2010, the DEA raided a medical marijuana facility in Covelo, California. Then in September 2010, the DEA conducted  raids on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada, where medical marijuana is legal. In 2011, the DEA conducted  raids on medical marijuana in Seattle, Washington, West Hollywood, California, and Helena, Montana, all places where it is legal. In April 2012, the DEA carried out several  raids on medical marijuana in Oakland, California.

In February 2012, Rolling Stone magazine wrote that Obama's war against medical marijuana went "far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush." In April 2012, Mother Jones magazine  wrote: "The president campaigned on the promise that he'd stop federal raids on medical marijuana operations that were in compliance with state laws, a vow that Attorney General Eric Holder repeated after the election. But then the Obama administration raided more than 100 dispensaries in its first three years and is now poised to outpace the Bush administration's crackdown record." In May 2012, the Washington Post  wrote: "Obama has become more hostile to medical marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history." In May 2012, U.S. Congressperson Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said she had "strong concerns" about Obama's forced closure of five medical marijuana facilities in Pelosi's congressional district. In April 2012, commenting on Obama's crackdown on medical marijuana, U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) said, "I'm very disappointed... They look more like the Bush administration than the Clinton administration."

In July 2012, federal prosecutors  filed civil forfeiture actions against Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, CA, which claims to be the world's largest, and which claims to serve more than 100,000 medical marijuana patients. In April 2012, federal agents  raided Oaksterdam University, an educational institution in Oakland, CA, which teaches people about medical marijuana. In April 2012, federal agents  raided a medical marijuana facility which had been serving 1,500 patients near Lake Elsinore, CA. In June 2012, the Obama administration  filed asset-forfeiture lawsuits against two landlords who rented their buildings to medical marijuana stores in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The Obama administration also sent warning letters which threatened similar legal action to dozens of other, nearby landlords. During the first seven months of 2012, the DEA shut down 40 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado, all of which had been operating in compliance with state and local law.

In April 2013, the DEA  raided four medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, California. Also in April 2013, the DEA  raided a medical marijuana dispensary in San Diego, California. In July 2013, the DEA conducted multiple medical marijuana  raids in Washington state, including the cities of Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle. In August 2013, the DEA  raided People's Choice Alternative Medicine, a medical marijuana facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In October 2013, the DEA  raided 28 medical marijuana facilities in Michigan. In November 2013, the DEA  raided 12 medical marijuana facilities in Denver, Colorado.

In April 2014, the DEA  raided four medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver, Colorado. In June 2014, DEA agents  visited the homes and offices of doctors in Massachusetts who had written prescriptions for medical marijuana, and threatened to confiscate their federal licenses to prescribe certain medications if they did not stop writing prescriptions for medical marijuana. In October 2014, the DEA  raided two medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, California.

In May 2012, ABC News  reported that during Obama's youth, he often smoked large quantities of recreational marijuana. Obama's marijuana smoking wasn't even medical - it was recreational. And yet now, he is taking large scale, widespread action to prevent people with AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and other illnesses, who have prescriptions from their doctors, from using their prescription medicine - how cold hearted can a person be?

8) **Nominated a six-time tax cheater to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws**

Obama nominated Timothy Geithner, a repeat tax cheater, to head the government agency that enforces the tax laws.

Prior to his nomination, Geithner had:

1) Illegally failed to pay more than  $34,000 in social security and medicare taxes

2) Illegally declared the cost of his children's summer camp as a form of day care.

3) Illegally failed to pay the early withdrawal penalty when he took money out of his retirement plan

4) Illegally declared non-eligible items as a charitable deduction

5) Illegally declared something which was ineligible as a small business deduction

6) Illegally declared utility expenses which had actually been for his personal use

9) **Gave tax dollars to AIG executives, then pretended to be outraged about it**

Obama signed a "stimulus" bill that spent money on bonuses for AIG executives. Prior to signing this bill, Obama had said, "when I'm president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely." However, after reading "line by line" and signing the "stimulus" bill that protected the AIG bonuses, Obama pretended to be shocked and outraged at the bonuses, and said, "Under these circumstances, it's hard to understand how derivative traders at A.I.G. warranted any bonuses at all, much less $165 million in extra pay... How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?" and also said that he would "pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses."

10) **Expanded Bush's unconstitutional government faith based programs**

Obama expanded the federal government's faith based programs which had been started by President George W. Bush.

11) **Supported Bush's unconstitutional Patriot Act**

In May 2011, Obama signed a renewal of the Patriot Act.

12) **Increased the national debt more in one term than Bush did in two**

The national debt increased more during Obama's first three years and two months than it did during all eight years of George W. Bush's presidency.

13) **Agrees with Bush's support of unconstitutional, indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without filing any charges**

In December 2011, ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero criticized Obama for signing a bill that gave the U.S. government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without any charges being filed or any trial taking place.

14) **Agrees with Bush's support of unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping**

President Obama has defended warrantless wiretapping.

15) **Avoided prosecution of Wall. St criminals**

Although Obama had  promised to prosecute Wall St. criminals, during his entire first term, his administration did not file any criminal charges against any of the top financial executives.

16) **Had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process**

Obama had  four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process.

The ACLU accused Obama of violating the U.S. Constitution for doing this.

U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) said that Obama's actions might be an impeachable offense.

Ralph Nader  wrote that Obama

_"has extended the Bush doctrine by declaring his unilateral right, as secret prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner, to destroy anybody, anywhere in the world, including American citizens, suspected to be engaged in alleged terrorist activities, all this vaguely and loosely defined as anti-U.S. security."_

17) **Ordered private company to fire 1,000 employees**

In 2011, after Boeing had hired 1,000 new employees to work at its new factory in South Carolina, the Obama administration ordered Boeing to shut down the factory, because the factory was non-union.

18) **Stole money from retired teachers and police officers**

During the Chrysler bankruptcy, Obama violated the Fifth Amendment and more than 150 years of bankruptcy law by illegally treating secured creditors worse than unsecured creditors. Some of these secured creditors were retired teachers and police officers from Indiana.

Richard A. Epstein, a law professor at New York University School of Law,  wrote of this:

_"Upsetting this fixed hierarchy among creditors is just an illegal taking of property from one group of creditors for the benefit of another, which should be struck down on both statutory and constitutional grounds."_

Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law,  wrote that Obama's treatment of secured creditors was

_"dangerous to the rule of law."_

The Economist wrote that Obama's actions could

_"establish a terrible precedent. Bankruptcy exists to sort legal claims on assets. If it becomes a tool of social policy, who will then lend to struggling firms in which the government has a political interest?"_

Francis Cianfrocca, the CEO of Bayshore Networks,  wrote that Obama's actions were

_"an astonishingly reckless abrogation of contract law that will introduce a new level of uncertainty into business transactions at all levels, and make wealth generation more difficult going forward... An extraordinary uncertainty has been created when the most powerful man in the world can rewrite contracts and choose winners and losers in private negotiations as he sees fit. Since this is an unquantifiable uncertainty, and not a quantifiable risk, its effect on business and investor confidence will be large and unpredictable. As in the 1930s, a time when government also cavalierly rewrote private contracts, the prudent approach for business will be to invest minimally and wait for another administration."_

19) **Supported release of convicted mass murderer**

In 2010, Obama supported releasing Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (who had been convicted of murdering 270 people) from prison.

20) **Illegally put thousands of guns into hands of criminals**

In Operation Fast and Furious, the Obama administration ordered gun storeowners to illegally sell thousands of guns to criminals.

U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was  murdered with one of these guns.

The murderer was sentenced to  30 years in prison, but his accomplices, Eric Holder and Barack Obama, haven't even been arrested or charged.

21) **Fired Inspector General for discovering that Obama's friend had embezzled government funds**

In June 2009, Obama fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin, after Walpin accused Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, an Obama supporter, of misuse of AmeriCorps funding to pay for school-board political activities. In a letter to Congress, the White House said that Walpin was fired because he was "confused, disoriented, unable to answer questions and exhibited other behavior that led the Board to question his capacity to serve." A bipartisan group of 145 current and former public officials, attorneys, and legal scholars signed a letter that was sent to the White House, which defended Walpin, said the criticisms of him were not true, and said that his firing was politically motivated. The letter can be read here.

22) **Lied about putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN**

Although Obama had made a campaign promise to have all of the health care reform negotiations broadcast on C-SPAN, he broke that promise after he was elected.

The secrecy of these negotiations was so strong that U.S. Congresswoman and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."

23) **Lied about letting people keep their health insurance**

Before Obamacare was passed, Obama  said:

_"No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people... If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."_

Also before Obamacare was passed, Obama  said:

_"Here is a guarantee that I've made. If you have insurance that you like, then you will be able to keep that insurance."_

However, after Obamacare was passed, the Congressional Budget Office said that the law would cause  seven million people to lose their employer provided insurance.

After Obamacare was passed, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced that it would drop health insurance for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants. Mitra Behroozi, executive director of benefit and pension funds for 1199SEIU stated

_"... new federal health-care reform legislation requires plans with dependent coverage to expand that coverage up to age 26... meeting this new requirement would be financially impossible."_

Also, after Obamacare was passed, the Franciscan University of Steubenville  dropped its coverage in response to the law.

Universal Orlando  dropped its coverage for part time employees in response to Obamacare.

In addition, after Obamacare was passed, Forbes  reported

_"The House Ways and Means Committee has released a new report that sheds light onto how Obamacare incentivizes companies to dump their workers onto the new law's subsidized exchanges."_

Also after Obamacare was passed, MSN  reported

_"The Affordable Care Act mandate most commonly known as Obamacare has some tight stipulations that, CNN says, are forcing health care companies to rip up most of their current plans and draft new ones that comply. According to a University of Chicago study, just about half of the individual health care plans currently on the market won't cut it once key provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in next year."_

Furthermore, it was  reported that Obamacare would cause 58,000 Aetna and UnitedHealth Group customers in California to lose their insurance.

In response to Obamacare, some employers have  dropped coverage for their employees' spouses. In August 2013, it was  reported) that UPS had announced that it would be dropping 15,000 spouses of its employees from its health insurance, and that it had cited Obamacare as the reason it was doing this.

The chain of Wegmans supermarkets  cancelled the policies of its part time employees in response to Obamacare.

In July 2013, leaders of the Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE sent a  letter to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which said that Obamacare

_"will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits... these restrictions will make non-profit plans like ours unsustainable... we can no longer stand silent in the face of elements of the Affordable Care Act that will destroy the very health and wellbeing of our members along with millions of other hardworking Americans"_

In August 2013, it was  reported that 106,000 New Jersey citizens would lose their health insurance because of Obamacare.

In September 2013, IBM  announced that it would be switching 110,000 of its retirees from their current IBM-provided health insurance to the Obamacare exchanges.

In September 2013, Trader Joe's  announced that, in response to Obamacare, it would stop providing insurance to its part time employees.

In October 2013, it was  reported that at least 146,000 people in Michigan would be losing their insurance because of Obamacare.

In October 2013, it was  reported that Florida Blue would be dropping 300,000 customers because of Obamacare.

In October 2013, it was  reported that 491,977 individual insurance plans in California would be canceled because of Obamacare.

In October 2013, it was  reported that, in response to Obamacare, Home Depot would stop providing insurance to its part time employees.

In October 2013, it was  reported that Obamacare was forcing CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to cancel the insurance of 76,000 people in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., because their policies did not meet the minimum requirements of Obamacare.

In October 2013, it was  reported that hundreds of thousands of people in Washington state would be losing their insurance because of Obamacare.

In November 2013, it was  reported that nearly nearly 250,000 people in Colorado would lose their insurance because of Obamacare.

In January 2014, it was  reported that, in response to Obamacare, Target was planning to stop offering insurance to its part time employees.

24) **Lied about the cost of Obamacare**

Before Obamacare was passed, Obama promised

_"I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits - either now or in the future. I will not sign it if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future, period. And to prove that I'm serious, there will be a provision in this plan that requires us to come forward with more spending cuts if the savings we promised don't materialize."_

However, after Obama signed it, the Washington Post  reported that it would add more than $340 billion to the budget deficit over the next decade.

In March 2012, the Congressional Budget Office said that over the next decade, Obamacare would cost  twice as much as what Obama had promised.

In May 2013, it was  reported that Obamacare's program for high risk patients was more expensive than what Obama had promised.

25) **Gave tax dollars to campaign contributors and lobbyists, and falsely claimed the money was for "green energy"**

In 2009 the Obama administration  gave $535 million to Solyndra, claiming that it would  create 4,000 new jobs. However, instead of creating those 4,000 new jobs, the company went bankrupt. It was later revealed that the company's shareholders and executives had made substantial  donations to Obama's campaign, that the company had spent a large sum of money on  lobbying, and that Solyndra executives had had many  meetings with White House officials.

It was also revealed that the Obama administration had already been aware of Solyndra's financial troubles. For example, according to the company's security filings in 2009, the company had been selling its product for  less than the cost of production. In 2010, Obama visited the Solyndra factory and cited it as a role model for his "stimulus" program, saying "It's here that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future." The Washington Post wrote of this, "Administration officials and outside advisers warned that President Obama should consider dropping plans to visit a solar startup company in 2010 because its mounting financial problems might ultimately embarrass the White House." Solyndra was a private company, but had been planning to use its government loans as a means of going public - so when Obama knowingly overstated the company's condition in order to help his friends at Solyndra, he  broke the same law that Martha Stewart had been sent to prison for breaking.

In September 2011, federal agents  visited the homes of Brian Harrison, the company's CEO, and Chris Gronet, the company's founder, to examine computer files and documents. Also in September 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department  launched an investigation.

On September 13, 2011, the Washington Post  reported on emails which showed that the Obama administration had tried to rush federal reviewers to approve the loan so Vice President Joe Biden could announce it at a September 2009 groundbreaking for the company's factory. The company was a hallmark of President Obama's plan to support clean energy technologies.

The New York Times  reported that government auditors and industry analysts had faulted the Obama administration for failing to properly evaluate the company's business proposals, as well as for failing to take note of troubling signs which were already evident. In addition, Frank Rusco, a program director at the Government Accountability Office, had found that the preliminary loan approval had been granted before officials had completed the legally mandated evaluations of the company.

The New York Times  quoted Shyam Mehta, a senior analyst at GTM Research, as saying "There was just too much misplaced zeal at the Department of Energy for this company." Among 143 companies that had expressed an interest in getting a loan guarantee, Solyndra was the first one to get approval. During the period when Solyndra's loan guarantee was under review, the company had spent nearly $1.8 million on lobbying. Tim Harris, the CEO of Solopower, a different solar panel company which had obtained a $197 million loan guarantee, told the New York Times that his company had never considered spending any money on lobbying, and that "It was made clear to us early in the process that that was clearly verboten... We were told that it was not only not helpful but it was not acceptable."

The Washington Post  reported that Solyndra had used some of the loan money to purchase new equipment which it never used, and then sold that new equipment, still in its plastic wrap, for pennies on the dollar. Former Solyndra engineer Lindsey Eastburn told the Washington Post, "After we got the loan guarantee, they were just spending money left and right... Because we were doing well, nobody cared. Because of that infusion of money, it made people sloppy."

On September 29, 2011, the Washington Post  reported that the Obama administration had continued to allow Solyndra to receive taxpayer money even after it had defaulted on its $535 million loan.

On October 7, 2011, The Washington Post  reported that newly revealed emails showed that Energy Department officials had been warned that their plan to help Solyndra by restructuring the loan might be illegal, and should be cleared with the Justice Department first. However, Energy Department officials moved ahead with the restructuring anyway, with a new deal that would repay company investors before taxpayers if the company were to default. The emails showed concerns within the Obama administration about the legality of the Energy Department's actions. In addition, an Energy Department "stimulus" adviser, Steve Spinner, had pushed for the loan, despite having recused himself because his wife's law firm had done work for the company.

In January 2012, CBS News  reported that Solyndra had thrown millions of dollars worth of brand new glass tubes into garbage dumpsters, where they ended up being shattered. Solyndra told CBS that it had conducted an exhaustive search for buyers of the glass tubes, and that no one had wanted them. However, CBS discovered that Solyndra had not offered the glass tubes for sale at either one of its two asset auctions that took place in 2011. In addition, David Lucky, a buyer and seller of such equipment, told CBS that he would have bought the tubes if he had had a chance to do so. Greg Smestad, a solar scientist who had consulted for the Department of Energy, also agreed that the tubes had value, and had asked Solyndra to donate any unwanted tubes to Santa Clara University. Smestad stated, "That really makes me sad... Those tubes represent intellectual investment. These could have had a better value to do public good. I think they owed the U.S. taxpayer that."

Solyndra was not the only "green energy" company involved in this type of fraud. After Obama gave Raser Technologies $33 million to build a power plant, the company declared bankruptcy, and owed $1.5 million in back taxes. After Obama gave Abound Solar, Inc. a $400 million loan guarantee to build photovoltaic panel factories, the company halted production and laid off 180 employees. After Obama gave Beacon Power a $43 million loan guarantee to build green energy storage, the company filed for bankruptcy. After Obama approved $2.1 billion in loan guarantees for Solar Trust of America so it could build solar power plants, the company filed for bankruptcy.

In April 2012, CBS News reported that Solyndra had left a substantial amount of toxic waste at its abandoned facility in Milpitas, California. In May 2014, it was reported that the building in Longmont, Colorado that had been abandoned by Abound Solar in 2012 was still contaminated with cadmium, a toxic metal which can cause cancer.

Although Obama stated that all of the "green energy" companies that received taxpayer money were chosen "based solely on their merits," the truth is that 71% of these grants and loans went to Obama donors and fundraisers, who raised $457,834 for his campaign, and were later approved for grants and loans totaling more than $11 billion. By November 2011, the Energy Department's inspector general had begun more than 100 criminal investigations related to Obama's "stimulus." Although an "independent" review said that Obama had not done anything wrong, it was later reported that Herbert M. Allison Jr., the person who had conducted this "independent" review,  donated $52,500 to Obama's campaign.

26) **Had "off the record" meetings with lobbyists**

In June 2010, the New York Times reported that Obama administration officials had held hundreds of meetings with lobbyists at coffee houses near the White House, in order to avoid the disclosure requirements for White House visitors, and that these meetings "reveal a disconnect between the Obama administration's public rhetoric — with Mr. Obama himself frequently thrashing big industries' 'battalions' of lobbyists as enemies of reform — and the administration's continuing, private dealings with them."

27) **Falsely claimed to believe in public education**

Although Obama said, "We need to uphold the ideal of public education," he expressed his true opinion of America's public education system by  sending his own children to private schools while living in Chicago and Washington D.C.

28) **Falsely promised that Obamacare would give people "the same kind of insurance that Senator McCain and I enjoy"**

In 2008, Obama  said:

_"If you don't have health insurance, you're going to be able to buy the same kind of insurance that Senator McCain and I enjoy as federal employees."_

However, the New York Times  reported:

_"No patient gets closer medical attention than the president of the United States. Wherever he goes, a doctor, nurse or paramedic trails a few footsteps behind, ready for any medical need. It is the ultimate in concierge medicine."_

29) **Shut down Amish farm**

In February 2012, Obama shut down an Amish farm for selling unpasteurized milk across state lines, even though the customers were happy with what they were buying.

30) **Rewarded his fundraisers by giving them federal jobs**

Although Obama had promised to have "the most sweeping ethics reform in history," and had often criticized the role of money in politics, the truth is that after he was elected, he gave administration jobs to more than half of his 47 biggest fundraisers.

31) **Ignored constitutional requirements for appointees**

In February 2009, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) expressed concern that Obama's dozens of czars might violate the U.S. Constitution, because they were not approved by the U.S. Senate. U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) expressed a similar concern in September 2009.

32) **Gave tax dollars to corrupt private contractors to build 504 units of mice infested, slum housing, with backed up sewage**

While Obama was a state Senator in Illinois, he used tax dollars to build 504 units of slum housing, which had mice and backed up sewage. Federal inspectors graded the condition of the housing so bad that the buildings faced demolition.

33) **Used tax dollars to glorify communist murderers Che Guevara and Fidel Castro**

In January 2012, it was reported that the Obama administration had spent $1.6 million of taxpayers' money to restore graffiti that  glorified communist murderers Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.

34) **Falsely claimed that the U.S. Supreme Court had never overturned any laws that had been passed by Congress**

Despite having taught constitutional law at one of the most prestigious law schools in the country, in April 2012 Obama falsely claimed that the U.S. Supreme Court had never overturned any laws that had been passed by Congress.

35) **Supported new bailouts for speculators who caused housing bubble**

In March 2012, Obama announced a new set of bailouts for speculators who had caused the housing bubble.

36) **Spent $205,075 on a shrubbery which nurseries sell for $16**

During one of Obama's "stimulus" projects, $205,075 of combined federal and local government funding was spent to relocate and care for a single specimen of _Arctostaphylos franciscana_ , a shrubbery which nurseries sell for $16.

37) **Spent taxpayer money to see if using cocaine helped rats to enjoy the music of Miles Davis**

Obama's administration funded a study to see whether or not rats' enjoyment of the music of Miles Davis was increased when the rats were high on cocaine.

38) **Tried to outlaw family farms**

In April 2012, the Obama administration  proposed new regulations which would prohibit farm children under 18 from working at grain elevators, silos, feed lots, stockyards, and livestock auctions, as well as from storing, marketing and transporting farm product raw materials. Critics claimed that this would prevent children from the common practice of working on their friends' and relatives' farms, and that farm children did not need "help" from a community organizer in Washington.

39) **Auctioned off ambassadorship to the Netherlands**

In April 2012, Obama nominated Timothy Broas, who had "bundled" more than $500,000 for Obama's 2012 campaign, to be U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands.

40) **Claimed that written tests are a form of "racial discrimination"**

The Obama administration accused fire and police departments in Jacksonville, Florida, New York City, and Dayton, Ohio of "racial discrimination" because they required potential firefighters and police officers to take a written test. Ten real examples of these "racist" questions from the New York test can be read  here.

41) **Made the TSA even more abusive and ridiculous than it had been under Bush**

The Obama administration gave a very invasive patdown to a three-year-old boy in a wheelchair, which caused the boy to tremble in fear. The Obama administration gave an aggressive patdown to a seven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. The Obama administration said that a four-year-old girl was a "high security threat." The Obama administration placed an  18-month-old girl on its no fly list. The Obama administration gave a patdown to Henry Kissinger. The Obama administration forced a  95-year-old cancer patient to remove her adult diaper and fly without it. The Obama administration ripped open the urostomy bag of a 61-year-old bladder cancer survivor, and forced him to fly covered in his own urine. The Obama administration  harassed a sick 3-year-old boy, and caused him to miss his flight.

42) **Illegally demanded monetary payment for Freedom of Information Act request**

The Obama administration demanded that the Goldwater Institute pay $78,935.80 before it would share public records which it had requested under the Freedom of Information Act.

43) **Fined public school $15,000 for selling soda**

The Obama administration fined a high school $15,000 for selling soda to students during lunch.

44) **Conducted dangerous and illegal scientific experiments on sick people without always informing them of the risks**

In 2010 and 2011, the Obama administration  conducted illegal scientific experiments which exposed people to dangerous levels of toxins. Some of these people had asthma and heart problems, and were exposed to levels of pollutants as high as 50 times what the EPA considers to be safe . The government did not always tell them about the risks of cancer and death.

45) **Closed the Vietnam Memorial for seven hours on Memorial Day so he could have his picture taken**

On Memorial Day 2012, Obama prevented Vietnam veterans and their friends and families from visiting the Vietnam Memorial for seven hours so he could have his picture taken.

46) **Had the government take 60.8% ownership of General Motors**

In July 2009, Obama had the government take 60.8% ownership of General Motors, and fired the CEO.

47) **Forced banks to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back, and collected $23,000 in legal fees for himself for doing so**

While working as a "community organizer," Obama filed  lawsuits which forced banks to give mortgages to people with bad credit and low incomes. As a result, many of these people ended up defaulting on their mortgages. As their attorney, Obama collected $23,000 in legal fees for himself.

Then in April 2013, during Obama's second term as President, the Washington Post  reported that President Obama was still pressuring banks "to make home loans to people with weaker credit."

48) **Stole money from retired Delphi employees**

In 2009, Obama  eliminated the pensions of 20,000 retired Delphi employees.

49) **Used taxpayer money to buy soda for $3.40 per can**

During Obama's presidency, the federal government repeatedly purchased soda for a cost of  $3.40 per can. Obama did not express any desire to switch to a cheaper seller, such as Costco, amazon.com, or Wal-Mart – or to an even still cheaper seller such as a wholesaler. Instead, Obama repeatedly forced taxpayers to pay these outrageous prices for soda.

50) **Paid $7 million per household to connect people to the internet**

Obama's "stimulus" paid to connect some households in Montana to the internet, at a cost of  $7 million per household.

51) **Had a double standard for Bain Capital**

Although Obama criticized Mitt Romney for his involvement with Bain Capital, Obama hired  Jeff Zients, a former consultant at Bain (and who had an estimated personal wealth of $200 million) to be his budget director.

52) **Broke promise to teen campaign volunteers**

Obama had  promised to his teen campaign volunteers that if they each spent nine hours going door to door on Obama's behalf, he would invite them to attend his speech of September 6, 2012. However, after the teens did the volunteer work, Obama broke his promise. One of these volunteers, Madeline Frank, age 16, of Charlotte, North Carolina, said of this "I've been looking forward to this for a really long time. I am just feeling really let down and like bummed. It was kind of my dream to see him speak, so definitely really sad."

53) **Falsely claimed to know more about Judaism than any other President**

Obama  falsely claimed to know more about Judaism than any other President.

54) **Exempted wind farms from the penalties that other companies get for killing birds**

In May 2013, it was  reported that Obama had fined oil and electric companies for illegally killing endangered birds, but that he had never fined wind power companies even though they had broken the exact same laws.

55) **Falsely claimed that he had never belonged to the New Party**

Obama falsely  claimed that he had never belonged to the New Party, which is a third political party.

56) **Supported punishing students based on their race instead of on their behavior**

Obama expressed  support for a proposal which would punish students based on their race instead of on their behavior.

57) **Used "off the books" funding for military interventionism**

In April 2009, antiwar activists who helped elect Obama  accused him of using the same "off the books" funding as his predecessor George W. Bush when Obama requested an additional $83.4 billion from Congress for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - a provision which Obama had voted against when he was a Senator.

58) **Tried to silence criticism of auto-bailouts**

The Obama administration  pressured Ford Motor Company to stop airing a TV ad that criticized Obama's bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler.

59) **Dismissed charges of voter intimidation, despite video evidence**

In May 2009, the Obama administration  dismissed charges that had been filed by the Bush administration against members of the New Black Panther Party who had been videotaped intimidating voters and brandishing a police-style baton at a Philadelphia polling station during the November 2008 election. In August 2009, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights  demanded that the Justice Department explain why it dismissed the charges. In July 2010, J. Christian Adams, a former lawyer for the Justice Department, testified before the Commission on Civil Rights that the case was dropped because the Justice Department did not want to protect the civil rights of white people.

60) **Falsely claimed to support the second amendment**

Although Obama  stated, "I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms," the National Rifle Association gave Obama a rating of 'F' based on his voting record.

61) **Nominated a communist who said 9-11 was an inside job**

In September 2009, Obama's green czar Van Jones  resigned after it was reported that he was a self described "communist" and had blamed George W. Bush for the September 11 attacks.

62) **Falsely said he would not raise taxes on the poor and middle class**

On September 12, 2008, Obama  promised:

_"I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."_

However, less than three months into his Presidency, he broke that promise when he  raised the cigarette tax. Studies show that poor people are  more likely to smoke than rich people.

63) **Falsely said he wanted to simplify the tax code, when he actually wanted to make it more complex**

Although Obama said that he wanted to simplify the tax code, his proposals would actually  add thousands of pages to the tax code.

64) **Oversaw some of the world's worst increases in corruption**

In December 2010, Transparency International  reported that corruption was increasing faster in the U.S. than anywhere else except Cuba, Dominica, and Burkina Faso.

65) **Falsely said "This is the most transparent administration in history"**

In February 2013, Obama  said, "This is the most transparent administration in history."

However, that same month, ABC News White House reporter Ann Compton, who covered Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, both Bushes, and Obama,  said "The president's day-to-day policy development... is almost totally opaque to the reporters trying to do a responsible job of covering it. There are no readouts from big meetings he has with people from the outside, and many of them aren't even on his schedule. This is different from every president I covered. This White House goes to extreme lengths to keep the press away."

In July 2009, White House reporter Helen Thomas  criticized the Obama administration for its lack of transparency.

In October 2013, ABC News correspondent Ann Compton  said that Obama was the "least transparent of the seven presidents I've covered in terms of how he does his daily business."

Also, this list contains a huge number of things that Obama has done which contradict his statement.

66) **Falsely claimed he would wait five days before signing bills**

Although Obama had promised to wait five days before signing all non-emergency bills, he broke that promise at least 10 times during his first three months in office.

67) **Falsely claimed "stimulus" spending would be transparent**

Although Obama had  promised that the website recovery.gov would list all "stimulus" spending in detail, a 400 page report issued by the Government Accountability Office stated that only 25% of the projects listed on the website provided clear and complete information regarding their cost, schedule, purpose, location and status.

68) **Announced plans to send military to Australia**

In November 2011, Obama announced that he would send 2,500 Marines to  Australia.

69) **Falsely promised to accept public campaign financing and spending limits**

During the 2008 campaign, Obama  broke his promise to accept public campaign financing and the spending limits that came with it.

70) **Tried to silence video on YouTube**

In June 2011, Obama  asked a Jewish singing group to remove its video from the internet.

71) **Rejected international help to clean up BP oil spill**

After the BP oil spill, Obama  rejected offers of cleanup help from Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations.

72) **Falsely said he opposed government waste, when he actually loved it**

On September 22, 2008, Obama  said:

"I am not a Democrat who believes that we can or should defend every government program just because it's there... We will fire government managers who aren't getting results, we will cut funding for programs that are wasting your money and we will use technology and lessons from the private sector to improve efficiency across every level of government... The only way we can do all this without leaving our children with an even larger debt is if Washington starts taking responsibility for every dime that it spends."

However, Citizens Against Government Waste  gave Obama a 2007 rating of only 10%, and a lifetime rating of only 18%.

73) **Nominated past frequent user of illegal drugs to keep illegal drugs out of schools**

In September 2009, it was  reported that Kevin Jennings, Obama's Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, had written about Jenning's own past frequent illegal drug use in his 2007 autobiography.

74) **Avoids firing aides who owe back taxes**

In January 2012, it was reported that 36 Obama aides owed a combined total of $833,000 in  back taxes.

75) **Used Abbott and Costello style economics as a basis for national policy**

In 2010, Obama gave $16.3 million to First Solar, a company that manufactures solar panels, so the company could sell solar panels to  itself.

76) **Sent U.S. troops to Africa**

Obama sent U.S. troops to Uganda, Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

77) **Made secret plans for his second term**

In March 2012, when Obama was talking to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and did not know that the microphone was turned on, Obama  stated:

"On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him to give me space... This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."

78) **Holds double standard for people who use crude and vulgar language toward women**

Concerned Women for America accused Obama of hypocrisy after Obama criticized Rush Limbaugh for using crude and vulgar language to describe Sandra Fluke, but Obama did  not criticize Bill Maher (who had donated one million dollars to an Obama PAC) for using the same kind of crude and vulgar language to describe Sarah Palin.

79) **Illegally gave Obamacare exemptions to unions that supported the passage of Obamacare**

Obama gave some organizations an exemption from some of the requirements of Obamacare. Many of these organizations were unions that had supported the passage of Obamacare, but now wanted exemptions from the very same law that they wanted to force everyone else to obey. This reveals an extreme level of hypocrisy among many of the supporters of Obamacare.

In addition, these exemptions are illegal, because the Constitution requires the law to treat everyone the same.

The Washington Times wrote of this:

_"Selective enforcement of the law is the first sign of tyranny. A government empowered to determine arbitrarily who may operate outside the rule of law invariably embraces favoritism as friends, allies and those with the best-funded lobbyists are rewarded. Favoritism inevitably leads to corruption, and corruption invites extortion. Ultimately, the rule of law ceases to exist in any recognizable form, and what is left is tyranny."_

_"The now-familiar monthly trickling down of new waivers is, at best, a tacit admission that Obamacare is a failure. So far, seven entire states and 1,372 businesses, unions and other institutions have received waivers from the law. The list includes the administration's friends and allies and, of course, those who have the best lobbyists."_

_"More than 50 percent of the Obamacare waiver beneficiaries are union members, which is striking because union members account for less than 12 percent of the American work force. The same unions that provided more than $120 million to Democrats in the last two elections and, in many cases, openly campaigned in favor of the government takeover of your health care, now celebrate that Obamacare is not their problem."_

80) **Defended Bush administration's unconstitutional, unwarranted use of GPS device**

In January 2012, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Bush administration for having put a GPS tracking device on someone's car  without having a warrant, the Obama administration opposed the court ruling

81) **Opposes newspapers reporting the news**

Obama spokesman Jay Carney  criticized the Los Angeles Times for publishing photographs of U.S. soldiers posing with corpses in Afghanistan.

82) **Supported Bush administration for fining CBS for showing Janet Jackson's breast**

Obama came out in favor of the FCC's fining of the CBS TV network $550,000 for showing Janet Jackson's breast during the 2004 Super Bowl.

83) **Allowed campaign contributors to bring lobbyists into White House**

In April 2012, the New York Times  reported, "Although Mr. Obama has made a point of not accepting contributions from registered lobbyists, a review of campaign donations and White House visitor logs shows that special interests have had little trouble making themselves heard. Many of the president's biggest donors, while not lobbyists, took lobbyists with them to the White House..."

84) **Falsely said that criminal background checks constituted "racial discrimination"**

In 2012, the Obama administration  accused Pepsico of "race discrimination" because it used criminal background checks to screen out job applicants.

85) **Was cited by nine states for committing 21 illegal acts**

Attorneys General from nine states  issued a report, titled "A Report on Obama Administration Violations of Law," which cited 21 illegal acts which had been committed by the Obama administration.

86) **Tried to seize hotel because some of its customers had used illegal drugs**

The Obama administration tried to  seize a mom-and-pop bed-and-breakfast because some if its guests had used illegal drugs.

87) **Falsely said his campaign was not funded by large donors**

Although Obama has received many large campaign donations from corporate executives and Hollywood celebrities, his spokesperson  said that his campaign was funded "not from huge donors at all."

88) **Holds double standard for subsidizing solar power companies**

Although Obama gave taxpayer money to numerous American solar power companies, he placed a 30%  tariff&utm_content=Google+Reader) on solar panels imported from China, because he was against the Chinese government giving subsidies to its own companies.

89) **Tried to create an administration full of tax cheaters**

Obama nominated tax cheater  Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. After Daschle said he didn't want the job, Obama then nominated tax cheater Kathleen Sebelius for the same position. Obama nominated tax cheater  Nancy Killefer to be his administration's Chief Performance Officer. Obama nominated tax cheater  Hilda Solis to be the Secretary of Labor. Obama nominated tax cheater  Ron Kirk be the White House Chief Trade Representative.

90) **Hired a Communications Director who admires a mass murderer**

 Anita Dunn, Obama's White House Communications Director, said that one of her favorite political philosophers was Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese dictator who murdered tens of millions of innocent civilians.

91) **Falsely said the primary purpose of NASA was to reach out to the Muslim world**

In July 2010,  Charles Bolden, the administrator of NASA, said that Obama had told him that the primary purpose of NASA was to reach out to the Muslim world.

92) **Illegally made recess appointments when Congress was not in recess**

In January 2012, Obama violated the Constitution by making four recess appointments when Congress was not in recess. Recess appointments themselves are constitutional, but only if they are made when Congress is actually in recess.

In January 2013, a federal appeals court  ruled that Obama's appointments had violated the Constitution.

In May 2013, a  second federal appeals court also ruled that Obama's appointments had violated the Constitution.

In July 2013, a  third federal appeals court also ruled that Obama's appointments had violated the Constitution.

In June 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court  ruled 9-0 that Obama's appointments had violated the Constitution.

93) **Said the health insurance mandate was not a tax, but later told the Supreme Court that it was a tax**

Before Obamacare was passed, Obama  said the insurance mandate was

_"... absolutely not a tax..."_

However, after Obamacare was passed, the Obama administration  argued in front of the Supreme Court that the mandate really was a tax.

94 ) **Lied about being his "brother's keeper"**

Although Barack Obama likes to cite the Bible phrase "We are our brother's keeper," when his real life poverty stricken brother George Obama needed $1,000 for health care bills, Barack Obama  refused to pay it, so conservative author Dinesh D'Souza paid it.

95) **Punishes hospitals for saving the lives of patients with heart disease**

Obama's health care reform contains a  provision that reduces Medicare payments to hospitals with high 30-day readmission rates. Sunil Kripalani, MD, a professor with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said of this, "Among patients with heart failure, hospitals that have higher readmission rates actually have lower mortality rates. So, which would we rather have — a hospital readmission or a death?"

96) **Supports guns for himself and his wife, but opposes them for everyone else**

On January 10, 2013, President Obama  signed a bill that provides armed guards to himself and his wife for the rest of the lives.

However, in 2004, when Obama was an Illinois state Senator, he voted  against allowing people in their own homes to use guns to protect themselves and their families from rapists and murderers.

97) **Falsely claimed that he "cut spending by over a trillion dollars in 2011"**

On "Meet the Press" on December 30, 2012, Obama  said:

_"I cut spending by over a trillion dollars in 2011″_

In reality, spending during that time period was  not cut at all, and was actually  increased by $147 billion.

98) **Practices environmental hypocrisy**

In May 2008, Obama said, "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."

However, just one week later, Obama was photographed exiting an SUV.

In addition, Obama keeps the White House thermostat turned up so high that David Axelrod, Obama's senior adviser, said, "He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there."

Environmentalists criticized Obama for eating Wagyu beef, which was called "the Hummer of beef."

Obama had a chef fly round trip from St. Louis to Washington D.C. so he could make Obama's favorite pizza.

99) **Pressured public schools to replace** _Catcher in the Rye_ **with a book on window insulation**

The Huffington Post  reported that Obama's education policies

_"... are increasingly worrying English-lovers and English teachers, who feel they must replace literary greats like_ The Great Gatsby _and_ Catcher in the Rye _with Common Core-suggested 'exemplars,' like the Environmental Protection Agency's_ Recommended Levels of Insulation _."_

100) **Approved giving 20 F-16 fighter jets to a Sharia dictatorship**

Obama approved giving 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, which is a  Sharia dictatorship.

101) **Falsely claimed that his "Cash for Clunkers" program would help the environment**

Although Obama claimed that his "Cash for Clunkers" program would help the environment, it actually caused  net harm to the environment. Because the program required cars to be shredded instead of recycled, it  wasted 24 million barrels of oil. Many of the cars that were destroyed were in  perfectly good condition. Because the program's minimum requirement for so-called "fuel efficiency" was only  22 mpg, the reduction in pollution was  negligible.

102) **Violated the very same campaign finance laws that he claims to support**

In January 2013, it was  reported that Obama's campaign had been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign finance laws.

103) **Lied about how he had answered a questionnaire on gun control**

In 1996, when Obama was answering a questionnaire on his political views, one of the questions was

"Do you support state legislation to: ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns?"

Obama's answer to the question was

"Yes."

However, in 2008, Obama said

"My writing wasn't on that particular questionnaire."

However, ABC News later reported that the questionnaire

"... appears to have Obama's handwriting."

104) **Falsely claimed that his 2013 inauguration was not funded by lobbyists**

Although Obama  claimed that his 2013 inauguration was not funded by lobbyists, its sponsors had actually spent  $160 million on lobbying during Obama's first presidential term.

105) **Encouraged medical device manufacturers to lay off employees**

In November 2012, it was reported that in response to the medical device tax that is part of Obamacare, some medical device manufacturers had  announced plans to layoff employees, including Welch Allyn (275 planned layoffs), Stryker (1,170 planned layoffs), and Medtronic (1,000 planned layoffs).

In December 2012, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and 15 other Democrats who supported the passage of Obamacare wrote a  letter to Harry Reid, asking him to delay the tax on medical devices, claiming that the tax would hurt job creation in their districts.

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare's medical device tax had destroyed 14,000 jobs, and prevented an additional 19,000 new jobs from being created.

106) **Encouraged employers to switch their employees from full time to part time**

The New York Times  reported that Obamacare

_"sharply penalizes full-time employment in favor of part-time employment."_

In response to the employer mandate of Obamacare, some restaurants have announced plans to switch some of their employees from full time to part time, including some franchises of  Olive Garden,  Red Lobster,  Wendy's,  Taco Bell,  White Castle, and  Fatburger.

Community College of Allegheny County  switched 200 professors and 200 other employees from full time to part time in response to Obamacare. Clint Benjamin, an English professor at Community College of Allegheny County,  said that this would reduce his own monthly pay by $600.

Also in response to the employer mandate of Obamacare, other colleges have  announced plans to switch some of their employees from full time to part time, including Florida's Palm Beach State College, Ohio's Youngstown State University, and New Jersey's Kean University.

In Virginia, thousands of government employees had their hours  reduced because of Obamacare.

The Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh  reduced the hours of 48 of its employees in response to Obamacare.

Regal Entertainment Group, the largest chain of movie theaters in the country,  announced that it would be switching thousands of its employees from full time to part time in response to the Obamacare mandate.

Utah's Granite School District  reduced the hours of 1,200 of its employees in response to Obamacare.

In response to Obamacare, many Wal-Mart stores have  stopped hiring full time workers.

In July 2013, leaders of the Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE sent a  letter to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which said that Obamacare will

_"destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class... the law creates an incentive for employers to keep employees' work hours below 30 hours a week. Numerous employers have begun to cut workers' hours to avoid this obligation."_

In response to Obamacare, Forever 21  reduced its employees' hours.

As of September 2013, more than 200 public-sector employers had  reduced their employees' hours in response to Obamacare.

Sea World  reduced the weekly hours of its part time employees from 32 to 28 in response to Obamacare.

Lands' End  limited its part time employees to 29 hours per week in response to Obamacare.

As of September 2013, at least 34 universities and colleges had  reduced some of their employees' hours in response to Obamacare.

On October 23, 2013, Investor's Business Daily  wrote:

_IBD has a running list that now includes351 employers that have opted to cut work hours below 30 per week or take related steps to limit liability under ObamaCare's employer mandate. Each entry is documented with links to news sources and public records._

_About 275 entries on IBD's list come from the public sector, including more than100 school districts._

107) **Broke his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term**

On February 23, 2009, Obama  said "Today, I'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office." Obama  broke that promise.

108) **Had Freedom of Information Act record worse than Bush's**

In September 2012, it was reported that when it came to honoring requests under the Freedom of Information Act, Obama's record was  worse than that of George W. Bush.

109) **Supports installation of hidden cameras on private property without a search warrant**

In October 2012, Obama's Justice Department  argued in favor of installing hidden cameras on private property without a search warrant.

110) **Used "stimulus" money to pay people to play cards, board games, and video games**

In October 2012, it was  reported that LG Chem **,** a lithium-ion battery plant in Holland, Michigan, was using money from Obama's "stimulus" to pay its employees to play cards, board games, and video games.

111) **Spent half a million tax dollars on "Prom Week" video game**

In 2012, the Obama administration spent  $516,000 on a video game called "Prom Week."

112) **Hypocritically paid his female employees less than his male employees**

Although Obama  claimed to support equal pay for men and women, his own administration paid its female employees 18% less than its male employees.

113) **Falsely said that Romney's pension was bigger than his own**

During a debate in October 2012, Obama falsely stated that Mitt Romney's pension was bigger than his own.

114) **Has a double standard for investing in China and the Cayman Islands**

Although Obama criticized Mitt Romney for having investments in China and the Cayman Islands, Obama himself has investments in both of those places.

115) **Spent $27 million on "ineffective" pottery classes in Morocco**

Obama spent $27 million on pottery classes in  Morocco. The class used an American teacher, but the translator who was hired did not actually know how to speak English fluently, and made many mistakes. The instructor often did not bring the right materials to class. The dyes and clays that the instructor did use were not available in Morocco, which prevented the students from being able to copy what they had learned. It was concluded that the classes were "ineffective."

116) **Caused large amounts of perfectly good food to be thrown into the garbage**

In 2011, in Lake County, Florida, Obama's new school lunch program caused $75,000 of perfectly good fruits and vegetables to be thrown into the garbage.

117) **Accepted illegal campaign contributions from foreign citizens**

During an  experiment, a non-U.S. citizen attempted to make two $5 donations to both Obama's campaign website and Mitt Romney's campaign website. While the Romney website rejected both donations, the Obama website accepted them.

118) **Labels opponents of TSA sexual harassment as "domestic extremists"**

The Obama administration  labels anyone who objects to the TSA's sexual harassment as a "domestic extremist."

119) **Lied about the Benghazi attack**

In September 2012, after four U.S. citizens were killed in a  terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration  falsely said that the attack was a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim video at YouTube.

CBS News reported that although it was  obviously a terrorist attack, it took an  entire week before the Obama administration was willing to acknowledge it as such.

The Washington Post reported that Obama had  falsely said that he had called it a terrorist attack from the very start.

After the attack began, someone (there is a debate over who this someone was) ordered the nearby U.S. military to "stand down,", i.e., not offer any assistance. Obama is the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military. Obama later falsely claimed that the "stand down" order had not been made.

Although the Obama administration made a dozen  revisions to its talking points on this incident, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney  falsely stated that only a "single adjustment" had been made, and that it simply involved changing the wording of "consulate" to "diplomatic facility." ABC News published a complete list of all the changes to the talking points, which can be read  here.

Among the changes was the  deletion of this entire paragraph:

_"The Agency has produced numerous pieces on the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa'ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya. These noted that, since April, there have been at least five other attacks against foreign interests in Benghazi by unidentified assailants, including the June attack against the British Ambassador's convoy. We cannot rule out the individuals has previously surveilled the U.S. facilities, also contributing to the efficacy of the attacks."_

 Victoria Nuland, a State Department spokeswoman, played a key role in the editing of the talking points. But instead of firing her for this, Obama offered her a  promotion.

The Obama administration  asked Fox News to stop reporting on Benghazi.

120) **Paid a train carrying biofuel to cross the U.S.-Canadian border 24 times without unloading**

As part of Obama's "green energy" program, Obama used  tax money to pay for a train full of biofuel to cross the U.S.-Canadian border 24 times without unloading its cargo.

121) **Falsely said that "we got back every dime" of the bailout**

In October 2012, Obama  said that "we got back every dime" of the bailout. However, at the same time, the Congressional Budget Office that said there was still $24 billion that had not been paid back.

122) **Spent $50,000 of taxpayer money on a George S. Patton impersonator**

In the summer of 2011, the Obama administration spent  $50,000 on a George S. Patton impersonator

123) **Spent $75,000 of taxpayer money on a bicycle**

The Obama administration spent  $75,000 of taxpayer money on a bicycle.

124) **Complained to YouTube about an anti-Muslim video**

In September 2012, the Obama administration  phoned YouTube to complain about an anti-Muslim video.

Ben Wizner of the ACLU  said that of this, "It does make us nervous when the government throws its weight behind any requests for censorship."

Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation  said of this, "I am actually kind of distressed by this... Even though there are all these great quotes from inside the White House saying they support free speech....by calling YouTube from the White House, they were sending a message no matter how much they say we don't want them to take it down, when the White House calls and asks you to review it, it sends a message and has a certain chilling effect."
125) **Falsely said that Fast and Furious was started when Bush was President**

In September 2012, Obama  said that Fast and Furious had "begun under the previous administration." In reality, Fast and Furious began in  October 2009.

126) **Is a "war criminal" who is "more aggressive, more illegal worldwide" than Bush, according to Ralph Nader**

In September 2012, Ralph Nader said that Obama was a "war criminal" who was "more aggressive, more illegal worldwide" than George W. Bush.

127) **Illegally refused to fire Kathleen Sebelius after she violated campaign finance laws**

In February 2012, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services,  violated campaign finance laws. Although federal law  required Obama to fire Sebelius for her illegal activity, he  refused to do so.

128) **Supports policies that hurt small businesses**

In September 2012, a survey of small business owners  showed that 69% of them said that Obama's regulatory policies have hurt small businesses. 55% said that they would not start a business under the current environment.

129) **Continued previous presidents' policy of using tax dollars to pay a film projectionist to work and sleep at the White House 24 hours a day, 7 days a week**

In March 2013, it was  reported that Obama was continuing previous presidents' policy of using tax dollars to pay a film projectionist to work and sleep at the White House 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Why didn't Obama just use a DVD player instead?

130) **Refused to fire federal employee who sent email to 17,000 people praising terrorist who wanted to destroy U.S.**

In 2012, an employee of Obama's administration  sent an email to more than 17,000 federal employees which praised Che Guevara, a terrorist who had wanted to destroy the U.S. Obama refused to fire the employee.

131) **Called Fort Hood shooting "workplace violence" instead of "Islamic terrorism"**

After Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and murdered 13 people on U.S. soil, instead of referring to it as "Islamic terrorism," Obama said that it was "workplace violence."

132) **Falsely said that switching to electronic medical records would make health care cheaper**

Although Obama claimed that switching to electronic record keeping as part of Obamacare would make health care cheaper, it actually made it  more expensive.

133) **Spent $495,000 of "stimulus" money for ads on MSNBC**

Obama spent $495,000 of "stimulus" money for  commercials on MSNBC.

134) **Lied about the cost of federal regulations**

In September 2012, it was  reported that the cost of federal regulations to citizens and business owners was more than 20 times as much as what Obama had said it was.

135) **Broke his promise to pass immigration bill, and then lied about why he broke it**

In 2008, Obama  promised that he would pass an immigration bill during his first year in office. He  broke that promise. He then  blamed this on Republicans, even though both the House and Senate were controlled by  Democrats during Obama's first year.

136) **Made it much harder for start ups to raise capital and create jobs**

In July 2010, Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act. The Wall St. Journal  wrote of this:

_"Senator Chris Dodd's 1,400-page financial reform bill contains many economic land mines, and here's one of the worst: Provisions that would make it harder for business start-ups to raise seed capital."_

_"Currently, wealthy individuals who want to invest directly in a new business can do so with minimum interference from regulators. The law requires only that the investor be "accredited" by meeting thresholds for net worth ($1 million) or income ($250,000). Entrepreneurs depend on these "angel" investors, since many new businesses lack the collateral for bank loans and are too small to interest venture capitalists. "_

_"Amazon, Yahoo, Google and Facebook all benefited from angel investors, who typically target companies under five years old. According to a 2009 Kaufman Foundation study, such firms are less than 1% of all companies yet generate about 10% of new jobs. Between 1980 and 2005, companies less than five years old accounted for all net job growth in the U.S. In 2008, angels invested some $19 billion in more than 55,000 companies. "_

_"Mr. Dodd's bill would change all this for the worse. Most preposterously, it would require that start-ups seeking angel investments file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and endure a 120-day review. Rare is the new company that doesn't need immediate access to the capital it raises, and a four-month delay is the kind of rule popular in banana republics that create few new businesses. "_

_"The Dodd bill also raises the net worth and income thresholds to $2.3 million and $450,000, respectively. The Angel Capital Association, a trade group, estimates that these provisions would disqualify about 77% of current accredited investors."_

137) **Paid six figure salaries to federal employees so they could watch pornography all day long**

In April 2010, ABC News  reported:

_"On a day when President Obama argued for more government regulation over the financial industry, a new government report reveals that some high-level regulators have spent more time looking at porn than policing Wall Street. "_

_"The Securities and Exchange Commission is supposed to be the sheriff of the financial industry, looking for financial crimes like Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. But the new report, obtained by ABC News, says senior employees of the SEC spent hours on the commission's computers looking at sites like naughty.com, skankwire, youporn, and others. "_

_"The investigation, which was conducted by the SEC's internal watchdog at the request of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, found 31 serious offenders over the past two and a half years. Seventeen of the offenders were senior SEC officers with salaries ranging from $100,000 to $222,000 per year. "_

_"Eight Hours a Day Spent on Porn Sites"_

_"One senior attorney at SEC headquarters in Washington spent up to eight hours a day accessing Internet porn. When he filled all the space on his government computer with pornographic images, he downloaded more to CDs and DVDs that accumulated in boxes in his offices. "_

_"An SEC accountant attempted to access porn websites 1,800 times in a two-week period and had 600 pornographic images on her computer hard drive."_

_"Another SEC accountant attempted to access porn sites 16,000 times in a single month."_

In May 2014, Bloomberg News  reported:

_An employee at the Environmental Protection Agency downloaded more than 7,000 pornographic files onto a government computer and viewed them for two to six hours a day, according to the agency's independent watchdog._

_The employee caught viewing pornography is still on the payroll, earning about $120,000 a year._

138) **Spent tax dollars on a "mindreader"**

Obama  used taxpayer money to hire a "mindreader."

139) **Used tax dollars to build a million dollar bus stop**

Obama spent federal tax dollars to pay for part of the cost of a  million dollar bus stop which opened in Arlington, Virginia in March 2013. Despite its huge cost, the bus stop can only accommodate 15 people, and does not even protect them from the wind and rain.

140) **Filed a lawsuit against a non-existent "monopoly" in the beer industry**

Although the number of breweries in the U.S. increased from 89 to 2,336 between 1978 and 2013, the Obama administration sued Anheuser-Busch InBev, which already owned half of Mexico's Grupo Modelo, to prevent if from buying the other half, despite the fact that there were no laws on the books against such a purchase. The Obama administration's so-called  justification for this lawsuit against a law abiding company was that the company might, possibly, maybe, break some unspecified law, at some unspecified, distant point in the future.

141) **Falsely said the sequester would cause janitors to take a pay cut**

In February 2013, while talking about the sequester, Obama  said

_"The folks who are cleaning the floors at the Capitol -- now that Congress has left, somebody is going to be vacuuming and cleaning those floors and throwing out the garbage -- they're going to have less pay... The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they've got to figure out how to manage that. That's real."_

CBS News  reported that Obama's statement was false.

142) **Falsely said that he goes skeet shooting "all the time"**

At the beginning of Obama's second term, he  said that he goes skeet shooting "all the time." However, a witness said that when he saw Obama go skeet shooting, Obama acted as if he had never fired a gun before, that he appeared to be uncomfortable with a gun, and that he only stayed for five minutes. In addition, during his first term, the media had  never reported on his alleged skeet shooting, although it never failed to cover the more than  100 rounds of golf that he played during his first term.

143) **Gave special access to people who raised or donated $500,000**

In February 2013, the New York Times  reported that people who raised or donated at least $500,000 to Organizing for Action, a political group that supported Obama, would be given "the privilege of attending quarterly meetings with the president, along with other meetings at the White House."

144) **Said the deficit had gone down when it had actually gone up**

In February 2013, Obama  said that the federal deficit had gone down by $2.5 trillion since he had taken office. In  reality, it had actually increased by $5.9 trillion during that time.

145) **Refused to make available necessary tax forms to taxpayers**

On February 21, 2013, CBS News  reported that the Obama administration had not yet made available dozens of different tax forms that taxpayers would need in order to meet the legal deadline of April 15 for filing their taxes.

146) **Nominated someone to be Secretary of the Treasury who had participated in "the biggest tax scam on record"**

Obama nominated Jack Lew to be Secretary of the Treasury. Lew had previously invested in the Cayman Islands, which Obama had  referred to as "the biggest tax scam on record."

147) **Adopted harmful new restrictions on prescription painkillers - even though the House had already voted against them**

After the U.S. House voted against new restrictions on prescription painkillers, the Obama administration  ignored the House's vote, and adopted the new restrictions anyway. Dr. Lynn Webster, president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine said of these new restrictions, "It will have an impact on a lot of patients who have been receiving them for some time for legitimate purposes."

148) **Rolled back union transparency rules**

The Obama administration  rolled back union transparency rules, which had been created so that union members could find out how their union was spending their union dues.

149) **Tried to eliminate workers' right to a secret ballot when voting on whether or not to unionize**

Obama supported the elimination of workers' right to a  secret ballot when voting on whether or not to form a union

150) **Gave "supervised release" to a convicted criminal who later went on to murder a nun**

Obama gave "supervised release" to a  convicted criminal, who then went on to  murder a nun.

151) **Falsely said that he did not propose the sequester**

On October 22, 2012, Obama  said, "The sequester is not something that I've proposed." However, on February 22, 2013, the Washington Post  reported that "the automatic spending cuts were initiated by the White House" and that "Obama personally approved of the plan."

152) **Illegally refused to submit a budget on time during four of his first five years**

The President is legally required to submit a budget by the first Monday in February. Obama broke this law during  four of his first five years in office. Since 1921, no President had missed this deadline more than once.

153) **Canceled White House tours for thousands of people so he could use the money to play golf with Tiger Woods**

During the sequester in early 2013, the Obama administration said it would save $18,000 per week by cancelling all White house tours, despite the fact that thousands of people had planned their vacations far in advance. However, Obama had no problem with spending more than $1 million in tax money so he could go golfing with Tiger Woods for one weekend.

154) **Falsely said the Newton shooter used a "fully automatic weapon"**

In April 2013, four months after Adam Lanza murdered 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Obama  falsely stated that the shooter had used a "fully automatic weapon."

155) **Broke his own deadline for creating healthcare exchanges**

Three years after Obama signed Obamacare, the New York Times  reported that Obama would miss his own deadline for creating some of the insurance exchanges for small businesses.

156) **Falsely said that surgeons get paid between $30,000 and $50,000 for amputating a leg**

In August 2009, while trying to justify the passage of Obamacare, Obama  stated

_"Let's take the example of something like diabetes, one of --- a disease that's skyrocketing, partly because of obesity, partly because it's not treated as effectively as it could be. Right now if we paid a family -- if a family care physician works with his or her patient to help them lose weight, modify diet, monitors whether they're taking their medications in a timely fashion, they might get reimbursed a pittance. But if that same diabetic ends up getting their foot amputated, that's $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 -- immediately the surgeon is reimbursed. Well, why not make sure that we're also reimbursing the care that prevents the amputation, right? That will save us money."_

The American College of Surgeons responded to this by  saying

_"President Obama got his facts completely wrong. He stated that a surgeon gets paid $50,000 for a leg amputation when, in fact, Medicare pays a surgeon between $740 and $1,140 for a leg amputation. This payment also includes the evaluation of the patient on the day of the operation plus patient follow-up care that is provided for 90 days after the operation. Private insurers pay some variation of the Medicare reimbursement for this service."_

157) **Falsely said that doctors perform unnecessary tonsillectomies to make more money**  
In July 2009, Obama  said

_"Right now, doctors, a lot of times, are forced to make decisions based on the fee payment schedule that's out there. So if ... your child has a bad sore throat, or has repeated sore throats, the doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, 'You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid's tonsils out.'"_

_"Now, that may be the right thing to do. But I'd rather have that doctor making those decisions just based on whether you really need your kid's tonsils out or whether it might make more sense just to change -- maybe they have allergies. Maybe they have something else that would make a difference."_

The American Academy of Otolaryngology \- Head and Neck Surgery responded by  saying

_"The AAO-HNS is disappointed by the President's portrayal of the decision making processes by the physicians who perform these surgeries. In many cases, tonsillectomy may be a more effective treatment, and less costly, than prolonged or repeated treatments for an infected throat."_

158) **Purchased 2,717 mine resistant armor protected vehicles for use on civilian streets in the U.S.**

In March 2013 it was  reported that the Obama administration had purchased 2,717 mine resistant armor protected vehicles for use on civilian streets in the U.S.

159) **Spends $277,050 per year for three professional calligraphists**

In March 2013, it was  reported that Obama was spending $277,050 of tax money per year for three professional calligraphists. It was also  reported that cheap computer software could produce the exact same calligraphy for a tiny fraction of that cost.

160) **Allowed 311,566 federal employees and retirees to get away with $3.5 billion in unpaid federal taxes**

In 2011, Obama  allowed 311,566 federal employees and retirees to get away with $3.5 billion in unpaid federal taxes.

161) **Spent $2.6 million to teach Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly on the job**

Obama spent $2.6 million to teach Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly on the job.

162) **Fined UPS $40 million because some of its customers had used UPS to ship illegal drugs**

In March 2013, Obama forced UPS to pay  $40 million because some of its customers had used UPS to ship illegal drugs.

163) **Added 20,000 extra pages to Obamacare without Congressional approval**

After Obamacare was passed, Obama added  20,000 extra pages to it, even though those extra 20,000 pages had not been voted on by Congress.

164 ) **Signed health care reform law whose own authors called it a "huge train wreck" that was "beyond comprehension"**

U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana), one of the authors of Obamacare,  said of it, "I just see a huge train wreck coming down."

U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia), another author of the law,  said it was "beyond comprehension."

165) **Eliminated disclosure requirements for most federal employees in the executive and legislative branches**

In April 2013, Obama  eliminated the disclosure requirements for most federal employees in the executive and legislative branches.

166) **Waited until after the 2012 election to release unpopular Obamacare rules**

In April 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_... even fervent supporters of the law admit that things are going worse than expected._

_... the Obama administration didn't want to release unpopular rules before the election._

_Everything is turning out to be more complicated than originally envisioned._

_A law that was very confusing has become mind-boggling... Americans are just going to be overwhelmed and befuddled. Many are just going to stay away, even if they are eligible for benefits._

167) **Made it easy for people to fraudulently collect $50,000 by falsely claiming to be "farmers"**

In April 2013, the New York Times  reported

_the Obama administration's political appointees at the Justice and Agriculture Departments engineered a stunning turnabout: they committed $1.33 billion to compensate..._

_The deal... was fashioned in White House meetings... the $50,000 payouts to black farmers had proved a magnet for fraud._

_the claims process prompted allegations of widespread fraud and criticism that its very design encouraged people to lie... Agriculture Department reviewers found reams of suspicious claims, from nursery-school-age children and pockets of urban dwellers, sometimes in the same handwriting with nearly identical accounts of discrimination._

_As a senator, Barack Obama supported expanding compensation for black farmers, and then as president he pressed for $1.15 billion to pay those new claims._

_In 16 ZIP codes in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and North Carolina, the number of successful claimants exceeded the total number of farms operated by people of any race in 1997, the year the lawsuit was filed. Those applicants received nearly $100 million._

_In Maple Hill, a struggling town in southeastern North Carolina, the number of people paid was nearly four times the total number of farms. More than one in nine African-American adults there received checks. In Little Rock, Ark., a confidential list of payments shows, 10 members of one extended family collected a total of $500,000, and dozens of other successful claimants shared addresses, phone numbers or close family connections._

_In Arkansas, prosecutors rejected a test case against a Pine Bluff police officer who had admitted lying on his claim form._

_in one ZIP code in Columbus, Ohio, nearly everyone in two adjoining apartment buildings had filed, according to the former high-ranking agency official._

_She cinched the claim, he said to a ripple of laughter, by asserting that her father had whispered on his deathbed, "I was discriminated against by U.S.D.A."_

168) **Tried to rig federal auctions of radio spectrum space**

In April 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration was trying to rig federal auctions of radio spectrum space in a manner that would favor Sprint and T-Mobile, and make it harder for AT&T and Verizon.

169) **Put someone in jail for making an anti-Muslim video**

In May 2013, Politico  reported:

_"Nakoula Basseley Nakoula deserves a place in American history. He is the first person in this country jailed for violating Islamic anti-blasphemy laws."_

_"You won't find that anywhere in the charges against him, of course. As a practical matter, though, everyone knows that Nakoula wouldn't be in jail today if he hadn't produced a video crudely lampooning the prophet Muhammad."_

_"In the weeks after the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others, the Obama administration claimed the terrorist assault had been the outgrowth of a demonstration against the Nakoula video. The administration ran public service announcements in Pakistan featuring President Barack Obama saying the U.S. had nothing to do with it. In a speech at the United Nations around this time, the president declared — no doubt with Nakoula in mind — 'The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.'"_

_"After Benghazi, the administration was evidently filled with a fierce resolve — to bring Nakoula Basseley Nakoula to justice. Charles Woods, the father of a Navy SEAL killed in Benghazi, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told him when his son's body returned to Andrews Air Force Base: 'We will make sure that the person who made that film is arrested and prosecuted.'"_

_"Lo and behold, Nakoula was brought in for questioning by five Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at midnight, eventually arrested and held without bond, and finally thrown into jail for a year. He sits in La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas right now, even as the deceptive spin that blamed his video for the Benghazi attack looks more egregious by the day."_

170) **Oversaw IRS whose employees illegally targeted conservative groups**

In May 2013, the Washington Post  reported that the IRS had illegally targeted conservative groups for additional reviews. Organizations with the words "tea party" or "patriot" were singled out for harassment, such as requiring them to provide a list of donors, details about their internet postings on social networking websites, and information about their family members.

When this was first reported by the media in May 2013, Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that had conducted these illegal activities,  claimed that only low level employees had known about it, and that no high level IRS officials had known about it. However, soon afterward, NPR reported that an Inspector General report showed that Lerner had been lying, and that she herself had actually been aware of it since June 29, 2011. Even worse, during March and April of 2012, Lerner herself had actually written such letters to  fifteen different conservative groups. One of these letters can be read  here.

While testifying in May 2013, Lerner  said, "I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations. And I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee." However, afterward, she invoked her  fifth amendment right to remain silent. The Washington Post  reported that there was disagreement as to whether or not Lerner's statement constituted a waiving of her fifth amendment right to remain silent. Soon afterward, she was placed on  paid administrative leave. At a later hearing in March 2014, Lerner  again invoked her fifth amendment right to remain silent.

In September 2013, a House committee released several of Lerner's  emails, which showed that she had targeted tea party groups, and that she had asked that their applications be delayed. In one of the emails from 2011, she had written "Tea Party Matter very dangerous."

In September 2013, after having been on paid leave for four months, Lerner had still not been fired by Obama.

In September 2013, Lerner  retired with a full pension.

In October 2013, it was  reported that newly discovered emails proved that Lerner had violated federal law by giving the Federal Election Commission confidential tax information of several Tea party groups.

The Washington Post  reported that IRS officials at the IRS headquarters in Washington D.C. had sent such letters to conservatives groups. Reuters  reported that higher level IRS officials had taken part in discussions about it as early as August 2011. However, 21 months later, on May 10, 2013, the Washington Post  reported that President Obama had not done anything to investigate or fire the IRS employees who had engaged in this illegal harassment. As of May 14, 2013,  none of the IRS employees who engaged in any of this illegal behavior had been disciplined, despite the fact that higher level IRS officials had known about their illegal behavior at least since  August 2011. Despite all of these media reports about the involvement of high level IRS officials, in February 2014, Obama  said that these things had come from "a local office."

On May 15, 2013, it was  reported that Steven Miller, the acting IRS commissioner, had resigned. However, it was also reported that his assignment would have ended in early June anyway. He resigned - Obama did not fire him.

The IRS gave out confidential information about conservative groups. ProPublica  wrote:

_"The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year."_

_"In response to a request for the applications for 67 different nonprofits last November, the Cincinnati office of the IRS sent ProPublica applications or documentation for 31 groups. Nine of those applications had not yet been approved—meaning they were not supposed to be made public."_

_"No unapproved applications from liberal groups were sent to ProPublica."_

President Obama either lied about when he first knew about this - or was too busy playing golf and attending fundraisers to read the memos that were sent to him. The Daily Caller  wrote:

_"White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a press conference Tuesday that the White House was notified about the IRS targeting tea party groups 'several weeks ago.' This comes a day after President Obama said he found out about it from news reports on Friday of last week."_

_"During a press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday, President Obama was asked about the IRS scandal. He responded, 'I first learned about it from the same news reports that I think most people learned about this. I think it was on Friday.'_ "

_"However, Carney said Tuesday that first a report had to be compiled by the IRS's inspector general and then when it was completed, it was passed on to the administration."_

_"'A notification is appropriate and routine and that is what happened and that happened several weeks ago,' Carney said."_

When Media Trackers, a conservative organization, applied to the IRS for non-profit status, after waiting 16 months, it got no response. But when it reapplied with a liberal sounding name, it got approval in just three weeks. Yahoo  wrote:

_"In May 2011, Drew Ryun, a conservative activist and former Republican National Committee staffer, began filling out the Internal Revenue Service application to achieve nonprofit status for a new conservative watchdog group."_

_"When September 2012 arrived with still no word from the IRS, Ryun determined that Media Trackers would likely never obtain standalone nonprofit status, and he tried a new approach: He applied for permanent nonprofit status for a separate group called Greenhouse Solutions, a pre-existing organization that was reaching the end of its determination period."_

_"The IRS approved Greenhouse Solutions' request for permanent nonprofit status in three weeks."_

Politico  reported:

_"The same Internal Revenue Service office that singled out Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny also challenged Israel-related organizations, at least one of which filed suit over the agency's handling of its application for tax-exempt status."_

_"The trouble for the Israel-focused groups seems to have had different origins than that experienced by conservative groups, but at times the effort seems to have been equally ham-handed."_

The IRS asked conservative groups what  books they were reading.

Although the IRS went 18 months or longer without responding to conservative organizations' applications, the IRS demanded that these same organizations answer the IRS's intrusive questions within a few  weeks.

After the Waco Tea Party sent an application to the IRS, the IRS waited  19 months to respond. In its response, the IRS  asked for printouts of its web page and social networking sites, copies of all of its newsletters, bulletins and fliers, and copies of all stories written about it. The IRS also  asked for transcripts of its radio interviews.

As one example of how the IRS treated conservative organizations differently from liberal ones, Politico  reported:

_"Chris Littleton, one of the co-founders of the Ohio Liberty Coalition, said the group got a grilling from the IRS when it submitted its application, in letters the group has posted on its website. The IRS also gave him so much grief when he tried to apply for tax-exempt status for another group, American Junto, that 'we just gave up on it,' he said."_

_"But when he submitted an application for a third group — Ohioans for Health Care Freedom, now renamed Ohio Rising — 'it went through just fine,' Littleton said. 'They never asked a single set of questions.'"_

After the Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots sent in their application, it took  two years for the IRS to respond. The IRS response included 35 questions. When the group's cofounder called the IRS, the IRS agent claimed that he had their group's file right in front of him. But when the group's confounder asked the IRS agent a question, the IRS agent asked, "What's your group's name again?"

Tea Party groups who spoke with each other  said they were all getting the same questions from the IRS.

The Washington Post  reported that some IRS employees were "ignorant about tax laws, defiant of their supervisors, and blind to the appearance of impropriety."

In 2012, the IRS  leaked confidential information about Mitt Romney to the co-chairman of President Obama's re-election committee.

For a 27 month period that began in February 2010, the IRS gave exactly  zero approvals to Tea Party organizations that had sent in applications. During that same time period, numerous liberal organizations with names including words such as "progress" or "progressive" did get approval.

After True the Vote, a conservative organization which was founded by Catherine Engelbrecht, sent its application to the IRS, the IRS went  three years without responding. During that three year period, Engelbrecht and her family's small manufacturing business were audited by the IRS, and were  investigated by OSHA, the ATF, and the FBI.

Democratic U.S. Senators pressured the IRS to target conservative groups. In May 2013, U.S. News & World Report  wrote:

_"Over the last three years, Democratic senators repeatedly and publicly pressured the IRS to engage in the very activities that they are only now condemning today. At the same time, Republicans repeatedly and publicly warned against this abuse of government power and pointed to a series of red flags that strongly suggested conservative political organizations were being targeted by the IRS. Those warnings were deliberately ignored by the Obama administration and Democratic leaders in Congress."_

_"From Max Baucus to Chuck Schumer to Jeanne Shaheen, key Senate Democrats publicly pressured the IRS to target groups that held differing political views and who, in their view, had the temerity to engage in the political process. The IRS listened to them and acted."_

In order to get approval, the IRS  required members of Coalition for Life of Iowa _,_ a pro-life organization, to sign a promise to avoid protesting in front of Planned Parenthood.

The IRS asked Christian Voices for Life, a pro-life organization, questions about its  prayer vigils.

According to the official White House visitor's log, during Obama's first four years as President, IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman made  157 visits to the White House. This is  more visits to the White House – by a very large margin – than any other cabinet member during Obama's first term. By comparison, during the four years that Mark Everson was IRS commissioner when Bush was president, Everson made only  one visit to the White House.

Shulman donated  $500 to the Democratic National Committee in October 2004.

During Congressional testimony that had taken place in March 2012, Shulman  falsely said that the IRS had not targeted conservative groups.

Shulman's wife, Susan L. Anderson, is the senior program advisor for  Public Campaign, a liberal organization. The Dailer Caller  wrote of this group:

_Public Campaign receives "major funding" from the pro-Obamacare alliance Health Care for America NOW!, which is comprised of the labor unions AFL-CIO, AFSCME, SEIU, and the progressive activist organization Move On, among others._

_Public Campaign also receives funding from the liberal Ford Foundation, the Common Cause Education Fund, and Barbra Streisand's The Streisand Foundation, among other foundations and private donors._

Stephen Seok was one of the IRS agents who wrote threatening letters to conservative groups. After doing so, he was given a  promotion.

In June 2013, it was reported that two IRS employees had  violated government ethics rules at a 2010 conference when they received $1,100 in free food and other items. One of them was Fred Schindler, the director of implementation oversight at the IRS Affordable Care Act office. The other was Donald Toda, a California-based employee. Obama did not fire them. Instead, he gave both of them paid leave. By comparison, in 1981, President Reagan  fired 11,359 air-traffic controllers who had been illegally striking.

In June 2013, it was reported that The National Organization for Marriage, a conservative organization, had  forensic evidence which proved that its donors' private information had been illegally leaked by the IRS. The IRS employees who illegally leaked this private information could get  five years in prison. However, Obama  refused to file any charges against these IRS criminals.

The IRS illegally  leaked the private information of Christine O'Donnell the same day that she announced that she would run for U.S. Senate as a tea party candidate.

According to White House visitor logs, Obama  met with Colleen Kelley, the president of the National Treasury Employees Union, on March 31, 2010. The  very next day, IRS employees who belonged to that union union started to target tea party organizations.

In June 2013, Associated Press claimed that the IRS had targeted liberal groups, but  refused to actually name any of those liberal groups.

In July 2013, it was  reported that Obama had met with a key IRS official who was involved in the targeting just two days before the key official had told his colleagues how to target tea party groups. The Daily Caller  reported:

_The Obama appointee implicated in congressional testimony in the IRS targeting scandal met with President Obama in the White House two days before offering his colleagues a new set of advice on how to scrutinize tea party and conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status._

_IRS chief counsel William Wilkins, who was named in House Oversight testimony by retiring IRS agent Carter Hull as one of his supervisors in the improper targeting of conservative groups, met with Obama in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on April 23, 2012. Wilkins' boss, then-IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman, visited the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 24, 2012, according to White House visitor logs._

_On April 25, 2012, Wilkins' office sent the exempt organizations determinations unit "additional comments on the draft guidance" for approving or denying tea party tax-exempt applications, according to the IRS inspector general's report._

In May 2013, Jon Stewart  said of the IRS's targeting of conservative groups:

_"Well, congratulations, President Barack Obama. Conspiracy theorists who generally can survive in anaerobic environments have just had an algae bloom dropped on their f***ing heads, thus removing the last arrow in your pro-governance quiver: skepticism about your opponents."_

In May 2013, Michael Macleod-Ball, chief of staff at the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office,  said of the IRS's targeting of conservative groups:

_"Even the appearance of playing partisan politics with the tax code is about as constitutionally troubling as it gets. With the recent push to grant federal agencies broad new powers to mandate donor disclosure for advocacy groups on both the left and the right, there must be clear checks in place to prevent this from ever happening again."_

In January 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had chosen Barbara Kay Bosserman to head the investigation of the IRS's targeting of tea party groups. Bosserman had  donated more than $6,000 to Obama's two presidential campaigns.

In January 2014, it was  reported that since Sarah Palin had announced her candidacy for vice-President in 2008, the IRS had harassed her father six different times. Prior to that, the IRS had never contacted him during the 50 years that he had worked. The report did not specify how many of these six incidents happened under President Bush, or how many happened under President Obama.

In January 2014, it was  reported that during the FBI's so-called "investigation" of the IRS's harassment of tea party groups, the FBI had not actually interviewed any tea party groups.

In January 2014, it was  reported that the IRS had demanded that Friends of Abe (a conservative organization whose members work in the entertainment industry) give the IRS enhanced access to its security protected website (which included its secret membership list), even though such a demand was not standard IRS procedure. In addition, even though the organization had applied to the IRS for tax free status  two years earlier, the IRS had still not made a decision regarding the application.

In February 2014, Obama  said that there was "not even a smidgeon of corruption" in the IRS's actions.

In February 2014, it was  reported that during Obama's presidency, 100% of the established 501(c)(4) groups that had been audited by the IRS were conservative.

In February 2014, when Fox News's Bill O'Reilly asked Obama about the IRS harassment of tea party groups, Obama  said "These kinds of things keep on surfacing, in part because you and your TV station will promote them."

In May 2014, it was  reported that tea party donors had been audited by the IRS at ten times the rate of the general population.

In May 2014, it was  reported that the IRS had illegally ignored four Freedom of Information requests from Judicial Watch between May 2013 and October 2013. Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit in October 2013, and was finally able to get the information in May 2014. It showed that the orders for the IRS to harass tea party members had come from IRS headquarters in Washington D.C. It also showed that U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) had pressured the IRS to shut down tea party organizations.

In June 2014, the IRS  claimed that Lerner's emails to outside agencies from January 2009 through April 2011 had been "lost" when her hard drive "crashed." Also in June 2014, the IRS  claimed to have "lost" the emails from six additional IRS employees who were relevant to this scandal when their hard drives "crashed." One of these IRS employees was Nikole Flax, who had been chief of staff to former IRS commissioner Steven Miller. Flax had made 31  visits to the White House during the time that the IRS had been targeting tea party groups. However, a private company called Sonasoft had a  contract with the IRS since 2005 to back up all of the IRS's emails. The company keeps multiple and redundant backup copies of all the IRS's emails. The company advertised itself by  saying "If the IRS uses Sonasoft products to back up their servers why wouldn't you choose them to protect your servers?" In addition, Norman Cillo, an Army veteran who had worked in intelligence, and who had also worked as a program manager at Microsoft, listed  six reasons why the IRS's claim about "losing" the emails must be false. Also, federal law  requires the IRS to keep permanent, backup copies of all of its emails at an external location. And finally, the  NSA has copies of all of the emails.

Although federal law  requires the IRS to keep permanent, backup copies of all of its emails at an external location, in June 2014, it was  reported that the IRS has canceled its email archiving contract with Sonasoft weeks after Lerner's computer "crashed."

In June 2014, it was  reported that emails showed that Lerner had suggested that the IRS audit U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).

In June 2014, the IRS  admitted that it had illegally given out information about the conservative group National Organization for Marriage.

In July 2014, it was  reported that Lerner had called Republicans "crazies" and "assholes" in her emails.

In July 2014, it was reported that after Lerner's hard drive "crashed," the IRS deliberately  destroyed it,  without making any attempt to recover her emails. Top IRS officials  told Congressional investigators that the hard drive was irreparably damaged before they destroyed it. However, IRS technical experts who had examined the hard drive before the IRS destroyed it  said that this was not true, and that the data could have been recovered. Bruce Webster, partner at Provo, Utah-based IT consulting and expert witness firm Ironwood Experts, who has served as a consulting and IT expert in more than 80 civil lawsuits,  said of this:

_"... the IRS has no excuses for having handled this so poorly... This happens all the time... There are little storefront companies in just about every major city that can do this and there are forensic companies that can restore files and even do higher end recovery of data."_

In August 2014, the IRS  admitted in a court filing that it had deliberately destroyed Lerner's Blackberry after her computer "crashed." In addition, an IRS official admitted, under penalty of perjury, that Lerner's Blackberry had contained the same emails that had been on her computer.

In August 2014, the IRS finally  admitted, under penalty of perjury, that Lerner's emails had never really been "lost." The IRS  said the "missing" emails had been on its backup system all along.

On November 5, 2014, it was  reported that the IRS had admitted to the court that it had not even tried to find Lerner's "missing" emails in its backup system.

On November 21, 2014, it was  reported that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration had obtained as many as 30,000 of Lerner's "missing" emails from IRS disaster recovery tapes.

In February 2015, it was  reported that Lerner had received a total of $129,300 in bonuses between 2010 and 2013.

As of April 2015,  no criminal charges had been filed against Lerner.

On June 12, 2015, when the IRS missed a court ordered deadline for releasing 6,400 newly found emails from Lerner's hard drive, the IRS  said it would not be able to release those emails for another three months because it needed those three months to remove any duplicates.

In June 2015, government investigators  said the IRS had "mistakenly" erased 422 backup tapes of IRS emails.

In July 2015, the House Oversight Committee  released information which showed that in 2011, when Lerner's hard drive was examined by John Minsek, a senior investigative analyst with the IRS Criminal Investigations unit, it contained "well-defined scoring creating a concentric circle in the proximity of the center of the disk."

In July 2015, the House Oversight Committee  released information which showed that the IRS had avoided searching five of six possible sources of electronic media for Lerner's emails.

In July 2015, the House Oversight Committee  released information which showed that some IRS officials, including some who were supervised by Lerner, had used a "wholly separate" instant messaging system called "Office Communication Server" that automatically erased its messages. None of these messages were archived. In an email conversation, Lerner had asked if the Office Communication Server archived its messages, and when she was told that it did not archive its messages, she responded by saying "Perfect."

In July 2015, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan  threatened to hold IRS employees,  including IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, in contempt because they had illegally ignored the judge's orders to release some of Lerner's emails and other IRS documents. These same IRS employees had previously illegally ignored Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits for those same emails and other documents.

In August 2015, a  report by the Senate Finance Committee said that during the 40 month period from February 2009 through May 2012, only one conservative group had been granted non-profit status by the IRS. The Senate Finance Committee report  stated:

_"Due to the circuitous process implemented by Lerner, only one conservative political advocacy organization was granted tax-exempt status between February 2009 and May 2012. Lerner's bias against these applicants unquestionably led to these delays, and is particularly evident when compared to the IRS's treatment of other applications..."_

_"Although applications from the Tea Party and conservative organizations languished at the IRS, this was not the case for all groups that applied. In cases where the IRS wanted to act quickly, it did – particularly for other high-profile applications that attracted political attention..."_

_"The IRS's treatment of these organizations was almost universally consistent with Lerner's personal political views – this is, supporting Democratic candidates and opposing conservative tax-exempt organizations..."_

The Senate Finance Committee report also  said:

_"We found evidence that Lerner's personal political views directly resulted in disparate treatment for applicants affiliated with Tea Party and other conservative causes..."_

_"Her influence led not only to indefinite delays in the processing of these groups' applications for tax-exempt status, but also to audits. During that same time, the IRS generally responded quickly and favorably to nonprofit organizations that were affiliated with progressive causes..."_

In June 2016, the IRS  released a list of names of 426 conservative organizations that it had targeted.

In June 2016, it was  reported that in October 2010, at Lerner's request, 1.25 million pages of confidential tax returns had been transferred from the IRS to the Department of Justice's criminal division. The  only way that this transfer could have been legal would be if the Justice Department had specifically requested it, and the only circumstances under which the Justice Department is legally allowed to make such a request is when the parties in question are under criminal investigation by the Justice Department. However, the Justice Department never requested these documents, and there was no criminal investigation of these organizations by the Justice Department. Therefore, Lerner's action was illegal. Included in this transfer were the names and address of donors to these organizations - information which is supposed to be private and confidential. Of course, as always, Obama refused to file any charges against Lerner for her illegal activity.

On July 29, 2016, a Freedom of Information lawsuit by Judicial Watch resulted in more documents being released. These documents  showed that top IRS officials in Washington D.C., including Lerner, had known as early as the summer of 2011 that the IRS was targeting conservative groups because of their ideology and political affiliation. Judicial Watch  wrote of this:

_"These documents show that the Obama FBI and Justice Department had plenty of evidence suggesting illegal targeting, perjury, and obstruction of justice. Both the FBI and Justice Department collaborated with the Lois Lerner and the IRS to try to prosecute and jail Barack Obama's political opponents. These documents show the resulting compromised investigation looked the other way when it came to Obama's IRS criminality."_

On August 1, 2016, Judicial Watch released additional documents, which  showed that the IRS targeting of conservative groups had been happening since 2010, and that it had lasted though the November 2012 election. Multiple IRS employees said that applications from conservatives groups had been automatically denied approval, and were placed in a special "inventory" while IRS employees awaited further instructions from IRS headquarters in Washington D.C. Multiple IRS agents said that these IRS policies guaranteed that these applications from conservative groups would not be approved before the November 2012 election.

On August 2, 2016, Judicial Watch released more documents, which  showed that Justice Department attorney Barbara Bosserman, who had spent more than 1,500 hours "investigating" the IRS targeting of conservative groups, had donated a total of $6,750 to Obama's campaigns and the DNC between 2004 and 2012, including 12 separate donations to Obama for America between 2008 and 2012. In addition, it was Attorney General Eric Holder who had assigned Bosserman to oversee this "investigation." No charges were filed as a result of this "investigation."

In August 2016, it was  reported that the Albuquerque Tea Party was still waiting for approval from the IRS more than six years after it had filed its first application.

In September 2016, Judicial Watch  reported:

_A 2013 study by scholars from the American Enterprise Institute and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University found that, "had the Tea Party groups continued to grow at the pace seen in 2009 and 2010, and had their effect on the 2012 vote been similar to that seen in 2010, they would have brought the Republican Party as many as 5 – 8.5 million votes compared to Obama's victory margin of 5 million."_

In November 2016, U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett  said that the IRS was still targeting tea party groups because the IRS was still not processing applications that the tea party groups had submitted several years earlier. He ordered the IRS to process an application that the Texas Patriots Tea Party had submitted four years earlier. He also ordered the IRS to stop targeting tea party groups. Judge Barrett  said:

_"The evidence strongly suggests that the IRS initiated the delay because TPTP's application was perceived at the screening stage to be a Tea Party case."_

171) **Spent $402,721 on underwear that detects the presence of cigarette smoke**

In May 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $402,721 on underwear that detects the presence of cigarette smoke.

172) **Rewarded one of his biggest campaign fundraisers by nominating him for the ambassadorship to Canada**

In April 2013, it was  reported that Obama had nominated Bruce Heyman to be the ambassador to Canada. During Obama's election campaign, Heyman had raised more than $1 million for Obama.

173) **Hired a retarded man to sell illegal drugs and guns, and then arrested him for doing so**

In April 2013, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  reported:

_"ATF agents running an undercover storefront in Milwaukee used a brain-damaged man with a low IQ to set up gun and drug deals, paying him in cigarettes, merchandise and money, according to federal documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel."_

_"For more than six months, federal agents relied on Chauncey Wright to promote 'Fearless Distributing' by handing out fliers as he rode his bike around town recommending the store to friends, family and strangers, according to federal prosecutors and family members."_

_"Wright, unaware that the store was an undercover operation being run by agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, also stocked shelves with shoes, clothing, drug paraphernalia and auto parts, according to his family."_

_"Once authorities shut down the operation, they charged the 28-year-old man with federal gun and drug counts."_

_"Wright's IQ measures in the 50s, about half of a normal IQ, according to those familiar with him. Wright's score is classified as mildly or moderately disabled, depending on the IQ scale used."_

174) **Secretly obtained phone records from Associated Press reporters and editors**

In May 2013, Associated Press  reported:

_The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news._

_The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and the main number for AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP. It was not clear if the records also included incoming calls or the duration of calls._

_In all, the government seized the records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown but more than 100 journalists work in the offices where phone records were targeted, on a wide array of stories about government and other matters._

_In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies._

_"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters. These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations, and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know," Pruitt said._

Soon afterward, it was  reported that obtaining these phone records had required approval from Eric Holder, Obama's Attorney General.

This has had a very dangerous and harmful effect on the media's ability to report the news. In June 2013, Gary Pruitt, the president and chief executive of Associated Presssaid:

_"Some longtime trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking with us... In some cases, government employees we once checked in with regularly will no longer speak to us by phone. Others are reluctant to meet in person ... This chilling effect on newsgathering is not just limited to AP..._ _Journalists from other news organizations have personally told me that it has intimidated both official and nonofficial sources from speaking to them as well."_

175) **Asked contractors to disclose their political donations before bidding on government contracts**

In April 2011, Obama  asked contractors to disclose their political donations before bidding on government contracts.

176) **Tried to deport German family that had fled Germany over Hitler's ban on homeschooling**

In Germany in 1938, Adolf Hitler outlawed homeschooling. He  said "Give me a child when he's seven and he's mine forever."

Hitler's ban on homeschooling is still in effect today. In 2006, Katharina Plett was arrested for homeschooling her own children. Her husband and their children fled the country. In 2008, Juergen and Rosemary Dudek were sentenced to 90 days in jail for homeschooling their own children.

Uwe and Hannelore Romeike and their homeschooled children  fled Germany after the police showed up at their house to enforce Germany's ban on homeschooling. They came to the United States in 2010 and were granted political asylum, which gave them  legal permission to live in the U.S. as political refugees However, in March 2013, the Obama administration  argued in federal court in favor of deporting them and sending them back to Germany. This means that Obama does not consider them to be political refugees, and that he does not consider Germany's policy of jailing homeschooling parents to be a form of persecution.

177) **Illegally used social media to promote new water rule**

In December 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally used social media to promote its new water rule.

178) **Falsely accused a law abiding news reporter of being "an aider and abettor and/or co-conspirator" in a criminal investigation**

James Rosen is a law abiding reporter for Fox News. However, the Obama administration  falsely labeled him as "an aider and abettor and/or co-conspirator" in a criminal investigation when it applied for a warrant to read his emails.

The New York Times  wrote of this:

_With the decision to label a Fox News television reporter a possible "co-conspirator" in a criminal investigation of a news leak, the Obama administration has moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news._

_Leak investigations usually focus on the source, not the reporter. But, in this case, federal prosecutors also asked a federal judge for permission to examine Mr. Rosen's personal e-mails, arguing that "there is probable cause to believe" Mr. Rosen is "an aider and abettor and/or co-conspirator" in the leak._

_Though Mr. Rosen was not charged, the F.B.I. request for his e-mail account was granted secretly in late May 2010. The government was allowed to rummage through Mr. Rosen's e-mails for at least 30 days._

_Michael Clemente, the executive vice president of Fox News, said on Monday that it was "downright chilling" that Mr. Rosen "was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply doing his job as a reporter." Bruce Brown, the executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, added on Tuesday that treating "routine news-gathering efforts as evidence of criminality is extremely troubling and corrodes time-honored understandings between the public and the government about the role of the free press."_

_Obama administration officials often talk about the balance between protecting secrets and protecting the constitutional rights of a free press. Accusing a reporter of being a "co-conspirator"... shows a heavy tilt toward secrecy and insufficient concern about a free press._

The Washington Post  wrote of this:

_The Rosen affair is as flagrant an assault on civil liberties as anything done by George W. Bush's administration, and it uses technology to silence critics in a way Richard Nixon could only have dreamed of._

_To treat a reporter as a criminal for doing his job — seeking out information the government doesn't want made public — deprives Americans of the First Amendment freedom on which all other constitutional rights are based. Guns? Privacy? Due process? Equal protection? If you can't speak out, you can't defend those rights, either._

_Beyond that, the administration's actions shatter the president's credibility and discourage allies who would otherwise defend the administration against bogus accusations such as those involving the Benghazi "talking points." If the administration is spying on reporters and accusing them of criminality just for asking questions — well, who knows what else this crowd is capable of doing?_

_My Post colleague Ann E. Marimow, who broke the Rosen story, obtained the affidavit by FBI agent Reginald Reyes seeking access to Rosen's private e-mails. In the affidavit, Reyes stated that "there is probable cause to believe that the reporter has committed or is committing a violation" of the law against national security leaks. The affidavit detailed how the FBI had monitored Rosen's comings and goings from the State Department and tracked his various phone calls with the suspected leaker, analyst Stephen Jin-Woo Kim._

_Rosen's supposed crime? Reyes got his evidence from an e-mail from the reporter: "I want to report authoritatively, and ahead of my competitors, on new initiatives or shifts in U.S. policy, events on the ground in [North Korea], what intelligence is picking up, etc. . . . I'd love to see some internal State Department analyses. . . . In short: Let's break some news, and expose muddle-headed policy when we see it, or force the administration's hand to go in the right direction, if possible."_

_That is indeed compelling evidence — of good journalism._

_Obama is establishing an ominous precedent._

179) **Asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate himself for lying under oath**

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder  lied under oath. He said that he had nothing to do with monitoring the emails of Fox News reporter James Rosen. But it turns out that it was Holder's own signature on the search warrant.

Even the liberal Huffington Post said that Holder should be fired over this.

Holder could get  five years in prison.

So, did President Obama fire Holder?

Of course not!

Instead, Obama  asked that Holder be investigated – not by an independent investigating committee – but by Holder himself!

I can see it now...

Obama: "Did you lie?"

Holder: "No."

Obama: "OK. That's good enough for me. You're cleared of any wrongdoing."

180) **Used Obamacare to illegally give the IRS additional powers without approval from Congress**

In May 2013 the Washington Post  wrote:

_The law allows the Department of Health and Human Services to set up federal health exchanges in the holdout states. But the statute makes no mention of the IRS providing credits and subsidies through federal exchanges._

_The IRS resolved this conundrum by denying its existence. In a May 2012 regulatory ruling, it asserted its own right to provide credits outside the state exchanges as the reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous law. But the language of the law is not ambiguous. And health scholars Jonathan Adler and Michael Cannon, in an exhaustive recent analysis, find no justification for the IRS's ruling in the legislative history of Obamacare. "The statute," they argue, "and the lack of any support for the IRS rule in the legislative record put defenders of the IRS rule in the awkward position of arguing that it was so obviously Congress' intent to offer tax credits in federal exchanges that despite a year of debate over the PPACA, it never occurred to anyone to express that intent out loud. A better explanation is that the PPACA's authors miscalculated when they assumed states would establish exchanges."_

_So: The IRS seized the authority to spend about $800 billion over 10 years on benefits that were not authorized by Congress. And the current IRS scandal puts this decision in a new light. What was the role of politics in shaping this regulatory decision? What pressure was applied?_

181) **Used environmental regulations to shut down an ambulance while it was taking a patient to the hospital**

In May 2013 the Washington Post  reported:

_A Wednesday shootout on the streets of Washington Highlands left a cop injured and a carjacking suspect dead. But before the suspect expired, he went on an unusual ambulance ride that involved moving him from one vehicle to another on the shoulder of Interstate 295. While this might appear to be another story of Fire and Emergency Medical Services dysfunction, the story is rather more complicated. As WUSA-TV explains, newer-model diesel engines are required by federal regulations to have emission-control features that, in some circumstances, require the motor to shut down for "regeneration" — a process in which the exhaust system burns off trapped soot. The need for regeneration can be unpredictable. The transfer to a second ambulance delayed 34-year-old Nathaniel McRae's arrival at a hospital by seven minutes. FEMS insists the wait did not play a role in his death._

182) **Had "a serious management problem" with his refusal to fire bad workers**

A 2011 USA Today article on federal employees  states:

_"The federal government fired 0.55% of its workers in the budget year that ended Sept. 30 — 11,668 employees in its 2.1 million workforce."_

_"White-collar federal workers have almost total job security after a few years on the job. Last year, the government fired none of its 3,000 meteorologists, 2,500 health insurance administrators, 1,000 optometrists, 800 historians or 500 industrial property managers."_

Wow! Those must be excellent workers, right?

Actually, no. The article also says:

_"San Francisco State University management professor John Sullivan, an expert on employee turnover, says the low departure rates show a failure to release poor performers and those with obsolete skills. 'Rather than indicating something positive, rates below 1% in the firing and layoff components would indicate a serious management problem,' he says."_

A serious management problem?

So who exactly is the highest ranking manager of the federal government?

It's President Obama.

183) **Illegally solicited donations from health insurers**

In May 2013, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius  solicited donations from health insurers to help pay for Obamacare. Such soliciting is  illegal.

184) **Chose an economic advisor who wanted roads and bridges to be built by unqualified workers**

Obama chose to have Robert Reich be his economic advisor. Regarding Obama's "stimulus," Reich  said:

_"I am concerned, as I'm sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high skilled people... And therefore, in my remarks I have suggested to you, and I'm certainly happy to talk about it more, ways in which the money can be -- criteria can be set so that they money does go to others... people who are not necessarily construction workers or high-skilled professionals."_

185) **Pressured unions to reduce the amount of health insurance coverage for their employees**

In May 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_Say goodbye to that $500 deductible insurance plan and the $20 co-payment for a doctor's office visit. They are likely to become luxuries of the past._

_Expect to have your blood pressure checked or a prescription filled at a clinic at your office, rather than by your private doctor._

_Then blame the so-called Cadillac tax, which penalizes companies that offer high-end health care plans to their employees._

_Although the tax does not start until 2018, employers say they have to start now to meet the deadline and they are doing whatever they can to bring down the cost of their plans. Under the law, an employer or health insurer offering a plan that costs more than $10,200 for an individual and $27,500 for a family would typically pay a 40 percent excise tax on the amount exceeding the threshold._

_Tom Leibfried, a legislative director for the A.F.L.-C.I.O., one of the unions whose plans are vulnerable to the tax, says the demands that workers pay more for their care is a perennial aspect of labor negotiations. "We're very concerned about the hollowing out of benefits in general," he said. "What the excise tax will do is just fuel that."_

186) **Falsely said "We believe in the free market"**

In June 2013, Obama  said,

We don't think that top-down solutions are the right way to go. We believe in the free market. We believe in a light touch when it comes to regulations. - See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-we-dont-want-tax-all-businesses-out-business#sthash.NDb17lc6.dpufWe believe in the free market. We believe in a light touch when it comes to regulations.

"We believe in the free market."

Obama was lying. The free market means that in the business world, it is the customers, not the government, who pick winners and losers. But this list contains a huge number of instances where Obama tried to use the government to pick winners and losers in the business world.

187) **Falsely said "We believe in a light touch when it comes to regulations"**

In June 2013, Obama  said, "We believe in a light touch when it comes to regulations."

He lied. For example, after Obamacare was passed, Obama added  20,000 extra pages of regulations to to it.

188) **Said Catholic schools are "divisive" but did not say the same thing about other religious schools**

In June 2013, Obama  said:

_"If towns remain divided - if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have theirs, if we can't see ourselves in one another and fear or resentment are allowed to harden - that too encourages division and discourages cooperation."_

I can understand why a person might criticize religious schools in general - although I myself happen to think that religious schools are a superior alternative to public schools. But for Obama to single out one religion in particular as being divisive, while not saying the same thing about all religious schools in general, is a double standard.

189) **Favored a new tax on Christmas trees so the money could be used to subsidize Christmas trees**

In November 2011, Obama  proposed a new tax on Christmas trees, so that the money could be used to subsidize Christmas trees. If this had been a Rube Goldberg cartoon it would have been funny. But to suggest it as an actual government policy is absurd.

190) **Betrayed the people of the city that helped him launch his political career**

As part of his effort to get Obamacare passed, Obama repeatedly promised that people could keep their current health insurance if they liked it.

More than any other city, the people of Chicago helped to get Obamacare passed. Chicago is where Obama chose to live when he first got into politics. The people there launched his political career and voted him into office.

And this is how Obama repays them. In May 2013, the Chicago Tribune  reported:

_Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama's new federal system._

_The move is aimed at saving the city money_

_Once the phaseout is complete, those retired workers would have to pay for their own health insurance or get subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. The city-subsidized coverage is particularly important to retired workers who aren't yet eligible for Medicare_

_Henry Bayer, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, said the uncertainties of the Affordable Care Act and the state insurance exchanges they would create make the city's plan hard to assess._

_"This uncertainty will cause anxiety and fear for tens of thousands of seniors who gave their working lives to public service — men and women whose retirement savings are already under attack in the name of 'pension reform.'" Bayer said._

191) **Proposed military interventionism in Syria**

In June 2013, Obama proposed that the U.S. get involved in Syria's military conflicts.

192) **Planned to use military snipers to shoot innocent lions and cheetahs in the wild**

In June 2013, Obama was planning to use  military snipers to shoot innocent lions and cheetahs in the wild.

However, after the media reported on his plans, Obama got  embarrassed, and cancelled his plans.

193) **Refused to fire or prosecute more than 1,000 IRS employees who illegally used their IRS credit cards for their own personal use**

During Obama's first term, more than  1,000 IRS employees illegally used their IRS credit cards for personal purchases, but Obama refused to fire or prosecute them.

194) **Defended intelligence chief who lied under oath**

In March 2013, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence,  falsely stated under oath that the NSA was not gathering data on millions of U.S. citizens. In June 2013, after it was reported that Clapper had lied under oath, Obama  defended him, instead of firing him.

195) **Had the Secret Service visit a law abiding citizen who had criticized his policies on Twitter**

In April 2013, Obama  sent the Secret Service to visit the home of Tom Francois, a law abiding citizen who had criticized Obama's policies on Twitter.

The Secret Service  admitted that Francois had not made any threats against Obama.

196) **Had the IRS grant special, illegal favors for his brother's so-called "charity"**

In May 2013, the Dailer Caller  reported that the IRS had taken the "unprecedented" step of approving a non-profit application within just one month. In this particular case, the application was from the Barack H. Obama Foundation, a so-called "charity" which was headed by Malik Obama, Barack Obama's brother.

In addition, the IRS  illegally gave retroactive approval for the organization's tax exempt status. Prior to getting this approval, the organization had  illegally solicited tax deductible donations even though it did not have legal approval to do so.

197) **Raised the interest rate on student loans to pay for Obamacare**

Obamacare  raised the interest rate on students loans from 5.3% to 6.8%. The money is used to fund Obamacare.

198) **Refused to fire or prosecute 15 IRS agents who illegally seized the medical records of 10 million people**

In March 2011,  15 IRS agents illegally seized the medical records of 10 million people without a warrant. Obama refused to fire or prosecute them.

199) **Hired 16,500 new IRS agents to run Obamacare**

In June 2013, it was reported that Obama had hired  16,500 new IRS agents to run Obamacare.

200) **Tried to reward wasteful IRS spending with an increase in funding**

In June 2013, Danny Werfel, Obama's new nominee to head the IRS, asked Congress for an increase in funding. At the same time, NPR reported on this waste of taxpayer money at an IRS conference:

_Some of the 2,600 attendees received benefits, including baseball tickets and stays in presidential suites that normally cost $1,500 to $3,500 per night. In addition, 15 outside speakers were paid a total of $135,000 in fees, with one paid $17,000 to talk about "leadership through art," the committee said._

Considering how the IRS wasted all that money on luxury hotel rooms and worthless speeches, Werfel really had some nerve asking Congress for more money. By proposing to reward wasteful spending with a budget increase, Werfel proved that he is incompetent to head the IRS. The fact that Obama nominated such an incompetent person does not surprise me one bit.

201) **Illegally bypassed Congress to delay Obamacare's employer mandate**

As the Obamacare law was written, the employer mandate was to begin in January 2014. This is what the law said when it was passed by the House and Senate, and signed by President Obama.

However, in July 2013, Obama  delayed the employer mandate part of Obamacare until January 2015. Obama did this without approval from Congress.

For Obama to change a law that was passed by Congress, without first getting approval from Congress, is a violation of the Presidential oath that Obama took to uphold and defend the Constitution.

What Obama did here is an action of a dictator, not an action of a President whose power is limited by a written constitution.

If Obama can get away with this, then it sets a horribly dangerous precedent, and means that the President can arbitrarily make any change to any law that has been passed by Congress, without first getting approval from Congress.

202) **Made it too hard for some doctors to continue their practices**

In July 2013, ABC News reported that some doctors were shutting down their practices in response to Obamacare.

Dr. Robert WcWilliams, an obstetrician/gynecologist with more than 5,000 patients, said:

_"It's going to be run by bureaucrats - and it's going to be run by politicians - who have no idea what is in your best interests, then I'm getting out."_

203) **Falsely told Africans that contaminated water is a smaller problem than global warming**

In July 2013, while speaking in Johannesburg, South Africa, President Obama  said that global warming was "the biggest challenge we have environmentally" and that it was worse than "dirty water, dirty air."

However,  according to the World Health Organization, while global warming kills 140,000 people each year, air pollution kills 3 million people per year.

 According to UNESCO, each year, contaminated water causes 4 billion cases of diarrhea, 120,000 cases of cholera, 300 million cases of malaria, 12 million cases of typhoid, 6 million cases of trachoma, 200 million cases of schistosomiesis, and more than 1 billion incidents of intestinal parasites.

You know what's worse than global warming? How about living your entire life without ever having access to a toilet?

The World Health Organization  says that dirty water is "the leading cause of disease and death around the world."

That Obama would downplay these problems shows how scientifically illiterate he is.

That he would do so while giving a speech in Africa, which has the highest rate of water borne illness of any continent, shows how thoughtless and insensitive he is.

204) **Spent $630,000 of taxpayers' money to get more Facebook "likes"**

In July 2013, it was  reported that Obama had spent $630,000 of taxpayers' money in order to get more Facebook "likes."

205) **Declared that hacking was an act of war, then hacked the EU**

In 2011, the Obama administration  issued a statement which said that when one country hacked another country's computers, the hacking constituted an "act of war."

In July 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had hacked computers which were owned by the European Union.

206) **Said "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon"**

In Florida, after a school security camera showed Trayvon Martin marking graffiti, a  search of his backpack showed that it contained 12 pieces of women's jewelry, including silver wedding rings, and earrings with diamonds. The backpack also had a screwdriver, which is often used as a tool by burglars. Martin said that the jewelry belonged to a friend, but refused to say who that friend was.

Why would a teenage boy bring a backpack full of silver wedding rings and diamond earrings to school? Do Martin's millions of defenders really think that he was not a burglar?

The fact that Martin was in possession of stolen jewelry at school is perfectly in line with George Zimmerman's claim on the 911 call that Martin was acting suspiciously. And there had been quite a few burglaries in the area recently.

Also on the 911 call, Zimmerman had said that Martin was acting as if he was on drugs. Martin's autopsy showed that there was THC in his system. And while other parts of marijuana can stay in the system for weeks after it's smoked, the THC only stays in the person's system for a few hours. Therefore, Martin was indeed high when Zimmerman saw him.

So Trayvon Martin was a burglar, used illegal drugs,  broke Zimmerman's nose, and  smashed Zimmerman's head against the concrete.

And how does Obama respond to all of this?

Obama  said:

"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."

207) **Falsely said that Secretary of State John Kerry had not been on his yacht during the regime change in Egypt**

In July 2013, the Obama administration  falsely said that Secretary of State John Kerry had not been on his yacht during the regime change in Egypt.

Evan after CBS news presented the Obama administration with  photographic evidence that Kerry had been on his yacht during that time, the Obama administration still continued to falsely claim that Kerry had not been on his yacht.

CBS News  reported:

_On Thursday night, CBS News obtained a photo of Kerry on his boat and sent it to the State Department, asking whether they still stand by their denial that Kerry was on a boat._

_The response: "Yes."_

208) **Said "the planet will boil over" if African citizens adopt a first world standard of living**

In July 2013, Obama  said "the planet will boil over" if African citizens adopt a first world standard of living.
"the planet will boil over
209) **"Among those who Strongly Approve of the president, more fear the Tea Party than radical Muslims."**

In June 2013, Rasmussen  conducted a poll to find out what people considered to be the "nation's top terror threat."

Reporting on the results of the poll, Rasmussen  wrote:

_"Among those who Strongly Approve of the president, more fear the Tea Party than radical Muslims."_

210) **Illegally forced 2,200 privately owned auto dealerships to close, which destroyed 120,000 jobs**

In 2009, Obama illegally forced 2,200 privately owned auto dealerships to  close. These dealerships had employed 120,000 people.

211) **Subsidized the production of alcoholic beverages**

In June 2013, Breitbart  reported:

_The USDA Rural Development agency also touted a program to subsidize the Wine Barn LLC in "marketing and increasing production of its Kansas produced wine." That cost $25,000. The USDA Rural Development also said it would hand $300,000 to the Mackinaw Trail Winery in Michigan, $100,000 for the Appleton Creek Winery in New York, $162,500 for the Old Westminster Winery in Maryland, and tens of thousands of dollars to wineries in Nebraska and Iowa._

_Liquor is the name of the game for the USDA, apparently – they're also subsidizing the production of vodka in North Carolina, Bloody Mary mix in West Virginia, and hard cider in Virginia._

212) **Gave 23,994 tax refunds worth a total of $46,378,040 to illegal aliens who all used the same address**

In 2011, the IRS gave 23,994 tax refunds worth a total of $46,378,040 to illegal aliens who all used the  same address in Atlanta, Ga.

213) **Sued private businesses for using "racist" criminal background checks to screen employees**

In June 2013, the Obama administration filed  lawsuits against Dollar General and BMW for using criminal background checks to screen employees. The Obama administration claimed that such background checks were "racist."

214) **Used tax money to pay federal employees to organize protests against George Zimmerman**

In March and April of 2012, Obama used tax money to pay federal employees to organize  protests against George Zimmerman.

215) **Illegally continued giving foreign aid to Egypt after it had a coup**

Federal law  requires that U.S. foreign aid to Egypt be ended if and when Egypt has a coup. However, after Egypt had a coup in July 2013, the Obama administration  said that it would continue giving foreign aid to Egypt.

216) **Broke promise to end Bush's surveillance of U.S. citizens who were not suspected of committing a crime**

In August 2007, Obama  promised that he would end Bush's surveillance of U.S. citizens who were not suspected of committing a crime. However, in June 2013, such surveillance was  still being conducted.

217) **Spent $3 million to study the health risks of dating Mexican prostitutes**

In July 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $3 million to study the health risks of dating Mexican prostitutes.

218) **Lied about the cost of IRS conferences**

In June 2013 it was  reported that the Obama administration had lied about the cost of IRS conferences. While the actual cost was $50 million, the Obama administration had claimed that the cost was only 1% of that mount.

219) **Spent $890,000 per year on service fees for bank accounts that had no money**

In April 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration was spending $890,000 each year on service fees for bank accounts that did not have any money in them. At the time, the government had 13,712 empty accounts which it was supposed to have closed, but which it had kept open anyway.

220) **Spent $34 million to construct a new military headquarters in Afghanistan after U.S. military commanders said they did not want it**

After U.S. military commanders  said in 2010 that they did not want a new headquarters in Afghanistan, the Obama administration spent $34 million to build it anyway.

221) **Falsely said that his scandals were "phony"**

In July 2013, Obama  said

_"With an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals, Washington has taken its eye off the ball."_

These scandals are not "phony." I have cited a huge number of sources in this list to show that these scandals are real.

222) **Falsely guaranteed that people could keep their doctor**

Before Obamacare was passed, Obama  said:

_"Here is a guarantee that I've made... If you've got a doctor that you like, you will be able to keep your doctor."_

However, in July 2013, the Obama administration  said that people "may" be able to keep their doctor.

223) **Falsely said the auto bailouts prevented Detroit from going bankrupt**

Obama  falsely stated that the auto bailouts prevented Detroit from going bankrupt.

224) **Illegally seized a privately owned gun from a law abiding citizen**

After a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty, the Obama administration  announced that it would seize his gun. This violated the double jeopardy clause of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the takings clause of the fifth amendment.

225) **Broke his promise to have real time verifiability of Obamacare subsidies**

In July 2013, Investor's Business Daily  wrote:

_Meanwhile, the administration tacitly admitted last week that its promise of real-time verification of a consumer's eligibility to buy subsidized coverage at an ObamaCare exchange wasn't exactly panning out._

_Under ObamaCare, only those who don't have access to "affordable" insurance at work can buy coverage in an exchange, and only those below certain income levels are eligible for tax subsidies._

_Rather than a high-tech instant check, the administration told states they could simply take the applicants' word for it when it comes to their employer-provided coverage, as well as their "projected annual household income," without the need for "further verification."_

226) **Signed health care reform whose rules contradicted each other**

Obamacare  allows insurance companies to charge higher premiums for smokers. At the same time, it  prohibits insurance companies from charging more than three times as much for older people as it does for younger people. In June 2013, Obama's computer programmers  said that they had been unable to write a computer program that simultaneously agreed with both of these rules.

227) **Signed a health care reform plan that is so horrible that even the IRS agents who run it don't want to participate in it**

Obama  hired 16,500 new IRS agents to run Obamacare.

But Obamacare is so awful that even the IRS agents who run it don't want to participate in it.

In July 2013, the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents the IRS employees who will be running Obamacare, provided a form letter to its members to send to their Congressmen. The letter  stated:

_"I am very concerned about legislation that has been introduced by Congressman Dave Camp to push federal employees out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and into the insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act."_

When asked about this, IRS chief Daniel Werfel responded by  saying:

_"I don't want to speak for the NTEU, but I'll offer a perspective as a federal employee myself and a federal employee at the IRS. And that is, we have right now as employees of the government, of the IRS, affordable health care coverage. I think the ACA was designed to provide an option or an alternative for individuals that do not. And all else being equal, I think if you're an individual who is satisfied with your health care coverage, you're probably in a better position to stick with that coverage than go through the change of moving into a different environment and going through that process. So I think for a federal employee, I think more likely, and I would -- can speak for myself, I would prefer to stay with the current policy that I'm pleased with rather than go through a change if I don't need to go through that change."_

228) **Tried to tax small businesses at a higher rate than corporations**

Obama  raised the top tax rate on small businesses to 39.6%, and  tried to lower the top tax rate on corporations to 28%.

229) **Illegally prevented individual employees of small businesses from choosing their own plan during the first year of Obamacare**

Obamacare  requires that individual employees of small businesses be allowed to choose their own insurance plan during the first year of Obamacare. However, in March 2013, the Obama administration  announced that it would not be allowing them to make this choice during the first year.

230) **Falsely said that Obamacare had not hurt jobs**

In July 2013, the Obama administration  said that Obamacare had not hurt jobs.

However, in the real world, in response to the medical device tax that is part of Obamacare, some medical device manufacturers have  announced plans to layoff employees, including Welch Allyn (275 planned layoffs), Stryker (1,170 planned layoffs), and Medtronic (1,000 planned layoffs). In December 2012, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and 15 other Democrats who supported the passage of Obamacare wrote a  letter to Harry Reid, asking him to delay the tax on medical devices, claiming that the tax would hurt job creation in their districts. The New York Times  reported that Obamacare "sharply penalizes full-time employment in favor of part-time employment." In response to the employer mandate of Obamacare, some restaurants have announced plans to switch some of their employees from full time to part time, including some franchises of  Olive Garden,  Red Lobster,  Wendy's,  Taco Bell,  White Castle, and  Fatburger. Community College of Allegheny County  switched 200 professors and 200 other employees from full time to part time in response to Obamacare. Clint Benjamin, an English professor at Community College of Allegheny County,  said that this would reduce his own monthly pay by $600. Also in response to the employer mandate of Obamacare, other colleges have  announced plans to switch some of their employees from full time to part time, including Florida's Palm Beach State College, Ohio's Youngstown State University, and New Jersey's Kean University. In Virginia, thousands of government employees had their hours  reduced because of Obamacare. The Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh  reduced the hours of 48 of its employees in response to Obamacare. Regal Entertainment Group, the largest chain of movie theaters in the country,  announced that it would be switching thousands of its employees from full time to part time in response to the Obamacare mandate. Utah's Granite School District  reduced the hours of 1,200 of its employees in response to Obamacare. In response to Obamacare, many Wal-Mart stores have  stopped hiring full time workers. In response to Obamacare, Forever 21  reduced its employees' hours. As of September 2013, more than 200 public-sector employers had  reduced their employees' hours in response to Obamacare. Sea World  reduced the weekly hours of its part time employees from 32 to 28 in response to Obamacare. Lands' End  limited its part time employees to 29 hours per week in response to Obamacare. As of September 2013, at least 34 universities and colleges had  reduced some of their employees' hours in response to Obamacare. In September 2013, it was  reported that in response to Obamacare, Indiana University would be laying off 50 of its employees and switching them to a temp agency. In July 2013, leaders of the Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE sent a  letter to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which said that Obamacare will "destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class... the law creates an incentive for employers to keep employees' work hours below 30 hours a week. Numerous employers have begun to cut workers' hours to avoid this obligation."

231) **Falsely said that health insurance premiums would be reduced by $2,500 per family by the end of his first term**

In February 2008, Obama  said:

" _We are going to work with you to lower your premiums by $2,500. We will not wait 20 years from now to do it, or 10 years from now to do it. We will do it by the end of my first term as president."_

However, by the time his first term was over, family premiums had gotten  bigger, not smaller. The increase was $3,065 per family.

232) **Illegally gave Obamacare waiver to Massachusetts**

In August 2013, Obama  gave an Obamacare waiver to Massachusetts.

This waiver was illegal for two reasons. First, the waiver was not approved by the U.S. Congress. Second, the U.S. Constitution requires that the federal government treat all states the same.

233) **Betrayed the unions that helped him to get elected**

In January 2013, the Wall Street Journal  reported:

_Some Unions Grow Wary of Health Law They Backed_

_Labor unions enthusiastically backed the Obama administration's health-care overhaul when it was up for debate. Now that the law is rolling out, some are turning sour._

_Union leaders say many of the law's requirements will drive up the costs for their health-care plans and make unionized workers less competitive. Among other things, the law eliminates the caps on medical benefits and prescription drugs used as cost-containment measures in many health-care plans. It also allows children to stay on their parents' plans until they turn 26._

_Some 20 million Americans are covered by the health-care plans at issue_

_Top officers at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the AFL-CIO and other large labor groups plan to keep pressing the Obama administration to expand the federal subsidies to these jointly run plans, warning that unionized employers may otherwise drop coverage. A handful of unions say they already have examined whether it makes sense to shift workers off their current plans_

_"We are going back to the administration to say that this is not acceptable," said Ken Hall, general secretary-treasurer for the Teamsters, which has 1.6 million members and dependents in health-care plans. Other unions involved in the push include the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Unite Here_

_Sheet Metal Workers Local 85 in Atlanta, which has about 1,900 members. Next year it must lift the $250,000 annual cap on the amount it will pay for medical claims. The law's requirements will add between 50 cents to $1 an hour to the cost of members' compensation package_

234) **Illegally changed Obamacare to benefit members of Congress and their staff**

Obamacare was passed by the House and Senate, and signed by President Obama.

Three years later, members of Congress and their staff  complained that Obamacare was going to cost them a lot of money, and said that this would likely cause a  brain drain among their staff. In response to this, Obama made  changes to Obamacare so that these things would not happen. However, Obama's actions were illegal, because he made these changes without Congress voting on them first.

The New York Times  wrote of this:

_... the language of the health care law requires Congressional employees to obtain health insurance through an exchange created by the law, but other parts of the federal legal code restrict the ability of the federal government to pay the usual employer share for group insurance programs approved by the Office of Personnel Management._

_A straightforward reading of the law thus means that Congressional staff members, starting in January 2014, will have to obtain insurance through the Affordable Care Act but pay for it on their own without the normal contribution from their employer — Congress. This would be a multi-thousand-dollar income hit for those affected... many... would potentially feel the pain, giving rise to concerns over a potential brain drain of Congressional staff members finding other employment._

_... the federal personnel office initially ruled that Congressional staff members would not be eligible for the subsidies, and then changed this decision under pressure from the White House..._

235) **Told General Mills to stop making true claims about Cheerios**

For quite some time, advertisements for the breakfast cereal Cheerios made the true and accurate claim that eating Cheerios lowers a person's cholesterol.

However, even though this claim is true and accurate, in May 2009, the Obama administration  ordered General Mills, the maker of Cheerios, to stop making this claim in its commercials.

236) **Illegally avoided enforcing the required income verification of people who receive subsidies for Obamacare exchanges**

Even though Obamacare requires the government to verify the income of people who receive subsidies for Obamacare exchanges, in August 2013 it was  reported that Obama would not be verifying their incomes.

237) **Placed a 40% tax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans**

Obamacare includes a 40% tax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans. In August 2013, unions that supported the passage of Obamacare  complained about this tax.

238) **Made medical care for special needs children more expensive**

In August 2013, it was  reported that Obamacare would make it more expensive for the parents of special needs children to pay for their children's medical equipment and specialized private schools that cater to their medical needs.

239) **Responded to the Benghazi attack by going back to bed, and then later got up and headed off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser**

In September 2012, after Obama found out that U.S. citizens were being killed in Benghazi, Libya, he went back to bed. After he got up in the morning, he went off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.

240) **Illegally delayed the caps on out of pocket health care payments without Congressional approval**

As it was passed by the House and Senate and signed by Obama, Obamacare sets caps on the out of pocket payments that people pay for health care, and these caps were legally required to take effect in January 2014.

However, in August 2013, Obama  delayed these caps until January 2015.

Because Obama imposed this delay without it first being approved by Congress, Obama's action was illegal. The President does not have the legal authority to change an Act that was passed by Congress, without that change first being approved by Congress. What Obama did here is not the act of a President whose power is limited by a written constitution, but is, instead, the action of a dictator.

241) **Holds a double standard when it comes to supporting "gun free" zones**

In December 2012, a petition at whitehouse.gov  stated:

_"Eliminate armed guards for the President, Vice-President, and their families, and establish Gun Free Zones around them"_

_"Gun Free Zones are supposed to protect our children, and some politicians wish to strip us of our right to keep and bear arms. Those same politicians and their families are currently under the protection of armed Secret Service agents. If Gun Free Zones are sufficient protection for our children, then Gun Free Zones should be good enough for politicians."_

The Obama administration  rejected the proposal.

242) **Outlawed the low-premium, high-deductible health insurance that some people prefer**

Obamacare bans to the low-premium, high-deductible health insurance that some people prefer.

243) **Lied about how many people he had helped to protect from mortgage fraud**

In August 2013, it was  reported that less than one month before the 2012 election, the Obama administration had lied about the number of people that it had helped to protect from mortgage fraud, as well as the total amount of money involved. In August 2013, when the truth was revealed, Newsbusters  reported:

_"Thus, the number of defendants fell by 80% from what DOJ claimed less than a month before the presidential election. The number of victims fell by 76%. The amount of losses involved dropped by over 90%."_

244) **Falsely said the NSA review was being conducted by an "independent" body**

In August 2013, Obama  said that he would establish an "independent" investigation of NSA surveillance.

However, three days later, it was  reported that this so-called "independent" investigation would be run by James Clapper, who had falsely testified to Congress that the NSA was not collecting information on U.S. citizens.

245) **Forced taxpayers to bail out the student debt of people with six figure incomes**

Obama forced taxpayers to bail out the student debt of people with six figure incomes. In February 2015, Forbes  wrote:

_10 Reasons Why the Cost of Obama's Student Loan Plan is Exploding_

_Let's say you earned an MBA from a private school and left with a loan balance of $90,000 (with a 5 percent interest rate), including undergraduate loans. After you graduate, you land a job in the business office at an elite private university. Your starting salary is $70,000 with annual three percent raises. Based on your debt-to-income ratio, you qualify for IBR and enroll. After a big promotion in your sixth year, your salary is bumped to $110,000. By your 10th year you earn $124,000, at which point your outstanding balance is forgiven under Public Service Loan Forgiveness._

_Your total loan payments would be $62,000 in principal and interest over those 10 years, but if you had fully paid off your loan over that time, they would have been $114,000. Thanks to PSLF, the federal government just handed you a check for $52,000. Again, you still qualify for this benefit despite having never earned less than $70,000 a year over your repayment term and regardless of the fact that you earn a very high income when the debt is forgiven._

246) **Closed off public roads so he could buy books**

In August 2013, Obama had public roads  closed to the public so he could go to a bookstore. Why didn't he just order the books online?

247) **Gave illegal EPA exemption to one oil refinery, and would not say which refinery it was**

The EPA has a very expensive ethanol mandate that applies to all oil refineries. However, in August 2013, it was  reported that Obama had given one oil refinery an exemption from this mandate.

This exemption is illegal for two reasons. First, the exemption was not approved by Congress. And secondly, the Constitution requires that federal laws apply equally to everyone.

In addition, Obama  refused to say which refinery it was that received this exemption, which is completely contrary to his repeated promises of "transparency."

248) **Created new fines for charitable hospitals that give treatment to uninsured people**

In August 2013, it was  reported that Obamacare creates new fines for charitable hospitals that give treatment to uninsured people.

249) **Blamed poverty on zip codes instead of on behavior**

In July 2013, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan  said:

_"Unfortunately, in too many of our hardest-hit communities, no matter how hard a child or her parents work, the life chances of that child, even her lifespan, is determined by the ZIP Code she grows up in. This is simply wrong."_

However, let's consider two groups of people in the U.S. The first group has a poverty rate of 2%. The second group has a poverty rate of 76%.

The first group consists of people who followed all three of these steps:

1) Finish high school.

2) Get a full-time job.

3) Wait until age 21 and get married before having children.

The second group consists of people who followed zero of those three steps.

Among people who follow all three of these steps, the poverty rate is 2%.

Among people who follow zero of these steps, the poverty rate is 76%.

(My source for that information is  this article, which refers to  this PDF, and the relevant data is on page 15 of the PDF. The study uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau.)

250) **Nominated a telecommunications lobbyist and Obama fundraiser to head the FCC**

In May 2013, Obama  nominated Tom Wheeler to head the FCC. Wheeler had previously been the head of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, which is a lobbying organization for the cable TV industry. He had also been the head of CTIA, a lobbying organization for cellphone carriers. In addition, he had also been a fundraiser for Obama.

251) **Tried to violate defendants' right to a fair trial**

In August 2013, Reuters  reported:

_A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans._

_Although these cases rarely involve national security issues, documents reviewed by Reuters show that law enforcement agents have been directed to conceal how such investigations truly begin - not only from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges._

_The undated documents show that federal agents are trained to "recreate" the investigative trail to effectively cover up where the information originated, a practice that some experts say violates a defendant's Constitutional right to a fair trial. If defendants don't know how an investigation began, they cannot know to ask to review potential sources of exculpatory evidence - information that could reveal entrapment, mistakes or biased witnesses._

_"I have never heard of anything like this at all," said Nancy Gertner, a Harvard Law School professor who served as a federal judge from 1994 to 2011. Gertner and other legal experts said the program sounds more troubling than recent disclosures that the National Security Agency has been collecting domestic phone records. The NSA effort is geared toward stopping terrorists; the DEA program targets common criminals, primarily drug dealers._

_"It is one thing to create special rules for national security," Gertner said. "Ordinary crime is entirely different. It sounds like they are phonying up investigations."_

252) **Threatened internet service providers with contempt of court if they did not install surveillance software**

In August 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had pressured internet service providers to install surveillance software, so that it could monitor internet traffic without a warrant. Internet service providers who did not cave in to this pressure were threatened by the Obama administration with contempt of court. This violated the Constitution's ban on warrantless searches. In addition, the executive branch does not have the legal authority to declare contempt of court, as this power is reserved exclusively for the judicial branch.

253) **Sued Louisiana to try to keep low income black children trapped in horrible schools, and lied about why he did it**

In August 2013, the Obama administration  sued Louisiana to try to bring an end to its school voucher program – a program which had just been passed in 2012.

Under the Louisiana program, both of the following  criteria had to be met in order for a student to get a school voucher. First, the student must come from a family whose income is below 250% of the poverty level. And second, the current public school that the student is attending must be rated as "C" or below.

 86% of students who received vouchers had used those vouchers to flee from public schools which had been rated as "D" or "F."

Only the most vulnerable children were eligible for the vouchers – the poorest students attending the worst schools.

Obama's  reason for filing the lawsuit was that "many of those vouchers impeded the desegregation process."

However, in response to Obama's claim that the vouchers discriminated against blacks, Louisiana Education Superintendent John White  pointed out that almost all of the students using the vouchers were black, and  said that "it's a little ridiculous" for Obama to claim that these vouchers caused discrimination against blacks. The Washington Post  reported that 90% of the students who received the vouchers were black.

It's also worth noting that only students whose parents  requested such vouchers were eligible to participate in the voucher program. Obama was therefore claiming that parents wanted their own children to be discriminated against. Obama was extremely wrong on this. These parents did not want their children to be discriminated against. In reality, what these parents wanted was for their children to have a chance at a better education.

This also makes Obama a hypocrite, because while he was living in both Chicago and Washington D.C., he  always sent his own children to private schools. Does Obama really want us to believe that he subjected his own children to racial discrimination by sending them to private schools?

Furthermore, two different  studies, one by Ph.D. students at the University of Arkansas, and the other sponsored by the state of Louisiana, both found that this voucher program made racial integration better, not worse. This further proves that Obama is a liar, and that his entire claim against these vouchers is bogus.

In September 2013, the Washington Post editorial board criticized Obama in  this editorial, which is titled, "The Justice Department bids to trap poor, black children in ineffective schools."

In April 2014, the Daily Signal published  this article, which is titled, "Meet one of the students Eric Holder is blocking by standing in the schoolhouse door."

Fortunately, in November 2015, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled  against Obama's attempt to keep low income black children trapped in horrible government schools. The court's ruling can be read here.

254) **Encouraged 40,000 longshoremen to quit the AFL-CIO**

In September 2013, it was  reported that 40,000 longshoremen had quit the AFL-CIO, and that they had cited Obamacare as one of their reasons for doing so.

255) **Paid $67 million to so-called "volunteers"**

In August 2013, it was  reported that Obama has paid $67 million to so-called "volunteers" to teach people about Obamacare.

256) **Illegally used Obamacare to fund pre-K education without approval from Congress**

In August 2013, it was  reported that Obama had illegally used Obamacare to fund pre-K education without approval from Congress.

257) **Obama's "hunger-free" program left students feeling hungry**

In December 2010, Obama  signed the "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act," which limited school lunches to a maximum of 850 calories. Students  complained that this so-called "hunger-free" program left them feeling hungry.

258) **Signed health care reform that is so terrible that less than 3% of federal employees want to join it**

In August 2013, it was  reported that less than 3% of federal employees wanted to participate in Obamacare.

259) **Avoided doing background checks on Obamacare "navigators"**

In August 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration would not be doing background checks on Obamacare "navigators," despite the fact that these "navigators" would have access to people's personal, private, and financial information.

260) **Illegally paid White House interns less than minimum wage**

In June 2013, a federal court  ruled that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated the minimum wage law by using unpaid interns. Two months later, it was  reported that the Obama administration was using unpaid interns. In addition to this being illegal, it also makes Obama a hypocrite, because he had previously spoken out in favor of raising the minimum wage.

261) **Said broccoli was his favorite food**

In July 2013, Obama  said that broccoli was his favorite food. However, before he made this claim, even though the media showed many pictures of him eating, and even though there were many articles published about the foods that he ate, as far as I know, none of those pictures or articles ever showed or mentioned him eating broccoli. While this may seem trivial, it shows that there is nothing - absolutely nothing at all - that Obama is not willing to lie about.

262) **Illegally missed half of Obamacare's deadlines**

In August 2013, it was  reported that Obama had illegally missed 41 of Obamacare's 82 deadlines.

263) **Tried to give illegal Obamacare subsidies to unions without Congressional approval**

In August 2013 it was  reported that Obama was trying to give illegal Obamacare subsidies to unions, without approval from Congress.

264) **Made it harder for writers, actors, artists, and musicians to obtain health insurance**

In September 2013, the Weekly Standard  reported:

_Nancy Pelosi waxed rhapsodic in 2010 as she imagined the benefits of Obamacare: "Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance."_

_But as Obamacare begins to kick in, artists, photographers, writers, and other members of the "creative class" who have access to health insurance programs through numerous professional organizations will lose that coverage._

_Up until now professional organizations have worked with insurance providers to craft reduced-rate plans for their members. But thanks to the fine print in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), on January 1, 2014, many of these plans will fail to pass legal muster._

_The College Art Association website posted a notice this month: "The New York Life Insurance Company recently informed CAA that it will no longer offer catastrophic healthcare coverage previously available to CAA members."_

_The Entertainment Industry Group Insurance Trust (TEIGIT) website posts the following notice: "All individual and/or Sole Proprietor Health Insurance will terminate January 1, 2014. This includes plans acquired as Members of our Affiliated Associations & their groups." Those affiliated associations include the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Dramatists Guild, the Graphic Arts Guild, NY Women in Film and Television, and many others._

_This will affect huge numbers of freelance artists, musicians, disc jockeys, and so forth._

_freelance artists, designers, and musicians forced to enter the state-run exchanges are far more likely to see their rates go up_

_Pelosi's vision of a world full of carefree artists, musicians, and writers is a mirage and becoming fainter the closer we get to January 1._

265) **Banned the sale of flavored cigarettes, but gave an exemption to the most dangerous flavor**

In September 2009, the Obama administration  banned the sale of flavored cigarettes, but  exempted menthol from the ban. Although I am opposed to this ban, it's this exemption that I find to be the most troubling. If Obama thinks that flavored cigarettes are so dangerous that they deserve to be banned, then why did he exempt one particular flavor?

The Obama administration later announced that menthol cigarettes were more dangerous than other flavors such as cherry, cloves, chocolate, coconut, and cinnamon, but still continued to exempt menthol from the ban. If Obama thinks that flavored cigarettes are so dangerous that they should be banned, then why did he knowingly continue to give an exemption to the most dangerous flavor?

266) **Tried to censor the Washington Post**

In August 2013, the Washington Post  reported:

_The Obama administration referred all questions for this article to John DeLong, the NSA's director of compliance, who answered questions freely in a 90-minute interview. DeLong and members of the NSA communications staff said he could be quoted "by name and title" on some of his answers after an unspecified internal review. The Post said it would not permit the editing of quotes. Two days later, White House and NSA spokesmen said that none of DeLong's comments could be quoted on the record and sent instead a prepared statement in his name. The Post declines to accept the substitute language as quotations from DeLong._

267) **Dumbed down math education to make wrong answers acceptable**

In August 2013, the Daily Caller  reported:

_Quick: what's 3 x 4?_

_If you said 11 — or, hell, if you said 7, pi, or infinity squared — that's just fine under the Common Core, the new national curriculum that the Obama administration will impose on American public school students this fall._

_In a pretty amazing YouTube video, Amanda August, a curriculum coordinator in a suburb of Chicago called Grayslake, explains that getting the right answer in math just doesn't matter as long as kids can explain the necessarily faulty reasoning they used to get to that wrong answer._

_"Even if they said, '3 x 4 was 11,' if they were able to explain their reasoning and explain how they came up with their answer really in, umm, words and oral explanation, and they showed it in the picture but they just got the final number wrong, we're really more focused on the how," August says in the video._

268) **Broke his promise to label genetically modified food**

Before the 2008 election, Obama promised to require labeling of genetically modified food. He broke that promise.

269) **Asked the Supreme Court to allow warrantless cell phone searches**

In August 2013, the Obama administration  asked the U.S Supreme Court to allow warrantless cell phone searches.

270) **Used an armed SWAT team to check for water pollution**

In September 2013, the Alaska Dispatch  reported:

_When agents with the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force surged out of the wilderness around the remote community of Chicken wearing body armor and jackets emblazoned with POLICE in big, bold letters, local placer miners didn't quite know what to think._

_Did it really take eight armed men and a squad-size display of paramilitary force to check for dirty water? Some of the miners, who run small businesses, say they felt intimidated._

_Miners suggest it might have been better all around if officials had just shown up at the door -- as they used to do -- and said they wanted to check the water._

_The EPA has refused to publicly explain why it used armed officers as part of what it called a "multi-jurisdictional" investigation of possible Clean Water Act violations in the area._

271) **Purchased 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition for the Department of Homeland Security to use in the U.S.**

In March 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had purchased 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition for the Department of Homeland Security to use in the U.S.

272) **Released 2,837 convicted sex offenders from prison**

In September 2013, the Obama administration  released 2,837 convicted sex offenders from prison.

Although the Obama administration had released these sex offenders in response to a court order to alleviate prison overcrowding, it could have released non-violent drug offenders instead. See #7 on this list for how Obama has carried out the biggest war against medical marijuana of any President in history.

Apparently, Obama thinks that people with doctors' prescriptions for medical marijuana are a bigger threat than rapists and child molesters.

273) **Refused to fire or prosecute Obamacare employee who released private info of 2,400 people**

In September 2013, it was reported that an Obamacare employee had released the private information of 2,400 people. Obama refused to fire or prosecute this Obamacare employee.

274) **Tried to monitor 80% of all credit card transactions**

In September 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration was trying to monitor 80% of all credit card transactions.

275) **Tried to censor the AFL-CIO**

In September 2013, Associated Press  reported:

_The AFL-CIO on Wednesday approved a resolution critical of parts of President Barack Obama's health care law in spite of efforts by White House officials to discourage the labor federation from making its concerns so prominent._

_The strongly worded resolution says the Affordable Care Act will drive up the costs of union-sponsored health plans to the point that workers and employers are forced to abandon them. Labor unions still support the law's overall goals of reducing health costs and bringing coverage to all Americans, the resolution says, but adds that the law is being implemented in a way that is "highly disruptive" to union health care plans._

_Some individual unions have complained about the law's impact for months. The resolution marks the first time the nation's largest labor federation has gone on record embracing that view. Unions were among the most enthusiastic backers of the law when it passed in 2010._

_A labor official told The Associated Press that White House officials had been calling labor leaders for days to urge them not to voice their concerns in the form of a resolution._

276) **Falsely said that he had not declared a "red line" on Syria**

In August 2012, while talking about Syria, Obama said:

_"A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized."_

However, in September 2013, while talking about Syria, Obama said:

_"I didn't set a red line."_

277) **Falsely gave himself credit for John Kerry's idea about Syria**

In September 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry  suggested that Syria turn over all of its chemical weapons to an international body.

The Obama's administration  initially responded to Kerry's statement by saying that Kerry had not been serious, and that his statement had just been a "rhetorical" answer to a hypothetical question.

However, after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Kerry's idea made sense, Obama falsely  stated that he had talked about the idea a week earlier.

278) **Made it more difficult and bureaucratic for restaurant employees to collect automatic tips from parties of eight or more**

In September 2013, the Obama administration  announced new paperwork requirements for restaurants that collect automatic tips from parties of eight or more. These new regulations create additional paperwork for restaurants each and every time a party of eight or more leaves an automatic tip. It also means that restaurant employees would have to wait extra time to receive these automatic tips from parties of eight or more. In addition, in some cases, restaurant employees might not get any tip at all from some parties of eight or more, because their employer might decide that the paperwork is too burdensome, and stop collecting automatic tips altogether.

There's also the fact that Obama imposed these new regulations without approval from Congress, which means that Obama's actions were illegal.

279) **Secretly and illegally reversed NSA restrictions without approval from Congress**

In September 2013, the Washington Post  reported:

_The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency's use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans' communications in its massive databases, according to interviews with government officials and recently declassified material._

_In addition, the court extended the length of time that the NSA is allowed to retain intercepted U.S. communications from five years to six years — and more under special circumstances, according to the documents, which include a recently released 2011 opinion by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, then chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court._

_Together the permission to search and to keep data longer expanded the NSA's authority in significant ways without public debate or any specific authority from Congress. The enlarged authority is part of a fundamental shift in the government's approach to surveillance: collecting first, and protecting Americans' privacy later._

_The court decision allowed the NSA "to query the vast majority" of its e-mail and phone call databases using the e-mail addresses and phone numbers of Americans and legal residents without a warrant, according to Bates's opinion._

_The court in 2008 imposed a wholesale ban on such searches at the government's request, said Alex Joel, civil liberties protection officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The government included this restriction "to remain consistent with NSA policies and procedures that NSA applied to other authorized collection activities," he said._

280) **Encouraged employers to use temp agencies**

In September 2013, it was  reported that in response to Obamacare, Indiana University would be laying off 50 of its employees and switching them to a temp agency.

In June 2013, Time magazine  wrote:

Why Temp Agencies Are Learning to Love the Affordable Care Act

Staffing companies like Robert Half International and On Assignment have seen their stock prices soar since President Obama's reelection in November, as the election made it nearly certain that the implementation of the law would continue as planned. "In general [Obamacare] is viewed as something that will lead to increases in the penetration rate of temporary workers," says Tobey Sommer, an analyst with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Firms like Robert Half International are especially well positioned to benefit from the law, Sommer says, because they specialize in small and medium-sized companies, the very sort that may be using temporary workers to help them stay below that all-important 50-worker mark.

There's also an opening for staffing companies to present themselves as experts in the labor rules of the Obamacare law, and as a resource that other businesses can turn to for help with its many rules and regulations. "The increasing burden of these regulations will cause some clients to throw up their hands and say, 'I can't deal with all of this," says Sommer. And when that happens, a full-service staffing company could be the perfect place to seek help navigating the unknown waters of Obamacare.

281) **Encouraged layoffs of health care workers**

In September 2013, it was  reported that in response to Obamacare, Emory Healthcare, which is in Georgia, would be laying off more than 100 of its employees.

In September 2013, it was  reported that in response to Obamacare, the Cleveland Clinic would be laying off some of its employees.

282) **Encouraged insurance companies to reduce their customers' choices of doctors and hospitals**

In September 2013, the Los Angeles Times  reported:

_The doctor can't see you now._

_Consumers may hear that a lot more often after getting health insurance under President Obama's Affordable Care Act._

_To hold down premiums, major insurers in California have sharply limited the number of doctors and hospitals available to patients in the state's new health insurance market opening Oct. 1._

_New data reveal the extent of those cuts in California, a crucial test bed for the federal healthcare law._

_These diminished medical networks are fueling growing concerns that many patients will still struggle to get care despite the nation's biggest healthcare expansion in half a century._

_Consumers could see long wait times, a scarcity of specialists and loss of a longtime doctor._

In September 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_... under President Obama's health care law... many insurers are significantly limiting the choices of doctors and hospitals available to consumers._

_From California to Illinois to New Hampshire, and in many states in between, insurers are... restricting the number of providers who will treat patients in their new health plans._

_... insurers... have created smaller networks of doctors and hospitals than are typically found in commercial insurance._

_Consumers should be prepared for "much tighter, narrower networks" of doctors and hospitals, said Adam M. Linker, a health policy analyst at the North Carolina Justice Center, a statewide advocacy group._

_In a new study, the Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the consulting company, says that "insurers passed over major medical centers" when selecting providers in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, among other states._

_Juan Carlos Davila, an executive vice president of Blue Shield of California, said the network for its exchange plans... did not include the five medical centers of the University of California._

_Daniel R. Hawkins Jr., a senior vice president of the National Association of Community Health Centers, which represents 9,000 clinics around the country, said: "... insurers have shown little interest in including us in their provider networks."_

_Dr. Bruce Siegel, the president of America's Essential Hospitals, formerly known as the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, said insurers were telling his members: "We don't want you in our network. We are worried about having your patients, who are sick and have complicated conditions."_

_In New Hampshire, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a unit of WellPoint, one of the nation's largest insurers, has touched off a furor by excluding 10 of the state's 26 hospitals from the health plans that it will sell through the insurance exchange._

283) **Encouraged a hospital to close**

In September 2013, WCYB  reported:

_Jonesville, Va. - A local hospital is closing its doors._

_Wellmont Health System is citing unprecedented changes in health care as the reason for closing Lee Regional Medical Center._

_Company officials say three reasons led to the decision reimbursement cuts associated with the Affordable Care Act, extremely low community use of the hospital and a lack of consistent physician coverage._

_Lee Regional will cease all operations on October 1._

284) **Required doctors to ask patients sexual questions and put their answers in an electronic database**

In September 2013, it was  reported that Obamacare requires doctors to ask patients personal questions about their sex lives, and to put their answers into an electronic database. Doctors who avoid doing this will be penalized.

Dr. Adam Budzikowski, a New York cardiologist,  said these sex question were "insensitive, stupid and very intrusive," and that he could not think of any reason why a cardiologist would need such information.

Dr. Richard Amerling, an associate professor of medicine at Albert Einstein Medical College,  said that a patient's medical record should be "a story created by you and your doctor solely for your treatment and benefit," and that Obamacare turns doctor appointments "into an interrogation, and the data will not be confidential."

The New York Civil Liberties Union  said that these requirements were a violation of patients' privacy.

The Obama administration  said that patients who wished to keep their information out of the electronic database should pay in cash.

285) **Listed wrong prices for Obamacare**

On September 20, 2013, just 10 days before the Obamacare exchanges were legally required to be ready, it was  reported that they had the wrong prices.

286) **Made it easier for people to commit health care fraud**

In September 2013, CNBC reported:

_Deep staff cuts are hitting a federal agency responsible for investigating health care fraud just as Obamacare is due to kick in, leaving less people to investigate an ever-growing crime that costs taxpayers billions of dollars._

_And in a perverse twist, the funding cuts at the Health and Human Services Department's Inspector General's Office might save money in the short term for the U.S. taxpayer. But over the long run, more money that could have been recouped from the fraud cases now going unpursued, is being left on the table, the agency said._

_For every $1 spent on health-care fraud probes, nearly $8 is recouped in fines, restitution or settlements, according to HHS._

287) **Included a so-called "family glitch" in his health care reform**

In September 2013, USA Today  reported:

_A so-called "family glitch" in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars in health insurance costs and leave up to 500,000 children without coverage, insurance and health care analysts say._

_That's unless Congress fixes the problem, which seems unlikely given the House's latest move Friday to strip funding from the law, which is also called the Affordable Care Act._

_Congress defined "affordable" as 9.5% or less of an employee's household income, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges. But the "error" was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family. So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn't provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges._

_That can make a huge difference; the Kaiser Family Foundation said an average plan for an individual is about $5,600, but it goes up to $15,700 for families._

288) **Made it harder for Canadian politicians to get health care**

Canada has had so-called "universal health care" for a long time.

However, when Robert Bourassa, the premier of Quebec, Canada, needed cancer treatment, he came to the United States and paid for his health care with his own money.

And when Canadian Liberal MP Belinda Stronach needed cancer treatment, she also came to the United States and paid for her health care with her own money.

And when Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams needed heart surgery, he, too, came to the United States and paid for his health care with his own money.

Now that Obama has given the U.S. so-called "universal health care," where will Canadian politicians go when they get sick?

289) **Gave married couples an annual tax of up to $11,028 for being married instead of single**

In front of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Obama administration  argued that Obamacare is a tax.

According to the Obamacare calulator, Obamacare places an annual tax on married couples for being married instead of single. The amount of this tax depends upon the ages, incomes, and parental status of the married couple.

According to the Obamacare calculator, the extreme case of this tax occurs with a 60-year-old married couple with no children, where the two spouses have identical incomes totaling $62,041 per year. Under this scenario, according to the Obamacare calculator, Obamacare gives them an annual tax of $11,028 for being married instead of single.

290) **Gave people an annual tax increase of up to $12,214 for earning one more dollar of income**

In front of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Obama administration  argued that Obamacare is a tax.

Obamacare gives some people a  tax increase if they increase their income by one dollar. The amount of this tax increase depends upon the person's age, income, and marital status.

According to the Obamacare calculator, the extreme case of this occurs with a 64-year-old married couple with a combined income of $62,041. Under this scenario, according to the Obamacare calulator, Obamacare gives them an annual tax increase of $12,214 when their income increases by one dollar, in the case of their income going from $62,040 to $62,041.

This amounts to a marginal tax rate of  1,221,400%. That's not a typo - the marginal tax rate on that one dollar of additional income is more than  one million per cent.

291) **Refused to fire IRS employees who "lost" $67 million from Obamacare "slush fund"**

In September 2013, it was  reported that IRS employees had "lost" $67 million from a "slush fund." Obama refused to fire those employees. Obama had created the "slush fund" as part of Obamacare.

292) **Refused to fire ATF employees who "lost" 420 million cigarettes**

In September 2013, it was  reported that ATF employees had "lost" 420 million cigarettes. Obama refused to fire them.

293) **Falsely said his mother's insurance company had refused to pay for her cancer treatment**

During the 2008 election campaign, Obama  falsely said that his mother's health insurance company had refused to pay for her cancer treatment.

294) **Had 19.5 million fake Twitter followers**

As of September 2013, Obama had 19.5 million  fake Twitter followers.

295) **Illegally delayed online registration of Obamacare for small businesses**

Obamacare requires that the online registration for small businesses be ready by October 1, 2013. However, five days before that date, Associated Press  reported that this deadline would not be met.

296) **Encouraged 30,000 Puget Sound grocery workers to vote in favor of authorizing a strike**

In September 2013, a union representing 30,000 employees at Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC, and Albertson's in the Puget Sound area of Washington state  voted in favor of authorizing a strike. Union members said that one of their reasons for voting in favor of the strike was that their employers were trying to switch their part time employees form employer provided insurance to the Obamacare exchanges.

297) **Waived the U.S. ban on arming terrorists**

In September 2013, the Washington Examiner reported:

_Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition_

_President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to "vetted" opposition groups fighting Syrian dictator Bashar Assad._

_Some elements of the Syrian opposition are associated with radical Islamic terrorist groups, including al Qaeda_

_The law allows the president to waive those prohibitions if he "determines that the transaction is essential to the national security interests of the United States."_

298) **Caused a family's monthly insurance premium to increase from $333 to $965**

Andy and Amy Mangione and their two sons live in Louisville, Kentucky. In September 2013, they  received a letter from Humana, their insurance company, which said that Obamacare would be causing their monthly premium to increase from $333 to $965.

299) **Caused Michelle Malkin's family to lose their health insurance policy**

In September 2013, conservative writer Michelle Malkin, who has always opposed Obamacare, wrote:

_Like an estimated 22 million other Americans, I am a self-employed small-business owner who buys health insurance for my family directly on the individual market. We have a high-deductible PPO plan that allows us to choose from a wide range of doctors._

_Or rather, we had such a plan._

_Last week, our family received notice from Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Colorado that we can no longer keep the plan we like because of "changes from health care reform (also called the Affordable Care Act or ACA)." The letter informed us that "(t)o meet the requirements of the new laws, your current plan can no longer be continued beyond your 2014 renewal date."_

_This isn't just partisan business. It's personal. Our cancellation letter states that Anthem is "not going to be selling new individual PPO plans." When we asked whether we could keep our children's doctors, an agent for Anthem told my husband and me she didn't know._

300) **Tried to force Little Sisters of the Poor and other Catholic organizations to violate their religious principles**

In September 2013, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty  sued the Obama administration on behalf of Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic charity. Other Catholic organizations were also represented in the lawsuit.

Sister Loraine Marie  said of this lawsuit:

_"We cannot violate our vows by participating in the government's program to provide access to abortion-inducing drugs."_

Mark Rienzi, one of the lawyers representing these Catholic organizations,  said:

_"These women just want to take care of the elderly poor without being forced to violate the faith that animates their work. The money they collect should be used to care for the poor like it always has -- and not to pay the IRS."_

301) **Signed health care reform that broke his promise not to increase taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year**

On September 12, 2008, Obama  promised:

_"I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."_

In 2010, Obama signed Obamacare.

In 2012, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Obama administration  argued that Obamacare is a tax.

302) **Pushed millions of working people "into a regulatory health coverage no man's land"**

In February 2013, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat-Oregon)  said:

_"We've got millions of people — working-class, middle-class people — who are going to be pushed into a regulatory health coverage no man's land. They are unable to afford the family coverage through their employer and ineligible for the subsidy that could be used by dependents on the exchange."_

303) **"Unfairly" forced federal lawmakers and their aides to participate in the same health care reform as everyone else**

In June 2013, U.S. Congressman John Larson (Democrat-Connecticut)  said that it is "not fair" to force federal lawmakers and their aides to participate in the same health care reform as everyone else.

304) **Encouraged SEIU union to go on strike**

The Service Employees International Union  supported Obama in both elections, and also  supported the passage of Obamacare.

However, in September 2013, member of the Chicago chapter of the SEIU went on  strike over jobs cuts that were caused by Obamacare.

305) **Removed promise of "free" health care from Obamacare website**

In September 2013, the Obamacare website  removed its promise of "free" health care.

306) **Exposed the hypocrisy of MSNBC host Ed Schultz**

After Obamacare was passed, MSNBC host Ed Schultz  praised it almost every day for three years. However, on Sepotember 26, 2013, just five days before the Obamacare exchanges were to begin, Schultz  said that unions should be exempt from it.

307) **Punished people who were unable to accurately predict their income a year in advance**

Obamacare  requires people to predict their income a year in advance. If their prediction is wrong, they can be  punished by the IRS.

308) **Created Obamacare website where less than 1% of the people who visited on its first day actually registered for Obamacare**

U.S. Congressman Congressman Jim Himes (Democrat-Connecticut) said that out of the 28,000 people from Connecticut who had visited the Obamacare website on its first day, only  had actually signed up for Obamacare.

309) **Obama administration falsely said it did not know how many people had enrolled in Obamacare**

On October 3, 2013, the third day that the Obamacare website was in operation, White House spokesman Jay Carney  said that "7 million" people had visited the Obamacare website so far. However, when asked how many of those people had actually enrolled in Obamacare, he  said, "We don't have that data."

Carney was lying. Of course the Obama administration had that data. CBS News was able to get a copy of that data, and  reported that during the first 24 hours after the Obamacare website went online, only  six people had used the website to enroll in Obamacare.

310) **Broke promise that Obamacare "navigators" would not go door to door**

On October 1, 2013, the very first day that Obamacare registration was taking place, the Obama administration  broke its promise that Obamacare "navigators" would not go door to door.

311) **Created Obamacare website where reporters from various news agencies were unable to register on its first day**

On October 1, 2013, a CNN reporter was unable to register at the Obamacare website.

On October 1, 2013, an MSNBC reporter was unable to register at the Obamacare website.

On October 1, 2013, a reporter from the Tennessean was  unable to register at the Obamacare website.

312) **Created Obamacare phone line that was answered by "navigators" who had no training**

President Obama signed Obamacare in March 2010. The Obama administration had three and a half years to hire and train the "navigators" who answer the Obamacare phone line.

However, on October 1, 2013, one of the "navigators" who answered the Obamacare phone line  said "We have not been trained yet."

313) **Created Obamacare website that can't handle as much traffic as a website which is run by one guy in his pajamas from his apartment**

drudgereport.com is run by Matt Drudge, who runs the website in his pajamas from his apartment. I've visited his website just about every day since the late 20th century. It runs very well. His website has gotten as many as  45 million hits per day.

On the first day of the Obamacare website, it had  5 million visitors. It could not handle that amount of traffic.

314) **Created Obamacare phone line where "navigators" told people to go to a building that turned out to be empty**

Obamacare "navigators" who answered the Obamacare phone line told people to go to a building that turned out to be empty.

315) **Created Obamacare phone line with a number that when spelled out is "F*** YO"**

When spelled out, the Obamacare phone number is "F*** YO."

This is not a complaint on my part. On the contrary, I consider this to be truth in advertising. For once, the Obama administration is telling us the truth about Obamacare.

316) **Tried to censor a book about the "Fast and Furious" scandal**

In October 2013, the ACLU  announced that it would be defending John Dodson's first amendment right to free speech, against the Obama administration, which was trying to prevent Dodson from publishing a book about Obama's "Fast and Furious" scandal.

317) **Michelle Obama said she could not tweet as often after the federal shutdown caused layoffs of her 16 "assistants," who have salaries as high as $172,200**

Michelle Obama  has 16 taxpayer funded "assistants," whose salaries are as high as $172,200.

During the government shutdown in October 2013, her 16 "assistants" were laid off, and her twitter account  said:

_"Due to Congress's failure to pass legislation to fund the government, updates to this account will be limited."_

318) **Hypocritically blocked Texas's voter ID law for being "racist"**

In March 2012, Obama's Justice Department  blocked Texas's voter ID law, claiming that it was "racist."

However, the very same Obama Justice Department that did this, also requires photo ID for everyone who enters it. In this video, beginning at 2:39, we see that a security guard at Obama's Justice Department requires photo ID for everyone who enters.

319) **Falsely said that his negotiating over the debt ceiling would be unprecedented**

In October 2013, Obama falsely  said that his negotiating over the debt ceiling would be unprecedented.

320) **Blocked access to outdoor memorials and monuments during the government shutdown, even though it would have been cheaper to leave them open**

During the government shutdown in October 2013, Obama shut down the Vietnam Memorial, despite the fact that it would have been  cheaper to leave it open.

Obama also  shut down the World War II Memorial. Obama used metal fences and yellow police tape to block the entrances.

Obama put up orange cones to  prevent drivers from stopping and taking pictures of Mount Rushmore.

Obama put up yellow  police tape in front of the Lincoln Memorial to prevent people from entering.

During previous government shutdowns, these memorials and monuments had remained  open.

Since it's  more expensive to close these outdoor memorials and monuments than it is to leave them open, I have to wonder what Obama's reason was for shutting them down.

321) **Kicked people out of their privately owned vacation homes on federal land during government shutdown**

During the government shutdown in October 2013, Obama  forced people to leave their privately owned vacation homes along Lake Mead. The privately owned homes were situated on land owned by the federal government. All of the homes in question were vacation homes, not primary residences, so no one was forced into homelessness. Nevertheless, there was no legitimate justification for Obama to do this.

322) **Forced private businesses on federal land to close during government shutdown**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, Obama  forced privately owned marinas, restaurants, inns, and concessions stands which were situated on federal land to close. Although the Obama administration claimed that this was done because the government did not have enough money to allow them to stay open, the government actually spent extra money to have federal guards prevent people from entering these private businesses.

323) **Kept one of his favorite golf courses open during government shutdown**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, while Obama was busying closing federal parks, monuments, and memorials, he made one exception - he allowed one of his favorite  golf courses to stay open.

324) **Spent $98,670 to build an outhouse**

In September 2013, the Obama administration  spent $98,670 to build an outhouse at the Swede Park Trail Head in Alaska.

325) **Engages in "a sign of leadership failure"**

In March 2006, Senator Obama said:

_"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure."_

However, in September 2013, President Obama argued  in favor of raising the debt ceiling.

326) **Used armed guards to imprison law abiding tourists inside a locked building at Yellowstone National Park**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, Obama used  armed guards to imprison law abiding tourists inside a locked building at Yellowstone National Park.

327) **Obama used the October 2013 government shutdown as an excuse to deny death benefits to the families of dead U.S. soldiers, even though the funding had already been previously authorized by law**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, Obama  denied death benefits to the families of dead U.S. soldiers, even though the funding for this had  already been previously authorized by law.

328) **Ordered a $47,174 mechanical bull during the October 2013 government shutdown**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, while Obama was busy closing parks, memorials, and monuments (even though it would have been  cheaper to leave them open because they are outdoors), and denying death benefits to the families of dead U.S. military personnel (even though the funding for this had  already been previously authorized by law), the Utah National Guard (which is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard) ordered a $47,174  mechanical bull. However, after being embarrassed by reports of this from Fox News, Drudge Report, and CNS News, the  federal government canceled the order.

329) **Seized $35,000 from a law abiding owner of a grocery store without any warning , explanation, or charges**

For 30 years, Terry Dehko has been legally operating a grocery store near Detroit, Michigan. In January 2013, the Obama administration  seized $35,000 from Dehko's bank account, without giving any warning or explanation, and without charging Dehko with any crime.

330) **Ran "the most closed, control-freak administration I've ever covered"**

For the past 20 years, David Sanger has been a New York Times reporter stationed in Washington, D.C. In October 2013, he  said:

_"This is the most closed, control-freak administration I've ever covered."_

331) **Fined a runner $100 for running in Valley Forge**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, the Obama administration  fined a runner $100 for running in Valley Forge.

332) **Ordered Claude Moore Colonial Farm to shut down, even though it was privately funded**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, the Obama administration ordered Claude Moore Colonial Farm to shut down, even though it was privately funded.

333) **Ordered a volunteer to stop cleaning up the National Mall**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, the Obama administration  ordered Chris Cox, a volunteer, to stop cleaning up the National Mall.

334) **Told students to remove two amendments from the "outdated" Bill of Rights**

As part of Obama's "Common Core" education program, students in a sixth-grade history class in Bryant, Arkansas, were  told to removed two amendments from the "outdated" Bill of Rights.

335) **Ordered people to appear in federal court because they had entered the Grand Canyon**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, the Obama administration  ordered people to appear in federal court because they had entered the Grand Canyon.

336) **Ordered volunteers to stop bringing therapy dogs to visit sick children in the hospital**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, the Obama administration  ordered volunteers to stop bringing therapy dogs to visit sick children in the hospital.

337) **Had veterans arrested for visiting the Vietnam Memorial**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, Obama had veterans  arrested for visiting the Vietnam Memorial

338) **A "lead navigator" for Obamacare falsely told applicants that they must provide their credit score**

In October 2013, Anne Packham, a "lead navigator" for Obamacare, falsely  told applicants that they had to provide their credit score.

339) **Created Obamacare website which "looks like nobody tested it"**

President Obama signed Obamacare in March 2010. He had three and a half years to create and test the Obamacare website.

However, in October 2013, CBS News  quoted Luke Chung, an online database programmer who supports Obamacare, as saying the following about the Obamacare website:

_"It wasn't designed well, it wasn't implemented well, and it looks like nobody tested it... It's not even close. It's not even ready for beta testing for my book. I would be ashamed and embarrassed if my organization delivered something like that."_

340) **Obamacare's first publicized "enrollee" turned out to be a Democratic activist who had not actually enrolled in Obamacare**

After the Obamacare website went online, the media  tried and tried to find someone who had actually enrolled, but  could not find anyone, because the website was so badly designed.

After much searching, they finally reported that they had found someone - a 21-year-old guy from Georgia named Chad Henderson.

On October 3, 2013, the Washington Post  reported:

_Meet Chad Henderson, the Obamacare enrollee tons of reporters are calling_

_Ask and, apparently, you shall receive._

_Just moments after writing a blog post Thursday morning, about the lack of information on Obamacare enrollees, Enroll America reached out with contact information for Chad Henderson, a 21-year-old in Georgia who had successfully enrolled in coverage on the federal marketplace._

_It was a little difficult to reach Henderson, mostly because so many other reporters wanted to talk to him. "I'm supposed to talk to the Chattanooga Times Free Press in a half hour," Henderson said. "And The Wall Street Journal is supposed to call."_

_Luckily, Henderson managed to squeeze me in for a few minutes. He's a student at Chattanooga State University who lives across the state border in Flintstone, Ga._

Politico  reported:

_Rare health exchange enrollee gets 15 minutes of Obamacare fame_

_Chad Henderson, a college student who is one of the few people to have signed up for health insurance on a federal exchange, is having his 15 minutes of Obamacare fame._

But wait.

It turns out that Henderson had  not actually enrolled in Obamcare.

In addition, Henderson is actually a  member of Organizing for Action, the organization that ran Obama's election campaign.

341) **Said it's "unfair" to ask for Obamacare enrollment numbers just one week after Obamacare website went online**

U.S. Congressional reperestentative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat-Florida) is the chairperson for the Democratic National Committee. When a reporter asked her how many people had enrolled in Obamacare during its first week, she  said it was "unfair" to ask that question so early.

When a new movie comes out, we know how many people bought tickets in the first week. When a new video game, or a new CD, or a new book comes out, we know how many people bought it in the first week.

But when a news reporter asks "the most transparent administration in history" how many people signed up for its new health care program during its first week, we are told that such a question is "unfair."

342) **Declined to idenifty the private contractors who screwed up the Obamacare website**

When the New York Times asked the Obama administration to identify the private contractors who had screwed up the Obamacare website, the Obama administration  refused to answer.

343) **Refused to answer why businesses, but not individuals, were able to delay the Obamacare mandate for a year**

When Jon Stewart asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius why businesses, but not individuals, were able to delay the Obamacare mandate for a year, Sebelius  refused to answer.

344) **Gave people Obamacare "rate shock"**

Many news sources, including the  Washington Post, the  Christian Science Monitor,  Investor's Business Daily, the  Daily Caller,  CBS News,  Forbes,  CNN, the  San Jose Mercury News, and the  San Francisco Chronicle, have been reporting on something called Obamacare "rate shock."

For example, Tom Waschura, a self employed engineer who lives in Portola Valley, California,  said that he supports Obamacare, and that he voted for Obama in both elections.

However, on October 5, 2013, Waschura  said:

_"I was laughing at Boehner -- until the mail came today."_

_"I really don't like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family's pocket each year, that's otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy."_

This next quote is one of the funniest things that I've heard anyone say about Obamacare so far. It comes from Cindy Vinson, a retired teacher from San Jose, California, who  said that she supports Obamacare, and that she voted for Obama in both elections. This is what she  said in October 2013, after she found out that Obamacare would be causing her insurance premium to increase:

_"Of course, I want people to have health care. I just didn't realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally."_

CNN  reported:

_One North Carolina reader was upset to learn her current $267 a month plan was being canceled and the cheapest option on the exchange would cost her family $750 a month. They don't qualify for a subsidy._

_"Obamacare is a nightmare for my family," she wrote._

345) **Made sure that Obamacare "rate shock" did not happen until after the 2012 election**

Obamacare was deliberately written so that Obamacare "rate shock" would not occur until  after the 2012 election.

On October 9, 2013, Obama's approval rating was only 37%. Obamacare "rate shock" was a significant factor in this low approval rating. If Obamacare "rate shock" had happened in October 2012 instead of in October 2013, it's highly unlikley that Obama would have won the 2012 election.

346) **Had the Obamacare website built by cronies instead of by qualified programmers**

Obama had the Obamacare website built by cronies instead of by qualified programmers.

347) **Used 55 different contractors to build the Obamacare website**

Instead of choosing just one contractor or a few contractors who could properly build the Obamacare website, Obama  decided to spread the work out over 55 different contractors, which made it much harder to get all the parts to run together properly.

348) **Waited until after the 2012 election to issue major rules for the Obamacare website**

Obama signed the Obamacare law in March 2010. The law requires the online exchanges to be up and running by October 2013. So Obama had three and a half years to get the website ready.

However, Obama  waited until after the 2012 election to release some of the major rules for how the website was supposed to be designed. So instead of having three and a half years to get the website ready, Obama made sure the programmers had less than one year.

349) **New York Times reporter was never able to log in to Obamamacare website during more than 40 attempts over 11 days**

During more than 40 attempts to log in to the Obamacare website over a period of 11 days beginning on October 1, 2013, a New York Times reported was  never able to log in.

350) **Hired illegal immigrant as Obamacare "navigator"**

Obama  hired an illegal immigrant to work as an Obamacare "navigator."

351) **Hired someone with an outstanding arrest warrant as Obamacare "navigator"**

Obama hired someone with an outstanding  arrest warrant to work as an Obamacare "navigator."

352) **IRS collected taxes but did not send out refunds during government shutdown**

During the October 2013 government  shutdown, the IRS collected taxes but did not send out tax refunds.

353) **Prevented Catholic volunteers from practicing their religion at military bases during government shutdown**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, the Obama administration  prevented Catholic volunteers from practicing their religion on military bases.

354) **Spent more than $500 million to build unusable Obamacare website**

Obama spent  more than $500 million of taxpayers' money to build the unusable Obamacare website.

355) **Refused to fire Kathleen Sebelius, even after the failure of the Obamacare website**

Even after the Obamacare website failed, Obama still  refused to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

356) **There is "no reasonable expectation of privacy" at Obamacare website**

The source code for the Obamacare website  states:

_"You have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system. At any time, and for any lawful Government purpose, the government may monitor, intercept, and search and seize any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system. Any communication or data transiting or stored on this information system may be disclosed or used for any lawful Government purpose."_

357) **Requires users to reveal private info before shopping at Obamacare website**

Legitimate shopping websites such as amazon.com allow users to browse merchandise without having to enter their personal information. However, the Obamacare website  requires users to enter their name, social security number, and other personal information before they are allowed to look at the insurance plans.

358) **Michelle Obama refused to pick vegetables from her own garden without federal help**

During the October 2013 government shutdown, Michelle Obama decided to avoid picking her own vegetables from her own garden, and instead, allowed them to rot.

Reuters  reported:

_In the famous White House kitchen garden, tomatoes are rotting on the vine. Herbs have gone to seed. And the sweet potatoes – a favorite of President Barack Obama – have become worm food._

_It's another impact of the government shutdown, one that only the fox and the many squirrels that live on the White House grounds could love._

359) **The Obamacare website is "a hacker's wet dream"**

John McAfee, the computer programmer who founded McAfee, Inc.,  said the Obamacare website is "a hacker's wet dream."

360) **Caused a leukemia patient to lose his insurance**

Michael Cerpok lives in Fountain Hills, Arizona. He has  leukemia.

In 2012, his health care cost more than $350,000. But because he had  insurance, he only had to pay $4,500 of that amount.

However, in October 2013, his insurance company sent him a letter which said that because of Obamacare, his insurance policy would be  canceled on January 1, 2014.

361) **Added 11 million words of regulations to Obamacare, which is 30 times as many words as the law itself**

The regulations that Obama addded to Obamacare after he signed it are  11 million words long. That's 30 times as many words as the actual Obamacare law that Obama signed in March 2010. Because Obama added these 11 million words without approval from Congress, his actions are illegal.

362) **Threatened to arrest people for telling jokes**

In October 2013, the Obama administration  announced the following on loudspeakers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas:

_"Inappropriate remarks or jokes concerning security may result in your arrest."_

363) **Changed Obamacare registration deadline at the last minute**

For three and a half years, the Obama administration repeatedly  said that people had to register for Obamacare by March 31, 2014.

However, in October 2013, the Obama administration  changed that deadline to February 14, 2014.

364) **Ignored the successful methods of eHealthInsurance.com**

The website eHealthInsurance.com has been successfully selling health insurance since . The website is simple and easy to use.

However, when Obama created the Obamacare website, he chose to ignore the successful methods that are used by eHealthInsurance.com.

365) **For two weeks, CNN reporter was never able to log in to Obamacare website**

During the first two weeks of October 2013, a reporter from CNN repeatedly tried to log in to the Obamacare website, and was never able to log in.

366) **Paid $500 per gallon for gasoline**

In October 2013 it was  reported that the Obama administration had paid $500 per gallon for gasoline.

367) **Referred people to uncertified Obamacare "navigagtors" and "assisters"**

In October 2013, the Obamacare website  referred people to uncertified "navigagtors" and "assisters."

368) **While the Obamacare website was not working, 700 counterfeit Obamacare websites were working**

It's not Obama's fault that criminals created 700  counterfeit Obamacare websites. However, it is interesting to note that while the Obamacare website was not working, those 700 counterfeit websites were working.

369) **Asked Blue Cross Blue Shield not to release Obamacare exchange numbers**

On October 22, 2013, three weeks after the failed Obamacare website went online, the Obama administration asked Blue Cross Blue Shield not to release information on the number of people who had signed up for their policies through the Obamacare website.

370) **100% of Senate Democrats up for reelection planned to support a delay in Obamacare's individual mandate**

On October 23, 2013, CNN's Dana Bash tweeted:

_"new: senior dem source tells me to expect every sen dem running in 2014 to back @JeanneShaheen proposal to delay #ACA enrollment deadline"_

371) **Sold aircraft carrier for scrap metal for one cent**

In October 2013 it was  reported that the Obama administration had sold the 1,067-foot long U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Forrestal for scrap metal for one cent, to a Texas company called All Star Metals.

372) **Obamacare website gave wrong prices**

In October 2013, CBS News  reported:

_A new online feature can dramatically underestimate the cost of insurance._

_In some cases, people could end up paying double of what they see on the website._

_Industry executives CBS News spoke with could not believe the government is providing these estimates, which they said were useless and could easily mislead consumers. They also said that the website repeatedly states the actual prices could be lower, but it makes no mention that they could be higher._

373) **Obamacare website sent false information to insurance companies**

In October 2013, it was  reported that the Obamacare website was sending false information to insurance companies

374) **Threatened to punish people for not buying health insurance from a website that wasn't even working**

The Obama administration  threatened to impose tax penalties on people who did not buy health insurance from the Obamacare website, even though the website was not working.

375) **In the first two weeks of the Obamacare website, "no more than 5,000" enrollees had successfully completed the enrollment process**

Two weeks after the Obamacare website went online, it was  reported that "no more than 5,000" enrollees had successfully completed the enrollment process.

376) **Falsely said "No one is more frustrated than I am" regarding the Obamacare website**

On October 21, 2013, regarding the failure of the Obamacare website, Obama  said:

_"No one is more frustrated than I am."_

Obama has absolutely no right to be "frustrated" about any of the Obamacare webstie's problems, because he is the person who chose to cause those problems in the first place.

It was Obama who signed a  2,600 page law that he hadn't read.

It was Obama who added an additional  20,000 pages of regulations that he hadn't read to Obamacare without Congressional approval.

It was Obama who chose to hire cronies instead of competent programmers to create the Obamacare website.

It was Obama who  waited until after the 2012 election to issue some of the main rules for the Obamacare website, which gave the programmers less than one year to comply with those rules, instead of the three and half years they would have had if Obama hadn't waited.

It was Obama who  falsely said that the price of annual family insurance premiums would fall by $2,500.

It was Obama who  falsely told people that they could keep their insurance if they were happy with it.

It was Obama who  gave employers a huge financial incentive to switch their full time employees to a part time, 29 hour week.

It was Obama who  refused to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius after the Obamacare website failed.

Every thing that's bad about the Obamacare website is the direct result of choices that Obama made.

Obama has no right to be "frustrated" at the website's failure.

You want to know the people who really do have the right to be "frustrated" at Obamacare's problems? It's the people who have opposed Obamacare from the start. It's the people who predicted that these problems would happen. It's the people who called the bluff from the very start on Obama's many lies about Obamacare. These are the people who have the right to be "frustrated" at Obamacare's problems.

And yet somehow, not only does Obama falsely say that he is "frustrated," but he also falsely says that he is more frustrated than anyone else.

The people who are truly "frustrated" are the millions of people who were against Obamacare but are now being forced to participate in it.

Obama owns this - he created it. He has no right to be "frustrated" about it.

377) **Obamacare website was built using 10-year-old technology**

The Obamacare website was built using  10-year-old technology.

378) **Required note from doctor for a mother to feed her own child**

A federal preschool program sent a note home to the parents of the students. The note  said:

_Dear Parents,_

_I have received word from Federal Programs Preschool pertaining to lunches from home. Parents are to be informed that students can only bring lunches from home if there is a medical condition meriting a specific diet, along with a physicians note to that regard._

_I am sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact [name redacted], the Health Coordinator for Federal Programs Preschool at [number redacted]._

379) **Obamacare website violates copyright laws**

The Obamacare website  violates copyright laws.

380) **Repeatedly promised that the Obamacare website would be ready on October 1, 2013**

 This video shows Kathleen Sebelius, Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services, repeatedly promising that the Obamacare website would be ready on October 1, 2013.

381) **Called the Obamacare website "the easiest, most consumer friendly website to use"**

Beginnging at 0:44 in  this video, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services, calls the Obamacare website "the easiest, most consumer friendly website to use."

382) **Obamacare website had between 10 and 20 times as many lines of code as it should have had**

The Obamacare website has  500 million lines of code.

Dave Kennedy, the CEO of information-security company Trusted Sec, said that a website for a project on the scale of Obamacare should  actually have between 25 million and 50 million lines of code.

383) **Jared Polis opposes delaying Obamacare's individual mandate for the entire country, but favors such a delay for his own district**

U.S. Congressional representative Jared Polis (Democrat-Colorado) voted  against delaying Obamacare's individual mandate for the entire country, but later  requested such a delay for his own district.

When Polis requested a special delay for his own district, he  said:

_"We will be encouraging a waiver. It will be difficult for Summit County residents to become insured. For the vast majority, it's too high a price to pay."_

384) **Gave a no-bid contract to CGI Federal to build the Obamacare website**

Obama  gave a no-bid contract to CGI Federal to build the Obamacare website.

385) **Broke promise to have Spanish version of Obamacare website up and running on October 1, 2013**

Obama  broke his promise to have a Spanish version of the Obamacare website up and running by October 1, 2013.

386) **Broke promise that Spanish version of Obamacare website would be up and running by "mid October" 2013**

After Obama broke his promise to have the Spanish version of the Obamacare website up running by October 1, 2013, his administration made a  new promise to have it up and running by "mid-October." However, Obama  broke that promise too - as of October 25, 2013, the Spanish version of the website was still  not up and running.

387) **Fired an Obamcare phone operator for truthfully answering a caller's question**

In October 2013, a caller to the Obama phone line  asked:

_"Have you ever gotten anyone who really likes it yet?"_

The phone operator, a woman named Earline Davis,  answered:

_"Um, not really."_

Davis was  fired for her answer.

388) **Gave contract for Obamacare website to Michelle Obama's college classmate**

Instead of having the Obamacare website built by someone who was qualified, Obama had it built by CGI Federal, a company that was run by  Toni Townes-Whitley, who attended Princeton University with Michelle Obama.

389) **Spent $634 million for Obamacare website as of October 1, 2013, even though it was only supposed to cost $94 million**

The Obamacare website was originally supposed to cost  $94 million. However, when it went online on October 1, 2013, it had already cost  $634 million.

390) **New York Times writer gave Obama a grade of 'F' for rollout of Obamacare website**

On October 25, 2013, New York Times writer Uwe E. Reinhardt  wrote:

_"... who exactly should be assigned the F for the troubled rollout of HealthCare.gov?"_

_"Once elected, a president becomes chief executive of a giant federal enterprise. Anyone familiar with corporate management would have thought that for as ambitious and technically a complex project as the initial rollout of HealthCare.gov – so important to many uninsured Americans and so politically important to the White House – the chief executive would have remained in very close touch with the management team overseeing the project and thus would have been briefed daily or at least weekly on the progress of the project and especially on any problems with it."_

_"... the blame for the disastrous rollout of HealthCare.gov goes to its entire management team, to be sure, but primarily to the chief executive on top of that project. In my view, not only the proverbial buck stops on the chief executive's desk, but, for the management of this particular project, the grade of F goes there as well."_

391) **Said "Don't believe what you've heard" regarding criticism of Obamacare**

On October 25, 2013, regarding the various criticisms of Obamacare, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius  said:

_"Don't believe what you've heard."_

In other words, the Obama administration says we shouldn't believe the  Washington Post, the  New York Times, the  San Francisco Chronicle,  Associated Press,  Reuters, CNN, MSNBC,  ABC,  CBS,  NBC,  PBS,  NPR,  Politico, the  Wall St. Journal, the  Christian Science Monitor,  Investor's Business Daily,  Forbes, the BBC,  Huffington Post, the  Nation,  Mother Jones, or  New Republic.

392) **Closed a public beach and prevented a private charity from raising money for art in the schools**

For the past 30 years, a privately run charity in San Francisco called Leap has had a  charity event where they build sand castles to raise money to support art in the schools. In  2012, this contest raised more than $250,000 for art in the schools.

However, during the October 2013 government shutdown, Obama  closed the public beach where the charity event was to take place, and  prevented it from happening.

393) **Monitored phone calls of 35 world leaders**

In October 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had monitored the phone calls of 35 world leaders.

394) **Refused to answer question about whether or not Obama administration had monitored Angela Merkel's phone**

In October 2013, the New York Times  wrote:

_... yesterday, Der Spiegel reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Mr. Obama "for a thorough explanation of serious indications that U.S. intelligence agencies had declared her private mobile phone to be a target in their operations."_

_The White House press secretary, Jay Carney said, "The president assured [Merkel] that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications" of the chancellor." Please note: IS not monitoring and WILL NOT monitor. The allegation, unaddressed, was that the United States HAD been monitoring her calls (until it was caught in the act)._

395) **Hacked the email of Mexican presidential candidate**

In October 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had hacked the email account of Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto, who later won the election.

396) **Illegally seized documents from reporter Audrey Hudson**

 Audrey Hudson is a reporter who lives in Shady Side, Maryland. In 1986, her husband, Paul Flanagan, was convicted of resisting arrest. Because of this, he is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm.

In August 2013, federal agents entered their home, with a warrant that specifically said they were allowed to search for firearms. However, the federal agents illegally seized documents that belonged to Hudson, which were  not listed on the warrant.

397) **Required law abiding citizens to purchase insurance coverage for treatment for heroin addiction**

Obamacare requires  law abiding citizens to purchase coverage for treatment for heroin addiction.

398) **Required men to purchase insurance coverage for maternity care**

Obamacare requires  men to purchase coverage for maternity care.

399) **Obamacare website could not even handle "just a few hundred people" at the same time**

The Washington Post  reported that during testing, the Obamacare website could not even handle "just a few hundred people" at the same time.

400) **Falsely blamed the Obamacare webstie's problems on too much traffic**

The Obama administration  blamed the problems of the Obamacare website on too much traffic.

However, the Washington Post  reported that during testing, the Obamacare website could not even handle "just a few hundred people" at the same time.

In addition, CBS News  quoted Luke Chung, an online database programmer who supports Obamacare, as saying the following about the Obamacare website:

_"It wasn't designed well, it wasn't implemented well, and it looks like nobody tested it... It's not even close. It's not even ready for beta testing for my book. I would be ashamed and embarrassed if my organization delivered something like that."_

401) **"Health insurance cancellation notices soar above Obamacare enrollment rates"**

On October 24, 2013, the Daily Caller  reported:

_Health insurance cancellation notices soar above Obamacare enrollment rates_

_Hundreds of thousands of Americans who purchase their own health insurance have received cancellation notices since August because the plans do not meet Obamacare's requirements._

_The number of cancellation notices greatly exceed the number of Obamacare enrollees._

402) **Was still falsely claiming that people could keep their insurance on October 28, 2013**

Even as late as October 28, 2013, the Obama administration was  still falsely claiming that people could keep their insurance if they liked it.

403) **Kathleen Sebelius falsely said that Obama did not know about the Obamacare website's problems before October 1, 2013**

On October 22, 2013, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius  said that Obama did not know about the Obamacare website's problem's before October 1, 2013.

However, on October 30, 2013, CNN  reported that Obama had known about the defective Obamacare website a month before it went online.

404) **Before Kathleen Sebelius ran Obamacare website, she had long track record of failure at running websites in Kansas**

In October 2013, the Daily Caller  reported that before Obama hired Kathleen Sebelius to run the Obamacare website, she had had a  long track record of failure at running websites when she was governor of Kansas.

Kansas state representative Scott Schwab said of  this:

_"We pretty much expected HealthCare.gov to fail, because she has a pattern of failing on these big initiatives."_

405) **Federal employees who tested Obamacare website gave it their approval**

Federal employees who had tested the Obamacare website before October 1, 2013, gave it their  approval.

406) **Said he was "mad" over botched Obamacare website, but refused to fire anyone**

Obama said he was "mad" over the botched Obamacare website, but refused to actually fire anyone over it.

407) **Kathleen Sebelius said "I don't work for" the people whose taxes pay her salary**

On October 24, 2013, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius  said:

_"The majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don't work for."_

408) **Obamacare website had only six enrollments in the first 24 hours**

During the first 24 hours after the Obamacare website went online, only  six people used the website to enroll in Obamacare.

409) **Obama falsely blamed insurance companies for canceling policies that did not meet Obamacare's minimum requirements**

Obamacare  requires all insurance policies to cover pre-existing conditions, maternity care, treatment for heroin addiction, and certain other things.

Therefore, based on  simple logic, any policies that do not cover these things are rendered  illegal by Obamacare, and  must be canceled.

The Washington Post  said of this:

_"Beginning Jan. 1, the new plans must cover 10 essential benefits including pediatric care, prescription drugs, mental-health services and maternity care. In general, policies that don't offer those can't be sold after 2013."_

However, after insurance companies canceled these policies, Obama  blamed the cancellations on the insurance companies instead of on Obamacare.

410) **Obama administration told insurance company executives not to criticize Obamacare**

On October 30, 2013, CNN  reported that the Obama administration had told insurance company executives not to criticize Obamacare.

411) **In July 2010, Obama knew that Obamacare would cause millions of people to lose their insurance, but he continued to falsely say they could keep it**

On October 28, 2013, NBC  reported that in July 2010, Obama had known that Obamacare would cause millions of people to lose their insurance, but that he continued to falsely say that they could keep it.

412) **Obamacare covers "a narrow network of doctors and hospitals"**

On October 29, 2013, CNN  reported that Obamacare covers "a narrow network of doctors and hospitals."

413) **Obama knew about the defective Obamacare website a month before it went online, but he let it go online anyway**

On October 30, 2013, CNN  reported that Obama had known about the defective Obamacare website a month before it went online.

414) **Valerie Jarrett falsely said "Nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans"**

On October 28, 2013, Valerie Jarrett, Obama's senior advisor, tweeted:

_"Nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."_

However, the very next day, CBS News  reported:

_CBS News has learned more than two million Americans have been told they cannot renew their current insurance policies -- more than triple the number of people said to be buying insurance under the new Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare._

415) **Kathleen Sebelius said the Obamacare website "has never crashed" at the exact same time that it was crashing**

On October 30, 2013, while giving federal testimony on the Obamacare website, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius  said that the Obamacare website

_"has never crashed."_

However, at the exact same time that Sebelius was making her statement, the Obamacare website  said:

_"The system is down at the moment."_

_"We are experiencing technical difficulties and hope to have them resolved soon. Please try again later."_

416) " **Top Hospitals Opt Out of Obamacare"**

On October 30, 2013, U.S. News and World Report  reported that "Top Hospitals Opt Out of Obamacare"

417) **Obama falsely said that using the Obamacare website would be like shopping at amazon.com**

Before the Obamacare website went online, Obama falsely  said that using it would be like shopping at amazon.com.

418) **Obama said Obamacare could cause premiums to "fall by as much as 3,000%"**

At 1:17 in this video, Obama says:

_"your employer, it's estimated, would see premiums fall by as much as 3,000%"_

419) **Threatened to prosecute someone for selling "Department of Homeland Stupidity" coffee mugs**

Merchant Dan McCall  sells items that parody the U.S. government, such as coffee mugs that say "Department of Homeland Stupidity." Although such parody speech is  protected by the first amendment, the Obama administration  sent him a "cease and desist" letter, and  threatened to prosecute him if he did not stop selling the products.

420) **Monitored phone calls and emails regarding future Pope Francis**

In October 2013, it was  reported that during late 2012 and early 2013, the Obama administration had monitored phone calls and emails which concerned future Pope Francis before and during the Vatican conclave at which he was chosen to be the next Pope.

421) **Used drones to kill dozens of civilians in Yemen and Pakistan**

In October 2013, the Washington Post  reported that Obama, the Commander-in-Cheif of the U.S. military, had used drones to kill at least 57 civilians in Yemen, and at least 31 civilians in Pakistan. In December 2013, the Guardian  reported that an additional 15 civilians in Yemen had been killed by a U.S. drone.

422) **High ranking Obama administration official said the U.S. is an "Islamic country with an Islamically compliant constitution"**

Mohamed Elibiary is a member of the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council. In October 2013, a Twitter user  asked him:

_"show me just ONE example of an Islamic country where non Muslims are treated with equality."_

Elibiary  responded by Tweeting:

_"America and yes I do consider the United States of America an Islamic country with an Islamically compliant constitution. Move On!"_

423) **Obama "puts a chill on what is really a healthy discourse between journalists and their sources"**

In October 2013, New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson  said:

_"... the Obama administration has initiated seven criminal leak investigations... these seven leak investigations are more than double, all of the criminal leak investigations in all administrations before the Obama administration. And it puts a chill on what is really a healthy discourse between journalists and their sources. And it's our sources who mainly risk going to prison."_

424) **Obamacare website sent some people the eligibility letters of other people**

In November 2013, it was  reported that the Obamacare website had sent some people the eligibility letters of other people - people who were total strangers, who lived in other states.

425) **Falsely said that his promise of letting people keep their insurance had included the words "if it hasn't changed since the law passed"**

On June 15, 2009, Obama  said:

_"That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."_

However, on November 4, 2013, Obama  said:

_"Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn't changed since the law passed."_

426) **Three people built a healthcare exchange website that works**

On November 2, 2013, it was  reported that three people in San Francisco - George Kalogeropoulos, Ning Liang, and Michael Wasser - had read about the defective Obamacare website - which had cost  $634 million \- and decided to try and build their own health care exchange website that actually worked. And they  succeeded. Their website actually  works. It's located at <http://www.thehealthsherpa.com/>

427) **White House gave itself waiver which allowed the Obamacare website to go online, despite the fact that it was deemed to be a high security risk**

Four days before the defective Obamacare website went online, the White House gave itself a waiver which  allowed the website to go online, despite the fact that it was deemed to be a high security risk.

428) **Denied saying that people could keep their insurance even though it was on video from more than 20 different occasions**

Obama  denied saying that people could keep their insurance even though it was on video from more than 20 different occasions. The video of him saying it more than 20 different times can be seen at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCUpJDzyRnY>

429) **Broke his promise to "call out" people who lie about Obamacare**

In September 2009, Obama  said:

_"If you misrepresent what's in this plan, we will call you out."_

However, as of November 2013, Obama has not "called himself out" for lying about what was in Obamacare. He has not "called himself out" for falsely saying that people could keep their insurance. He has not "called himself out" for falsely saying that families' premiums would fall by  $2,500 by the end of his first term. He has not "called himself out" on any of his many Obamacare lies that are on this list.

430) **Gave CGI Federal new contracts after the launch of its defective Obamacare website**

 CGI Federal is the company that created the defective Obamacare website, which went online October 1, 2013.  After that date, the Obama administration gave  new contracts to the company.

431) **Obama apologized – not for lying – but for the fact that people believed his lie**

On November 7, 2013, NBC News  reported:

_President Obama said Thursday that he is "sorry" that some Americans are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act, despite his promise that no one would have to give up a health plan they liked._

_"I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," he told NBC News in an exclusive interview at the White House._

_"We've got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this."_

432) **On November 8, 2013, the White House website still said, "If you like your plan you can keep it"**

On November 8, 2013, the White House website  still said, "If you like your plan you can keep it"

433) **Obama used fraudulent accounting to overstate the number of people who had "enrolled" in Obamacare**

In November 2013, the Washington Post  reported:

_Who counts as an Obamacare enrollee? The Obama administration settles on a definition._

_The fight over how to define the new health law's success is coming down to one question: Who counts as an Obamacare enrollee?_

_Health insurance plans only count subscribers as enrolled in a health plan once they've submitted a payment. That is when the carrier sends out a member card and begins paying doctor bills._

_When the Obama administration releases health law enrollment figures later this week, though, it will use a more expansive definition. It will count people who have purchased a plan as well as those who have a plan sitting in their online shopping cart but have not yet paid._

434) **In June 2010, the Obama administration estimated that 93 million people would lose their insurance because of Obamacare**

In June 2010, the Obama administration estimated that  93 million people would lose their insurance because of Obamacare.

435) **Obamacare czar Ezekiel J. Emanuel said people should skip their free annual Obamacare physical exam because it was "basically worthless"**

Before Obamacare was passed, Obama said that it would provide a free annual physical exam for everyone. However, after Obamacare was passed, Obamacare czar Ezekiel J. Emanuel  said that people should skip this exam because it was "basically worthless."

436) **Five minute CNN video of Obamacare supporter complaining and complaining and complaining about her insurance being canceled**

Here's a five minute CNN video of an Obamacare supporter complaining and complaining and complaining about her insurance being canceled: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0z-Hxi5s8>

437) **In December 2013, Obama gave unions even more illegal exemptions from Obamacare**

In December 2013, it was  reported that Obama had illegally exempted some unions from some of the Obamacare fees, without approval from Congress.

438) **Obamacare website gave someone's password, address, and social security number to three complete strangers**

In November 2013, MKOV reported that the Obamacare website had given the password, address, and social security number of a woman in St. Louis, Missouri, to three complete strangers.

439) **Obamacare "navigators" encouraged applicants to lie about their income and smoking**

In November 2013, undercover video footage  showed Obamacare navigators encouraging applicants to lie about their income and smoking status. A  second video with more examples was also released.

440) **"4 Things The US Government Accomplished In Less Time Than A Working Obamacare Website"**

In November 2013, camharris.us  reported:

_4 Things The US Government Accomplished In Less Time Than A Working Obamacare Website_

_From the day that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act went into effect to the morning that the federal healthcare exchange went live, 1288 days passed. 3 years, 6 months, and 8 days. In all that time, our federal government could not construct a website that actually worked, and we are still waiting for a final product._

_Here are 4 things the United States government accomplished in less time than it has taken to build a working website:_

_1. We Fought World War I_

_April 6, 1917-November 11, 1918_

_1 years, 7 months, 6 days_

_2. We Fought A Bigger War_

_December 7, 1941-May 8, 1945_

_3 years, 5 months, 2 days_

_3. We Built The Bomb_

_June 17, 1942-July 16,1945_

_3 years, 1 month_

_4. We Orbited A Man Around The Earth_

_October 7, 1958-February 20, 1962_

_3 years, 4 months, 13 days_

441) **Falsely claimed credit for the increase in domestic oil production**

During Obama's Presidency, domestic oil production  increased, and the Obama administration  claimed credit for it. However, this increase only happened on privately owned land and state owned land, which Obama had no control over. On land that is owned by the federal government, oil production actually went  down.

442) **Falsely said "I actually respect the Constitution."**

In 2007, Obama  said:

_"I actually respect the Constitution."_

However, this list contains a huge number of examples which prove that Obama's statement is false.

443) **Senator Obama repeatedly voted in favor of funding the Iraq War**

In March 2007, the Boston Globe  reported:

_Obama defends votes in favor of Iraq funding_

_Senator Barack Obama yesterday defended his votes on behalf of funding the Iraq war_

_Obama has voted for all of the president's war funding requests since coming to the Senate_

444) **Banned Navy SEALs from wearing the "Don't Tread on Me" Navy Jack patch on their uniforms**

For more than  200 years, the "Don't Tread on Me" Navy Jack flag has been a well respected symbol of the U.S. Navy.

However, in October 2013, the Obama administration  banned Navy SEALs from wearing a patch of it on their uniforms.

445) **Gave 655 "tax refunds" to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 to a single address in Shanghai**

In 2012, the Obama administration  gave 655 "tax refunds" to a single address in Lithuania, and 343 to a single address in Shanghai.

446) **Banned the linking of terrorism to radical Islam during training of anti-terrorism agents**

Although the Fort Hood shooter, the shoe bomber, and underwear bomber, and 100% of the 9-11 terrorists were all radical Muslims, the Obama administration  enacted a ban on associating terrorism with radical Islam during training exercises of anti-terrrorism agents.

447) **During Obamacare's first month, only 106,185 people enrolled**

On November 12, 2013, it was  reported that during October 2013, only 106,185 people had enrolled in Obamacare. And even this pathetically low number is fraudulently overstated, because it includes people who had left insurance policies in their shopping cart  without paying for them. No legitimate online retailer counts unpaid items left in the shopping cart as a sale.

448) **Less than 1% of Massachusetts citizens who lost their insurance because of Obamacare have signed up for a new policy at the Obamacare website**

On November 9, 2013, the Boston Herald  reported:

_Just weeks before a Jan. 1 enrollment deadline, state officials admitted yesterday that just 1 percent of the 150,000 Bay Staters facing canceled heath insurance under Obamacare rules have signed up for new plans._

_Massachusetts Health Connector officials told the Herald that only 549 applicants — out of the 150,000 Bay Staters forced to switch their health plans to comply with Obamacare rules — are poised to receive insurance through the new system._

449) **"The Obamacare Exchange Scorecard: Around 100,000 Enrollees And Five Million Cancellations"**

On November 12, 2013, Forbes  reported:

_The Obamacare Exchange Scorecard: Around 100,000 Enrollees And Five Million Cancellations_

_HHS has released the official numbers here. The HHS report states that only 26,794 people enrolled in the federal exchange—which amounts to 23 per state per day—and 79,391 enrolled in the state-based exchanges, for a total of 106,185._

_In the market for individually-purchased health insurance, more than 4.8 million Americans have received notices that their preexisting plans are soon to be illegal, and will be cancelled. Many more cancellation notices are imminent._

450) **Obama told insurance companies to break the law**

On November 14, 2013, after insurance companies had canceled policies that did not meet the minimum requirements of Obamacare, Obama  told them to restore these policies. However, he did this without Congress voting to approve these changes to Obamacare. The President does not have the legal authority to change a law that was passed by Congress, without those changes first being approved by Congress.

451) **Obama falsely said "In the first month alone, we've seen more than 100 million Americans already successfully enroll in the new insurance plans"**

On November 18, 2013, Obama  said:

_"In the first month alone, we've seen more than 100 million Americans already successfully enroll in the new insurance plans."_

In reality, the actual number was  106,185.

452) **Jessica Sanford, whom Obama had cited as an Obamacare success story, later said she could not afford to buy an Obamacare policy**

 Jessica Sanford is a a self-employed single mother from Washington state, who earns slightly less than $50,000 a year, and has not had health insurance for 15 years.

On October 21, 2013, Obama  cited Sanford as an Obamacare success story, because she would be able to purchase an Obamacare policy for herself and her son for only $169 per month.

However, a month later, it was  reported that the Obamacare website had quoted the wrong price for Sanford. Her true, actual price was $621. She said that she could not afford this, and that she would just pay the penalty instead.

453) **Video shows students at historically black college complaining that Obamacare caused them to lose their insurance**

 Bowie University is a historically black college in Maryland. This video shows students from the college complaining about how Obamacare caused them to lose their insurance: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPuFt6g_0a8>

454) **"Obama brings chilling effect on journalism"**

In October 2013, Associated Press  reported:

_Obama brings chilling effect on journalism_

_A report finds the U.S. government's aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers._

_The Committee to Protect Journalists released its first examination of U.S. press freedoms Thursday, focusing on changes under the Obama administration._

_Leonard Downie Jr., a former executive editor of The Washington Post, wrote the 30-page analysis entitled "The Obama Administration and the Press." Downie interviewed reporters and editors who described a chilling effect in which "government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press."_

_Those suspected of discussing classified information are subject to investigation, lie-detector tests and scrutiny of telephone and email records._

455) **Sued a trucking company that fired Muslim truck drivers for refusing to drive trucks carrying alcoholic beverages**

In May 2013, the Obama administration  sued Star Transport, Inc., a trucking company based in Morton, Illinois, because it fired Muslim truck drivers who had refused to drive trucks that were carrying alcoholic beverages.

456) **Gave personal information of thousands of bookstore customers to dozens of federal agencies**

In November 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given the names, social security numbers, and other personal information of thousands of bookstore customers to dozens of fedeal agencies, including the IRS, CIA, NSA, and FDA.

457) **Created fake unemployment statistics before the 2012 election**

Soon before the 2012 election, the Obama administration  created fake statistics to make the unemployment rate appear lower than it actually was.

458) **"White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say"**

In November 2013, McClatchy  reported:

_White House blocks access to Obama events, news groups say_

_The nation's largest news organizations lodged a complaint Thursday against the White House for imposing unprecedented limitations on photojournalists covering President Barack Obama, which they say have harmed the public's ability to monitor its own government._

_The organizations accuse the White House of banning photojournalists from covering Obama at some events, and then later releasing its own photos and videos of the same events._

_"Journalists are routinely being denied the right to photograph or videotape the president while he is performing his official duties," according to a letter the organizations sent to the White House. "As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist's camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the executive branch of government."_

_"You are only seeing what they want you to see," said Lucy Dalglish, the dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland._

_the news organizations stressed that they're referring only to presidential activities of a "fundamentally public nature," not private or restricted events, including ones that may affect national security._

_Examples cited in the letter are Obama's meetings with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on July 10, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 29 and Pakistani human rights activist Malala Yousafzai on Oct. 11._

_In each case, journalists weren't allowed – and sometimes were unaware – of the event. The White House later released written summaries of the events, along with photos taken by a government photographer._

_On Thursday, the presidents of the American Society of News Editors and the Associated Press Media Editors sent a letter to their members urging them to stop using handout photos and video from the White House._

_"We must accept that we, the press, have been enablers," the letter says. "We urge those of you in news organizations to immediately refrain from publishing any of the photographs or videos released by the White House, just as you would refuse to run verbatim a press release from them."_

_Harry Walker, the director of the McClatchy-Tribune Photo Service, said opening access to events was "the foundation for journalism, not just photojournalism."_

_The letter was signed by 38 news organizations, including all the major broadcast and cable networks, wire services, online services and newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and the McClatchy Co., which owns 30 daily newspapers across the nation._

459) **Three days after the Egyptian government murdered dozens of Egyptian civilians, the Obama administration announced it would give military aid to the Egyptian government, which, soon afterward, murdered hundreds of additional Egyptian civilians**

On April 12, 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had just given four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, and that it had also given them eight others on earlier dates.

On July 8, 2013, it was  reported that the Egyptian government had murdered at least 51 Egyptian civilians who had been protesting against the Egyptian government.

Three days later, it was reported that the Obama administration would be giving four additional F-16 fighter jets to the Egyptian government.

On July 27, 2013, it was  reported that the Egyptian government had murdered at least 72 additional Egyptian civilians who had been protesting against the Egyptian government.

On August 15, 2013, it was reported that the Egyptian government had murdered more than 600 additional Egyptian civilians who had been protesting against the Egyptian government.

460) **Spent $1.5 million to help women in Brazil quit smoking**

In August 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration would be spending $1.5 million to help women in Brazil quit smoking.

461) **"NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds"**

In August 2013, the Washington Post  reported:

_NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds_

_The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents._

_Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order._

_The NSA audit obtained by The Post, dated May 2012, counted 2,776 incidents in the preceding 12 months of unauthorized collection, storage, access to or distribution of legally protected communications._

462) **Announced plans to illegally regulate greenhouse gas emissions without approval from Congress**

In August 2013, the Obama administration  announced that it planned to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without approval from Congress. Without approval from Congress, Obama's actions would be illegal.

463) **Refused to answer question about whether or not people who don't buy insurance should be put in jail**

The Obama administration  argued in front of the Supreme Court that the Obamacare mandate was a tax. Obama hired  16,500 new IRS agents to run Obamacare. In this video, ABC News asked Obama whether or not he thinks that people who don't buy insurance should be put in jail. Obama refused to answer the question. Even after the interviewer asked Obama the question a second time, Obama still refused to answer it.

464) **An estimated 70% of California doctors will not participate in Obamacare**

In December 2013, the California Medical Association estimated that 70% of California doctors would not be participating in Obamacare.

465) **California's Obamacare website gave out the contact information of tens of thousands of people without their permission**

In December 2013, it was  reported that California's Obamacare website had given private insurance agents the names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of tens of thousands of people without their permission.

466) **Made it easy for a future Republican President to give every U.S. citizen a permanent Obamacare waiver, without approval from Congress**

The President does not have any legal authority to change the law without those changes first being approved by Congress. However, this list contains many examples of Obama making changes to Obamacare without approval from Congress. Some of these changes involve Obama giving Obamacare  waivers to unions who supported the passage of Obamacare. Other changes include Obama  delaying certain parts of Obamacare. Obama made these changes illegally, because they were not approved by Congress. With a small number of exceptions, Democrats have not criticized Obama for doing this.

Therefore, in the future, if a  Republican President were to give permanent Obamacare waivers to every U.S. citizens without approval from Congress, the vast majority of Democrats would be hypocrites if they objected to it.

467) **Obamacare encourages patients to rig the system to rip off doctors, repeatedly, year after year after year**

In November 2013, Forbes  reported:

_Obamacare has... a 90-day grace period. This means people can buy an Obamacare policy, have costly procedures done and then cancel the policy within 90 days. If the cancellation comes during the first 30 days, the insurer is responsible for trying to collect payment, but after that, doctors are on their own. They would have to spend time and money chasing patients for payments. California Healthline reported that deadbeats "would not receive a fine, a premium rate increase or a repayment order. They also would not be barred from purchasing another subsidized plan during the next enrollment period." No other type of health insurance has a 90-day grace period like this._

468) **Tech experts said that a properly working Obamacare website should not have cost more than $10 million, whereas the defective version built by Michelle Obama's incompetent Princeton classmate had actually cost $634 million**

Instead of hiring competent programmers to create the Obamacare website, Obama hired CGI Federal, a company that was run by  Toni Townes-Whitley, who attended Princeton University with Michelle Obama. When the defective Obamacare website went online on October 1, 2013, it had already cost  $634 million.

However, David Kennedy, president of the technology firm TrustedSec, said that even if the Obamacare website had worked properly, it should not have cost more than $10 million. Luke Chung, president and founder of the technology firm FMS,  said he agreed with Mr. Kennedy.

469) **Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, and several other Democratic Senators who voted for Obamacare, have exempted their own staff from Obamacare**

In December 2013, Yahoo News  reported:

_Harry Reid exempts some of his Senate staff from Obamacare exchanges_

_One of the biggest public supporters of the Affordable Care Act has reportedly decided that some of his staff should be exempted from the new law._

_CNN reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges._

_Yahoo News has reached out to the offices of all 100 U.S. senators to see if any other members have exempted committee staff from the federal exchange. So far, the offices of 42 senators have responded to our inquiry, with 37 saying that the senator and their entire staff will switch over to the exchanges in January._

_The offices of Ron Wyden, Tim Johnson, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray and Thomas Carper, all Democrats, said they were exempting some of their staff. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has not responded._

470) **In a contest for videos to promote Obamacare, the Obama administration gave first prize to a video called "Forget About the Price Tag"**

The Obama administration held a  contest where it asked people to make videos to support Obamacare. The Obama administration awarded  first prize to a video called "Forget About the Price Tag." The video can be seen at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRNAkG-Nx0>

471) **Broke his promise to have the Obamacare website fixed by November 30, 2013**

On October 25, 2013, White House spokesman Jeffrey Zients said:

_"By the end of November, the vast majority of consumers will be able to successfully and smoothly enroll through Healthcare.gov"_

However, on December 1, 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_Insurers Claim Health Website Is Still Flawed_

_The problem is that the systems that are supposed to deliver consumer information to insurers still have not been fixed. And with coverage for many people scheduled to begin in just 30 days, insurers are worried the repairs may not be completed in time._

_"Until the enrollment process is working from end to end, many consumers will not be able to enroll in coverage," said Karen M. Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group._

_The issues are vexing and complex. Some insurers say they have been deluged with phone calls from people who believe they have signed up for a particular health plan, only to find that the company has no record of the enrollment._

472) **Democratic aides who supported the passage of Obamacare said their new Obamacare premiums are "simply unacceptable"**

In December 2013, Politico  reported:

_Older Hill aides shocked by Obamacare prices_

_Veteran House Democratic aides are sick over the insurance prices they'll pay under Obamacare, and they're scrambling to find a cure._

_"In a shock to the system, the older staff in my office (folks over 59) have now found out their personal health insurance costs (even with the government contribution) have gone up 3-4 times what they were paying before," Minh Ta, chief of staff to Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), wrote to fellow Democratic chiefs of staff in an email message obtained by POLITICO. "Simply unacceptable."_

_In the email, Ta noted that older congressional staffs may leave their jobs because of the change to their health insurance._

473) **Members of Congress and their staff are exempt from the income limits for Obamacare subsidies that apply to everyone else**

Most people are eligible for Obamacare subsidies only if their income is no more than  400% of the poverty level. For a family of four, 400% of the poverty level is  $94,200. A family of four with income higher than that amount it not eligible for an Obamacare subsidy.

However, members of Congress and their staff are  exempt from this limit. Members of Congress are paid  $174,000 a year. Because of their special exemption, a middle aged member of Congress who is married and has children, will get a special Obamacare subsidy of $10,000.

474) **Obamacare website often doesn't tell insurance companies about customers who "bought" insurance**

On December 1, 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_Some insurers say they have been deluged with phone calls from people who believe they have signed up for a particular health plan, only to find that the company has no record of the enrollment._

475) **Obama's nominee to head the IRS has "little tax experience"**

In December 2013, Reuters  reported:

_WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Senate panel hearing on President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Internal Revenue Service was set to resume Wednesday after it was abruptly halted on Tuesday at a Republican senator's request, committee aides said._

_John Koskinen, a 74-year-old lawyer with little tax experience chosen by Obama to take over the beleaguered IRS, traveled up to Capitol Hill to face the Senate Finance Committee, but the session did not last long._

476) **Obama said we should raise the minimum wage, but barackobama.com advertised for "unpaid" interns**

In February 2013, Obama  said:

_"Tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. This single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families. It could mean the difference between groceries or the food bank; rent or eviction; scraping by or finally getting ahead. For businesses across the country, it would mean customers with more money in their pockets. In fact, working folks shouldn't have to wait year after year for the minimum wage to go up while CEO pay has never been higher. So here's an idea that Governor Romney and I actually agreed on last year: let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living, so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on."_

However,  barackobama.com advertised for "unpaid" interns. The bolding is mine:

_https://my.barackobama.com/page/s/organizing-for-action-hq-internship—chicago_

_HQ Internship Opportunity:_

_OFA is now accepting applications for full-time and part-time HQ Interns for the Spring 2014 and Summer 2014 HQ Internship Programs in Chicago, IL. HQ Interns will have the unique opportunity to work closely with staff in advancing the President's agenda. Departmental placements available include Grassroots Organizing, Training, Issue Campaigns, Digital, Press and Finance. Please include your departmental placement preferences in your cover letter. Accepted HQ Interns will be paired with departments based on their stated interest, qualifications and availability._ **This is a 14-week, unpaid internship program.**

_Please note that our Washington, D.C. location is not our primary location and has a limited number of staff and, accordingly, internship positions available. As a result, we are no longer considering candidates for this location._

_The ideal candidate is a highly motivated individual with a strong desire to learn and a deep commitment to OFA's mission. Requirements of the candidate include:_

_Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills_

_Strong desire to learn and work in the field of public service, grassroots organizing, and political engagement_

_Strong project management skills_

_Detail oriented, thinking critically and creatively_

_Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced environment_

_Strong commitment to changing the world_

_Spring Program Dates: January 2014 – May 2014_

_Summer Program Dates: May 2014 – August 2014_

_If you are interested in volunteering in your state, consider applying to the Organizing for Action Organizing Fellowship Program._

_Organizing for Action is an equal opportunity employer._

477) **Falsely said that he had never lived with his drunk driving, illegal alien uncle**

In 2011, the Obama administration  said that Obama had never lived with his drunk driving, illegal alien uncle. However, in December 2013, it was  reported that Obama actually had lived with him.

478) **In New York City, thousands of Obama voting, well educated, upper class professionals complained about losing their insurance because of Obamacare**

In December 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_With Affordable Care Act, Canceled Policies for New York Professionals_

_Many in New York's professional and cultural elite have long supported President Obama's health care plan. But now, to their surprise, thousands of writers, opera singers, music teachers, photographers, doctors, lawyers and others are learning that their health insurance plans are being canceled and they may have to pay more to get comparable coverage, if they can find it._

_"I couldn't sleep because of it," said Barbara Meinwald, a solo practitioner lawyer in Manhattan._

_Ms. Meinwald, 61, has been paying $10,000 a year for her insurance through the New York City Bar. A broker told her that a new temporary plan with fewer doctors would cost $5,000 more, after factoring in the cost of her medications._

_Roy Lyons, managing director of Marsh U.S. Consumer, an insurance brokerage, said he had heard complaints from physicians, lawyers, pharmacists and optometrists._
_Among those affected are members of the Authors Guild; the Advertising Photographers of America; the Suzuki Association of the Americas, a music teachers organization; the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators; the New York City Bar Association; and the New York County Medical Society._

_It is not lost on many of the professionals that they are exactly the sort of people — liberal, concerned with social justice — who supported the Obama health plan in the first place. Ms. Meinwald, the lawyer, said she was a lifelong Democrat who still supported better health care for all, but had she known what was in store for her, she would have voted for Mitt Romney._

_It is an uncomfortable position for many members of the creative classes to be in._

_"We are the Obama people," said Camille Sweeney, a New York writer and member of the Authors Guild. Her insurance is being canceled, and she is dismayed that neither her pediatrician nor her general practitioner appears to be on the exchange plans. What to do has become a hot topic on Facebook and at dinner parties frequented by her fellow writers and artists._

_"I'm for it," she said. "But what is the reality of it?"_

479) **Washington state's Obamacare website stole money from people's checking accounts**

In December 2013, KGW  reported that the Obamacare website for Washington state had stolen money from people's checking accounts.

480) **Illegally ordered insurance companies to cover "customers" who had never paid any premiums**

In December 2013, Obama  ordered insurance companies to cover "customers" who had never paid any premiums. Obama's action was illegal because it violated the  takings clause of the Fifth Amendment. It was also illegal because he did not have  approval from Congress.

481) **Millennials who voted for Obama and supported the passage of Obamacare did not want to purchase Obamacare insurance for themselves**

In December 2013, it was  reported that most of the Millennials who had voted for Obama and had supported the passage of Obamacare did not want to purchase Obamacare insurance for themselves.

482) **Obamcare website violated federal security laws**

In December 2013, it was  reported that the Obamacare website was in violation of federal security laws.

483) **Refused to answer questions about how many of Obamacare's so-called "enrollees" had actually paid their first month's premium**

On December 11, 2013, more than two months after the Obamacare website had gone online, the Obama administration still  refused to answer questions about how many of Obamacare's so-called "enrollees" had actually paid their first month's premium. Instead, the Obama administration was still fraudulently counting as "enrollees" people who had put Obamacare policies into their shopping cart without actually paying for them. No legitimate online retailer counts unpaid items left in the shopping cart as sales.

484) **Illegally delayed Obamacare's online SHOP enrollment by one year**

In November 2013, it was  reported that Obama had delayed Obamacare's online SHOP enrollment by one year. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

485) **Ten different Obamacare "customer service" representatives refused to let cancer survivor Lynn Baklor sign up for Obamacare**

Lynn Baklor lives in Maryland, and is a survivor of breast cancer. Over a period of two months, she spoke on the phone with ten different "customer service" representatives from Obamacare, and none of them allowed her to sign up for Obamacare. The Obamacare website was not working either. A WBAL news report on her situation can be seen at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F79acewkZ78>

486) **Obama's nominee to head the defense department said he did not know much about the military**

In January 2013, Chuck Hagel, Obama's nominee to head the defense department,  said he did not know much about the military.

487) **Federal judge said Obama's bulk collection of phone records was unconstitutional**

In December 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon said that Obama's bulk collection of phone records violated the fourth amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches. It was Edward Snowden, a former NSA employee, who had first revealed to the public that Obama had been engaging in this unconstitutional activity.

488) **Gave out even more illegal Obamacare waivers**

On December 19, 2013, Obama  gave exemptions from the Obamacare mandate to people whose insurance had been canceled due to Obamacare. Because Obama gave out these exemptions without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

489) **Obamacare creates a new 2% tax on every insurance plan**

Obamacare creates a new 2% tax on every insurance plan. This breaks Obama's  promise that he would not raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year.

490) **Obamacare requires some people to pay 19% of their income for premiums**

In December 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_A 60-year-old living in Polk County, in northwestern Wisconsin, and earning $50,000 a year, for example, would have to spend more than 19 percent of his income, or $9,801 annually, to buy one of the cheapest plans available there._

491) **Six Democratic Senators who voted for Obamacare complained that it was causing voters in their districts to lose insurance**

In December 2013, six Democratic Senators who had voted for Obamacare wrote a  letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, complaining that Obamacare was causing voters in their districts to lose insurance.

492) **Admitted that the so-called "Affordable" Care Act was actually "unaffordable" for some people**

In December 2013, the Obama administration  admitted that the so-called "Affordable" Care Act was actually "unaffordable" for some people.

493) **53% of people without insurance disapprove of Obamacare**

In December 2013, the New York Times  reported:

_Americans who lack medical coverage disapprove of President Obama's health care law at roughly the same rate as the insured, even though most say they struggle to pay for basic care, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll._

_Fifty-three percent of the uninsured disapprove of the law, the poll found, compared with 51 percent of those who have health coverage. A third of the uninsured say the law will help them personally, but about the same number think it will hurt them, with cost a leading concern._

494) **Under certain circumstances, Obamacare recipients between the ages of 55 and 64 can have their homes seized by the government after they die**

Under certain circumstances, when someone between the ages of 55 and 64 participates in Obamacare, then after they die, the government can  seize their home, preventing their children from inheriting it.

495) **PolitiFact repeatedly changed its rating of Obama's promise that people could keep their insurance, based on how many Presidential elections he still had left**

PolitiFact is a left wing organization that rates the truthfulness of statements made by politicians. Regarding Obama's promise that people could keep their insurance, PolitiFact has given out three different ratings.

In October 2008, when Obama still had two Presidential elections coming up, PolitiFact  rated his statement as "true."

In June 2012, when Obama only had one more Presidential election coming up, PolitiFact  rated his statement as "half true."

In December 2013, when Obama could no longer run for President ever again, PolitiFact  rated his statement as "lie of the year."

In all three of these cases, PolitiFact was rating the exact same statement. So why did they keep changing their rating? The best explanation that I can think of is that as Obama had fewer and fewer Presidential elections coming up, they were willing to be more and more accurate in their ratings. So only when he was no longer able to run for President again, were they finally willing to admit the truth about his statement.

496) **Obamacare supporters at Democratic Underground later complained about it**

For some really hilarious displays of shock and outrage by supporters of Obamacare at how it's harming people, check out these threads at Democratic Underground: one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven.

497) **Commander-in-Chief Obama adopted lower military standards so unqualified women could serve in combat**

In December 2013, NPR  reported:

_Starting Jan. 1, every woman in the Marines Corps was supposed to meet a new physical standard by performing three pullups. But that has been put off._

_The three pullups is already the minimum required for all male Marines. Now the Marine Corps has postponed the plan, and that's raising questions about whether women have the physical strength to handle ground combat, which they'll be allowed to do beginning in 2016._

Why does this matter?

Well, the same NPR article  continued:

_The Marine Corps has been using it to test upper body strength for men for more than 40 years. And that upper body strength, they say, is necessary to serve in ground combat: to pull yourself out of a canal in Afghanistan, to climb over a mud wall, to carry an ammunition box._

And a CNS News article on the subject  stated:

_Pull-ups have been used to test Marines' upper body strength for over 40 years. The ability to pull-up one's own body weight over a bar shows the upper body strength that, in combat, is needed to lift fallen comrades, pull one's self over a wall, and carry heavy munitions. Combat Marines also carry a pack that weighs around 90 pounds, with gunners carrying an additional 50 or 60 pounds._

In other words, this qualification is by no means trivial. On the contrary, this involves skills that are necessary in combat – necessary for saving the soldier's own life, as well as for saving the lives of other soldiers.

Obama, who is Commander-in-Chief of the military, is saying that he's perfectly OK with allowing unqualified women to go into combat, even if it means that their lack of qualifications could end up killing them, as well as killing other U.S. soldiers who depend on them.

498) **Had double standard for hate crime laws**

When someone participated in the so-called "knockout game," the Obama administration filed  hate crime charges when a white person attacked a black person, but not when a black person attacked a white person.

499) **Tried to prevent federal judge from ruling on NSA surveillance**

In December 2013, the Obama administration  tried to prevent a federal judge from ruling on NSA surveillance efforts.

500) **Illegally tried to avoid disclosure of a foreign aid directive that he had signed**

In December 2013, a federal judge  ruled that Obama's attempt to avoid disclosure of a foreign aid directive that he had signed in 2010 was illegal.

501) **Forced a woman to undergo a strip search, an observed bowel movement, and a CT scan without a warrant**

In December 2012, federal agents  forced a New Mexico woman to undergo a strip search, an observed bowel movement, and a CT scan, all without a warrant.

Laura Schauer Ives, the legal director for the New Mexico ACLU,  said of this:

_"What is truly frightening about this incident is that it could have happened to anyone... The failed drug war and militarized border region have created an environment in which law enforcement officials increasingly inflict extreme and illegal searches on innocent Americans."_

502) **Spent $914,000 to study fictional romance**

In December 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $914,000 to study "romance as told in novels, films, comics, advice books, songs, and internet fan fiction."

503) **Spent $65 million on television ads to promote tourism in New York and New Jersey**

In December 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $65 million on television ads to promote tourism in New York and New Jersey

504) **Spent $1.5 million per year to tell the movie industry how to portray the FBI in movies**

In December 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $1.5 million each year to tell the movie industry how to portray the FBI in movies.

505) **Threatened to fine Catholic nuns over Obamacare's birth control mandate, all the way to the Supreme Court**

Little Sisters of the Poor is a group of Catholic  nuns that runs hospice care, i.e., medical care for people who are dying.

Obama doesn't like letting these nuns practice their freedom of religion. He threatened to  fine them for violating Obamacare's birth control mandate, and planned to take his meddling all the way to the Supreme Court.

506) **Michelle Snyder, the Obama official who oversaw the building of the defective Obamacare website, announced her retirement soon after the website's defective rollout**

In December 2013, Michelle Snyder, the Obama official who oversaw the building of the defective Obamacare website,  announced her retirement. Obama did not fire her. By retiring, she will be allowed to collect her full pension and benefits.

507) **AmeriCorps "volunteers" support Obamacare but want an exemption for themselves**

AmeriCorps is a federal agency that pays so-called "volunteers" to do "charity" work.

In December 2013, it was  reported that the insurance that AmeriCorps provided to its "volunteers" did not meet Obamacare's minimum standards, and that, as a result, these "volunteers" may have to pay the Obamacare tax penalty for not having insurance.

Abby Grosslein, an AmeriCorps "volunteer" who lives in New Orleans,  said:

_"It would be nice if the government waived the penalty."_

Note she she did not say that the penalty was wrong, or that the penalty should be repealed. Instead, she merely wants certain people to be exempt from the penalty. This is typical of the huge number of examples on this list of liberals who support Obamacare for everyone else, but want exemptions for themselves.

508) **Falsely said that he had never set a target of 7 million Obamacare enrollees by March 31, 2014**

In June 2013, the Obama administration  said that its goal was to have 7 million Obamacare enrollees by March 31, 2014.

However, in December 2013, the Obama administration  claimed that it had never said such a thing.

509) **May force thousands of volunteer firefighter departments to close**

In Janaury 2014, it was  reported that thousands of volunteer firefighter departments might be forced to close because they could not afford the cost of Obamacare.

510) **Falsely said that 2.1 million people had signed up for private insurance under Obaamacare by the end of 2013**

At the end of December 2013, the Obama administration  claimed that 2.1 million people had signed up for private insurance under Obamacare. However, this number included people who had left the insurance in their  shopping cart without actually paying for it. No legitimate online retailer counts as sales items that people had left in their shopping cart without paying for.

511) **Self described "cheerleader" for Obamacare says she can't afford it for her and her son**

In January 2014, CBS News  reported:

_One Oregon mother says that she is unable to afford health insurance for her and her 18-month-old son because it's too expensive._

_The woman — who wishes to remain anonymous — tells KOIN-TV that she originally championed President Barack Obama's signature health care law because she thought it would help people in her situation._

_"I've been a cheerleader for the Affordable Care Act since I heard about it and I assumed that it was designed for people in my situation," she told KOIN. "I was planning on using the Affordable Care Act and I had done the online calculator in advance to make sure I was going to be able to afford it."_

512) **Obamacare website can't handle it when someone has a new baby**

In January 2014, Associated Press  reported:

_For now, the HealthCare.gov website can't handle new baby updates_

513) **Supports bailouts for private insurance companies**

In January 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare includes bailouts for private insurance companies.

514) **Wal-Mart's insurance was better and cheaper than Obamacare**

In January 2014, it was  reported that the insurance that Wal-Mart had been giving its employees was better and cheaper than Obamacare.

_5_ 15) **Made it far more expensive for parents of disabled children to pay for their health care**

The  Davert family lives in Bay City, Michigan. They have twins with brittle bone disease.

Under their children's old insurance, the combined expenses for the two children were capped at  $2,500 per year. However, Obamacare forced their old insurance to be canceled. Under their new Obaamacare insurance, the combined expenses for the two children are capped at  $10,200 per year.

516) **Illegally extended the Obamacare enrollment deadline for people with preexisting conditions**

In January 2014, Obama  delayed the Obamacare enrollment deadline for people with preexisting conditions. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

517) **Gave illegal Obamacare subsidies to people in the 36 states that did not set up their own state exchanges**

Only 14 states created their own Obamacare exchange.

As the Obamacare law was written, it says that Obamacare subsidies are to be given out

_"through an Exchange established by the State."_

Despite the wording of the Obamacare law, Obama illegally gave Obamacare subsidies to people in the 36 states that did not set up their own exchanges.

518) **Caused Bill Clinton's favorite Washington D.C. restaurant to shut down its buffet**

Filomena is Bill Clinton's  favorite Washington D.C. restaurant. On January 1, 2014, it  shut down its buffet because of Obamacare.

519) **Illegally delayed Obamacare's rules on equal coverage**

Obamacare prohibits private employers from giving better insurance to top executives than to other employees. In January 2014, Obama  delayed this provision of Obamacare. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

520) **Told reporters to stop reporting his low poll numbers**

In Decmember 2013, Joel Benenson, Obama's pollster,  told reporters to stop reporting Obama's low poll numbers.

521) **Falsely said that he had met his half brother only recently**

Obama first met Mark Obama Ndesandjo, his half bother, in the  1980s. However, in 2013, Obama  said that the two had recently met for the first time.

522) **Spent $544,338 for an "Enhanced Company Profile" on LinkedIn**

In January 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $544,338 for an "Enhanced Company Profile" on LinkedIn.

523) **Illegally tried to force private businesses to post pro-union notices**

In January 2014, two federal appeals courts struck down Obama's attempt to force private businesses to post pro-union notices.

524) **In 2013, Obamacare caused a net reduction in the number of people who had insurance**

On January 1, 2014, the Daily Caller  reported that during 2013, Obamacare had caused a net reduction in the number of people who had insurance.

525) **Criticized the Daily Caller for truthfully reporting that in 2013, Obamacare had caused a net reduction in the number of people who had insurance**

On January 1, 2014, the Daily Caller  reported that during 2013, Obamacare had caused a net reduction in the number of people who had insurance. On January 2, 2014, the Obama administration  criticized the Daily Caller for truthfully reporting this information.

526) **Obamacare website had such horrible security that it was hacked by one person in less than four minutes with nothing but a regular web browser**

In January 2014, hacking expert David Kennedy was able to  hack into the Obamacare website in less than four minutes, using nothing but a regular web browser. During that time, he was able to access the private information of 70,000 people.

527) **Obamacare website is exempt from laws that require other websites to report security breaches to their customers**

The Obamacare website is  exempt from laws that require other websites to tell their customers when their private information has been breached.

528) **Less than one third of Obamacare enrollees were previously uninsured**

In January 2014, it was  reported that less than one third of the people who had enrolled at the Obamacare website were previously uninsured.

529) **Gave early release to a lawyer who had been convicted of aiding Islamic terrorists**

In December 2013, the Obama administration  gave early release to Lynne Stewart, who had been convicted of aiding Islamic terrorists.

530) **Forced U.S. taxpayers to bailout Fiat, an Italian company**

In January 2014, it was  reported that some of the money that Obama had used to bailout Chrysler ended up being used to bailout Fiat, an Italian company.

531) **U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 against Obama administration's attack on religious freedom**

The Obama administration tried to force Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Redford, Michigan, to hire someone whom it did not want to hire. In January 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court  ruled 9-0 against the Obama administration's attack on religious freedom.

532) **Revoked trademark protection for the Washington Redskins' name because some people thought it was offensive**

In June 2014, the Obama administration  revoked trademark protection for the Washington Redskins' name because some people thought it was offensive.

This sets a horrible precedent.

Just about every R-rated movie includes content that someone would consider offensive, whether that content be violence, sex, profanity, etc. The same can be said for the content of many books, the lyrics of many songs, the content of many paintings, etc. If any copyright, patent, trademark, etc., can be revoked because someone finds it offensive, then I can't even begin to imagine how much damage this would cause to the concept of intellectual property, as well as to the arts, sciences, music, literature, movies, etc.

There is no such thing as a right to not be offended. The whole point of protecting free speech in the first place is to protect speech that some people might find offensive. If we only protected speech that was dull, bland, and non-controversial, there wouldn't be much point to having such protection in the first place.

533) **Said Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard was no longer a "significant threat" to the United States, and planned to release him**

In January 2014, the Obama administration  said that Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz Al Mujahid, Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, was no longer a "significant threat" to the United States, and planned to release him.

534) **Lied about his involvement with ACORN**

During a 2008 debate with John McCain, Obama  falsely said that the only time he had ever been involved with ACORN was when he had represented them in a lawsuit where they tried to get Illinois to adopt a "motor-voter" law.

In realty, there were several other times that Obama had been involved with ACORN.

For example, Obama had taught leadership training sessions for ACORN.

In addition, Obama had also worked as an organizer for  Project Vote, an ACORN offshoot. The New York Times quoted Obama as saying:

_"Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drives in Illinois, Acorn was smack dab in the middle of it."_

Furthermore, Obama had been on the board of directors of the  Woods Fund when it gave ACORN $75,000 in 2001, and $70,000 in 2002.

Also, during the 2008 primary campaign, Obama's campaign had given Citizens Services Inc., an ACORN affiliate, more than $800,000 for "get out the vote" efforts. However, Obama's campaign had falsely told the FEC that the money was for "staging, sound, lighting."

535) **Although Obama complains about income inequality, his own policies have made income inequality even worse**

In January 2014, President Obama  complained about income inequality, Wall St., wealthy investors, and bankers.

However, while Senator, Obama had voted for the $700 billion TARP bank bailout bill, which worsened the problem of income inequality, and forced poor and middle class taxpayers to bail out the very same Wall St., wealthy investors, and bankers that Obama had complained about.

Obamacare has also worsened the problem of income inequality because it has  caused many employers to replace full time jobs with part time jobs in order to avoid the Obamacare employer mandate.

536) **Accused lenders of "racism" without actually knowing the races of the people who had been "discriminated" against**

In January 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had accused lenders in the auto industry of "racism." However, the auto industry does not report or keep track of the race of the people whom it lends money too, and the Obama administration's accusation of "racism" was based on  guessing the races of the people who had borrowed money.

537) **Illegally gave out private info of farmers and ranchers**

In July 2012, the Obama administration  illegally gave out the home addresses, phone numbers, GPS coordinates, and medical histories of up to 100,000 agricultural workers.

538) **Proposed giving wind farms 30 year permits to kill bald and golden eagles**

Federal law  prohibits the killing of bald and golden eagles, regardless of whether the killing is done on purpose or by accident. However, in January 2014, the Obama administration  proposed giving wind farms 30 year permits that would allow them to kill these birds.

539) **Allowed members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a terrorist organization, to skip TSA screening**

The Muslim Brotherhood is a  terrorist organization. In  April 2012, the Obama administration  allowed members of the Muslim Brotherhood to  skip TSA screening.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration gave a very invasive patdown to a three-year-old boy in a wheelchair, which caused the boy to tremble in fear. The Obama administration gave an aggressive patdown to a seven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. The Obama administration said that a four-year-old girl was a "high security threat." The Obama administration placed an  18-month-girl girl on its no fly list. The Obama administration gave a patdown to Henry Kissinger. The Obama administration forced a  95-year-old cancer patient to remove her adult diaper and fly without it. The Obama administration ripped open the urostomy bag of a 61-year-old bladder cancer survivor, and forced him to fly covered in his own urine. The Obama administration  harassed a sick 3-year-old boy, and caused him to miss his flight.

540) **Obama's nominee for ambassador to Norway "displayed total ignorance" about Norway, but he did raise more than half a million dollars for Obama's 2012 campaign**

In January 2014, the Norway edition of The Local reported that George Tsunis, Obama's nominee for ambassador to Norway, had "displayed total ignorance" about Norway during a U.S. Senate hearing. At the same time, the Huffington Post  reported that Tsunis had raised more than half a million dollars for Obama's 2012 campaign.

541) **Obamacare encourages employers to limit the size of their workforce to no more than 49 employees**

Obamacare's  employer mandate only applies to employers with 50 or more employees. This gives employers an  incentive to  limit the size of their workforce to  no more than  49 employees.

542) **Spent $2,797,979 so people in Veitnam could watch television**

In January 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $2,797,979 so people in Veitnam could watch television.

543) **Obama had anti-Obama filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza arrested for violating campaign finance laws, even though Obama himself had violated campaign finance laws three different times without being arrested**

In August 2012, Dinesh D'Souza released _2016: Obama's America_ , a movie that was critical of Obama.

In January 2014, D'Souza was  arrested for violating campaign finance laws.

In May 2014, D'Souza  pled guilty to violating campaign finance laws.

In September 2014, D'Souza was  sentenced to live in a halfway house for eight months, pay a $30,000 fine, perform 260 days of community service, and receive counseling.

However, even though Obama himself had violated campaign finance laws on three different occasions (see  here,  here, and  here), Obama never had himself arrested.

Numerous legal experts have said that D'Souza's arrest was politically motivated.

Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz  said of D'Souza's arrest:

_"This is clearly a case of selective prosecution for one of the most common things done during elections, which is to get people to raise money for you...If they went after everyone who did this, there would be no room in jails for murderers."_

_"This is an outrageous prosecution and is certainly a misuse of resources. It raises the question of why he is being selected for prosecution among the many, many people who commit similar crimes... This sounds to me like it is coming from higher places. It is hard for me to believe this did not come out of Washington or at least get the approval of those in Washington."_

Former Federal Election Commissioner David Mason  said of D'Souza's arrest:

_"What struck me first was that it is unusual in cases like these for the FBI to go out and actually arrest someone, simply because it is not necessary... And even less so in this case because [D'Souza] has enough prominence that it is fairly obvious that he is not a flight risk. White-collar indictments are made lots of times without an arrest being made."_

Commenting on D'Souza's arrest, former acting U.S. attorney general George Terwilliger of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius  said that there were

_"legitimate questions that could be asked about the political motivation for bringing the case."_

Dominic Gentile of Gordon Silver, an expert on the enforcement of campaign finance law, conducted extensive research on other people who had done the same thing as D'Souza, and  concluded:

_"Twenty thousand dollars?"I've never heard of a $20,000 criminal case for campaign finance violations."_

Those legal experts are correct. The real reason D'Souza was arrested was because he made an anti-Obama movie. As long as Obama never makes an anti-Obama movie, Obama will never be arrested for this three violations of campaign finance law.

544) **Obamacare makes it harder for patients to get knee replacements, hip replacements, angioplasty, bypass surgery, and cataract operations**

In January 2014, it was reported that Obamacare makes it harder for patients to get knee replacements, hip replacements, angioplasty, bypass surgery, and cataract operations.

545) **Obama's administration is "the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering"**

In January 2014, New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson  said that Obama's administration

_"is the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering, and that includes — I spent 22 years of my career in Washington and covered presidents from President Reagan on up through now, and I was Washington bureau chief of the Times during George W. Bush's first term."_

546) **Made even more illegal changes to Obamacare**

In February 2014, the New York Times  reported:

_The "employer mandate," which was originally supposed to take effect last month, had already been delayed to Jan. 1, 2015, and now the administration says that employers with 50 to 99 employees will not have to comply until 2016 — allowing Democrats to placate business concerns and pushing the issue well beyond this year's midterm elections._

_In addition, the administration said the requirement would be put into effect gradually for employers with 100 or more employees. Employers in this category will need to offer coverage to 70 percent of full-time employees in 2015 and 95 percent in 2016 and later years, or they will be subject to tax penalties._

Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

547) **Illegally banned employers from firing any of their employees to avoid the Obamacare mandate**

In a February 2014 article about Obamacare's employer mandate, the Washington Post  reported that Obama had banned employers from "cutting back on positions just to fall below the threshold." Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

548) **Obamacare caused sick children in Seattle, Washington, to lose access to doctors**

In February 2014, CBS News reported that Obamacare had caused sick children in Seattle, Washington, to lose access to doctors.

In the report, Dr. Sandy Melzer said:

_"The exclusion of a major provider like Seattle Children's from a major insurance network in this market is unprecedented... We're seeing denials in care, disruptions in care. We're seeing a great deal of confusion, and at times, anger and frustration on the part of these families who bought insurance, thinking that their children were going to be covered, and they've in fact found that it's a false promise."_

The report can be seen here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0FHI0vFNgY>

549) **Falsely said that Obamacare "will cover every American"**

In June 2007, Obama  said

_"I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American."_

However, in September 2013, the Washington Post  reported

_"The Congressional Budget Office estimated back in 2012, before the Supreme Court even gave states the option of opting out of the Medicaid expansion, that there would be 27 million people who lacked health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act."_

550) **Obamacare's tax on tanning salons applies to gym members who never use the gym's tanning salons**

Obamacare includes a tax on tanning salons, and this tax  applies to gym members who never use the gym's tanning salons.

551) **Although Obama sued states for their "racist" requirement of voter ID, Obamacare requires ID**

Obama's Justice Department  blocked Texas's voter ID law, claiming that it was "racist." Obama also  sued North Carolina for requiring voter ID.

However, Obamacare  requires people to provide ID.

552) **Falsely said, "When I'm president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely"**

In September 2008, Obama said,

_"When I'm president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."_

However, if you search this list for the word "spent," you will find many examples of Obama wasting the taxpayers' money.

553) **Obama refused to file charges against Hilda Solis, his Secretary of Labor, for illegally avoided reporting thousands of dollars worth of free private jet travel**

In February 2014, it was  reported that during conformation hearings in 2009, Hilda Solis, Obama's Secretary of Labor, had illegally avoided reporting to the Federal Election Commission the thousands of dollars worth of free private jet travel that she had been given by the International Union of Operating Engineers. Obama refused to file any charges against her.

554) **Obama falsely said, "That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want."**

In February 2014, Obama  said:

_"That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want."_

Obama was lying. In truth, the powers of the President are defined and limited by the U.S. Constitution. Obama does not have the legal authority to do whatever he wants. Unfortunately, that hasn't stopped him from doing a huge number of illegal things that are on this list.

555) **Obama's nominee for ambassador to Argentina has never been to Argentina, but did raise more than $500,000 for Obama's re-election campaign**

In February 2014, it was  reported that Noah Mamet, Obama's nominee for ambassador to Argentina, had never been to Argentina, but that he had raised more than $500,000 for Obama's re-election campaign.

556) **Falsely claimed he never said he wanted to "fundamentally transform the United States of America"**

Five days before the 2008 election, Obama  said:

_"We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America."_

You can see and hear him saying those exact words in this video: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrefKCaV8m4>

However, on February 2, 2014, Obama  told Bill O'Reilly that he never said those words.  Here is the transcript from the interview:

_O'Reilly: OK. I got a letter from Kathy LaMaster, Fresno, California. I said I would read one letter from the folks, all right?_

_Obama: All right._

_O'Reilly: "Mr. President, why do you feel it's necessary to fundamentally transform the nation that has afforded you so much opportunity and success?"_

_Obama: I don't think we have to fundamentally transform the nation._

_O'Reilly: But those are your words._

557) **Spent $464,272 to find out why gay men in Peru get Syphilis**

In February 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $464,272 to find out why gay men in Peru get Syphilis.

558) **Obamacare may cause the government to seize homes from the estates of poor people**

Between 1993 and 2013, the state of California  seized $978.5 million worth of assets from the estates of medicaid recipients.

Obamacare  requires everyone in the U.S. whose income is less than 138% of the poverty level to enroll in medicaid.

Based on those two pieces of information, it seems likely that Obamacare will result in the homes of quite a few poor people being seized by the government.

In February 2014, the Los Angeles Times  reported:

_One thing the ACA didn't change was Medicaid's estate recovery rule. Under a law enacted in 1993, states are required to seek recovery from the estates of deceased enrollees for the costs of long-term care, such as nursing-home care. The recovery rule applied to those who received that care when they were 55 and older, or who were permanently institutionalized at any age._

_Medicaid eligibility for the expanded programs is based on income alone, which means there might be some new members with low incomes but sizable illiquid estates, such as homes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars._

_The prospect of asset seizures raises people's hackles, especially since under the Affordable Care Act, those earning less than 138% of the poverty level may be offered no choice for subsidized health insurance except Medicaid._

_On the whole, the estate recovery program hasn't been a big moneymaker for government at any level. Since 1993, California has collected $978.5 million_

559) **Contradicted his own advice that everyone in California should conserve water during the drought**

In February 2014, when there was a drought in California, Obama  said:

_"It can't just be a matter of there's going to be less and less water so I'm going to grab more and more of a shrinking share of water... Instead what we have to do is all come together and figure out how we all are going to make sure that agricultural needs, urban needs, industrial needs, environmental and conservation concerns are all addressed."_

However, during this very same drought, Time magazine  reported:

_On Saturday, Obama played at the Sunnylands estate, built by the late billionaire Walter Annenberg, which features a nine-hole course that is played like 18 holes. The following day he golfed at billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison's 19-hole Porcupine Creek. On Presidents' Day, Obama hit the links at Sunnylands once again._

_The 124 golf courses in the Coachella Valley consume roughly 17% of all water there, and one-quarter of the water pumped out of the region's at-risk groundwater aquifer... Each of the 124 Coachella Valley courses, on average, uses nearly 1 million gallons (3.8 million L) a day because of the hot and dry climate, three to four times more water per day than the average American golf course._

560) **Falsely claimed to have increased the number of deportations of illegal immigrants**

In April 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had falsely claimed to have increased the number of deportations of illegal immigrants.

561) **Illegally changed the immigration laws to allow entry into the U.S. by immigrants who had supplied "limited material support" to terrorists**

In February 2014, Obama  changed the immigration laws to allow entry into the U.S. by immigrants who had supplied "limited material support" to terrorists. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

562) **Falsely said Obamacare would not cover illegal aliens**

In September 2009, Obama  said:

_"There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false – the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally."_

However, in February 2014, the Spanish version of California's Obamacare website  said:

_"No temas si eres indocumentado/a y quieres inscribir a tu familia en un seguro médico."_

In English, this  means:

_"Fear not if you are undocumented and want to enroll your family in health insurance."_

563) **A judge who was nominated by Obama confused the Declaration of Independence with the U.S. Constitution in one of her rulings**

In December 2010, Obama nominated Arenda L. Wright Allen to be on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

In a February 2014 federal court ruling, judge Allen  wrote

_"Our Constitution declares that 'all men' are created equal"_

Those words are in the  Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

It's perfectly understandable why a person with no legal training might make this mistake. But for a federal judge, there's no excuse.

564) **Although Obama has always supported the U.S. income tax, he complained about the fact that U.S. Olympic athletes had to pay income taxes on their winnings**

Obama has always supported the U.S. federal income tax. However, during the 2012 summer Olympics, and then again during the 2014 winter Olympics, Obama  complained about the fact that U.S. Olympic athletes had to pay income taxes on their winnings.

565) **Planned to illegally put government bureaucrats inside TV stations and newspaper offices to monitor their activities**

In February 2014, Ajit Pai, a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission,  wrote the following in the Wall St. Journal:

_Last May the FCC proposed an initiative to thrust the federal government into newsrooms across the country. With its "Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs," or CIN, the agency plans to send researchers to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run._

_... the FCC's queries may be hard for the broadcasters to ignore. They would be out of business without an FCC license..._

_... why does the CIN study include newspapers when the FCC has no authority to regulate print media?_

Also in February 2014, the Washington Examiner  wrote:

_The First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." But under the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission is planning to send government contractors into the nation's newsrooms to determine whether journalists are producing articles, television reports, Internet content, and commentary that meets the public's "critical information needs." Those "needs" will be defined by the administration, and news outlets that do not comply with the government's standards could face an uncertain future. It's hard to imagine a project more at odds with the First Amendment._

_If the FCC goes forward, it's not clear what will happen to news organizations that fall short of the new government standards. Perhaps they will be disciplined. Or perhaps the very threat of investigating their methods will nudge them into compliance with the administration's journalistic agenda. What is sure is that it will be a gross violation of constitutional rights._

566) **Illegally raised the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors**

In February 2014, Obama  raised the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. Because he did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

567) **Obamacare requires pizza restaurants to post the calorie counts for 34 million different combinations of pizza toppings**

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare requires pizza restaurants to post the calorie counts for 34 million different combinations of pizza toppings.

568) **Commander-in-Chief Obama allowed U.S. soldiers to wear Islamic beards, turbans, and hijabs as part of their military uniform**

In January 2014, Commander-in-Chief Obama began  allowing U.S. soldiers to wear Islamic beards, turbans, and hijabs as part of their military uniform.

569) **Illegally gave Massachusetts another Obamacare waiver**

In February 2014, Obama  gave Massachusetts a three month extension to fix its defective Obamacare website and get people enrolled in Obamacare. This was illegal for two reasons. First, Obama did it without approval from Congress. And second, the Constitution requires that federal law apply equally to every state.

570) **Obamacare prevented Chris Dunn, who was in terrible pain, from getting back surgery**

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare had prevented Chris Dunn, of Sonora, California, who was in terrible pain, from getting back surgery.

571) **Obamacare caused leukemia patient Julie Boonstra to lose her insurance**

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare had caused leukemia patient Julie Boonstra, of Michigan, to lose her insurance. A video of her can be seen here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpjyr1x7mC0>

572) **Obamacare caused lupus patient Emilie Lamb to lose her insurance**

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare had caused lupus patient Emilie Lamb to lose her insurance, and that her new insurance was costing her an extra $6,000 a year in higher premiums and co-pays. A video of her can be seen here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxImgr13N1k>

573) **More than 12,000 Congressional staffers enrolled in Obamacare's "small-business" exchange even though they did not own or work for a small business**

In February 2014, it was  reported that more than 12,000 Congressional staffers had enrolled in Obamacare's "small-business" exchange even though they did not own or work for a small business.

574) **Obamacare caused cancer patient and Republican U.S. Senator Tom Coburn to lose his oncologist**

Tom Coburn is a Republican U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He voted against Obamacare. He has prostate cancer. In January 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare had caused his insurance coverage to be reduced, and his oncologist was no longer covered. Coburn started paying out of his own pocket to continue seeing the doctor who was treating his cancer.

575) **Obamacare's 29 hour work week disproportionately hurt women**

In January 2014, the New York Times  wrote:

_A "29er" refers to someone working 29 hours per week, the maximum that an hourly employee can work and still be considered part time by the federal government, as defined under the Affordable Care Act._

_Part-time employees do not create a health-insurance requirement or a penalty for their employer, which gives large and small employers an incentive to reduce at least some employees' hours to 29 hours._

_I used the Census Bureau's data to put together a sample of people likely to be 29ers over the next couple of years, based on working 30 to 37 hours per week before this year and not having health insurance available through a spouse (if married). Women outnumber men more than 2 to 1 among likely 29ers. The 29ers are also likely to be less than 30 years old._

_Naturally, working fewer hours means less pay. By disproportionately reducing women's work hours, health reform may have the unintended consequence of increasing the gap between men's and women's wages and salaries._

576) **Some Obamacare "navigators" had been previously convicted of identity theft**

In January 2014, it was  reported that some Obamacare "navigators" had been previously convicted of forgery. In August 2013, it had been  reported that the Obama administration would not be doing background checks on Obamacare "navigators," despite the fact that these "navigators" would have access to people's personal, private, and financial information. Obama considers background checks to be "racist."

577) **WTAE shows small business employees complaining about the high cost of Obamacare**

WTAE is the ABC TV station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this video, they show small business employees complaining about the high cost of Obamacare: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuA2_P-m4Sk>

578) **"Public Sector Cuts Part-Time Shifts to Bypass Insurance Law"**

In February 2014, the New York Times  reported:

_Public Sector Cuts Part-Time Shifts to Bypass Insurance Law_

_Cities, counties, public schools and community colleges around the country have limited or reduced the work hours of part-time employees to avoid having to provide them with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, state and local officials say._

_Among those whose hours have been restricted in recent months are police dispatchers, prison guards, substitute teachers, bus drivers, athletic coaches, school custodians, cafeteria workers and part-time professors._

_In Medina, Ohio, about 30 miles south of Cleveland, Mayor Dennis Hanwell said the city had lowered the limit for part-time employees to 29 hours a week, from 35. Workers' wages were reduced accordingly, he said._

_Lawrence County, in western Pennsylvania, reduced the limit for part-time employees to 28 hours a week, from 32. Dan Vogler, the Republican chairman of the county Board of Commissioners, said the cuts affected prison guards and emergency service personnel at the county's 911 call center._

_In Virginia, part-time state employees are generally not allowed to work more than 29 hours a week on average over a 12-month period. Thousands of part-time state employees had been working more than that_

_To hold down the work hours of school bus drivers, Vigo County has reduced field trips for children and cut back transportation to athletic events. School employees who had two part-time jobs totaling more than 30 hours a week — for example, bus driver and basketball coach — were required to give up one of the jobs._

_The Obama administration says "there is absolutely no evidence" of any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act._

_The American Federation of Teachers lists on its website three dozen public colleges and universities in 15 states that it says have restricted the work assignments of adjunct or part-time faculty members to avoid the cost of providing health insurance._

_The University of Akron, in Ohio, has cut back the hours of 400 part-time faculty members who were teaching more than 29 hours a week, said Eileen Korey, a spokeswoman for the school._

579) **Kathleen Sebelius falsely said "There is absolutely no evidence -- and every economist will tell you this -- that there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act."**

In February 2014, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius  said:

_"There is absolutely no evidence -- and every economist will tell you this -- that there is any job loss related to the Affordable Care Act."_

However, in November 2012, in response to the Obamacare's medical device tax, some medical device manufacturers  announced plans to layoff employees, including Welch Allyn (275 planned layoffs), Stryker (1,170 planned layoffs), and Medtronic (1,000 planned layoffs).

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare's medical device tax had destroyed 14,000 jobs, and prevented an additional 19,000 new jobs from being created.

In December 2012, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and 15 other Democratic hypocrites who supported the passage of Obamacare wrote a  letter to Harry Reid, asking him to delay the tax on medical devices, claiming that the tax would hurt job creation in their districts.

580) **"Labor union officials say Obama betrayed them in health-care rollout"**

In January 2014, the Washington Post  reported:

_Labor union officials say Obama betrayed them in health-care rollout_

_Leaders of two major unions, including the first to endorse Obama in 2008, said they have been betrayed by an administration that wooed their support for the 2009 legislation with promises to later address the peculiar needs of union-negotiated insurance plans that cover millions of workers._

_Their complaints reflect a broad sense of disappointment among many labor leaders, who say the Affordable Care Act has subjected union health plans to new taxes and mandates while not allowing them to share in the subsidies that have gone to private insurance companies competing on the newly created exchanges._

_After dozens of frustrating meetings with White House officials over the past year, including one with Obama, a number of angry labor officials say their members are far less likely to campaign and turn out for Democratic candidates in the midterm elections._

_"We want to hold the president to his word: If you like your health-care coverage, you can keep it, and that just hasn't been the case," said Donald "D." Taylor, president of Unite Here, the union that represents about 400,000 hotel and restaurant workers and provided a crucial boost to Obama by endorsing him just after his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton had won the New Hampshire primary._

_Taylor and Terry O'Sullivan, president of the Laborers' International Union of North America, laid out their grievances this week in a terse letter to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), saying they are "bitterly disappointed" in the administration._

581) **Illegally seized more than one million dollars in tip money from a stripper**

In January 2014, it was reported that the Obama administration had illegally seized more than one million dollars in tip money from a stripper.

582) **Part of the Obamacare website was created by a "repressive dictatorship" in Eastern Europe**

In February 2014, it was reported that part of the Obamacare website was created by Belarus, a "repressive dictatorship" in Eastern Europe.

583) **70% of California doctors boycotted Obamacare, but California's Obamacare website falsely said they were participating**

In December 2013, it was  reported that 70% of California doctors were boycotting Obamacare. However, many of these doctors were  falsely listed on California's Obamacare website as participating in Obamacare.

584) **A self described "complete fan of the Affordable Care Act" who had cancer complained that Obamacare had caused her to lose coverage for her oncologist**

Danielle Nelson lives in Aliso Viejo, California. She has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. After she found out that Obamacare had caused her to lose coverage for her oncologist, she  said:

_"I'm a complete fan of the Affordable Care Act, but now I can't sleep at night."_

585) **Caused U.S. ranking in the World Press Freedom Index to fall by 14 places in just one year**

The World Press Freedom Index in an annual ranking of countries created by Reporters Without Borders. During just one year of Obama's presidency, from 2013 to 2014, the U.S. ranking on the list  fell by 14 places, dropping from #32 to #46.

586) **During Obama's first five years as President, marketable U.S. debt more than doubled**

During the five year period that ended at the end of January 2014, marketable U.S. debt  increased from $5.7 trillion at to $11.8 trillion.

587) **Obama gave Oregon $304 million to build its defective Obamacare website that enrolled zero people**

Obama gave Oregon  $304 million to build its  defective Obamacare website. As of February 28, 2014, exactly  zero people had signed up at Oregon's Obamacare website.

588) **Illegally shut down a privately owned farm in Tehama County, California**

In early 2013, the Obama administration  shut down Duarte Nursery in Tehama County, California, without due process.

589) **Obamacare's medical device tax destroyed or prevented the creation of 33,000 jobs**

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare's medical device tax had destroyed 14,000 jobs, and had prevented an additional 19,000 new jobs from being created.

590) **A convicted terrorist who murdered two people was hired as an Obamacare "navigator"**

In Israel, Rasmieh Yousef Odeh was  convicted of putting a bomb in a box of candy on a grocery store shelf, which killed two people. In 2013, she was  hired as an Obamacare "navigator." Obamacare "navigators" are  not subject to federal background checks, because Obama considers them to be "racist."

591) **Harry Reid falsely said that "all" Obamacare horror stories were "untrue"**

In February 2014, Senate majority leader Harry Read  said:

_"There's plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue."_

You can see him saying it here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJOLivL-NU>

He was lying. This list contains many true Obamacare horror stories.

592) **Congressman Gary Peters threatened to revoke the licenses of TV stations if they continued airing an anti-Obamacare ad**

In February 2014, Congressman Gary Peters (D-Michigan) had his lawyers  sent a letter to TV stations, threatening to revoke their licenses if they continued airing an anti-Obamacare ad. The ad can see seen here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpjyr1x7mC0>

593) **Obamacare caused Catherine Blackwood to lose coverage for her cancer medications**

 Catherine Blackwood lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and manages the Family Medicine Center. She has cancer. In November 2013, Obamacare caused her to lose her insurance policy that had been paying for her cancer medications. Her new Obamacare policy does not cover her cancer medications.

594) **Approved giving 200 Abrams tanks to a Shariah dictatorship**

Obama  approved giving 200 Abrams tanks to Egypt, which is a Shariah dictatorship.

595) **Obamacare won't let people switch from one Obamacare plan to another**

 Andrew Robinson lives in Orlando, Florida. In early 2014, after he enrolled in one Obamacare plan, he changed his mind and decided that he wanted a different plan. Over a period of several weeks, he spent 50 hours on the phone trying to cancel his original Obamacare plan, but was not allowed to do so.

596) **Falsely said "You can't say the Affordable Care Act has killed job growth"**

In February 2014, White House health care adviser Phil Schiliro  said:

_"You can't say the Affordable Care Act has killed job growth."_

However, in November 2012, in response to the medical device tax that is part of Obamacare, some medical device manufacturers  announced plans to layoff employees, including Welch Allyn (275 planned layoffs), Stryker (1,170 planned layoffs), and Medtronic (1,000 planned layoffs).

In February 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare's medical device tax had destroyed 14,000 jobs, and prevented an additional 19,000 new jobs from being created.

In December 2012, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and 15 other Democrats who supported the passage of Obamacare wrote a  letter to Harry Reid, asking him to delay the tax on medical devices, claiming that the tax would hurt job creation in their districts.

597) **A doctor summed up Obamacare in one sentence**

In August 2012, Dr. Barbara Bellar of Chicago, Illinois, summed up Obamacare with the following sentence:

_"So, let me get this straight (this is a long sentence), we're going to be gifted with a healthcare plan we are forced to purchase, and fined if we don't, which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a congress that didn't read it, but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we will be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke... so what the blank could possibly go wrong?"_

You can see a video of her saying it here: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdnY8r7_fLw>

598) **Tried to shut down organic farms that had not done anything wrong**

In February 2014, the Los Angeles Times  reported:

_Now, farmers are discovering that the FDA's proposed rules would curtail many techniques that are common among organic growers, including spreading house-made fertilizers, tilling cropland with grazing animals, and irrigating from open creeks._

_Suddenly, from small family operations nestled in the foothills of Appalachia to the sophisticated organic-grower networks that serve Los Angeles and San Francisco, the farms that celebrity chefs and food-conscious consumers jostle to buy from are facing an unexpected adversary._

_They're fighting back. Even though full enforcement of the rules is still years away, they are warning customers that some farms would have to close._

_"They are going to drive farms out of business," said Dave Runsten, policy director for Community Alliance with Family Farmers in Davis, Calif._

_"The consumer groups behind this don't understand farming," Runsten says. "They talk out of both sides of their mouth. They demand these one-size-fits-all regulations, then say, 'I don't want to hurt those cute little farmers at the farmers market. I shop at the farmers market.' It is frustrating."_

_Many farmers who take part in the locally grown food movement argue that contamination is a problem of industrial-sized farms and that some of the practices the FDA might ban actually make consumers safer._

599) **Illegally put the medical and financial information of more than 5,000 veterans on the internet, after ignoring warnings about problems with security**

In February 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally put the medical and financial information of more than 5,000 veterans on the internet, after ignoring warnings about problems with security.

600) **New York Times and Ralph Nader criticized Obama for illegally seizing private property and violating disclosure laws**

In February 2014, the New York Times and Ralph Nader criticized Obama for illegally seizing assets from shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and for illegally avoiding disclosing this information to shareholders.

The fifth amendment requires that compensation be given for such seizures, but Obama did not do this.

Federal disclosure laws require that shareholders be informed of this information immediately, but Obama waited more than three years to tell them.

In February 2014, the New York Times  wrote:

_Would you buy stock in a company that barred you from sharing in its future earnings? Of course not. Participating in the upside is what stock ownership is all about._

_And yet, as of December 2010, holders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common stock were subject to such a restriction by the United States government. They didn't know it at the time, though, because the policy was not disclosed._

_This month, an internal United States Treasury memo that outlined this restriction came up at a forum in Washington._

_The memo was addressed to Timothy F. Geithner, then the Treasury secretary, from Jeffrey A. Goldstein, then the under secretary for domestic finance. In discussing Fannie and Freddie, the beleaguered government-sponsored enterprises rescued by taxpayers in September 2008, the memo referred to "the administration's commitment to ensure existing common equity holders will not have access to any positive earnings from the G.S.E.'s in the future."_

_The memo, which was produced in a lawsuit filed by Fannie and Freddie shareholders, was dated Dec. 20, 2010. Securities laws require material information — that is, information that might affect an investor's view of a company — to be disclosed. That the government would deny a company's shareholders all its profits certainly seems material, but the existence of this policy cannot be found in the financial filings of Fannie Mae. Neither have the Treasury's discussions about the future of the two finance giants mentioned the administration's commitment to shut common stockholders out of future earnings._

In February 2014, Ralph Nader  wrote:

_What legal authority does the Administration have, as this section of the memo intimates, to completely wipe out shareholders — even after taxpayers have been repaid (as is likely to happen soon)?_

_Contrary to this statement, neither the memo — nor Treasury's actions by unilaterally amending the PSPAs — leaves one with the impression that this point in the memo is meant to highlight the importance of repaying the taxpayers. It seems to be setting a precedent for using and abusing the GSEs' shareholders._

_Taxpayers should recoup their investment in the GSEs; but the Administration does not have to wipe out shareholders in order for this to happen._

_This need not be an issue of choosing taxpayers over shareholders. The federal government has similarly recouped taxpayer money used to bailout other corporations (A.I.G., Citigroup, etc.) involved in the financial collapse, but has allowed the shareholders of those companies to share in their recovery. The same should be the case with the GSEs._

601) **Illegally gave Obamacare subsidies to people who bought insurance from somewhere other than the Obamacare website**

As it was passed by Congress, Obamacare only gives subsidies to people who buy insurance at the Obamacare website. However, in February 2014, Obama  allowed people who bought insurance from somewhere other than the Obamacare website to get these subsidies. Because Obama made this change without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

602) **An estimated 65% of small businesses that already had insurance will pay higher premiums because of Obamacare**

In February 2014, it was  reported that an estimated 65% of small businesses that already had insurance would pay higher premiums because of Obamacare.

603) **Allowed anti-gay Muslim preacher who wants homosexuals to be executed into the U.S. to spread his message to mosques in 17 U.S. cities**

Sheikh Mohammad Rateb al-Nabulsi is a Muslim preacher from Syria who has  called for homosexuals to be executed. In March 2014, Obama  gave him a visa so he could spread his message to mosques in 17 U.S. cities.

604) **Illegally gave unions an exemption from Obamacare's "reinsurance" tax**

Obamacare includes a so-called "reinsurance" tax. In March 2014, Obama gave unions an exemption from this tax. This was illegal for two reasons. First, Obama made this change without approval from Congress. And second, the Constitution requires that laws apply equally to everyone.

605) **Illegally delayed Obamacare's minimum standards for certain insurance policies until after the 2016 election**

Obamacare's minimum standards for insurance policies were required to take effect on January 1, 2014. However, in March 2014, Obama delayed these standards for certain insurance policies until after the 2016 election. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

606) **Illegally extended Obamacare's open enrollment period for 2015**

In March 2014, Obama extended Obamacare's open enrollment period for 2015. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

607) **Unite Here said Obamacare "threatens the middle class with higher premiums, loss of hours, and a shift to part-time work and less comprehensive coverage."**

Unite Here is a union that represents 300,000 employees in the hotel and restaurant industries. It supported Obama in both elections.

In March 2014, Unite Here said:

_"If employers follow the incentives in the law, they will push families onto the exchanges to buy coverage. This will force low-wage service industry employees to spend $2.00, $3.00 or even $5.00 an hour of their pay to buy similar coverage."_

_"... the ACA threatens the middle class with higher premiums, loss of hours, and a shift to part-time work and less comprehensive coverage."_

_"Obamacare will cost our members the equivalent of a significant pay cut to keep their hard-won benefits."_

_"... it will inevitably lead to the destruction of the health care plans we were promised we could keep."_

608) **Doctor who survived breast cancer said "Under Obamacare, I'd be dead."**

 Dr. Katherine Albrecht lives in Nashua, New Hampshire. After she was diagnosed with breast cancer, doctors at her local hospital told her there was nothing they could do for her. So, she went to experts at the Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusettes, who saved her life. She later received follow up care at Cornell Breast Cancer Center in New York City. Her insurance paid for her treatment at both of these out-of-state facilities.

Afterward, her insurance policy was canceled, because it did not meet Obamacare's minimum requirements.

Her new, Obamacare-compliant policy does not cover treatment in Boston, New York, or any other out-of-state medical facility.

She  said of this:

_"Under Obamacare, I'd be dead."_

609) **Tried to censor the Center for American Progress**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had called the Center for American Progress to complain about its accurate report that Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan had more troops than the highest number during Bush's presidency.

610) **Told border guards to run away from illegal immigrants who were throwing rocks**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had told border guards to run away from illegal immigrants who were throwing rocks at them.

611) **Illegally read the emails of two law abiding, adult citizens who were engaged in a consensual sexual relationship**

In February 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally read the emails of two law abiding, adult citizens who were engaged in a consensual sexual relationship.

612) **Tried to prevent Florida from removing ineligible people from its voter rolls**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had tried to stop Florida from removing ineligible people from its voter rolls.

613) **Threatened to veto a bill that would require the President to enforce federal laws**

In March 2014, it was  reported that Obama had threatened to veto a bill that would require the President to enforce federal laws.

614) **Obamacare refused to provide insurance to a business which had paid its Obamacare premiums for three months**

 United Reported Publishing is a business in Folsom, California. As of March 2014, it had paid its Obamacare premiums for the past three months, but had not received the insurance that it had paid for. When the company called the Obamacare customer service phone number to try to find out why, the Obamacare customer service refused to do anything to help them.

615) **Threatened to fine a law abiding citizen $75,000 a day for legally building a stock pond on his own private property**

Andy Johnson lives in Wyoming. He obtained a permit to legally build a stock pond on his own private property. However, in March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had threatened to fine him $75,000 a day for building it.

616) **Skipped National Security meeting so he could attend a film festival**

In March 2014, it was  reported that Obama had skipped a National Security meeting so he could attend a film festival.

617) **Prohibited Catholic military personnel from practicing their religion during off-duty hours**

In March 2014, it was  reported that Commander-in-Chief Obama had prohibited Catholic military personnel from practicing their religion during off-duty hours.

618) **Got even worse regarding his violations of the Freedom of Information Act**

In 2013, Obama's violations of the Freedom of Information Act were even  worse than during the previous years of his presidency.

619) **Illegally changed Obamacare's medical loss ratio provision**

Obamacare has a medical loss ratio provision which requires insurers to spend at least 80% of premiums on health care. In March 2014, Obama  changed this percentage. Because Obama made this change without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

620) **Tried to censor the ACLU and NAACP**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the ACLU and the NAACP had criticized the Obama administration's proposal for new regulations that would restrict the speech of non-profit organizations during election campaigns.

621) **Gave up U.S. control over certain aspects of the internet.**

The U.S. invented the internet. However, in March 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given up U.S. control of certain aspects of the internet.

622) **Democratic Underground's WilliamPitt said Obamacare caused his wife to lose coverage for her multiple sclerosis medicine, and called Obama a "used-car salesman"**

In March 2014, Democratic Underground's WilliamPitt wrote: (I have redacted the vulgar language from the original)

_What I've learned about the Affordable Care Act_

_What I've learned after a three-month war with these fiends: the ACA says the insurance companies cannot deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, which is true as far as it goes. But they can deny coverage for the life-saving medications necessary to treat those conditions. The insurance company I signed up with through the ACA exchange just denied coverage of my wife's multiple sclerosis medication. We're "covered," to the tune of $700 a month...just not for what she really needs._

_A cozy loophole, that._

_F*** you, insurance industry._

_F*** you, Mr. President, you piece of s*** used-car salesman._

_From my heart and soul, f*** you._

623) **More than one third of people who receive Obamacare subsidies will have to repay part or all of their subsidy when they do their taxes the following year**
In March 2014, it was  reported that more than one third of people who receive Obamacare subsidies will have to repay part or all of their subsidy when they do their taxes the following year.

624) **Illegally rewrote the Freedom of Information Act to prevent the release of politically sensitive documents**

In March 2014, it was  reported that in April 2009, Obama had rewritten the freedom of Information Act to prevent the release of politically sensitive documents. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

625) **Man received $407,000 in medical bills for care that he had received after his Obamacare policy had taken effect**

 Larry Basich lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He started paying his Obamacare premiums in November 2013, for coverage that was supposed to start on January 1, 2014. He paid his premiums every month. However, in March 2014, he was billed $407,000 for medical care that he had received during January and February 2014.

626) **Under Commander-in-Chief Obama, the military kept track of civilians' parking tickets, traffic citations, and fender-benders**

In March 2014, it was  reported that under Commander-in-Chief Obama, the military was keeping track of civilians' parking tickets, traffic citations, and fender-benders.

627) **Obama Motors refused to recall defective cars that killed 12 people**

In July 2009, Obama had the government take 60.8% ownership of General Motors.

In December 2013, ownership of Obama Motors was  returned to the private sector.

In March 2014, it was reported that during the time that Obama had been in charge of Obama Motors, he refused to recall defective cars that had killed 12 people. This is very unusual, because typical car recalls happen before anyone dies.

628) **Proposed illegally building skyscrapers out of wood**

In March 2013, Obama  proposed building skyscrapers out of wood. To do so would be in violation of numerous safety regulations and building codes, not to mention the laws of physics.

629) **Falsely accused Matt Drudge of lying when Drudge said he had just paid his Obamacare tax**

Since Matt Drudge runs a business, he pays his income taxes on a quarterly based. However, in March 2014, after Drudge truthfully commented on this, the Obama administration  falsely accused him of lying.

630) **New York Times reporter James Risen said Obama was "the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation"**

In March 2014, New York Times reporter James Risen  said Obama was:

_"the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation"_

631) **Spied on Chinese politicians and companies**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spied on Chinese politicians and companies

632) **Eric Holder illegally avoided reporting and paying taxes on his use of government aircraft for personal trips**

In March 2014, it was  reported that Attorney General Eric Holder had illegally avoided reporting and paying taxes on his use of government aircraft for personal trips.

633) **Illegally delayed the Obamacare enrollment deadline**

Obamacare sets the enrollment deadline at March 31, 2014. However, a week before this deadline, Obama granted  extensions. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

634) **Obamacare author said it will cause most employers to stop offering insurance**

In March 2014, the New York Times reported:

_Why Employers Will Stop Offering Health Insurance_

_Here's a prediction: By 2025, "fewer than 20 percent of workers in the private sector will receive traditional employer-sponsored health insurance." The source of this claim? Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, in his just-published book, "Reinventing American Health Care."_

_Dr. Emanuel is an accomplished oncologist, medical ethicist and academic (and contributing opinion writer to The New York Times). And, of course, he's no stranger to politics: He helped craft the Affordable Care Act as a health policy adviser to the Obama administration, when his brother, Rahm, now the mayor of Chicago, was chief of staff._

_... he argues, the so-called Cadillac tax on especially generous health plans, set to take effect in 2018, will help pave the way by discouraging companies from offering those plans._

635) **Conducted a DEA raid on someone's home based on the fact that she had purchased a 16 ounce bottle of fertilizer at a gardening store**

In October 2013, the DEA  raided the home of a woman in Shorewood, Illinois, based on the fact that she had purchased a 16 ounce bottle of fertilizer at a gardening store.

636) **Used more than 200 armed agents and snipers to confront a farmer who was trespassing on federal land**

In April 2014, the Obama administration  used more than 200 armed agents and snipers to confront a farmer who was trespassing on federal land.

637) **Ordered a high school to undo improvements that parents had made to its bleachers**

Plymouth Canton Community Schools is a high school in Michigan. The students' parents used their own money to improve the bleachers at the school's baseball field. In March 2014, the Obama administration  ordered the school to undo these improvements.

638) **Spied on private companies in Germany**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spied on private companies in Germany.

639) **Spied on 122 world leaders**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spied on 122 world leaders.

640) **California's Obamacare website gave people voter registration cards that were pre-marked as Democrat**

In March 2014, it was  reported that California's Obamacare website had given people voter registration cards that were pre-marked as Democrat.

641) **Secretly gave military equipment to Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine**

In March 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had secretly given military equipment to Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine.

642) **Released 68,000 convicted criminal aliens in one year**

In 2013, the Obama administration  released 68,000 convicted criminal aliens.

643) **Obama's press secretary had Soviet communist propaganda posters on the walls of his house**

In April 2014, it was reported that Jay Carney, Obama's press secretary, had Soviet communist propaganda posters on the walls of his house.

644) **Obama administration removed info from its own website about why it wanted a farmer to get off of federal land**

In April 2014, the Obama administration  used more than 200 armed agents and snipers to confront a farmer who was trespassing on federal land. After the standoff had been going on for several days, it was  reported that the Obama administration had been planning to let a Chinese company use the land to build a solar farm, and that the Obama administration had removed information about these plans from its own website.

645) **Obamacare caused a Kansas hospital to layoff 15 employees**

In April 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare had caused Newman Regional Health hospital in Emporia, Kansas, to layoff 15 employees.

646) **Voted against requiring medical care for babies who were born alive after botched abortions**

In Illinois, it was  discovered that an abortion clinic was refusing to provide medical care to babies who were born alive after botched abortions - medical workers at the clinic were letting these babies die. When Obama was an Illinois state senator, he voted  against requiring medical care for these babies who were born alive after botched abortions.

647) **Targeted companies with Republican CEOs so the Justice Department could block their mergers**

In April 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had targeted companies with Republican CEOs so the Justice Department could block their mergers.

648) **Of the 7.1 million people who enrolled in the Obamacare exchanges, only 20% had been previously uninsured**

In April 2014, it was  reported that of the 7.1 million people who had enrolled in the Obamacare exchanges, only 20% had been previously uninsured.

649) **Illegally regulated banks in Canada and Europe, and illegally required them to violate the privacy of their own citizens**

In March 2010, Obama  signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which takes effect on July 1, 2014. This law imposes new regulations on banks in  Canada and  Europe, and requires them to violate the  privacy of their own citizens. The U.S. Constitution does not give these powers to the U.S. President.

650) **Proposed 442 different tax increases as of April 14, 2014**

As of April 14, 2014, President Obama had  proposed 442 different tax increases.

651) **Obamacare caused a woman who was six months pregnant to lose coverage for her obstetrician**

Susan Estrich is a law professor at the University of Southern California. In April 2014, she said that Obamacare had caused her pharmacy technician, who was six months pregnant, to lose coverage for her obstetrician.

652) **Obamacare caused New York City brain surgery patient to lose all her doctors and anti-pain medications**

Margaret Figueroa lives in New York City. She has had four brain surgeries. On January 1, 2014, Obamacare caused her to lose all her doctors and anti-pain medications. Three months later, she said:

_"I have been in pain. I've been vomiting. I lost 22 pounds. The pain is unbearable."_

653) **Obamacare pediatric dental coverage for Scot Vorse's two children covered zero dentists within a 100 mile radius**

 Scot Vorse lives in Los Angeles, California. He purchased Obamacare pediatric dental coverage for his two children. However, when he searched the Obamacare website for dentists who were covered by his children's policy, it said that there were zero participating dentists within a 100 mile radius.

654) **Obama voters in San Francsico area complained that Obamacare does not actually give them access to a doctor**

Mountain View, California, is part of the San Francisco area, where Obama won both elections by a huge percentage. In April 2014, Obama voters in this area  complained that Obamacare did not actually give them access to a doctor.

655) **Illegally shot and killed cattle, and lied about the reason why**

In April 2014 in Nevada, the Obama administration illegally shot and killed cattle, in  violation of a court order. Although the cattle had been safely enclosed inside a fenced area, the Obama administration  falsely claimed that the cattle had been running around loose and were a threat.

656) **Illegally rounded up wild horses so they could be sent to a slaughterhouse, and lied about the reason why**

In April 2014 in Wyoming, the Obama administration  rounded up wild horses so they could be sent to a slaughterhouse, despite the fact that these wild horses were legally protected from such actions. The Obama administration  falsely claimed that these wild horses were not actually wild.

657) **Threatened to veto a bill that would change Obamacare's definition of "full time" from 30 hours per week to 40**

Obamacare's employer mandate only applies to "full time" employees, which Obamacare defines as those who work at least 30 hours per week. This has  encouraged many employers to reduce their employees' weekly hours to 29. In response to this, in April 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives  passed a bill that redefines Obamacare's definition of "full time" work to 40 hours per week. Obama  threatened to veto this proposal.

658) **Forced New Jersey to eliminate its FamilyCare Advantage health care program**

In 2008, New Jersaey  started running a program called FamilyCare Advantage, which provided affordable health insurance to families. However, in 2014, Obamacare  forced New Jersey to eliminate this program.

659) **Obama's State Department "misplaced and lost" $6 billion**

In April 2014, it was  reported that Obama's State Department had "misplaced and lost" $6 billion.

660) **Obamacare patient got rejected by all 96 doctors that she contacted**

In an April 2014 article in Ebony magazine, Danielle Kimberly  wrote:

_As a proud new beneficiary of the Affordable Health Care Act, I'd like to report that I am doctorless. Ninety-six. Ninety-six is the number of soul crushing rejections that greeted me as I attempted to find one. It's the number of physicians whose secretaries feigned empathy while rehearsing the "I'm so sorry" line before curtly hanging up._

661) **Ann Coulter said her friend's sister died because of Obamacare**

In February 2014, Ann Coulter said that her friend's sister died because she could not afford to get medical care, because her insurance had been canceled because of Obamacare.

662) **Obama ad falsely said women get paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the "same work" as men**

In June 2012, an Obama ad  said:

_"President Obama knows that women being paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men isn't just unfair, it hurts families."_

While women do indeed get paid 77 cents for every dollar that a man gets, it is not for the "same work." The Huffington Post  reported that the claim that women get paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the "same work" as men is wrong: the comparison is not for the "same work," the comparison does not adjust for education, job, experience, hours worked per week, etc., and when you do adjust for those things, the gap disappears. People who claim that the gap exists count a male lawyer and a female librarian as having the "same" job, even though lawyers earn far more than librarians.

663) **Tea party donors were audited by the IRS at ten times the rate of the general population**

In May 2014, it was  reported that tea party donors had been audited by the IRS at ten times the rate of the general population.

664) **Obama gave taxpayers' money to Obamacare contractor to hire employees to do nothing**

In May 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given taxpayers' money to Serco, an Obamacare contractor, to hire employees to do nothing. The more employees that Serco hired to do nothing, the more taxpayer money it got from Obama. At the time of the report, Serco was still hiring new employees.

665) **Obamacare customers filed class action lawsuit because even though they had paid their premiums, they did not receive the coverage that they had paid for**

In April 2014, a class action lawsuit was  filed in Nevada by Obamacare customers because even though they had paid their premiums, they did not receive the coverage that they had paid for.

666) **Obama hired a top criminal attorney as his new White House council**

In April 2014, it was  reported that Obama had hired Neil Eggleston, a top criminal attorney, as his new White House council.

667) **Broke his promise to end Bush's policy of circumventing Congress**

In 2008, Obama  said:

_"The biggest problems we're facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that's what I intend to reverse when I'm president of the United States of America."_

However, as of February 2014, Obama had  broken that promise 168 times.

668) **Said "Earth Day is about taking action" and then burned more than 35,000 gallons of fuel**

On Earth Day 2014, the Obama administration  said:

_"Earth Day is about taking action"_

Obama then spent the day  burning more than 35,000 gallons of fuel.

669) **Obama's Department of Health and Human Services spent $146 each month for each employee for email**

In April 2014, it was  reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was spending $146 each month for each employee for email.

670) **Removed 1.5 million medical orders from waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals without actually providing any medical care**

In May 2014, the Washington Examiner  reported:

_More than 1.5 million medical orders were canceled by the Department of Veterans Affairs without any guarantee the patients received the treatment or tests they needed, the Washington Examiner has found._

_Since May 2013, veterans' medical centers nationwide have been under pressure to clear out 2 million backlogged orders for patient care or services._

_They were given wide latitude to cancel unfilled appointments more than 90 days old. By April 2014, the backlog of what the agency calls "unresolved consults" was down to about 450,000._

_What happened to other 1.5 million appointments is something that no one, including top officials at the veterans' agency, can answer._

In May 2014, CNN  reported:

_At least 40 U.S. veterans died waiting for appointments at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care system, many of whom were placed on a secret waiting list._

_The secret list was part of an elaborate scheme designed by Veterans Affairs managers in Phoenix who were trying to hide that 1,400 to 1,600 sick veterans were forced to wait months to see a doctor, according to a recently retired top VA doctor and several high-level sources._

671) **Falsely said that he found out about long waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals on the news in 2014**

In May 2014, the Obama administration said that it had just found out about the long waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals on the news.

However, Obama had previously talked about this problem in 2008.

672) **Sued a trucking company because it would not allow an alcoholic employee to drive a truck**

In September 2011, the Obama administration  sued Old Dominion Freight Line because it would not allow an alcoholic employee to drive a truck.

673) **Sued a private company for using the same kind of background checks as the Obama administration**

In 2012, the EEOC  sued Kaplan, a for-profit education company, for using credit checks on its employees, which were described as being "the same type of background check that the EEOC itself uses."

674) **Defended a Muslim airline that illegally bans Israeli Jews from flights that originate in the U.S.**

In 2013, a passenger who wanted to fly from New York to London on Kuwait Airways was illegally rejected by the airline for being an Israeli Jew. The passenger filed a discrimination complaint with the Obama administration. The Obama administration  dismissed the complaint, claiming that the airline was subject to Kuwaiti law, and not U.S. law, even though the flight originated in the U.S.

675) **Illegally seized money from the bank account of a law abiding grocery store**

Terry Dehko is a law abiding citizen who owns a grocery store in Fraser, Michigan. 35% of the store's sales are done in cash. The store regularly deposits this cash into a bank account. In January 2013, the Obama administration illegally  seized the contents of the store's bank account.

676) **Illegally pressured banks to close the accounts of porn stars**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally pressured banks to close the accounts of porn stars.

677) **Huffington Post said Obamacare will leave 40 million Americans uninsured**

In February 2014, the Huffington Post  reported that Obamacare would leave 40 million Americans uninsured.

678) **Obamacare is illegal because it originated in the Senate instead of in the House**

The Obama administration  argued in front of the Supreme Court that the Obamacare mandate was a tax.

The U.S. Constitution requires all tax bills to originate in the House, but Obamacare  originated in the Senate.

679) **Moved control of the Census Bureau from the commerce secretary to the White House**

In March 2009, Obama  moved control of the Census Bureau from the commerce secretary to the White House. Larry Sabato, a professor at the University of Virginia,  said of this:

_"The last thing the census needs is for any hard-bitten partisan (either a Karl Rove or a Rahm Emanuel) to manipulate these critical numbers... Partisans have a natural impulse to tilt the playing field in their favor, and this has to be resisted."_

680) **Changed questions in the census to falsely inflate the number of people who gained insurance from Obamacare**

In April 2014, the New York Times  reported:

_Census Survey Revisions Mask Health Law Effects_

_The Census Bureau, the authoritative source of health insurance data for more than three decades, is changing its annual survey so thoroughly that it will be difficult to measure the effects of President Obama's health care law in the next report, due this fall..._

_... the new questions are so different that the findings will not be comparable..._

_An internal Census Bureau document said that the new questionnaire included a "total revision to health insurance questions" and, in a test last year, produced lower estimates of the uninsured. Thus, officials said, it will be difficult to say how much of any change is attributable to the Affordable Care Act and how much to the use of a new survey instrument._

_"We are expecting much lower numbers just because of the questions and how they are asked," said Brett J. O'Hara, chief of the health statistics branch at the Census Bureau._

681) **Illegally created a new Obamacare rule and penalty without approval from Congress**

In May 2014, the New York Times  reported:

_Many employers had thought they could shift health costs to the government by sending their employees to a health insurance exchange with a tax-free contribution of cash to help pay premiums, but the Obama administration has squelched the idea in a new ruling. Such arrangements do not satisfy the health care law, the administration said, and employers may be subject to a tax penalty of $100 a day — or $36,500 a year — for each employee who goes into the individual marketplace._

Obama's actions here are illegal. There is nothing in Obamacare that gives Obama or the IRS the power to prohibit employers from dumping employees onto Obamacare exchanges, or for fining them $100 a day per employee for doing so. The President does not have the legal authority to change the law without those changes first being approved by Congress.

682) **Obamacare forced colon cancer survivor Janet Grigg to lose her doctor. Her new Obamacare policy covers zero doctors within a 400 mile radius of her home.**

 Janet Grigg lives in Oklahoma and is a survivor of colon cancer. Obamacare caused her to lose coverage for her doctor. Her new Obamacare policy covers zero doctors within a 400 mile radius of her home. You can see a video of her at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FoyREgDH_8>

683) **Paid $150 per gallon for green jet fuel**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Pentagon had paid $150 per gallon for green jet fuel.

684) **Gave $20 million loan to an Obama donor and "very good friend" of Joe Biden to open a Porsche dealership in Ukraine**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given a $20 million loan to John Hynanksy to open a Porsche dealership in Ukraine. Vice President Joe Biden has referred to Hynanksy as "my very good friend." Hynanksy has donated to Obama's campaign.

685) **Obama broke the same law that Martha Stewart had gone to prison for breaking**

Solyndra's shareholders and executives made substantial  donations to Obama's campaign, the company spent a large sum of money on  lobbying the Obama administration, and its executives had many  meetings with Obama White House officials. Afterward, Obama  gave $535 million of taxpayers' money to Solyndra. Before Obama gave the money to Solyndra, Obama had already been aware of Solyndra's financial troubles. For example, according to the company's security filings in 2009, the company had been selling its product for  less than the cost of production. In 2010, Obama visited the Solyndra factory and cited it as a role model for his "stimulus" program, saying "It's here that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future." The Washington Post wrote of this, "Administration officials and outside advisers warned that President Obama should consider dropping plans to visit a solar startup company in 2010 because its mounting financial problems might ultimately embarrass the White House." Solyndra was a private company, but had been planning to use its government funding as a means of going public – so when Obama knowingly overstated the company's condition in order to help his friends at Solyndra, he  broke the same law that Martha Stewart had been sent to prison for breaking.

686) **Refused to explain why he waited two years to label Boko Haram as a terrorist organization**

In 2011, an organization called Boko Haram bombed the Abuja U.N. headquarters. However, the Obama administration waited two years to label it as a terrorist organization, and  would not explain why it waited.

687) **Falsely claimed that Republicans had "filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation"**

In May 2014, Obama  falsely claimed that Republicans had "filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation."

688) **Refused to prosecute Hilda Solis, his labor secretary, for violating campaign finance laws**

In March 2012, Hilda Solis, Obama's labor secretary,  illegally asked federal employees to donate to Obama's campaign. Obama refused to prosecute her.

689) **Illegally ordered two Secret Service agents to leave their White House post and guard the home of a top official's aide**

During the summer of 2011, the Obama administration  illegally ordered two Secret Service agents to leave their White House post and guard the home of a top official's aide.

690) **Spent $194,788 to study how transwomen use Facebook**

In April 2014, the Obama administration  spent $194,788 to study how transwomen use Facebook.

691) **Illegally released five "high risk" Taliban terrorists**

Federal law  requires the President to notify Congress 30 days before releasing terrorists. However, in May 2014, Obama released five "high risk" Taliban terrorists without giving advance notification.

692) **Under Commander-in-Chief Obama, a military deserter was given promotions instead of a court-martial**

In June 2009, private first class Bowe Bergdahl deserted his post. Afterward, instead of being court-martialed, he was promoted to the rank of specialist in June 2010, and later promoted to the rank of sergeant in June 2011.

693) **Falsely said a military deserter had been "captured on the battlefield" and had served "with honor and distinction"**

In June 2009, private first class Bowe Bergdahl deserted his post. However, in June 2014, Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser,  said that Bergdahl had been "captured on the battlefield" and had served "with honor and distinction."

694) **Commander-in-Chief Obama did not know that the letter "p" in the word "corpsman" was silent**

Commander-in-Chief Obama pronounced the letter "p" in the world "corpsman" twice in less than a minute. For a young child who is learning how to read, such a pronunciation makes perfect sense. But for the Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful military in the world, it is inexcusable.

695) **Referred to the Taliban Five as "gentlemen"**

At 3:25 in this video from June 2014, Marie Harf, the deputy spokesperson for Obama's State Department, refers to the five then-recently released Taliban terrorists as "gentlemen." <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQ28sUBvwE>

696) **Illegally invited, encouraged, and allowed tens of thousands of unaccompanied minor illegal immigrants to enter and stay in the U.S., and then pretended to be surprised when they showed up**

In 2012, the Obama administration  announced that unaccompanied minor illegal immigrant children would not be deported.

In January 2014, the Obama administration placed an advertisement  requesting contract services to care for 65,000 "unaccompanied alien children." The advertisement can be read  here. However, afterward, when these illegal immigrants entered the U.S., the Obama administration  pretended to be surprised at their arrival.

They are largely from  Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

95% of them  said the main reason they came was because of Obama's new promise for amnesty.

In June 2014, Associated Press  reported:

_The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011._

_The migrants also uniformly said they decided to head north because they had heard that a change in U.S. law requires the Border Patrol to swiftly release children and their mothers and let them stay in the United States._

_The Central American minors who cross the border alone have generally been released into the care of relatives already in the U.S..._

_... many are reporting in calls back home that they're free to move around the U.S._

Also in June 2014, Associated Press  reported:

_The Obama administration has released into the U.S. an untold number of immigrant families caught traveling illegally from Central America in recent months — and although the government knows how many it's released, it won't say publicly._

_Senior U.S. officials directly familiar with the issue, including at the Homeland Security Department and White House, have so far dodged the answer on at least seven occasions over two weeks, alternately saying that they did not know the figure or didn't have it immediately at hand. "We will get back to you," the Homeland Security deputy secretary said Friday._

_The figure is widely believed to exceed 40,000 since October. It's believed to be slightly below the roughly 52,000 children caught traveling illegally from Central America over the same period, an extraordinary increase since last year that is driving a humanitarian crisis at the border._

Instead of returning these illegal immigrants to south of the border, the Obama administration made plans to ship some them to  Virginia and  New York.

In June 2014, the Obama administration announced that it would  give $254.6 million to the countries that sent these illegal immigrants to the U.S. Obama was planning to reward illegal immigration by subsidizing it. Whatever you subsidize, you get more of it. When you subsidize illegal immigration, you get more of it.

697) **Falsely claimed to have "lost" Lois Lerner's emails**

In June 2014, the IRS  claimed that emails from Lois Lerner (a high level IRS employee) to outside agencies from January 2009 through April 2011 had been "lost" when her hard drive "crashed." However, a private company called Sonasoft had a  contract with the IRS since 2005 to back up all of the IRS's emails. The company keeps multiple and redundant backup copies of all the IRS's emails. The company advertised itself by  saying "If the IRS uses Sonasoft products to back up their servers why wouldn't you choose them to protect your servers?" In addition, Norman Cillo, an Army veteran who had worked in intelligence, and who had also worked as a program manager at Microsoft, listed  six reasons why the IRS's claim about "losing" the emails must be false. Also, federal law  requires the IRS to keep permanent, backup copies of all of its emails at an external location. And finally, the  NSA has copies of all of the emails.

698) **Obama's so-called "indepentent" investigator of the Solyndra scandal donated $52,500 to Obama's campaign**

Although a so-called "independent" review said that Obama had not done anything wrong in the Solyndra scandal, it was later reported that Herbert M. Allison Jr., the person who had conducted this "independent" review,  donated $52,500 to Obama's campaign.

699) **Gave bonuses to employees who created Oregon's defective Obamacare website**

Obama gave Oregon  $304 million to build its  defective Obamacare website. As of February 28, 2014, exactly  zero people had signed up at Oregon's Obamacare website.

However, in June 2014, it was  reported that the employees who had built Oregon's defective Obamacare website had been given $650,000 in taxpayer funded bonuses.

700) **Gave news organizations the secret identity of the CIA's top officer in Kabul**

In May 2014, the Obama administration  gave news organizations the secret identity of the CIA's top officer in Kabul.

701) **Obama nominated a judge who had written memos in favor of using drones to kill U.S. citizens without a trial, and Obama would not let people read those memos**

In May 2014, Obama  nominated David J. Barron to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Before that, when Barron was an official in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, he had written two memos arguing in favor of using drones to kill U.S. citizens without a trial. When it was requested that these memos be made public, Obama refused to do so.

702) **In 2013, Obama released hundreds of illegal aliens who had been convicted of violent crimes**

In 2013, the Obama administration  released hundreds of illegal aliens who had been convicted of violent crimes. The violent crimes that they had been convicted of included 193 murder convictions, 426 sexual assault convictions, 303 kidnapping convictions, and 1,075 aggravated assault convictions.

703) **Obama's Department of Agriculture ordered submachine guns with 30 round capacity**

In May 2014, the Department of Agriculture  ordered submachine guns with 30 round capacity. The order can be read  here.

704) **Illegally pressured banks to stop doing business with gun sellers**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had imposed new regulations on banks which pressured them to stop doing business with gun sellers. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his actions were illegal.

705) **Illegally seized industrial hemp seeds**

In May 2014, the DEA illegally  seized industrial hemp seeds in Kentucky.

706) **Falsely promised to end the problem of long waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals**

In 2008, Obama falsely promised to fix the problem of long waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals.

707) **Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds its meetings in secret**

In 2010, Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act, which created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which holds its meetings in  secret.

708) **Falsely said he was "madder than hell" about long waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals**

In May 2014, Denis McDonough, Obama's chief of staff,  said that Obama was "madder than hell" about long waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals. However, even though Obama had  talked about this problem in 2008, he had not done anything to fix it during his first five years as President.

709) **Illegally ignored Judical Watch's Freedom of Information requests regarding Fast and Furious**

Obama illegally  ignored Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information requests regarding Fast and Furious.

710) **Illegally ignored Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information requests regarding the Benghazi attacks**

Obama illegally  ignored Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information requests regarding the Benghazi attacks.

711) **Gave $499,479 of taxpayers' money to an organization that published a list of "Pitfalls of Working With White People"**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given $499,479 to Beyond Diversity Resource Center, a New Jersey organization that published a list of 29 "Pitfalls of Working With White People." Some of these "pitfalls" said that white people "ask stupid questions," "are arrogant," "say something stupid," and "get too friendly too fast."

712) **Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped conducting employee evaluations because they were "racist"**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had stopped conducting employee evaluations because they were "racist." The agency's new policy would pay all employees as if they had received the highest score. This new policy will cost more than $5 million.

713) **Fined Toyota $1.2 billion for the non-existent "problem" of "unintended acceleration" after a government study proved that Toyota had done nothing wrong**

Beginning in  2009, there were media reports that Toyota cars had a "problem" called "unintended acceleration." Allegedly, when drivers stepped on the break, their cars would go faster instead of stopping. However, this "unintended accelelarion" was happening far more often with  elderly drivers than with other drivers, which suggested that the problem was caused by the driver hitting the wrong pedal, and not by some defect in the car. In February 2011, a study by NHTSA and NAA  proved that Toyota was innocent. The study can be read here. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood  said, "The verdict is in. There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotas." However, despite Toyota's innocence, Obama  fined them $1.2 billion.

714) **Proposed that Hawaii's legal system treat people differently depending on their race**

In May 2014, it was  reported that Obama had proposed that Hawaii adopt different taxing, spending, and law enforcement policies for people, depending on their race.

715) **Spent $430,000 of taxpayers' money to renovate a house in Detroit, and then sold it for $80,000**

In May 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $430,000 to renovate a house in Detroit, and then sold it for $80,000.

716) **Illegally violated Freedom of Information request regarding the closing of Mt. Rushmore during the October 2013 federal shutdown**

During the federal shutdown of October 2013, South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard  proposed using state and private funds to keep Mount Rushmore open, but the Obama administration did not allow this to happen. In October 2013, National Review filed a Freedom of Information request on this subject, but the Obama administration illegally ignored the 20 day deadline for providing this information, and did not provide it until May 2014.

717) **Union that represents 16,500 border patrol agents complained that Obama was forcing them to change the diapers of illegal aliens**

In June 2014, the union that represents 16,500 border patrol agents  complained that Obama was forcing them to change the diapers of illegal aliens.

718) **Turned U.S. military bases into day care centers for illegal aliens**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had turned four U.S. military bases into day care centers for illegal aliens.

719) **Prohibited a U.S. Congressman from visiting a U.S. military base in his own state that was being used to house illegal aliens**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had prohibited U.S. Congressman Jim Bridenstine (R-Oklahoma) from visiting Ft. Sill, a military base in Lawton, Oklahoma, which the Obama administration was using to house illegal aliens.

720) **Spent $252 per day per child to house illegal aliens**

In July 2014, it  reported that the Obama administration was spending $252 per day per child to house illegal aliens.

721) **Flew illegal aliens to Massachusetts and then released them**

In June 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had flown illegal aliens to Massachusetts and then released them.

722) **Fraudulently declared meadow jumping mouse "endangered" in order to hurt ranchers**

On May 24, 2014, Wikipedia's article on the meadow jumping mouse  stated:

_The meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) is the most widely distributed mouse in the subfamily Zapodinae. It may be found from the Atlantic coast, to the Great Plains, as far north as the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska, and as far south as Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and New Mexico._

_The meadow jumping mouse is currently not in any kind of danger. According to the IUCN Red list, it is widely spread, common, and not declining throughout most of its extensive range. It is also present in many protected areas, and so does not have any major threats of it becoming an endangered species._

However, on July 3, 2014, the Daily Caller  reported:

_Feds Declare Mouse Endangered, Family Might Lose Everything_

_A family's livestock enterprise in New Mexico is in danger of being completely shut down now that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the meadow jumping mouse to be an endangered species..._

_The new regulations came into effect from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month, and as a result, the U.S. Forest Service is considering installing 8-foot high fences to protect the mouse, which would permanently prevent the Lucero family's livestock from grazing._

_The family is already in possession of grazing permits from the federal government, but the permits become irrelevant in the event that a new species is declared endangered._

_The Lucero family has had their livestock graze on the land in the Santa Fe National Forest for more than a century, starting first with sheep, but then switching to cattle in the 1920s._

Obama's declaration of this animal as being "endangered" is contrary to all scientific evidence, and is just a cover for his war on ranchers.

723) **After cancer patient Linda Rolain paid her Obamacare premiums, Obamacare refused to pay for her medical treatment, and she died**

 Linda Rolain lived in Las Vegas. She had brain cancer. After she paid her Obamacare premiums, Obamacare refused to pay for her medical treatment, and she died.

724) **Sued a private company for "discrimination" because it required its employees to speak English**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had sued Wisconsin Plastics, Inc. for "discrimination" because it required its employees to speak English.

725) **Gave thousands of illegal aliens bus tickets to the U.S. city of their choice**

In June 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given thousands of illegal aliens bus tickets to the U.S. city of their choice.

726) **"Thugs Run L.A. Classrooms, Thanks To Obama Suspension Ban"**

In July 2014, Investor's Daily  reported:

_Thugs Run L.A. Classrooms, Thanks To Obama Suspension Ban_

_As we predicted, the Obama regime's anti-suspension policy is backfiring. Los Angeles teachers complain unsuspended violent kids are intimidating them and effectively ruling their classrooms._

_In 2011, the Education Department accused the Los Angeles Unified School District of discriminating against black boys, who were suspended for bad behavior at a disproportionate rate. The agency ordered it to reduce suspensions in the hopes that unruly minority students would stay in school and graduate._

_Last year, Los Angeles schools became the first in the state to ban "willful defiance" as grounds for suspension. As a result, their overall suspension rate dropped to 1.5% from 8% in 2008._

_Offenders just aren't being sent home at the same rate they were before the federal order. And they're getting younger and bolder._

_"Last week I was terrified and bullied by a fourth-grade student," a teacher at an urban L.A. school said. "The black student told me to 'back off, bitch.' I told him to go to the office and he said, 'No, bitch, and you and no one can make me.'"_

_Complained another LAUSD teacher:_

_"Kids aren't even suspended for fights or drugs."_

_Even threats against teachers are ignored, as administrators' hands are tied by the new policy. Knowing there won't be consequences, thugs can control the classroom, disrupting lessons for other kids, including minorities, who want to learn._

727) **Sent 200 U.S. troops to Iraq in June 2014, even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011**

In June 2014, Obama  sent 200 U.S. troops to Iraq, even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011.

728) **Served cake on Air Force One, but pressured public schools to ban it**

In June 2014, Obama  served cake on Air Force One, but pressured public schools to ban it.

729) **Threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they talked about the contagious diseases that illegal aliens were bringing into the U.S.**

In July 2014, the Obama administration  threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they talked about the contagious diseases that illegal aliens were bringing into the U.S.

730) **Illegally violated the religious freedom of Catholic business owners by forcing them to pay for birth control**

In June 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court  ruled that Obama had illegally violated the religious freedom of Catholic business owners by forcing them to pay for birth control.

731) **Obama wanted poet Maya Angelou put in jail because she used a gun to protect herself from someone who was trying to break into her home**

In an interview with Time magazine, poet Maya Angelou  said that she once used a gun to protect herself from someone who was trying to break into her home. When Obama was a state senator in Illinois, he voted  against allowing people in their own homes to use guns to protect themselves and their families from murderers and rapists. Obama wanted Maya Angelou put in jail because she used a gun to protect herself, in her own home, from an intruder who could have been planning to rape and murder her.

732) **Obama's Justice Department investigated a parade float that was critical of Obama**

In July 2014, the Justice Department  launched an investigation into a parade float that was critical of Obama.

733) **Awarded a $50 million contract to put illegal aliens in a resort hotel with an indoor Olympic sized swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool, Jacuzzis, a sauna, a steam room, tennis courts, racquetball courts, Wi-Fi, and cable TV**

In July 2014, the Obama administration  awarded a $50 million contract to put illegal aliens in a resort hotel with an indoor Olympic sized swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool, Jacuzzis, a sauna, a steam room, tennis courts, racquetball courts, Wi-Fi, and cable TV.

734) **Allowed illegal aliens into the U.S. without performing proper medical screening**

In July 2014, the Obama administration  allowed illegal aliens into the U.S. without providing proper medical screening.

735) **"Border Patrol Agent Hospitalized with Pneumonia Caught from an Illegal Immigrant, Expected to Have Lifelong Complications"**

In July 2014, National Review  reported:

_Border Patrol Agent Hospitalized with Pneumonia Caught from an Illegal Immigrant, Expected to Have Lifelong Complications_

_A Border Patrol agent from the Laredo, Texas, Sector has been hospitalized for seven days with bacterial pneumonia, which the agent contracted while processing illegal immigrants, officials from National Border Patrol Council 2455 tell National Review Online._

_Agent Jarrad Seely, vice president of NBPC 2455, says the agent is expected to have chronic asthmatic symptoms for life, according to information relayed by the agent. The illness has so swollen the agent's throat that it's difficult for the agent to speak, Seely says._

_"It's a very traumatic experience for [the agent] and [the agent's] family," he says. "[The agent's] got small children." He says that it's too soon to tell if the agent will be able to make a full recovery and return to work, and says the agent was healthy prior to processing the immigrants._

736) **Allowed illegal aliens with active cases of tuberculosis, scabies, lice, and chicken pox to enter the U.S.**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had allowed illegal aliens with active cases of tuberculosis, scabies, lice, and chicken pox to enter the U.S.

737) **Put illegal alien children into foster homes in the U.S. without doing proper background checks of the foster parents**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had put illegal alien children into foster homes in the U.S. without doing proper background checks of the foster parents.

738) **Less than a month after Obama allowed illegal alien Pedro Alberto Monterroso Navas to enter the U.S., Navas murdered someone in Louisiana**

On June 26, 2014, illegal alien Pedro Alberto Monterroso Navas was caught trying to enter the U.S. The Obama administration released him, and  allowed him to stay in the U.S. On July 13, 2014, Navas murdered someone in Louisiana.

739) **Falsely said "... we would not make any decisions about transfer of any detainees without consulting with Congress."**

In June 2013, White House press secretary Jay Carney  said:

_"... we would not make any decisions about transfer of any detainees without consulting with Congress."_

However, in May 2014, the Obama administration  broke this promise.

740) **Repeatedly violated a judge's orders to stop destroying NSA records that could have been used to prove that the NSA had broken the law**

In June 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had repeatedly violated a judge's orders to stop destroying NSA records that could have been used to prove that the NSA had broken the law.

741) **Noam Chomsky said Obama "... seems determined to demolish the foundations of our civil liberties."**

In June 2014, Noam Chomsky  said that Obama

_"... seems determined to demolish the foundations of our civil liberties."_

742) **Encouraged college students to take out loans that they could not afford to pay back**

In 2010, Obama  signed a law that limited the monthly payments for student loans to 10% of their discretionary income, and would forgive all remaining debt after 20 years of payments. Since students know they won't have to pay back the money, this encourages them to borrow more money than they could afford to pay back.

743) **Illegally expanded student debt forgiveness**

in June 2014, Obama  expanded student debt forgiveness. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

744) **Broke his promise to end no-bid contracts above $25,000**

In January 2010, it was  reported that Obama had broken his promise to end no-bid contracts above $25,000.

745) **Planned to free an al Qaeda terrorist because he had started doing yoga**

In June 2014, it was  reported that Obama was planning to free an al Qaeda terrorist because he had started doing yoga.

746) **Obamacare call center employee left confidential info of Obamacare customers at a deli**

In June 2014, it was  reported that an employee of an Obamacare call center had left a backpack containing handwritten notepads at a deli in Hartford, Connecticut. The notepads contained names, addresses, and social security numbers of 151 Obamacare customers.

747) **Obama proposed housing almost 30,000 illegal aliens in the U.S. for one year for $126,000 each, would is 200 times the cost of flying them back to their home country**

In July 2014, Obama  proposed spending $3.8 billion to house almost 30,000 illegal aliens in the U.S. for one year. That works out to $126,000 to house each illegal alien for one year. Flying them back to their home country would only cost 1/200th of that amount.

748) **In the name of "diversity," Obama chose a non-pilot to head the Air Force in the Pacific**

In July 2014, in the name of "diversity," Obama  chose a non-pilot to head the Air Force in the Pacific. A retired pilot  explained why this was a terrible thing for Obama to do:

_"It is because you make operational decisions that require the understanding of what you are going to ask pilots to execute in combat where the wrong decisions mean the difference between life and death."_

749) **In the name of "protecting" the environment, Obama made it harder for firefighters to fight wildfires**

In July 2014, it was  reported that in the name of "protecting" the environment, Obama made it harder for firefighters to fight wildfires.

750) **In the name of "safety," Obama banned the use of wood in cheese-making, even though it has zero safety risk when done properly**

In June 2014, in the name of "safety," the Obama administration  banned the use of wood in cheese-making, even though it has zero safety risk when done properly.

Chris Roelli, a Wisconsin cheese maker,  said of this:

_"... the flavor produced by aging on wood cannot be duplicated. This is a major game changer for the dairy industry in Wisconsin, and many other states."_

_"We do not have a viable option available to us that will do the same things that the wood does to the cheese... The wood provides a way of controlling moisture, wood provides flavor, and the wood provides a stable environment for the beneficial microbes to grow that allow the cheese rind to develop."_

_"Wood has been used in cheese making in Europe for thousands of years, from day one of cheese... it would severely hamper what we are doing at this point. 85% of the product I manufacture is made to be aged on wood."_

751) **Veterans Administration hospital spent $20 million on solar panels while its patients died from lack of treatment**

In June 2014, it was  reported that the Phoenix VA Health Care System spent $20 million on solar panels while as many as 40 of its patients died while waiting for care.

752) **Prohibited members of Congress from bringing cameras or audio recorders when they visited a shelter housing illegal aliens**

In June 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had prohibited members of Congress from bringing cameras or audio recorders when they visited a shelter housing illegal aliens.

753) **Threatened to arrest border patrol agents if they talked to reporters**

In June 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had threatened to arrest border patrol agents if they talked to reporters.

754) **Allowed known gang member illegal aliens to enter the U.S.**

In June 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had allowed known gang member illegal aliens to enter the U.S.

755) **Covered up deaths at a Veterans Administration hospital to make its statistics look better**

In June 2014, CNN  reported:

_Records of dead veterans were changed or physically altered, some even in recent weeks, to hide how many people died while waiting for care at the Phoenix VA hospital, a whistle-blower told CNN in stunning revelations that point to a new coverup in the ongoing VA scandal._

_"Deceased" notes on files were removed to make statistics look better, so veterans would not be counted as having died while waiting for care, Pauline DeWenter said._

756) **Punished a whistleblower for exposing abuse of patients at a Veterans Administration hospital**

In June 2014, it was  reported that Val Riviello had worked at a Veterans Administration hospital in Albany, New York for 28 years, first as as a nurse, and later as a nursing manger. She had always been considered an outstanding employee. However, after she exposed the abuse of patients, she was moved to an office cubicle, was prohibited from working as a nurse or as a nursing manager, and faced a possible 30 day suspension without pay.

757) **"Military Bans Bibles But Forces Soldiers to Adhere to Ramadan Rules"**

In June 2014, the Getaway Pundit  reported:

_Military Bans Bibles But Forces Soldiers to Adhere to Ramadan Rules_

_The US Air Force kicked Christian Gideon's volunteers off base in March. The Bibles were too offensive and violated the separation of church and state rule._

_But US military personnel are expected to adhere Islamic practices during Ramadan._

758) **Obama supporters who repeatedly criticized Bush's "tax cuts for the rich" don't seem to care that Obama signed a two year extension of them**

Obama supporters who repeatedly criticized Bush's "tax cuts for the rich" don't seem to care that Obama  signed a two year extension of them.

759) **Veterans Administration employees avoided helping veterans so they could work on Obamacare**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Veterans Administration employees had avoided helping veterans so they could work on Obamacare.

760) **U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Obama did not have the legal authority to tell churches who their ministers should be**

In January 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court  ruled 9-0 that Obama did not have the legal authority to tell churches who their ministers should be.

761) **Illegally seized raisins from farmers**

Ever since FDR's New Deal, every President, including  Obama, has been seizing raisins from farmers without paying them the compensation that was required by the takings clause of the fifth amendment.

762) **Prohibited members of the media from bringing cameras or audio recorders when they visited a shelter housing illegal aliens**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had prohibited members of the media from bringing cameras or audio recorders when they visited a shelter housing illegal aliens.

763) **Falsely blamed the shrinking economy on winter weather**

In July 2014, Obama  blamed the shrinking economy on the previous winter's weather. However, during four of the five worst winter storms since 1947, the economy got  bigger, not smaller.

764) **Even after illegal alien gang members admitted to having committed torture and murder, Obama still allowed them into the U.S.**

In July 2014, it was  reported that even after illegal alien gang members admitted to having committed torture and murder, Obama still allowed them into the U.S.

765) **Allowed illegal alien gang members to spray graffiti on the walls of a federal building**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had allowed illegal alien gang members to spray graffiti on the walls of a federal building.

766) **38 media organizations complained to Obama about his lack of transparency**

In July 2014, 38  media organizations  sent a letter to Obama complaining about his lack of transparency. The letter can be read here.

767) **Prohibited school children from sending U.S. troops Christmas cards that said "Merry Christmas" or "God Bless You"**

In December 2013, it was  reported that the Obama administration had prohibited school children from sending U.S. troops Christmas cards that said "Merry Christmas" or "God Bless You."

768) **Filed charges against FedEx because some of its customers had shipped prescription medications without a prescription**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had filed charges against FedEx because some of its customers had shipped prescription medications without a prescription.

769) **Illegally gave Obamacare waivers to U.S. territories**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given Obamacare waivers to U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, etc.,), which exempted them from certain Obamacare regulations. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

770) **Secretly flew four planeloads of illegal aliens to Massachusetts without notifying local communities**

In July 2014, it was  discovered that the Obama administration had secretly flown four planeloads of illegal aliens to Massachusetts without notifying local communities.

771) **Illegally aided and abetted the smuggling of illegal aliens**

After Obama  ordered border patrol agents not to talk to the media, border patrol agent Hector Garza ignored the gag order, and told CNN that Obama was aiding and abetting the smuggling of illegal aliens. The CNN report can be seen at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K3o35uS8lg>

772) **Sent hundreds of unaccompanied illegal alien children to Chicago**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had sent hundreds of unaccompanied illegal alien children to Chicago.

773) **Pulled 70% of border patrol agents off their patrols and made them do paperwork instead**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had pulled 70% of border patrol agents off their patrols and made them do paperwork instead.

774) **Allowed illegal aliens to fly on commercial airlines without proper ID**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration was allowing illegal aliens to fly on commercial airlines without proper ID

775) **Falsely said "Today border security is stronger than it ever has been."**

In July 2014, the Obama administration  said:

_"Today border security is stronger than it ever has been."_

Many of the entries on this list prove that the Obama administration was lying.

776) **Allowed illegal alien gang members to use a federal building as a recruitment center for gangs**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration was allowing illegal alien gang members to use a federal building as a recruitment center for gangs.

777) **Spent as much as $1,000 each on beds for illegal alien children**

In July 2014, Sylvia Burwell, Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services, said the government was spending as much as $1,000 each on beds for illegal alien children. amazon.com has many fine children's beds for far lower prices.

778) **Ordered a U.S. Congressman to stop criticizing Obama's policy on illegal aliens**

In July 2014, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)  told CNN that the White House had called him and ordered him to stop criticizing Obama's policy on illegal aliens. The CNN report can be seen at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhSB0WWBGYI>

779) **Falsely said that his policies had not caused an increase in illegal immigration**

In July 2014, Obama falsely  said that his policies had not caused an increase in illegal immigration.

780) **Gave taxpayers' money to terrorists who launched rockets at Israel**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given taxpayers' money to  terrorists who launched rockets at Israel.

781) **Helen Thomas said Obama's administration was less transparent than Nixon's**

In July 2009, White House reporter Helen Thomas  said:

_"The point is the control from here. We have never had that in the White House. And we have had some control but not this control. I mean I'm amazed, I'm amazed at you people who call for openness and transparency and have controlled... Nixon didn't try to do that... They couldn't control (the media). They didn't try. What the hell do they think we are, puppets? They're supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them."_

782) **"The president's day-to-day policy development... is almost totally opaque"**

In February 2013, ABC News White House reporter Ann Compton, who covered Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, both Bushes, and Obama,  said:

_"The president's day-to-day policy development... is almost totally opaque to the reporters trying to do a responsible job of covering it. There are no readouts from big meetings he has with people from the outside, and many of them aren't even on his schedule. This is different from every president I covered. This White House goes to extreme lengths to keep the press away."_

783) **Obama is the "least transparent of the seven presidents I've covered"**

In October 2013, ABC News correspondent Ann Compton  said that Obama was the

_"least transparent of the seven presidents I've covered in terms of how he does his daily business."_

784) **"The Obama administration has been extremely controlling and extremely resistant to journalistic intervention."**

In October 2013, Michael Oreskes, a senior managing editor at Associated Press,  said:

_"the Obama administration has been extremely controlling and extremely resistant to journalistic intervention."_

785) **Gave one of his campaign donors and fundraisers an exemption from rules that govern airway auctions**

In July 2014, Obama  gave Grain Management LLC an exemption from rules that govern airway auctions. The company is controlled by David Grain, who had donated more than $60,000 to Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2008, and $22,500 in 2012, and had raised between $200,000 and $500,000 for Obama's campaign during the 2008 election.

786) **Tried to keep White House emails secret during the Breitbart-Sherrod libel lawsuit**

In July 2014, during the Breitbart-Sherrod libel lawsuit, the Obama administration  tried to keep the relevant White House emails secret.

787) **NSA often shared private photos of people who were under surveillance**

In July 2014, the New York Times  reported that the NSA often shared private photos of people who were under surveillance.

788) **Contradicted his own claim that he had learned about many of his scandals from the news**

Before July 2014, Obama had  said that he had learned about many of his scandals from the news. However, in July 2014, he  said that he doesn't watch the news, because

_"Whatever they're reporting about, usually I know."_

789) **Gave Obamacare policies and subsidies to non-existent people with fake ID**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obamacare had given policies and subsidies to non-existent people with fake ID.

790) **Obama's fundraiser prevented a woman in labor from getting to the hospital**

In July 2014 in Los Angeles, Obama's fundraiser  prevented a woman in labor from getting to the hospital.

791) **Falsely said "It's pretty hard to find an economic measure where we're not significantly better off."**  
In July 2014, Obama  said:

_"It's pretty hard to find an economic measure where we're not significantly better off."_

However, in May 2014, it had been  reported that the labor participation rate had fallen to its lowest level since 1978. Furthermore, in April 2014, one million discouraged workers  quit looking for a job. In addition, during Obama's "recovery," median annual household income  fell by 4.4%, the poverty rate went  up, the percentage of the population on food stamps  increased, the home ownership rate  fell, and income inequality got  bigger.

792) **Pressured schools to stop having bake sales**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had pressured schools to stop having bake sales.

793) **Served his own guests lunch with more than 3,000 calories, but limited students' school lunches to 850 calories**

In December 2010, Obama  signed a law that limited students' school lunches to no more than 850 calories. However, at his inauguration in January 2013, he  served his guests a lunch that contained more than 3,000 calories.

794) **Pointed a loaded gun at Iowa Boy Scouts troops, confiscated one of their cameras, and threatened to put them in prison**

In July 2014, at the Canada-Alaska border, Obama's border patrol  pointed a loaded gun at Iowa Boy Scout troops, confiscated one of their cameras, and threatened to put them in prison.

795) **For four years, IRS supervisors were too dumb to notice that their own employee was embezzling money from the IRS**

In mid-2009, IRS employee  Yetunde Oseni was given an IRS credit card for work related purchases. Over the next four years, she used it to purchase hundreds of items for herself from amazon.com, including a chocolate fondue fountain, Bollywood movies, Pampers, Harlequin romance novels, Omaha Steaks, Apple Bottoms skinny jeans, mango body wash, a Ginsu knife set, a snow-cone maker, a pinata, and two trench coats. During those four years, her supervisors were too stupid to notice the fake receipts that she was giving them for these purchases.

796) **Lent $105 million of taxpayers' money to build an aquarium in Fortaleza, Brazil**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had lent $105 million of taxpayers' money to build an aquarium in Fortaleza, Brazil.

797) **Spent $34 million of taxpayers' money to try to convince the people of Afghanistan to grow and eat soybeans, even though it's not part of their traditional diet, and the climate does not favor it**

Between 2010 and 2014, the Obama administration  spent a total of $34 million of taxpayers' money to try to convince the people of Afghanistan to grow and eat soybeans. The Obama administration ignored the warnings from agronomists that the country's climate was not appropriate for growing soybeans. In addition, soybeans are not part of the traditional Afghan diet.

798) **"Surveillance Programs Hinder Journalists, Lawyers, Report Says"**

In July 2014, the Wall St. Journal  reported:

_Surveillance Programs Hinder Journalists, Lawyers, Report Says_

_Large-scale U.S. surveillance programs hinder the ability of journalists to communicate confidentially with sources and restrain lawyers from adequately representing clients, according to a report issued Monday by two advocacy groups._

_As a result, journalists and lawyers face challenges—both to their ability to disseminate information and to hold the U.S. government accountable—said the report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. The groups said the government's "massively powerful surveillance apparatus" limits and jeopardizes the privacy required by both groups."_

_Journalists and their sources, as well as lawyers and their clients, are changing their behavior in ways that undermine basic rights and corrode democratic processes," it said._

799) **Purchased gears for $8,123.50 each, even though they could have been purchased for $445.06 each**

In July 2014, it was  reported that the Pentagon had purchased gears for $8,123.50 each, even though they could have been purchased for $445.06 each.

800) **Hundreds of thousands of machine guns and rifles that Obama gave to Afghanistan were "missing"**

In July 2014, it was  reported that hundreds of thousands of machine guns and rifles that Obama had given to Afghanistan were "missing."

801) **Obama illegally ignored Obamacare author Jonathan Gruber's comments that subsidies only apply to state exchanges**

On January 18, 2012, Jonathan Gruber, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist who helped write Obamacare,  said:

_"What's important to remember politically about this is if you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits."_

You can see him saying it in this video. Link set to start video at 31:25, the relevant point:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtnEmPXEpr0&feature=youtu.be&t=31m25s

On January 10, 2012, Gruber  said:

_"... if your governor doesn't set up an exchange, you're losing hundreds of millions of dollars of tax credits to be delivered to your citizens..."_

You can hear him saying it in this video. Link set to start at 1:16, the relevant point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbMmWhfZyEI&t=1m16s

So how is it that the federal government is giving subsidies through the federal exchange?

It's because under the corrupt leadership of President Obama, the IRS illegally  gave itself new power without approval from Congress.

802) **Paid dozens of federal paralegals $60,000 to $80,000 a year even though they had no work to do**

On July 31, 2014, the Washington Post  reported:

_Dozens of federal employees at an obscure agency that handles appeals of patent applications went years with so little work to do that they collected salaries — and even bonuses — while they surfed the Internet, did laundry, exercised and watched television, an investigation has found._

_The employees, paralegals making $60,000 to $80,000 a year, were idle with full knowledge of their immediate bosses and multiple layers of managers and judges who "sat on their hands" waiting for work to give them, a year-long probe by the Commerce Department inspector general's office uncovered._

803) **Obama illegally allowed the IRS to strike a deal with atheists to monitor churches**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had illegally allowed the IRS to strike a deal with atheists to monitor churches.

804) **Refused to prosecute federal employees who committed time and attendance fraud**

In July 2014, it was  reported that Obama had refused to prosecute federal employees who committed time and attendance fraud.

805) **Used the Department of Homeland Security to raid the home of someone who was not suspected of terrorism**

In July 2014, the Department of Homeland Security  raided the home of Jennifer Brinkley of North Carolinian, even though she was not suspected of terrorism.

806) **Falsely accused the Pennsylvania State Police of "employment discrimination against women" because it held male and female applicants to the same standard**

In July 2014, Obama's Department of Justice  filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police, accusing it of "employment discrimination against women," because it held male and female applicants to the same standard.
807) **Helped Hamas obtain the construction materials that it used to dig its terror tunnels**

In August 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had helped Hamas obtain the construction materials that it used to dig its terror tunnels.

808) **Obama's Securities and Exchange Commission bypassed the courts, which is unconstitutional**

In August 2014, it was  reported that Obama's Securities and Exchange Commission had bypassed the courts, which is unconstitutional.

809) **Obama's "transparency" website was missing information about how $619 billion had been spent**

In August 2014, it was  reported that Obama's "transparency" website was missing information about how $619 billion had been spent.

810) **Repealed the 1983 ban on Libyans receiving training as pilots and nuclear scientists in the U.S.**

In August 2014, Obama  repealed the 1983 ban on Libyans receiving training as pilots and nuclear scientists in the U.S.

811) **Hid important information from federal torture report**

In August 2014, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California)  accused the Obama administration of hiding important information from a federal report on torture.

812) **Criticized corporations for using legal methods to reduce their taxes**

In August 2014, Obama  criticized corporations for using legal methods to reduce their taxes.

813) **Illegally planned to change the tax laws without approval from Congress**

Article I, section 7 of the U.S. Constitution  states:

_"All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives"_

President Obama took the following  oath at both of his inaugurations:

_"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."_

You can see him taking the oath here: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvEANPi1c6k>

In addition, Obama has a  Harvard Law degree.

Furthermore, Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years.

However, in August 2014, Associated Press  reported:

_"Aiming to sidestep a logjam in Congress, the Obama administration is looking for steps it could take on its own to prevent American companies from reincorporating overseas to shirk U.S. taxes, officials said Tuesday."_

814) **"US inspectors general say gov't has blocked access"**

In August 2014, Associated Press  reported:

_US inspectors general say gov't has blocked access_

_Independent watchdogs of dozens of federal agencies decried on Tuesday what they said were Obama administration efforts to delay or stall their investigations._

_A letter to Congress from a broad cross-section of inspectors general cites specific instances in which watchdogs for the Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and the Peace Corps said they were denied timely access to documents and other information while doing their investigations. The letter says other inspectors general have faced similar obstacles, and that congressional action may be needed to ensure cooperation from government agencies._

815) **Lied about the reason U.S. corporations incorporate overseas**

In August 2014, Obama  said the reason U.S. corporations incorporate overseas is that

_"They're basically renouncing their citizenship and declaring they're based somewhere else, just to avoid paying their fair share."_

Despite Obama's claim, these corporations are  still paying taxes to the U.S. government on the profits that they earn in the U.S. The only tax they are avoiding is the U.S. tax on the profits that they earn overseas. But the U.S. is the  only major country in the world that taxes overseas profits.

816) **Helped one corporation use a certain tax loophole, but later criticized other corporations for using the exact same tax loophole**

In 2009, the Obama administration  helped Delphi, a U.S. corporation, reduce its taxes by declaring it to be a British company. However, in 2014, Obama criticized other U.S. corporations for doing the exact same thing.

817) **Said we should pass an equal pay law, while ignoring the fact that such a law has already been in place since 1963**

In August 2014, Obama  said we should pass a law that requires men and women to be paid the same for doing the same work. However, such a law has already been in place since .

818) **Bombed Iraq in August 2014, even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011**

In August 2014, Obama  bombed Iraq, even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011.

819) **Lied about the reason he sent U.S. troops to Iraq**

In June 2014, when Obama sent U.S. troops to Iraq, he  said they would only have an advisory role, and would not participate in combat. However, in August 2014, he ordered those troops to bomb Iraq.

820) **Lied about which President removed U.S. troops from Iraq**

Obama repeatedly gave himself  credit for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq that happened in late 2011. However, in August 2014, he blamed the troop withdrawal on Bush. I'm not going to say which of Obama's two statements is true, and which is a lie. But one of them must be a lie.

821) **Illegally tried to block a Freedom of Information release of the video that shows Michael Brown committing theft and assault**

On August 15, 2014, NRP  reported:

_[Ferguson Police Chief Thomas] Jackson said he had gotten numerous Freedom of Information Act requests from the media to release the video. "I had to release it," he said._

_"I had been sitting on it and too many people put in FOIA requests for it and I had to release it," he said._

On August 16, 2014, CBS News  reported:

_Feds opposed releasing Ferguson robbery video_

_Federal authorities opposed Friday's release of a surveillance video showing a man resembling Michael Brown committing a robbery at a convenience store in Ferguson, Mo., CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports._

_The Justice Department asked Ferguson police not to release the video, believing that it would roil the community further, and were able to successfully prevent the video from being released Thursday, the U.S. law enforcement official said._

_Friday's release occurred over the objection of federal authorities, the official said._

Here is the video that Obama illegally tried to prevent people from seeing: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2z5-H8NSGA>

822) **Obama sued Bank of America because it did exactly what he had told it to do. Obama then gave some of the settlement money to left wing groups that he had worked for.**

While working as a "community organizer," Obama filed  lawsuits which forced banks to give mortgages to people with bad credit and low incomes. As a result, many of these people ended up defaulting on their mortgages. As their attorney, Obama collected $23,000 in legal fees for himself.

Then in April 2013, during Obama's second term as President, the Washington Post  reported that President Obama was still pressuring banks "to make home loans to people with weaker credit."

However, in August 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had sued Bank of America for giving mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back, and the bank had agreed to pay $16.6 billion in order to avoid further prosecution from the federal government.

In August 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given some of the settlement money from Bank of America to left wing organizations including the National Council of La Raza, Operation Hope, and National Community Reinvestment Coalition. These groups used to be known, collectively, as ACORN. In the past, these organizations had pressured banks to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back.

In addition, Obama had worked with ACORN in the past. Obama had  represented them in a lawsuit where they tried to get Illinois to adopt a "motor-voter" law. On top of that, Obama had taught leadership training sessions for ACORN. Also, Obama had worked as an organizer for  Project Vote, an ACORN offshoot. Furthermore, Obama had been on the board of directors of the Woods Fund when it gave ACORN $75,000 in 2001, and $70,000 in 2002. Finally, during the 2008 primary campaign, Obama's campaign had given Citizens Services Inc., an ACORN affiliate, more than $800,000 for "get out the vote" efforts.

823) **47 out of 73 Inspectors General wrote a letter to Congress complaining about Obama's lack of transparency**

In August 2014, 47 out of 73 Inspectors General  wrote a letter to Congress complaining about Obama's lack of transparency. The letter can be read  here.

824) **Illegally treated independently owned McDonald's franchises as a big corporation**

In July 2014, the Obama administration illegally  treated independently owned McDonald's franchises as a big corporation.

825) **Broke his promise not to take any vacations during his presidency**

In 2008, Obama falsely  promised not to take any vacations during his presidency. You can see the video of him saying it at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WS5B19LC4>

826) **Operated an illegal lottery**

During Obama's 2008 campaign, he used a  lottery to raise money, which is illegal.

827) **Obama's lottery fraudulently continued to sell tickets after one of the winners had already been chosen**

In 2008, Obama's lottery fraudulently continued to sell tickets  after one of the winners had already been chosen.

828) **Veterans Administration spent $399 million of Obama's "stimulus" on green energy while patients were dying due to lack of care**

In August 2014, it was  reported that the Veterans Administration had spent $399 million of Obama's "stimulus" on green energy while patients were dying due to lack of care.

829) **Obama's so-called "recovery" actually hurt blacks, women, and the poor**

In August 2014, the Wall St. Journal  wrote:

_If the Obama recovery had been as strong as the average of the previous 10 postwar recoveries, 13.9 million more Americans would be working today and the average real per capita income of every man, woman and child in America would be $6,308 higher._

_But the real scorecard on the Senate Democrats elected in 2008 is in the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey data. While all Democrats claimed to be champions of the middle class and defenders of minorities and women, census data show how their program did not live up to their campaign promises._

_Since the Senate Democratic Class of 2008 took control, the average real income of the poorest one-fifth of American families has declined every year, falling to $15,534 in 2012 from $16,962 in 2008 (the 2013 data will be released Sept. 16). The average real income of the lowest quintile of Americans is now below the level it was in 1968, the year when the War on Poverty began its spending surge._

_The next-highest income quintile, often referred to as the working class, has also experienced a continuous decline in real income since January 2009. The average income of these Americans has fallen 6.5% and is now $1,182 lower than it was when President Reagan left office._

_The third quintile—America's middle class—has seen its average income decline to $62,464 from $65,672. More than half of this decline has occurred since the recovery officially began in the second quarter of 2009._

_Under the Obama administration, the median income of women has fallen more during the recovery than it did during the recession, an unprecedented economic failure in postwar America._

_The real median income of African-American households has fallen by 9.5%, more than any other major census classification._

830) **Obama criticized local police for using the military gear that he had given them**

In 2013, the Obama administration  gave nearly $450 million of military gear to local police. However, in 2014, Obama criticized local police for actually using that military gear.

831) **Obama's "job training" program left many participants unemployed and in debt**

In August 2014, it was  reported that Obama's "job training" program had actually left many of its participants unemployed and in debt.

832) **Obama helped fund the construction of a solar power plant that incinerated as many as 28,000 birds each year**

Obama  gave Ivanpah a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee to build a solar power plant. After the plant began operation, it incinerated as many as 28,000 birds each year. During an early inspection, it was discovered that the birds killed by the plant included "a peregrine falcon, a grebe, two hawks, four nighthawks, and a variety of warblers and sparrows."

833) **Illegally ignored a subpoena which had ordered the release of 1,300 pages of information on Fast and Furious**

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder illegally  refused to release 1,300 pages of information on Operation Fast and Furious, even after he had been subpoenaed to do so.

834) **Cause of Action sued twelve federal agencies for violating the Freedom of Information Act**

In August 2014, Cause of Action, a civic watchdog group,  sued twelve federal agencies for violating the Freedom of Information Act.

835) **Banned school cafeterias from serving the following nutritious foods:**

Obama banned school cafeterias from serving the following nutritious foods:

 grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup

 spaghetti with meatballs

 turkey sandwich

 hard boiled eggs

 falafel with flatbread and rice pilaf

 pasta primavera with roasted vegetables and olive oil

 hummus

836) **Set limits on how much milk and juice students could drink at school cafeterias**

Obama  limited elementary school students to eight ounces of milk or juice at school cafeterias, and limited middle school students to twelve ounces.

837) **Forced school cafeterias to throw away more than one billion dollars worth of perfectly good fruits and vegetables**

Obama required that fruits and vegetables be placed on students' lunch trays, even if the students did not want to eat them. The food that they didn't eat was then thrown into the garbage. In September 2014, it was  reported that Obama had forced school cafeterias to throw away more than one billion dollars worth of perfectly good fruits and vegetables.

838) **Exempted his own children from the very same food rules that he forced everyone else's children to follow**

While Obama was busy forcing everyone else's children to obey a very  strict and very  ridiculous set of food rules, he allowed his own daughter to have  bacon and eggs covered in a buttery sauce, with no fruits and no vegetables.

839) **Falsely claimed that his "Cash for Clunkers" would help the auto industry**

Although Obama claimed that his "Cash for Clunkers" program would help the auto industry, it actually hurt the auto industry, because it encouraged buyers to purchase vehicles that were  less profitable than what they would have purchased if the program had not been in effect.

840) **46% of doctors gave Obamacare a "D" or an "F"**

In a September 2014 survey by the Physicians Foundation, 46% of doctors gave Obamacare a "D" or an "F."

841) **Spent taxpayers' money on elevator operators**

Obama  spent taxpayers' money on elevator operators so U.S. Senators wouldn't have to press the buttons themselves.

842) **When Obama's approval rating was only 35%, he said, "All around the country, wherever I see folks, they always say... you're so great."**

In September 2014, when Obama's approval rating was only 35%, he  said:

_"All around the country, wherever I see folks, they always say, oh, Barack, we're praying for you – boy, you're so great."_

843) **Although Obama banned school vending machines from selling sugary snacks with more than 200 calories, he allowed a White House vending machine to sell honey buns with 590 calories**

Although Obama  banned school vending machines from selling sugary snacks with more than 200 calories, he allowed a White House vending machine to sell honey buns with 590 calories.

844) **Illegally transported two illegal aliens**

In October 2014, Obama  gave two illegal aliens a ride. Giving a ride to an illegal alien is a crime that could get the person as much as five years in prison.

845) **Falsely said it was "unlikely" that anyone from Africa with Ebola would fly to the U.S. because the "necessary precautions" were being taken**

On September 16, 2014, Obama  said:

_"First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We've been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn't get on a plane for the United States. In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we've taken new measures so that we're prepared here at home."_

However, on September 19, 2014, just three days after Obama made the above statement, the only thing that Liberian Ebola patient  Thomas Eric Duncan had to do to get past these "necessary precautions," was to lie on an airport questionnaire. After Duncan lied, he was allowed to fly from Liberia to Dallas, Texas.

846) **Refused to answer reporter's question about whether or not the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. was a U.S. citizen**

On September 30, 2014, during a press conference, the Obama administration  refused to answer a reporter's question about whether or not an Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, Texas, was a U.S. citizen. Afterward, the Liberian government  identified the patient as Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian citizen.

847) **Allowed people under "quarantine" for having had contact with an Ebola patient to go to the store**

Although the Centers for Disease Control had placed people who had come into contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan under "quarantine," it allowed them to go to the  store during their so-called "quarantine."

848) **As President, Obama urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and said it "pays for itself," after having previously referred to it as "corporate welfare" during his election campaign**

During his 2008 election campaign, Obama  said the Export-Import Bank was "corporate welfare." However, in 2014, he urged Congress to reauthorize it, and said it "pays for itself."

849) **Cornel West said of Obama: "He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit. We ended up with a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency."**

Cornel West, a professor at Union Theological Seminary,  said of Obama:

_"He posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit. We ended up with a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency."_

850) **Ordered reporters to stop filming Michelle Obama on a public sidewalk at Martha's Vineyard**

In August 2014, the Obama administration ordered reporters to stop filming Michelle Obama on a public sidewalk at Martha's Vineyard.

851) **Illegally pressured banks to stop doing business with pawn shops and payday lenders**

In August 2014, Obama  pressured banks to stop doing business with pawn shops and payday lenders. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his actions were illegal.

852) **Illegally pursued an international climate agreement without approval from Congress**

In August 2014, Obama illegally  pursued an international climate agreement without approval from Congress.

853) **Continued Bush's illegal policy of trying to force New York Times reporter James Risen to reveal his confidential source**

Obama  continued Bush's illegal policy of trying to force New York Times reporter James Risen to reveal his confidential source.

854) **Ordered a reporter not to talk to the people in the crowd at a Michelle Obama event**

In September 2014, the Obama administration  ordered a reporter not to talk to the people in the crowd at a Michelle Obama event.

855) **Falsely said that U.S. intelligence agents had "underestimated" ISIS**

In September 2014, Obama  said that U.S. intelligence agents had "underestimated" ISIS. However, during three previous occasions, Obama had been given information which was contrary to his September 2014 claim.

856) **Falsely said that a travel ban on people from Ebola infected countries could make the Ebola outbreak worse**

In October 2014, CDC Director Tom Frieden  said that a travel ban on people from Ebola infected countries could make the Ebola outbreak worse. However, the first people to contract Ebola in the U.S.  got it from Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian Ebola patient who had flown to the U.S.

857) **Falsely told nurse who had cared for Ebola patient and who had a fever that it was OK for her to fly on a commercial flight**

In October 2014, the CDC  told Amber Vinson, a nurse who had cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, and who had a  fever, that it was OK for her to fly on a commercial flight. However, after she took the flight, she was diagnosed with Ebola, and the CDC started to  monitor the 132 passengers.

858) **Lied about the results of an Ebola study that had been funded by his own administration**

After a federally funded study  concluded that there was a nearly 25% chance of Ebola reaching the U.S. in September 2014, Obama  said:

_"First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low."_

859) **Said you can give, but can't get, Ebola on a bus**

In October 2014, CDC Director Tom Frieden  said that you cannot get Ebola on a bus, but also said that people with Ebola should not ride on buses because they might give Ebola to someone else.

860) **The first 500 U.S. soldiers that Obama sent to Africa to fight Ebola were given only four hours of Ebola-related training**

In October 2014, it was  reported that the first 500 U.S. soldiers that Obama had sent to Africa to fight Ebola had been given only four hours of Ebola-related training.

861) **Obama's Ebola czar had zero background in medicine or health care, but was a "key player" in Obama's Solyndra con game**

In October 2014, it was  reported that Ron Klain, Obama's newly appointed Ebola czar, had zero background in medicine or health care, but was a "key player" in Obama's Solyndra con game. (See #25 on this list for a thorough explanation of Obama's Solyndra con game.)

862) **Broke his promise to finish his first term in the U.S. Senate and not run for President in 2008**

Obama  broke his promise to finish his first term in the U.S. Senate and not run for President in 2008.

863) **Obama's biggest lie of all**

President Obama falsely took the following  oath at both of his inaugurations:

_"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."_

864) **Broke his promise to "walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America"**

On November 3, 2007, Obama falsely  said:

_"And understand this: If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I'll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself, I'll will walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America. Because workers deserve to know that somebody is standing in their corner."_

865) **Spent $466,642 of taxpayers' money to find out why obese teenage girls have a hard time getting dates**

In October 2014, it was  reported that Obama had spent $466,642 of taxpayers' money to find out why obese teenage girls have a hard time getting dates.

866) **Planned to illegally let thousands of Haitians into the U.S.**

In October 2014, Obama  announced that he would let thousands of Haitians into the U.S., even though Congress had not approved it.

867) **Created a fake Facebook account using a woman's name and photos without her permission**

In October 2014, it was  reported that the DEA had created a fake Facebook account using a woman's name and photos without her permission.

868) **Obama's new Ebola czar did not attend his very first Ebola meeting**

In October 2014,  Ron Klain, Obama's newly appointed Ebola czar, did not attend his very first Ebola meeting.

869) **Did not answer reporter who asked what the Ebola czar knew about Ebola**

Ron Klain was Obama's Ebola czar. In October 2014, White House press secretary Josh Earnest  refused to answer a reporter who asked "What does Ron Klain know about Ebola?"

870) **Banned U.S. flights to Israel, and lied about the reason for the ban**

In July 2014, the Obama administration  banned U.S. flights to Israel, based on the Obama administration's false claim that Hamas rockets were being fired at the Israeli airport. Once this lie was exposed, the flight ban was lifted.

871) **Planned to illegally let illegal aliens join the U.S. military**

In October 2014, it was  reported that Obama was planning to illegally let illegal aliens join the U.S. military.

872) **Planned to illegally give guns to illegal aliens**

In October 2014, it was  reported that Obama was planning to illegally give guns to illegal aliens.

873) **Refused to answer reporters' questions about the cost of his fundraising trips**

In October 2014, White House spokesman Eric Schultz  refused to answer reporters' questions about the cost of Obama's fundraising trips.

874) **Spent $667,000 of taxpayers' money to study the health benefits of watching reruns on television**

In October 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $667,000 of taxpayers' money to study the health benefits of watching reruns on television.

875) **Spent $600,000 of taxpayers' money to find out why chimpanzees throw their poop**

In October 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $600,000 of taxpayers' money to find out why chimpanzees throw their poop.

876) **Spent $350,000 of taxpayers' money to study the importance of imagination while golfing**

In October 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $350,000 of taxpayers' money to study the importance of imagination while golfing.

877) **Lied about the results of an investigation into White House employees' involvement with a prostitute in Cartagena, Colombia**

On April 23, 2012, White House press secretary Jay Carney  said that there were

_"... no specific, credible allegations of misconduct by anyone on the White House advance team or the White House staff."_

_"Nevertheless... out of due diligence, the White House Counsel's office has conducted a review . . . [and] came to the conclusion that there's no indication that any member of the White House advance team engaged in any improper conduct or behavior."_

However, in October 2014, it was  discovered that Carney had been lying.

878) **Tried to help illegal aliens get driver's licenses**

In September 2014, the Obama administration  tried to help illegal aliens in Arizona get driver's licenses.

879) **CDCs "enhanced screening" allowed an Ebola patient to ride the New York City subway**

 Craig Spencer is a U.S. doctor who, as a participant in Doctors Without Borders, went to Guinea to treat Ebola patients. After he got back to the U.S., he  passed the so-called "enhanced screening" that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control gives to all returning travelers from West Africa. After he passed this "enhanced screening," he  rode on the New York City subway system, went to a bowling alley, and rode in a taxi. After that, he  tested positive for Ebola. CDC Director Tom Frieden  said that people with Ebola should not ride on mass transit because they might give Ebola to someone else.

880) **CDC said health care workers being "quarantined" for possible exposure to Ebola could go "jogging in the park"**

In October 2014, the CDC said that health care workers being "quarantined" for possible exposure to Ebola could go "jogging in the park."

881) **Illegally hacked into and monitored the computer of CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson**

In October 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally hacked into and monitored the computer of CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson.

882) **Was "more restrictive" and "more dangerous" to the press than any other president in history**

In October 2014, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page  said that Obama was "more restrictive" and "more dangerous" to the press than any other president in history.

883) **"This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush's did."**

In October 2013, Bob Schieffer, a TV news anchor for CBS, as well as its chief Washington correspondent,  said, "This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush's did."

884) **Stopped telling reporters what wine he was serving**

Historically, the White House has always told reporters what  wine it was serving. However, after the media reported that one of the wines served by the Obama administration had originally sold for $115 per bottle bottle and was selling for $399 per bottle at the time it was served, the Obama administration stopped telling reporters what wines it was serving.

885) **Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber said Obamacare was passed due to "lack of transparency" and "the stupidity of the American voter"**

In October 2013, Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber  said:

_"This bill was written in a tortured way to make sure CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO [Congressional Budget Office] scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies. Okay, so it's written to do that. In terms of risk rated subsidies, if you had a law which said that healthy people are going to pay in – you made explicit healthy people pay in and sick people get money, it would not have passed... Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical for the thing to pass....Look, I wish Mark was right that we could make it all transparent, but I'd rather have this law than not."_

886) **Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber lied to the New York Times in a disclosure contract that he signed**

In January 2010, the New York Times  wrote:

_Corrections_

_January 9, 2010_

_Editors' note_

_On July 12, the Op-Ed page published an article by Jonathan Gruber, a professor of economics at M.I.T., on health insurance and taxation. On Friday, Professor Gruber confirmed reports that he is a paid consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services, and that his contract was in effect when he published his article. The article did not disclose this relationship to readers._

_Like other writers for the Op-Ed page, Professor Gruber signed a contract that obligated him to tell editors of such a relationship. Had editors been aware of Professor Gruber's government ties, the Op-Ed page would have insisted on disclosure or not published his article._

887) **When M.I.T. economics professor Jonathan Gruber wrote a pro-Obamacare opinion piece for the Washington Post, he did not disclose the fact that the Obama administration had paid him $392,000 to help write Obamacare**

In December 2009, when M.I.T. economics professor Jonathan Gruber wrote a pro-Obamacare opinion piece for the Washington Post, he did  not disclose the fact that the Obama administration had paid him $392,000 to help write Obamacare.

888) **Obama ordered Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber to lie about Obamacare's Cadillac tax**

In July 2009, Obama  ordered Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber to lie about Obamacare's Cadillac tax.

889) **Falsely said that he had never worked with Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber at the White House**

Although the Obama administration said that Obama had never worked with Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber at the White House, White House visitor logs  show that Obama and Gruber were together in the same room in the White House for nearly four hours on July 20, 2009.

890) **Nancy Pelosi gave Obamacare waivers to 38 restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels in her own Congressional district**

Although Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California) voted for Obamacare, in April 2011, she  gave Obamacare waivers to 38 restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels in her own Congressional district.

891) **Falsely said, "If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."**

In June 2009, Obama  said:

_"If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."_

However, at the time Obama made his statement, there were 57 countries that had  more Muslims than the U.S.

892) **Illegally ignored Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Request regarding the FCC's plan to put government bureaucrats inside TV stations and newspaper offices to monitor their activities**

In November 2014, the Obama administration illegally  ignored Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Request regarding the FCC's  plan to put government bureaucrats inside TV stations and newspaper offices to  monitor their activities.

893) **Announced plans to illegally send 1,500 U.S. troops to Iraq in November 2014, even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011**

In November 2014, Obama announced  plans to send 1,500 U.S. troops to Iraq, even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut)  said of this:

_"I do not think president has the ability under current authority to authorize 1,500 troops without Congress acting."_

894) **Falsely said he would not send U.S. troops to Iraq**

In June 2014, Obama  said he would not send U.S. troops to Iraq. However, in November 2014, he announced  plans to send 1,500 U.S. troops to Iraq.

895) **In Obama's own words, his actions on illegal aliens mean that he is "ignoring the law"**

In September 2013, Obama  said that if he allowed illegal aliens to stay in the U.S. without approval from Congress, it would mean that

_"... I'll be ignoring the law..."_

However, in November 2014, Obama  said he would allow up to five million illegal aliens to stay in the U.S., even though he did not have approval from Congress.

896) **In Obama's own words, he has declared himself to be "emperor of the United States"**

In February 2013, when Obama was talking about what he could and couldn't do for illegal aliens when Congress was not cooperating with him, he  said:

_"This is something that I have struggled with throughout my presidency... The problem is, is that I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed."_

However, in November 2014, Obama  said he would allow up to five million illegal aliens to stay in the U.S., even though he did not have approval from Congress.

897) **Falsely said "All we're saying is we're not going to deport you."**

In Obama's November 2014 immigration reform speech, he  said:

_"All we're saying is we're not going to deport you."_

However, Associated Press responded with the  following:

_"He's saying, and doing, more than that. The changes also will make those covered eligible for work permits, allowing them to be employed in the country legally and compete with citizens and legal residents for better-paying jobs."_

898) **Falsely said "... this summer, there was a brief spike in unaccompanied children being apprehended at our border."**

In Obama's November 2014 immigration reform speech, he  said:

_"... this summer, there was a brief spike in unaccompanied children being apprehended at our border."_

However, Associated Press responded with the  following:

_"... it was more than a 'brief spike.' The number of unaccompanied children apprehended at the border has been on the rise since the 2011 budget year. That year about 16,000 children were found crossing the border alone. In 2012, the Border Patrol reported more than 24,000 children, followed by more than 38,800 in 2013. In the last budget year, more than 68,361 children were apprehended."_

899) **Falsely said "... what I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and that I'm promoting. And I want to move that forward as quickly as possible."**

In 2008, Obama  said:

_"... what I can guarantee is that we will have in the first year an immigration bill that I strongly support and that I'm promoting. And I want to move that forward as quickly as possible."_

He  broke that promise.

900) **Obama used the Department of Homeland Security to buy thousands of pairs of underwear for illegal aliens, even though none of them were actually terrorists**

Although the Department of Homeland Security was created to protect the U.S. from terrorism, Obama used it to  purchase thousands of pairs of underwear for illegal aliens, none of whom were terrorists. This  included 4,800 in size 2X-Large, 4,800 3X-Large 4,800 4X-Large, 3,600 5X-Large, and 2,400 in size 6X-Large, which are for men who weigh as much as 500 pounds.

901) **Emails prove that the Obama administration pressured CBS News to stop airing reports by Sharyl Attkisson**

On October 3, 2011, CBS News  aired a story by Sharyl Attkisson which showed that Attorney General Eric Holder had lied under oath regarding Fast and Furious. The report can be seen at: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JaDEShZIvQ>

On October 4, 2011, Holder's top press aide, Tracy Schmaler,  wrote the following in an email to White House Deputy Press Sectary Eric Schultz:

_"I'm also calling Sharryl's [sic] editor and reaching out to Scheiffer. She's out of control."_

Schultz  responded with an email that  said:

_"Good. Her piece was really bad for the AG."_

Afterward, CBS made it  harder and  harder for Attkisson to do reports on Fast and Furious, and she eventually  quit her job at CBS.

902) **Gave employers a $3,000 annual incentive, per employee, to hire illegal aliens instead of U.S. citizens**

Obamacare, when combined with Obama's November 2014 executive amnesty,  gives employers a $3,000 annual incentive, per employee, to hire illegal aliens instead of U.S. citizens.

903) **Falsely overstated the number of Obamacare signups by incorrectly including dental subscribers**

In November 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had falsely overstated the number of Obamacare signups by incorrectly including 380,000 dental subscribers.

904) **Falsely said that his "Power Africa" plan had achieved 25% of its goal during its first 17 months**

In June 2013, Obama  announced a new program called "Power Africa," with a goal of building 10,000 megawatts of new electricity generation in Africa. In November 2014, the organization claimed that it had reached 25% of that goal. However, some of that claimed amount included electricity plants that had already been built before the plan was created. Also, some of that claimed amount included electric plants that had not been built at all, which had merely been written down on contracts that had been signed with the promise of getting built in the future.

905) **Gave $100,000 of taxpayers' money to one of his campaign donors to build an urban garden that never actually got built**

When Obama was a state Senator in Illinois, he gave $100,000 of taxpayers' money to Kenny B. Smith, an Obama campaign donor, to build an urban garden that  never actually got built. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote of  this:

_"... what was supposed to be a six-block stretch of trees and paths is now a field of unfulfilled dreams, strewn with weeds, garbage and broken pavement."_

906) **IRS employees who did not pay their taxes were still eligible for bonuses**

In 2014, IRS employees who did not pay their taxes were still  eligible for bonuses.

907) **Falsely said that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would be "shipping Canadian oil to world markets, not to the United States"**

In November 2014, Obama  said that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would be

_"... shipping Canadian oil to world markets, not to the United States."_

Afterward, PolitiFact  responded with:

_We asked several energy economics experts, and they believe that quite a bit -- if not most -- of the Keystone XL crude oil will be bought and used by American refineries._

_"It's difficult to say with any certainty, but it is most likely that most would be refined in the U.S.," said Kenneth Medlock, an expert in energy economics at Rice University in Texas._

_A recent State Department report argues that it would not be "economically justified" for Canada to primarily export its Keystone XL oil to countries other than the United States, when there are plenty of American refineries to consume it._

_Some independent refineries -- particularly those in the upper Midwest, but also in Texas -- are in desperate need of crude oil, said Charles Ebinger, a senior fellow in energy security at the Brookings Institution. Currently, the refineries have to import crude from places like Venezuela and Mexico -- though it would be cheaper and better for overall energy security to buy from a North American source, rather than pay high transport costs._

_On Nov. 17, TransCanada told Reuters, it "makes no business sense for our customers to transport oil down to the U.S. Gulf Coast, pay to export it overseas but then pay to transport millions of barrels of higher-priced oil back to the U.S. refineries to create the products we rely on."_

_Ebinger added that many American refineries are geared to use heavy crude, which is what Keystone would transport from Canada's tar sands._

908) **Illegally obtained, and illegally released, confidential tax information about the Koch Brothers**

In August 2010, the Obama administration illegally  obtained confidential tax information about the Koch Brothers from the IRS. White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee illegally  released this confidential information to the media.

909) **After three private companies did exactly what Obamacare told them to do, the Obama administration sued them for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act**

Obamacare encourages employers to offer their employees financial incentives to engage in healthy behaviors, such as quitting smoking, losing weight, etc. However, in November 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had sued Honeywell International and two smaller companies for doing exactly that. The Obama administration claimed that by doing what Obamacare told them to do, they were violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.

910) **November 2014 Gallup poll showed that Obamacare made health care less affordable, which is the opposite of what Obama had promised**

President Obama signed Obamacare in March 2010. In November 2014, the Daily Caller  reported:

_Gallup: Peak Number Of Americans Delaying Medical Care Over Costs_

_One in three Americans has put off seeking medical treatment in 2014 due to high costs, according to Gallup — the highest percentage since Gallup began asking the question in 2001._

_Thirty-three percent of Americans have delayed medical treatment for themselves or their families because of the costs they'd have to pay, according to the survey. Obamacare, of course, had promised that it would help make health care more affordable for everyone, but the number of people who can't afford a trip to the doctor has actually risen three points since 2013, before most Obamacare provisions took effect._

_The hardest-hit: the middle-class. Americans with an annual household income of between $30,000 and $75,000 began delaying medical care over costs more in 2014, up to 38 percent in 2014 from 33 percent last year; among households that earn above $75,000, 28 percent delayed care this year, compared to just 17 percent last year._

911) **Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber secretly told the Democratic governor of Wisconsin that Obamacare would make premiums more expensive, at the same time that Obama was telling everyone it would make them less expensive**

In November 2014, it was  reported that in 2010, when Obama was telling everyone that Obamacare would make premiums less expensive, Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber secretly told Jim Doyle, the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, that Obamacare would make premiums more expensive.

912) **Obama nominated the defender of a convicted cop killer to be the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division**

In 2014, Obama  nominated Debo Adegbile to be the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Previously, Adegbile had worked as a lawyer for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who had been convicted of murdering a Philadelphia police officer. After Abu-Jamal had been sentenced to death, Adegbile got the death sentence overturned.

913) **Illegally made it easier for illegal aliens who were convicted of domestic violence, sexual abuse, burglary, unlawful possession or use of a firearm, drug dealing, and drunk driving, to stay in the U.S. after they finish their prison sentence**

In November 2014, Obama made it  easier for illegal aliens who were convicted of domestic violence, sexual abuse, burglary, unlawful possession or use of a firearm, drug dealing, and drunk driving, to stay in the U.S. after they finish their prison sentence. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

914) **After Palestinian terrorists murdered four Jews at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Obama said, "too many Palestinians have died"**

In November 2014, after Palestinian terrorists murdered four Jews at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Obama  said, "too many Palestinians have died."

915) **As part of Obama's "stimulus," he gave google billionaires a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to build a solar power plant that only produced half as much electricity as what they had predicted**

Ivanpah is a solar power company  owned by Google, BrightSource Energy, and NRG.

In April 2011, as part of Obama's "stimulus," Obama  gave Ivanpah a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to build a solar power plant.

In November 2014, when the plant was up and running, Associated Press  reported that it was producing only "about half of its expected annual output." The California Energy Commission blamed this failure on "clouds, jet contrails, and weather."

In November 2014, Ivanpah  asked Obama for a $539 million bailout.

Google is owned by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. At the time they requested this $539 million bailout,  Page was the 19th richest person in the world, with assets of $30.4 billion, and  Brin was the 20th richest person in the world, with assets of $30 billion.

916) **Photographs from 2007 show Obama marching with and speaking to the New Black Panther Party**

 These photographs from 2007 show Obama marching with and speaking to the New Black Panther Party.

917) **Refused to prosecute members of the New Black Panther Party for their plot to commit murder and bombing**

In a November 2014 undercover  sting operation, the St. Louis police sold a fake bomb to members of the New Black Panther Party, who thought they were buying a real bomb. They tried to buy two additional bombs, but the EBT card that they were using did not have enough money on it. They were planning to murder Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, and bomb the Gateway Arch.

 Normally, the federal government would have charged them with terrorism.

However, the Obama administration  refused to charge them with terrorism, or with plotting to commit murder and bombing. The only charges filed by the federal government were for making false statements when they attempted to purchase two 0.45 caliber pistols. The federal indictment made no mention whatsoever of their plot to commit murder and bombing.

918) **Refused to explain why he nominated a campaign fundraiser who knew nothing about Hungary to be the ambassador of Hungary**

In December 2014, Colleen Bell  became the new U.S. ambassador to Hungary, even though she had been unable to name even one strategic interest the U.S. had with Hungary during her conformation hearing. When ABC reporter Jon Karl asked White House spokesman Josh Earnest why Bell was given this position, Earnest refused to answer. Bell had helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Obama's 2012 campaign.

919) **Falsely said that letting illegal aliens stay in the U.S. "will help secure the border"**

In December 2014, the Obama administration  released a fact sheet which falsely said that letting illegal aliens stay in the U.S. "will help secure the border."

920) **Refused to pay Obamacare navigators for work that they had done more than half a year earlier**

In November 2014, it was  reported that some Obamacare navigators had not been paid for work that they had done at the beginning of the year.

921) **Forced some people to buy an Obamacare policy even though they were also enrolled in Medicare**

In December 2014, it was  reported that some people were being forced to buy an Obamacare policy even though they were already enrolled in Medicare. When these people tried to cancel their Obamacare plans, they were unable to do so.

922) **After police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, Obama ignored the testimony from seven black witnesses, and the forensic evidence**

On October 23, 2014, the Huffington Post  reported:

_Over a half-dozen black witnesses who have testified before a grand jury deciding whether to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown have provided testimony that "largely supports" Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson's account of events..._

_... forensic evidence showed that Brown's blood was on the gun... other evidence was consistent with Wilson's account of the shooting..._

Based on this testimony and evidence, a St. Louis County grand jury  decided on November 25, 2014, that it would not file charges against officer Wilson.

When Obama expressed his disappointment with the grand jury's decision, he made no reference to these "witnesses" or "evidence." The complete text of Obama's statement can be read  here.

In addition, after the grand jury announced its decision, the Obama administration  said that it would continue its own investigation of officer Wilson.

923) **For some families, Obamacare's "affordable" insurance can cost them "almost a quarter of their family income"**

In December 2014, NPR  reported:

_Don Benfield of Taylorsville, N.C., makes $11 an hour..._

_The situation only gets worse if Benfield decided to add his wife to his employer policy. Adding her would nearly triple the annual cost, driving it up to $6,200 a year, almost a quarter of their family income._

924) **Illegally told employers that they could not dump their sick employees onto Obamacare exchanges**

Obamacare  allows employers to dump their sick employees onto Obamacare exchanges. However, in December 2014, the Obama administration told employers that they were not allowed to do this. Because Obama made this change to Obamacare without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

925) **Illegally ordered for cash benefits to be given to illegal aliens**

In November 2014, Obama  ordered for cash benefits to be given to illegal aliens. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

926) **Released 30,862 foreign criminals into U.S. cities and neighborhoods during fiscal year 2014**

During fiscal year 2014, Obama  released 30,862 foreign criminals into U.S. cities and neighborhoods.

927) **Deported less than 1% of illegal aliens during fiscal year 2014**

During fiscal year 2014, Obama  deported less than 1% of the illegal aliens who were living in the U.S.

928) **Falsely said "the good book says don't throw stones at glass houses"**

In December 2014, Obama falsely  said, "The good book says don't throw stones at glass houses."

929) **Illegally made it easier for illegal aliens to vote in U.S. elections**

According to federal law, if an illegal alien with a child born in the U.S. wants to apply to become a U.S. citizen, the illegal alien must leave the U.S. and wait 10 years before their U.S. born adult child can sponsor them for citizenship. If and when they eventually do become a U.S. citizen, they would then be allowed to vote in U.S. elections. However, in November 2014, Obama  eliminated this 10 year waiting requirement. Because he did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

930) **"I'm an Obama supporter. But Obamacare has hurt my family. Obamacare has been far more frustrating than I'd ever dreamed."**

In December 2014, the Washington Post  wrote:

_I'm an Obama supporter. But Obamacare has hurt my family._

_Obamacare has been far more frustrating than I'd ever dreamed._

_By Catherine Keefe_

_December 10, 2014_

_Obamacare brought us new health insurance options, but cost us our more affordable plans._

_In November 2013, Jim learned his small-business policy would be canceled because it didn't comply with the new mandate to cover pediatric dentistry and maternity care._

_The individual plan I had with Blue Cross was canceled, too._

_We learned patience, but we couldn't keep our doctors._

_We had applied online and sent copies of our passports to California Covered for verification, but we received no bill, no confirmation of our coverage, no insurance cards. Jim spent an hour and a half on hold once before getting disconnected. He tried again the next day, waiting another two hours before getting disconnected._

_... the urologist wouldn't accept our new Blue Shield plan – even though the Blue Shield website said he did._

_We have no choice to opt out of the required pediatric dentistry or maternity coverage we'll never use..._

931) **Skipped 57% of his daily intelligence briefings during his first term**

During Obama's first term, he  skipped 57% of his daily intelligence briefings.

932) **Obama said 20% of female college students are sexually assaulted, but a study by his own Department of Justice said the actual number was 0.61%**

Obama  said 20% of female college students are sexually assaulted, but a  study by his own Department of Justice  said the actual number was 0.61%.

The 20% figure came from a study that counted "attempted forced kissing" as sexual assault.

933) **Illegally used a racial double standard to decide who would get prosecuted for growing and selling marijuana**

In December 2014, the Obama administration  said that it would not prosecute Native Americans for growing and selling marijuana. This exemption is illegal for two reasons. First, the exemption was not approved by Congress. And secondly, the Constitution requires that federal laws apply equally to everyone.

934) **The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 against the Obama administration's claim that international law superseded U.S. law**

In 1993, the U.S.  adopted an international treaty called "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction." The purpose of this treaty was to deal with the possible widespread use of chemical weapons against large numbers of people by terrorists.

However, the Obama administration  used this treaty to prosecute a woman who, after finding out that her husband had had an affair with another woman, used toxic chemicals to contaminate the mailbox and car of that other woman. The Obama administration  argued that international law superseded U.S. law. The U.S. Supreme Court  ruled 9-0 that this crime fell under the jurisdiction of state government, and not the international treaty.

935) **Harvard faculty members who supported the passage of Obamacare later complained that they had to pay for it**

In January 2015, the New York Times  reported:

_For years, Harvard's experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar._

_Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the heart of the 378-year-old university, voted overwhelmingly in November to oppose changes that would require them and thousands of other Harvard employees to pay more for health care. The university says the increases are in part a result of the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act, which many Harvard professors championed._

_The faculty vote came too late to stop the cost increases from taking effect this month, and the anger on campus remains focused on questions that are agitating many workplaces: How should the burden of health costs be shared by employers and employees? If employees have to bear more of the cost, will they skimp on medically necessary care, curtail the use of less valuable services, or both?_

_In Harvard's health care enrollment guide for 2015, the university said it "must respond to the national trend of rising health care costs, including some driven by health care reform," in the form of the Affordable Care Act. The guide said that Harvard faced "added costs" because of provisions in the health care law that extend coverage for children up to age 26, offer free preventive services like mammograms and colonoscopies and, starting in 2018, add a tax on high-cost insurance, known as the Cadillac tax._

_Richard F. Thomas, a Harvard professor of classics and one of the world's leading authorities on Virgil, called the changes "deplorable, deeply regressive, a sign of the corporatization of the university."_

_Mary D. Lewis, a professor who specializes in the history of modern France and has led opposition to the benefit changes, said they were tantamount to a pay cut. "Moreover," she said, "this pay cut will be timed to come at precisely the moment when you are sick, stressed or facing the challenges of being a new parent."_

_Jerry R. Green, a professor of economics and a former provost who has been on the Harvard faculty for more than four decades, said the new out-of-pocket costs could lead people to defer medical care or diagnostic tests, causing more serious illnesses and costly complications in the future._

_"It's equivalent to taxing the sick," Professor Green said. "I don't think there's any government in the world that would tax the sick."_

_"It seems that Harvard is trying to save money by shifting costs to sick people," said Mary C. Waters, a professor of sociology. "I don't understand why a university with Harvard's incredible resources would do this. What is the crisis?"_

936) **Nominated someone for attorney general who had illegally used secret sentencing procedures to reward criminals for their cooperation**

In January 2015, it was  reported that Loretta Lynch, Obama's nominee for attorney general, had illegally used secret sentencing procedures to reward criminals for their cooperation.

937) **Although Obama said Obamacare would reduce the number of E.R. visits, a Harvard study showed there was actually an increase**

Before Obamacare was passed, Obama  said it would reduce the number of emergency room visits. However, a study published by Harvard University in January 2014 showed that Obamacare had actually caused an  increase in emergency room visits.

938) **Although Obama claims to be against income inequality, he dined at a restaurant that charges $500,000 to be a "Charter Member," and $50,000 to be a "Special Member"**

Although Obama claims to be against income inequality, in January 2015 he  dined at a restaurant that charges $500,000 to be a "Charter Member," and $50,000 to be a "Special Member."

939) **Gave federal employees in Cannes, France, a travel allowance of $702 per day, even though a three star hotel in that city only cost about $100 per night**

In December 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given federal employees in Cannes, France, a travel allowance of $702 per day, even though a three star hotel in that city only cost about $100 per night.

940) **Illegally seized seven bows from the Budapest Festival Orchestra at JFK International Airport based on a false accusation that they were made from ivory**

In June 2014, the Obama administration illegally  seized seven bows from the Budapest Festival Orchestra at JFK International Airport based on a false accusation that they were made from ivory. At the time, all seven bows had documentation with letters and and photographs from their makers which proved that they did not contain any ivory.

941) **Illegally destroyed 13 handmade flutes belonging to Boujemaa Razgui at JFK International Airport based on a false claim that they were "fresh" bamboo**

In December 2013, the Obama administration illegally  destroyed 13 handmade flutes belonging to Boujemaa Razgui at JFK International Airport based on a false claim that they were "fresh" bamboo.

942) **Spent $550 million of taxpayers' money on "improvements" to the FBI's IT system which actually made it worse**

In September 2014, it was  reported that the FBI had spent $550 million of taxpayers' money on "improvements" to its IT system which actually made it worse.

943) **Falsely said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "is not Islamic"**

In September 2014, Obama  falsely said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant "is not Islamic."

944) **Signed a law that allows unions to cut the retirement benefits of their workers and retirees if the plan is 20% or more underfunded**

In December 2014, Obama  signed a law that allows unions to cut the retirement benefits of their workers and retirees if the plan is 20% or more underfunded.

945) **Forced a pair of U.S. Army captains to change their wedding plans at the last minute so he could play a round of golf**

In December 2014, Obama  forced a pair of U.S. Army captains to change their wedding plans at the last minute so he could play a round of golf.

946) **After Vermont paid Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber $80,000 for his "research assistants," Gruber refused to provide the names, W-2's, and other information to prove that these "research assistants" actually existed**

In November 2014, after Vermont paid Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber $80,000 for his "research assistants," Gruber  refused a request to provide the names, W-2's, and other information to prove that these "research assistants" actually existed.

947) **Obama said that it's wrong to criticize a man who raped a child**

When Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was 53 years old, he  raped a girl who was either nine or ten years old at the time.

In September 2012, Obama  said:

_"The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."_

You can see him saying it at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPKf5IUGn_Y>

948) **Falsely said "My job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to live their lives and see their children live better lives"**

In 2009, Obama  said:

_"My job is to communicate to the American people that the Muslim world is filled with extraordinary people who simply want to live their lives and see their children live better lives."_

However, there is nothing in the U.S. Constitution which says that that is part of the President's job.

949) **Although** **44% of college graduates were already working at jobs that did not require a college degree, Obama proposed that even more people go to college**

In January 2015, Obama  proposed that anyone with a C+ average should get two years of free tuition at community college. However, in June 2013, 44% of college graduates were  already working at jobs that did not require a college degree.

950) **Commander-in-Chief Obama gave female Navy recruits an exemption from getting a mandatory short haircut when they arrive at boot camp**

Although Obama claims to believe that women and men should be treated the same, in January 2015 Commander-in-Chief Obama gave female Navy recruits an  exemption from getting a mandatory short haircut when they arrive at boot camp.

951) **Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber said "The real substance of cost control is all about a single thing: telling patients they can't have something they want."**

In October 2009, Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber  wrote:

_"The real substance of cost control is all about a single thing: telling patients they can't have something they want."_

Although liberals ignored Gruber's remark, two months earlier, in August 2009, they were very  critical of Sarah Palin's claim that Obamacare would result in "death panels."

I don't know if Palin's claim about "death panels" is true or false. But I do know that the liberals who criticized Palin's statement while ignoring Gruber's statement were being hypocritical.

952) **Announced plans to illegally create a new retirement plan**

In January 2014, Obama  announced that he would order the Treasury to create a new retirement plan. Because Obama was planning to do this without approval from Congress, his plan was illegal.

953) **Only 9% of the illegal aliens that Obama had freed during the border surge of 2012-2014 showed up for their mandatory court appearance**

In December 2014, it was  reported that only 9% of the illegal aliens that Obama had freed during the border surge of 2012-2014 showed up for their mandatory court appearance.

954) **Obama gave funding to the Free Syrian Army, which is controlled by Al-Qaeda**

In December 2014, it was  reported that Obama had given funding to the Free Syrian Army, which was controlled by Al-Qaeda.

955) **Obamacare illegally gave the President powers that were not permitted by the Constitution**

In December 2014, the American Spectator  wrote:

_The Constitution does not permit Congress to cede its legislative powers to any other branch of the government. Yet, this is precisely what the Democrats did in the case of IPAB. Prior to the passage of Obamacare only Congress had the power to make changes to Medicare's payment rates or coverage. But PPACA transferred that power to IPAB, an Executive branch body whose members will be appointed by the President._

956) **Instead of prosecuting Alissa Starzak for stealing classified documents from the CIA, Obama nominated her to be the U.S. Army's top lawyer**

In December 2014, it was  reported that Alissa Starzak had stolen classified documents from the CIA. However, instead of prosecuting her, Obama  nominated her to be the U.S. Army's  top lawyer.

957) **Obama refused to fire or prosecute NSA employees who illegally used the NSA's spying technology to spy on their romantic partners**

In December 2014, it was  reported that Obama had refused to fire or prosecute NSA employees who illegally used the NSA's spying technology to spy on their romantic partners.

958) **Social Security Administration broke its promise to "immediately" stop collecting debts from the children of people who had been wrongly paid decades earlier**

In April 2014, the Social Security Administration  said it would "immediately" stop collecting debts from the children of people who had been wrongly paid decades earlier. However, in December 2014, it was still making such collections.

959) **Awarded a grant to create a video game which involves the player "consensually slapping her girlfriend in the face"**

In 2013, the National Endowment for the Arts  awarded a grant to create a video game which involves the player "consensually slapping her girlfriend in the face."

960) **Illegally seized $33,000 from law abiding restaurant owner Carole Hinders**

In 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally seized $33,000 from Iowa restaurant owner Carole Hinders, even though she had not been charged with any crime.

961) **"Ecuador Family Wins Favors After Donations to Democrats"**

In December 2014, the New York Times  reported:

_Ecuador Family Wins Favors After Donations to Democrats_

_The Obama administration overturned a ban preventing a wealthy, politically connected Ecuadorean woman from entering the United States after her family gave tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic campaigns, according to finance records and government officials._

_The woman, Estefanía Isaías, had been barred from coming to the United States after being caught fraudulently obtaining visas for her maids. But the ban was lifted at the request of the State Department under former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton so that Ms. Isaías could work for an Obama fund-raiser with close ties to the administration._

962) **During Obama's first six years as President, new rules issued by the EPA contained 43 times as many words as the Gutenberg Bible**

During Obama's first six years as President, new rules issued by the EPA  contained 43 times as many words as the Gutenberg Bible.

963) **For four years after a new NASA rocket program was cancelled, Obama continued construction of a $349 million test facility that had been started by President Bush**

In 2007, when Bush was President, NASA started constructing a $349 million test facility for a new rocket program in Gulfport, Misissippi. In 2010, the rocket program was canceled. However, the construction of the test facility  continued for four more years. In June 2014, the construction was finished, at which point the test facility was shut down, never having been used.

964) **Hired a convicted thief to work at HUD, who then went on to steal more than $800,000 of taxpayers' money**

After Brian Thompson was convicted of theft, HUD  hired him as a GS-13 loan guarantee specialist, for an annual salary of nearly $90,000. He then went on to embezzle more than $800,000 of taxpayers' money. The Obama administration  said that criminal background checks were a form of "race discrimination."

965) **Spent $33,341 to find out if gay and lesbian couples lived near stores that sold cigarettes**

In December 2014, the Obama administration  spent $33,341 to find out if gay and lesbian couples lived near stores that sold cigarettes.

966) **Allowed his friend Al Sharpton to avoid being prosecuted for long term non-payment of millions of dollars of taxes**

During Obama's first six years as President, his friend Al Sharpton  visited the White House 72 times. In 2009, Sharpton  owed $1.1 million in back taxes. As of November 2014, Shaprton  owed more than $4.5 million in back taxes.

967) **Although carbon dioxide is the bottom of the food chain, John Holdren, Obama's science adviser, said we should try to get its emissions "close to zero by 2100"**

Carbon dioxide is the bottom of the food chain. All plants and algae need to consume it in order to live. Every living person and animal emits it. However, in December 2014, John Holdren, Obama's science adviser,  said we should try to get carbon dioxide emissions "close to zero by 2100."

968) **Used taxpayers' money to fund a "blacks only" meeting for the All African People's Revolutionary Party**

In December 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given taxpayers' money to the All African People's Revolutionary Party to fund a "blacks only" meeting in Portland, Oregon.

969) **Lied about the rate of economic growth**

Although the economic growth rate during the third quarter of 2014 was 2.7%, the Obama administration falsely  claimed that it was 5.0%.

970) **Eric Schultz, Obama's Deputy Press Secretary, falsely said "We don't give concessions to terrorist organizations"**

In May 2014, Obama released five "high risk" Taliban terrorists in exchange for U.S. military deserter Bowe Bergdahl. However, in January 2015, Eric Schultz, Obama's Deputy Press Secretary,  said, "We don't give concessions to terrorist organizations."

971) **The "most transparent administration in history" said it won't let the public see its 332 page net neutrality plan until after the FCC voted on its implementation**

In February 2015, the Obama administration  said that it would not let the public see its  332 page proposal for net neutrality until after the FCC voted on its implementation.

972) **Obama's 332 page net neutrality plan contained excessive levels of taxation and regulation**

Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Paisaid  said that Obama's net neutrality plan was 332 pages long, and that

_"It gives the FCC the power to micromanage virtually every aspect of how the Internet works..."_

_"The plan explicitly opens the door to billions of dollars in new taxes on broadband... These new taxes will mean higher prices for consumers and more hidden fees that they have to pay."_
_"The plan saddles small, independent businesses and entrepreneurs with heavy-handed regulations that will push them out of the market... As a result, Americans will have fewer broadband choices. This is no accident. Title II was designed to regulate a monopoly. If we impose that model on a vibrant broadband marketplace, a highly regulated monopoly is what we'll get."_

The Daily Caller  reported:

_In his initial cursory overview of the plan, the commissioner said it would hinder broadband investment, slow network speed and expansion, limit outgrowth to rural areas of the country and reduce Internet service provider (ISP) competition._

973) **"President Obama's 2016 budget targets retirement accounts"**

In February 2015, MSN published  this article titled "President Obama's 2016 budget targets retirement accounts."

974) **Tax Policy Center, a liberal think tank, said Obama's proposed "middle class" tax cut was actually an increase in taxes for the middle class**

In January 2015, Tax Policy Center, a liberal think tank, said that Obama's proposed "middle class" tax cut was actually an increase in taxes for the middle class. Specifically, it said Obama's policy would result in a seven dollar tax  increase for the middle quintile.

975) **Bill Maher said Obama "... is perhaps the worst president we've had on clamping down on the press"**

In January 2015, Bill Maher  said Obama...

_"... is perhaps the worst president we've had on clamping down on the press."_

976) **George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley said of Obama, "... many of his actions... are violations of his oath of office"**

In January 2015, George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley  said of Obama:

_"The effort to establish unilateral authority presents an existential threat to our system of government. Although the President has insisted that he is merely exercising executive discretion, any such discretion by definition can only occur within the scope of granted authority and only to the extent that it is not curtailed by the language of the Constitution. This includes his obligation to faithfully execute the law. U.S. Const. art. II, § 3, cl. 4. Some of the President's actions can be viewed as within permissible lines of discretion. However, many of his actions cannot and are violations of his oath of office. That oath is not merely an affirmative pledge to defend the Constitution but to yield to its limitations on his own authority. To put it simply, that was the deal struck on January 20, 2013."_

977) **Julie Moreno borrowed $14,000 to pay for cataract surgery because her Obamacare policy refused to pay for it**

In February 2015, it was  reported that Julie Moreno of Mountain View, California, borrowed $14,000 to pay for cataract surgery because her Obamacare policy refused to pay for it.

978) **Lied about the unemployment rate**

In February 2015, Gallup CEO Jim Clifton  wrote:

_The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment_

_Here's something that many Americans -- including some of the smartest and most educated among us -- don't know: The official unemployment rate, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, is extremely misleading._

_Right now, we're hearing much celebrating from the media, the White House and Wall Street about how unemployment is "down" to 5.6%. The cheerleading for this number is deafening. The media loves a comeback story, the White House wants to score political points and Wall Street would like you to stay in the market._

_None of them will tell you this: If you, a family member or anyone is unemployed and has subsequently given up on finding a job -- if you are so hopelessly out of work that you've stopped looking over the past four weeks -- the Department of Labor doesn't count you as unemployed. That's right. While you are as unemployed as one can possibly be, and tragically may never find work again, you are not counted in the figure we see relentlessly in the news -- currently 5.6%. Right now, as many as 30 million Americans are either out of work or severely underemployed. Trust me, the vast majority of them aren't throwing parties to toast "falling" unemployment._

_There's another reason why the official rate is misleading. Say you're an out-of-work engineer or healthcare worker or construction worker or retail manager: If you perform a minimum of one hour of work in a week and are paid at least $20 -- maybe someone pays you to mow their lawn -- you're not officially counted as unemployed in the much-reported 5.6%. Few Americans know this._

_Yet another figure of importance that doesn't get much press: those working part time but wanting full-time work. If you have a degree in chemistry or math and are working 10 hours part time because it is all you can find -- in other words, you are severely underemployed -- the government doesn't count you in the 5.6%. Few Americans know this._

_There's no other way to say this. The official unemployment rate, which cruelly overlooks the suffering of the long-term and often permanently unemployed as well as the depressingly underemployed, amounts to a Big Lie._

979) **Instead of deporting illegal aliens, the Obama administration spent taxpayers' money to give them hormone therapy**

In January 2015, it was  reported that instead of deporting illegal aliens, the Obama administration spent taxpayers' money to give them hormone therapy.

980) **Illegally gave 982,000 work permits to illegal aliens and other foreign nationals who were not legally qualified for admission**

During Obama's first six years as President, he illegally  gave 982,000 work permits to illegal aliens and other foreign nationals who were not legally qualified for admission.

981) **Obamacare customer service telephone number connected an Obamacare customer to "someone reading off a script in the Philippines"**

In November 2014, a New York Times article on Obamacare  said that Health Republic Insurance was

_... a new co-op plan created under the law, for people who lived in the area._

In February 2015, the New York Times  wrote:

_Compounding the problem is the lack of basic information to shop effectively. When Andrea Greenberg, a New York lawyer, called the help line of Health Republic to clarify the difference between two plans, she found herself speaking to someone reading off a script in the Philippines. "I was really outraged," she said. "This is an important decision with potentially dire consequences. It's not like you're choosing a sweater."_

982) **During the first year that Obamacare was in effect, the percentage of U.S. citizens who said they had trouble affording health care increased from 36% to 46%**

In February 2015, the New York Times  wrote:

_A recent New York Times/CBS poll found that 46 percent of Americans said they had trouble affording health care, up 10 percentage points in just one year._

983) **A year after Obamacare took effect, the New York Times wrote, "For still others, the new fees are so confusing and unsupportable that they just avoid seeing doctors"**

A February 2015 New York Times article on Obamacare  said:

_"For still others, the new fees are so confusing and unsupportable that they just avoid seeing doctors."_

984) **Although Obamacare gives employers an incentive to reduce their employees' hours, Obama criticized companies that actually responded to this incentive**

Because Obamacare's employer mandate only applies to employees who work 30 or more hours per week, it gives employers an  incentive to reduce their employees' hours to 29 hours per week.

In July 2013, the New York Times  reported that Obamacare

_"... sharply penalizes full-time employment in favor of part-time employment."_

In July 2013, leaders of the Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE sent a  letter to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which said that Obamacare will

_"... destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class... the law creates an incentive for employers to keep employees' work hours below 30 hours a week. Numerous employers have begun to cut workers' hours to avoid this obligation."_

Although it was Obama himself who signed Obamacare into law in March 2010, in February 2015 Obama  said:

_"... when I hear large corporations that make billions of dollars in profits trying to blame our interest in providing health insurance as an excuse for cutting back workers' wages, shame on them."_

985) **Falsely said, "There is no reason for an employer who is not currently providing health care to their workers to discourage them from either getting health insurance on the job or being able to avail themselves of the Affordable Care Act."**

In February 2015, Obama  said:

_"There is no reason for an employer who is not currently providing health care to their workers to discourage them from either getting health insurance on the job or being able to avail themselves of the Affordable Care Act."_

However, in the same article, Reuters  explained that there is indeed such a reason:

_"The Affordable Care Act requires companies with more than 50 employees to pay for health insurance for people who work 30 hours a week or more. Reuters has reported that some businesses are keeping staffing numbers below 50 or cutting the work week to less than 30 hours to avoid providing employee health insurance."_

986) **In February 2015, Democrats who voted for Obamacare complained that people actually had to pay for it**

In February 2015, Associated Press  reported:

_Democrats seek relief from health law penalties_

_Senior Democrats seek sign-up extension for people facing health law penalties_

_Three senior House members told The Associated Press that they plan to strongly urge the administration to grant a special sign-up opportunity for uninsured taxpayers who will be facing fines under the law for the first time this year._

_The three are Michigan's Sander Levin, the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, and Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, and Lloyd Doggett of Texas. All worked to help steer Obama's law through rancorous congressional debates from 2009-2010._

_"Open enrollment period ended before many Americans filed their taxes," the three lawmakers said in a statement. "Without a special enrollment period, many people (who will be paying fines) will not have another opportunity to get health coverage this year._

_"A special enrollment period will not only help many Americans avoid making an even larger payment next year, but, more importantly, it will help them gain quality health insurance for 2015," the lawmakers added._

987) **"Top teacher" said she resigned because of Obama's Common Core and Obama's continuation of Bush's No Child Left Behind**

In February 2015, Stacie Starr, winner of the 2014 "Top Teacher" award by "Live with Kelly and Michael,"  said that she was resigning because of Obama's Common Core and Obama's continuation of Bush's No Child Left Behind. She did not quit teaching per se. Instead, she resigned her official teaching position, and said she would be focusing her efforts on alternative systems of education that were not controlled by the federal bureaucracy.

988) **Gave out even more illegal exemptions to Obamacare**

In February 2015, Obama  gave out even more exemptions to Obamacare. Because he did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

989) **Sent false tax information to 800,000 Obamacare enrollees**

In February 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had sent false tax information to 800,000 Obamacare enrollees.

990) **Falsely said that "economic grievances" were a cause of terrorism**

In February 2015, Obama  said that "economic grievances" were a contributing factor to terrorism. However, in the real world, many terrorists  come from middle class and wealthy backgrounds.

991) **Illegally continued part of his illegal amnesty program even after a federal judge blocked it**

In February 2015, the Obama administration  continued part of its illegal amnesty program even after a federal judge blocked it.

992) **Department of Energy spent taxpayers' money on a casino night, a Super Bowl party, a golf tournament, a banquet on a dinner cruise boat, and dinner at the NASCAR Hall of Fame**

Between April 2013 and September 2014, the Department of Energy  spent taxpayers' money on a casino night, a Super Bowl party, a golf tournament, a banquet on a dinner cruise boat, and a dinner at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

993) **Advised border patrol agents to release drunk drivers**

In February 2015, the Obama administration  advised border patrol agents to release drunk drivers.

994) **Made it possible for illegal aliens to collect back tax refunds even if they had never actually paid any taxes**

In February 2015, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen  told Congress that Obama's amnesty program for illegal aliens made it possible form them to collect back tax refunds even if they had never actually paid any taxes.

995) **After an Islamic terrorist who murdered four Jews at a kosher supermarket in France said he had specifically targeted them because they were Jewish, Obama falsely said the attack was "random"**

In January 2015, an Islamic terrorist named Ahmedy Coulibaly  murdered four Jews at Hyper Cacher, a kosher supermarket in France.

The Jerusalem Post  reported:

_Coulibaly called a French TV station from the kosher supermarket and said he was an al-Qaida terrorist and that he chose the kosher supermarket because he wanted to kill Jews._

However, Obama  said the murders were "random."

996) **Broke his promise to release a 28 page document which allegedly proved that the Saudi Arabian government had supported the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks**

In September 2014, it was reported that Obama had broken his promise to release a 28 page document which allegedly proved that the Saudi Arabian government had supported the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

997) **Pressured colleges to adopt sexual harassment rules that were so bad that 28 Harvard Law School professors signed a letter of protest**

In February 2015, it was  reported that the Department of Education had pressured colleges to adopt sexual harassment rules that were so bad that 28 Harvard Law School professors signed a letter which criticized the rules for being "inconsistent with many of the most basic principles we teach" and for giving accused people "the absence of any adequate opportunity to confront witnesses and present a defense." The complete text of the letter can be read  here.

998) **Illegally refused to provide annual reports on ways to reduce the complexity of the tax code**

In January 2015, it was  reported that the IRS had illegally refused to provide annual reports on ways to reduce the complexity of the tax code.

999) **Illegally implemented net neutrality rules**

In February 2015, the Obama administration  implemented net neutrality rules. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

1,000) **Falsely said there were "nearly 7 million American Muslims in our country"**

In June 2009, Obama said there were

_"nearly 7 million American Muslims in our country"_

However, in June 2009, PolitiFact  wrote:

_We are using numbers from the CIA Online World Factbook, a highly regarded government source for global statistics. It's updated twice a month, and we're relying on the latest version. By the World Factbook's count, Muslims in the United States make up about 0.6 percent of the population. That's around 1.8 million._

1,001) **Held a fundraiser in the living room of terrorist bomber and communist Bill Ayers**

In 1969, a guy named Bill Ayers  co-founded a terrorist organization called Weather Underground, whose founding document called for "world communism."

In 1969, Ayers  set off a bomb in Chicago at a statue that was dedicated to the city's police. At the time of the explosion, no one was close enough to the statue to be killed. However, the explosion was so powerful that it broke almost 100 windows.

On March 6, 1970, three members of Weather Underground, including Diana Oughton (Ayers's girlfriend) and Terry Robbins (Ayers's close friend), were  killed when they accidentally, prematurely set off a bomb which they were in the process of building, in their townhouse in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The explosion was so powerful that it  destroyed the entire four-story townhouse.

In 1970, Ayers  bombed the headquarters of the New York City Police Department.

In 1971, Ayers  bombed the United States Capitol building.

In 1972, Ayers  bombed the Pentagon.

Although charges were filed against Ayers for these bombings, the charges were later  dropped because law enforcement agents had conducted wiretaps and property searches without warrants.

In 1995, when Obama was running for state senator in Illinois, Obama  held a fundraiser in the living room of Bill Ayers's home.

1,002) **After Eric Holder participated in a five day takeover of an abandoned ROTC headquarters at Columbia University, Obama hired him to be the country's highest ranking law enforcement official**

In 1970, Eric Holder  participated in a five day takeover of an abandoned ROTC headquarters at Columbia University.

Afterward, Obama hired Holder to be Attorney General.

1,003) **Used taxpayers' money to refurbish Muslim mosques in other countries**

In July 2011, it was  reported that the Obama administration had used taxpayers' money to refurbish Muslim mosques in other countries.

1,004) **After Hillary Clinton stole $28,500 of furniture from the White House, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State**

In February 2001, it was reported that Hillary Clinton had stolen $28,500 of furniture from the White House.

Afterward, Obama hired Clinton to be Secretary of State.

1,005) **After Hillary Clinton cheated on her taxes, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State**

In 1980, Hillary Clinton  avoided reporting $6,498 of income from commodities trading on her income tax form.

Afterward, Obama hired Clinton to be Secretary of State.

1,006) **In her own words, Hillary Clinton, Obama's Secretary of State, said that her own use of a private email account for official government business had "shredded" the U.S. Constitution**

In 2007, when Bush was President, Hillary Clinton  said that the use of private email accounts by members of the Bush administration "shredded" the U.S. Constitution.

However, in March 2015, it was  reported that when Clinton had been Obama's Secretary of State, she herself had used a private email account to conduct official government businesses. Clinton's emails were not  archived in official government records, even though such archiving is required by federal law. The New York Times  reported

_Mrs. Clinton's exclusive use of personal email for her government business is unusual for a high-level official, archive experts have said. Federal regulations, since 2009, have required that all emails be preserved as part of an agency's record-keeping system. In Mrs. Clinton's case, her emails were kept on her personal account and her staff took no steps to have them preserved as part of State Department record._

By using a private email account, Clinton was able to  thwart record requests that had been made by Congressional investigators in 2012 regarding the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.

In 2013, Clinton used her private email account to  thwart a Freedom of Information request by Nitasha Tiku, a reporter for Gawker, regarding information about Sidney Blumenthal.

The New York Times  reported that Clinton's use of the private email account

_protected a significant amount of her correspondence from the eyes of investigators and the public_

1,007) **Falsely said he learned about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account "the same time everybody else learned it through news reports"**

In March 2015, Obama  said he had first learned about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account

_"the same time everybody else learned it through news reports."_

However, the White House had actually been  informed about Clinton's use of a private email account in August 2014.

In addition, Obama himself had  emailed Clinton at her private email account.

1,008) **The "most transparent administration in history" illegally ignored Freedom of Information requests from Associated Press regarding information on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton**

In March 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally ignored Freedom of Information requests from Associated Press regarding information on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

1,009) **Gave H-1B visas to Southern California Edison so it could fire its American employees and replace them with foreign workers - the company even had the nerve to order the American employees to train their foreign replacements**

Although the alleged reason for the H-1B visa program is to fill jobs that Americans don't want to work at, in February 2015 it was  reported that the Obama administration had given H-1B visas to Southern California Edison so it could fire its American employees and replace them with foreign workers. The company even had the nerve to order the American employees to train their foreign replacements.

1,010) **Loretta Lynch, Obama's nominee for Attorney General, falsely said that illegal aliens have a "right" to work in the U.S.**

Even though it is illegal for U.S. employers to hire illegal aliens, in January 2015 Loretta Lynch, Obama's nominee for Attorney General,  said:

_"I believe that the right and obligation to work is shared by everyone in this country, regardless of how they came here."_

1,011) **Proposed an illegal retroactive tax on corporate income held abroad**

In March 2015, it was  reported that Obama had proposed a retroactive tax on corporate income held abroad. However, retroactive taxes are illegal, as the U.S. Constitution prohibits the federal government from passing ex post facto laws.

1,012) **Even though it would be illegal, Josh Earnest, Obama's Press Secretary, said Obama was "very interested" in raising taxes without approval from Congress**

Even though it would be illegal, in March 2015 Josh Earnest, Obama's Press Secretary,  said Obama was "very interested" in raising taxes without approval from Congress.

1,013) **Spent taxpayers' money to pay government employees to try to find out how a picture of one of his daughters got on the internet**

In January 2015, it was  reported that Obama had spent taxpayers' money to pay government employees to try to find out how a picture of one of his daughters got on the internet.

1,014) **Falsely said the Ferguson, Missouri police department was racist because it stopped black drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, which contradicted a report by Obama's own administration which said the reason black drivers were stopped more often than white drivers was because black drivers were more likely to break the traffic laws**

In March 2015, Attorney General Eric Holder  said the police in Ferguson, Missouri were racist because they stopped black drivers at a higher rate than white drivers.

However, a 2013 report by Obama's own administration  said:

_Seat-belt usage is chronically lower among blacks. If a law enforcement agency aggressively enforces violations, police will stop more black drivers._

In addition, in March 2015, Investor's Business Daily  wrote:

_... federal data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that blacks violate traffic laws at higher rates than whites in every offense, including driving with an invalid license._

Also, in March 2015, the New York Post - citing statistics from the federal government -  wrote:

_... blacks die in car accidents at a rate about twice their share of car owners._

1,015) **Falsely said the proposed Keystone XL pipeline "bypasses the United States"**

In February 2015, Obama  said:

_"I've already said I'm happy to look at how we can increase pipeline production for U.S. oil, but Keystone is for Canadian oil to send that down to the Gulf. It bypasses the United States and is estimated to create a little over 250, maybe 300 permanent jobs. We should be focusing more broadly on American infrastructure for American jobs and American producers, and that's something that we very much support."_

Afterward, the Washington Post  responded with:

_The crude oil would travel to the Gulf Coast, where it would be refined into products such as motor gasoline and diesel fuel (known as a distillate fuel in the trade). Current trends suggest that only about half of that refined product would be exported, and it could easily be lower._

_A report released in February by IHS Energy, which consults for energy companies, concluded that "Canadian crude making its way to the USGC [Gulf Coast] will likely be refined there, and most of the refined products are likely to be consumed in the United States." It added that "for Gulf refineries, heavy bitumen blends from the oil sands are an attractive substitute for declining offshore heavy crude supply from Latin America." It concluded that 70 percent of the refined product would be consumed in the United States._

_Enviromentalists dismiss IHS as a biased source, but the analysis mirrors the conclusions of the State Department's final environmental impact statement on the Keystone XL project. This is what is especially strange about Obama's remarks, as he appears to be purposely ignoring the findings of the lead Cabinet agency on the issue._

1,016) **Proposed a new rule that would falsely define ditches, drains, seasonal puddle-like depressions, intermittent streams, and ponds as "navigable waters"**

In February 2015, the EPA  proposed a new rule that would falsely define ditches, drains, seasonal puddle-like depressions, intermittent streams, and ponds as "navigable waters."

1,017) **"Why This Liberal No Longer Supports Universal Health Care: An Open Letter to President Obama"**

 Melissa Klein lives in San Francisco, California. In February 2015, she  wrote:

_Why This Liberal No Longer Supports Universal Health Care: An Open Letter to President Obama_

_Dear President Obama,_

_I voted for you in both elections. I'm proud to call you our president. I was a staunch supporter of universal health care. Thank you for following through on your campaign promise. That you did so IS significant._

_But I have to say, you've let us down in a big way. This health care system blows._

_For the past few weeks I've been dealing with this 1095-A issue. You see, I never received it and as you know I need it to file my taxes. Being a law abiding citizen and all, I typically like to file my taxes on time._

_I called Covered California in January and was assured I'd get it soon. But alas, it never arrived. So, I spent my entire afternoon (and part of yesterday afternoon), on hold with different folks at Kaiser and Covered California._

_At first I wasn't worried. I mean, a) I'm insured. b) I have several letters from Covered California congratulating me on being insured. c) I have emails from Kaiser and Covered California confirming payment for insurance. d) I have my credit card bill that also shows that I, in fact, paid for insurance. And e) I'm insured!!!_

_My second interaction with Covered California on this issue was both straightforward and unhelpful._

_"If you didn't receive a 1095-A you have to fill out a dispute form and FAX it to us."_

_I respond, "Ok, but I'm not disputing anything. I'm asking for the form you're supposed to have sent me."_

_Alas, my logic seems illogical to the person on the helpline and she tells me that her hands are tied and that nothing can be done until I submit a dispute form._

_I sheepishly ask, "Can I email it to you?"_

_"No, but you can fax it."_

_Of course I can FAX it. Cuz, we're in 2015. Who doesn't fax stuff?_

_Miraculously, I manage to find a fax machine and send over my dispute form._

_I call back today to make sure that they received my fax._

_After being on hold for 30 minutes I'm told, "We'll let you know in 2 weeks if we received the fax. You'll get a letter in the mail."_

_So I ask again, "Can't you just tell me over the phone?"_

_"Nope, ya gotta wait for the letter."_

_I then ask what I think is a simple question. Shame on me. "Can you at least tell me if a 1095 was ever generated?"_

_This is when things turn from bad to comical._

_"Ma'am, it doesn't appear as though you're in our system for having insurance in 2014. Are you sure you didn't imagine signing up through our exchange?"_

_"I'm sorry ma'am but I think you're mistaken. You signed up through Kaiser and Kaiser will send you the 1095."_

_Getting through to Kaiser took a mere 48 minutes. But who's counting? Once someone finally picks up I'm told, "Oh yes, I see right here, you were covered by us in 2014 through Covered California."_

_"But you need to talk to them about the 1095." Of course I do._

_And so, I call Covered California back. I'm thrilled to inform them that I didn't imagine signing up through the exchange and that Kaiser can, without a doubt, confirm that I'm covered._

_I'm then told, "Ma'am, you need to submit a dispute form."_

_"I've already done that," I say exasperated._

_"Well, they'll figure it out within 60 days. Don't worry you'll still get your taxes filed in time," The women replies matter of fact-ly._

_"60 days?," I respond again, exasperated. "Actually, if you're telling me I'll receive my form in 60 days I will have missed the deadline."_

_"Oh. Sorry about that. You'll have to file for an extension then. Is there anything else I can help you with?"_

1,018) **After Senator Hillary Clinton gave taxpayer's money to someone who donated to her foundation, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State**

In January 2009, the New York Times  wrote:

_An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to former President Bill Clinton's foundation in November 2004, around the same time that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure millions of dollars in federal assistance for the businessman's mall project._

_Mrs. Clinton helped enact legislation allowing the developer, Robert J. Congel, to use tax-exempt bonds to help finance the construction of the Destiny USA entertainment and shopping complex, an expansion of the Carousel Center in Syracuse._

After Clinton gave that taxpayers' money to someone who donated to her foundation, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State.

1,019) **After Hillary Clinton falsely said she was "under sniper fire," Obama hired her to be Secretary of State**

In March 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton  said the following about a trip she had made to Tuzla, Bosnia, when she was first lady in 1996:

_"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."_

Afterward, PolitiFact  wrote:

_But that's not what happened, as demonstrated by CBS News video that shows Clinton arriving on the tarmac under no visible duress, and greeting a child who offers her a copy of a poem. The Washington Post Factchecker also turned a skeptical eye on Clinton's comments, reporting that a review of more than 100 news stories from the time documented no security threats to the First Lady._

_CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who covered Clinton on the Bosnia visit, wrote of her memories of the trip: "To be sure, it was not the 'safest' trip for a first lady to take: there were serious risks in traveling to Bosnia, even for the president's wife under the vigilant protection of the U.S. military. It took some guts for her to go. But I don't recall, and did not note, any close calls on this trip with sniper fire or any other dangers. "_

_Immediately after the speech that day, a reporter asked Clinton about remarks from others on the trip who suggested the trip was for photo opportunities rather than foreign policy and she stood by her account of sniper fire. "There was no greeting ceremony, and we basically were told to run to our cars. Now, that is what happened," she said._

The CBS News report can be seen at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BfNqhV5hg4>

After Clinton told this lie, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State.

1,020) **Misquoted the Quran to give the false impression that it did not support murder**

In February 2015, Investor's Business Daily  wrote:

_... while hosting last week's "Summit on Countering Violent Extremism," Obama recited a verse from the Muslim holy book like so: "The Quran says whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind."_

_A beautiful passage — if only it were as he states it._

_The Quranic verse the president quotes — 5:32 — actually condones killing those who "murder" Muslims, "wage war against Allah" or spread "mischief in the land."_

_Mischief is defined as "treason against Allah," and the very next verse — 5:33 — calls for guilty infidels to be beheaded. Obama glosses over all of this in his version._

_Here's the full text of the relevant verse (5:32), according to even the watered-down translation of the Quran approved and distributed by American Muslim groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations._

_Note the key section that Obama omits from his speeches:_

_"(I)f anyone slew a person — unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land — it would be as if he slew the whole people. And if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them our Messengers with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land."_

_The hammer comes down in the next verse, 5:33: "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: That is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the hereafter."_

1,021) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to say whether or not Hillary Clinton signed a form declaring that she had turned over all work related emails when she quit her job as Secretary of State**

In February 2013, when Hillary Clinton quit her job as Secretary of State, she was supposed to sign a form  OF-109, declaring that she had turned over all work related records, including all work related emails. It is a  crime to lie on this form.

In March 2015, the Obama administration  refused to say whether or not Clinton had signed this form.

1,022) **After Wal-Mart board of director member Hillary Clinton refused to criticize Wal-Mart for waging war against unions, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State**

In January 2008, ABC News reported:

_Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions_

_In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers._

_Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years._

_Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."_

_Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts._

_An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions._

After Clinton refused to defend unions against Wal-Mart's attacks, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State.

1,023) **The "most transparent administration in history" "set a new record again for more often than ever censoring government files or outright denying access to them"**

In March 2015, Associated Press  reported:

_The Obama administration set a new record again for more often than ever censoring government files or outright denying access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of federal data by The Associated Press._

1,024) **Illegally ignored a Freedom of Information Act request from the ALCU regarding information about airport security**

In March 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally ignored a Freedom of Information Act request from the ALCU regarding information about airport security.

1,025) **One of Obama's professors from Harvard Law School said Obama was "burning the Constitution"**

In March 2015, Laurence Tribe, one of Obama's professors from Harvard Law school,  said:

_"EPA possesses only the authority granted to it by Congress... Its gambit here raises serious questions under the separation of powers... because EPA is attempting to exercise lawmaking power that belongs to Congress and judicial power that belongs to the federal courts... Burning the Constitution should not become part of our national energy policy."_

1,026) **The "most transparent administration in history" exempted itself from Freedom of Information regulations during the same week that was supposed to be a celebration of the Freedom of Information Act**

In March 2015, U.S. News & World Report  wrote:

_The Obama administration announced Tuesday it will ditch regulations that subjected large portions of White House correspondence to public records requests, a decision derided by transparency advocates who wryly noted it was issued during a week celebrating open access to government._

_The notice exempting the White House's Office of Administration from the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act was contained in Tuesday's Federal Register, reversing a three-decade-old policy during Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of the FOIA law._

_Anne Weismann, interim executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), says the step "makes mockery of the administration's commitment to transparency, especially given that it's Sunshine Week."_

1,027) **Falsely said his net neutrality plan would not allow any new taxes to be placed on the internet**

Before implementing its net neutrality plan, the Obama administration  said the plan did not allow for any new taxes to be placed on the internet. However, after the plan was implemented, the Obama administration  said that such taxes were in fact made possible by the plan.

1,028) **Obama gave the Medal of Freedom to communist Dolores Huerta, and refused to let an anti-communist hero Lech Walesa into the White House**

President Obama  gave Dolores Huerta the Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that can be given to a civilian. Huerta has  praised Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan communist dictator who had repeatedly  used the military to seize food from private owners. Chavez also had  butchers arrested, held at a military base, and strip searched for running out of beef. In addition, he shut down a TV station that criticized him. Chavez placed a "luxury tax" on  toilet paper. After Chavez seized farmland from farmers, Chavez  stated, "The land is not private. It is the property of the state." Chavez has seized many supermarkets from their owners, and under government ownership, the shelves in these supermarkets are often  empty. Chavez's mismanagement of the nationalized oil industry is so severe that the country has actually had to  import gasoline, despite having some of the hugest oil reserves in the world. Chavez's takeovers have also caused severe damage to the  steel industry, the  cement industry, the  construction industry, the  telephone industry, and the  electric industry. He has also caused a brain drain, with many of the most intelligent and well educated people fleeing the country.

Meanwhile, Lech Walesa was a major participant in the defeat of communism in Eastern Europe. National Review  wrote:

_Lech Walesa was once a trade-union activist. He was often arrested for speaking his mind against Communist oppression behind the Iron Curtain in Poland and for defying the Soviet Union. He was an electrician who, with no higher education, led one of the most profound freedom movements of the 20th century — Solidarity. He became president of Poland and swept in reforms, pushing the Soviet Union out of his homeland and moving the country toward a free-market economy and individual liberty._

But President Obama wouldn't even let Walesa in the  White House.

Obama gave the highest civilian award to someone who wants the U.S. to copy the policies of communist dictator Hugo Chavez. And at the same time, Obama refused to let an anti-communist hero into the White House.

1,029) **Invited illegal aliens, who had previously been deported, to return to the U.S.**

In February 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had invited illegal aliens, who had previously been deported, to return to the U.S.

1,030) **After Obama had been given multiple intelligence briefings about the threat of ISIS, he dismissed the threat by referring to them as a "jayvee team." However, he later claimed that he had not specifically referred to ISIS as a "jayvee team."**

After Obama had been given  multiple intelligence briefings about the threat of ISIS, he dismissed the threat by  referring to them as a "jayvee team." However, he later  said that he had not specifically referred to ISIS as a "jayvee team."

1,031) **Allowed recipients of "stimulus" spending to violate labor laws and tax laws by illegally classifying their employees as independent contractors**

In September 2014, it was  reported that Obama had allowed recipients of "stimulus" spending to violate labor laws and tax laws by illegally classifying their employees as independent contractors.

1,032) **"Despite Obama's pledge to curb it, NSA mass surveillance wins rubber stamp"**

In September 2014, National Journal  wrote:

_Despite Obama's pledge to curb it, NSA mass surveillance wins rubber stamp_

_Mass surveillance just earned another 90-day blank check, nine months after President Obama promised to rein in the NSA's spying powers._

_The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved the Justice Department's request for another 90-day extension of the National Security Agency's controversial mass-surveillance program, exposed publicly last summer by Edward Snowden and authorized under Section 215 of the post-9/11 Patriot Act._

_The extension marks the third of its kind since President Obama pledged in January to reform how the NSA spies on Americans_

1,033) **"Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports"**

In September 2014, the Washington Post  reported:

_Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports_

_White House press-pool reports are supposed to be the news media's eyes and ears on the president, an independent chronicle of his public activities. They are written by reporters for other reporters, who incorporate them into news articles about President Obama almost every day._

_Sometimes, however, the White House plays an unseen role in shaping the story._

_Journalists who cover the White House say Obama's press aides have demanded — and received — changes in press-pool reports before the reports have been disseminated to other journalists. They say the White House has used its unusual role as the distributor of the reports as leverage to steer coverage in a more favorable direction._

_The disputed episodes involve mostly trivial issues and minor matters of fact. But that the White House has become involved at all represents a troubling trend for journalists and has prompted their main representative, the White House Correspondents' Association, to consider revising its approach to pool reporting._

1,034) **Obama created an "enemies list" which consisted of law abiding U.S. citizens who made large donations to Romney's campaign. Obama then used the government to harass one of the people on this list.**

In April 2012, the Wall St. Journal  wrote:

_The President Has a List_

_Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney's campaign._

_Try this thought experiment: You decide to donate money to Mitt Romney._

_Several days later, President Barack Obama, the most powerful man on the planet, singles you out by name... shames you for "betting against America," and accuses you of having a "less-than-reputable" record. The message from the man who controls the Justice Department (which can indict you), the SEC (which can fine you), and the IRS (which can audit you), is clear: You made a mistake donating that money._

_Any president who targets a private citizen for his politics is de facto engaged in government intimidation and threats. This is why presidents since Nixon have carefully avoided the practice._

_Save Mr. Obama, who acknowledges no rules. This past week, one of his campaign websites posted an item entitled "Behind the curtain: A brief history of Romney's donors." In the post, the Obama campaign named and shamed eight private citizens who had donated to his opponent. Describing the givers as all having "less-than-reputable records," the post went on to make the extraordinary accusations that "quite a few" have also been "on the wrong side of the law" and profiting at "the expense of so many Americans."_

_These are wealthy individuals, to be sure, but private citizens nonetheless. Not one holds elected office. Not one is a criminal._

_The real crime of the men, as the website tacitly acknowledges, is that they have given money to Mr. Romney._

In July 2012, the Wall St. Journal  wrote:

_Obama's Enemies List—Part II_

_First an Obama campaign website called out Romney donor Frank Vandersloot. Next the IRS moved to audit him—and so did the Labor Department._

_Mr. VanderSloot has been targeted by the federal government. In a letter dated June 21, he was informed that his tax records had been "selected for examination" by the Internal Revenue Service._

_Two weeks after receiving the IRS letter, Mr. VanderSloot received another—this one from the Department of Labor._

_The ranch was fined $8,400, mainly for too many "flies" and for "grease build-up" on the stove. God forbid a cattle ranch home has flies._

1,035) **Prevented the residents of Mandeville Canyon, California, from traveling so he could have a fundraiser**

In October 2014, the New York Times  wrote:

_Obama Visit Fuels a Paltrow Neighborhood Feud_

_As gossip websites buzzed about Gwyneth Paltrow and President Obama — her "you're so handsome that I can't speak properly" is already being mocked unmercifully — her Los Angeles neighbors lashed out Friday that the Paltrow-hosted presidential fund-raiser had come at their expense._

_Traffic stood still, children were stranded at school, residents could not leave their own driveways. That's not the way life is supposed to be lived in Mandeville Canyon._

_In a post on the Nextdoor Mandeville Canyon website, a private social network for area residents, Bret Lewis said that the neighborhood did not need people like Ms. Paltrow "who pay no heed to the concerns of their neighbors."_

_He went on to solicit support for having Ms. Paltrow kicked out of Mandeville Canyon. "She belongs in the movie theaters, and President Obama can entertain in the Staples Center," he said._

_The anger began building outside Ms. Paltrow's home on Thursday even while Mr. Obama mingled inside during the two-and-a-half-hour event, where it cost a $1,000 donation to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to listen to the president, and $15,000 to have dinner with him._

_"I have a crying child on a soccer field!" one woman yelled as she passed by. (She was one of the few residents who were allowed to drive through.)_

_Mr. Lewis, in his post, said his family ended up in a restaurant "with a bunch of other displaced residents."_

_"My 13-year-old daughter broke into tears, was unable to do her homework," he said. "We finally got home at 9:00 and my daughter was up late studying, ultimately ill-prepared for her exams."_

_Kim Peterson, in another post, said residents were misled about the extent of the presidential security and the impact it would have on traffic. "The biggest problem yesterday is we did not know the Canyon would be totally closed down," she said. Otherwise, she said, "we could have all planned accordingly."_

_But in Mr. Lewis's opinion, it was "more than poor planning, it's an abuse of power and, most importantly, unneighborly."_

1,036) **Changed a government transparency website to make it very difficult to find information**

Federal law requires the website usaspending.gov to provide detailed information on every federal contract over $3,000. Before March 2015, anyone could search the database by keyword. However, in March 2015, the Obama administration  removed the ability to search by keyword, and made it so people had to know a contract's federal grant identification number in order to get any information about it.

1,037) **Refused to file federal charges against an EEOC employee who had stolen $60,000 in taxpayers' money**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had refused to file federal charges against an EEOC employee who had stolen $60,000 in taxpayers' money.

1,038) **Allowed the same person to simultaneously work as Hillary Clinton's chief of staff at the State Department and as a director of Hillary Clinton's foundation for three years**

In April 2015, it was  reported that Obama had allowed Cheryl Mills to simultaneously work as Hillary Clinton's chief of staff at the State Department and as a director of Hillary Clinton's foundation for three years.

1,039) **Obama forced a woman to give birth in highway traffic instead of in a hospital so he could have a fundraiser**

In April 2015, in Louisville, Kentucky, Obama forced a woman to give birth in highway  traffic instead of in a hospital so he could have a fundraiser.

1,040) **Illegally gave illegal aliens free airplane flights to enter the U.S.**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given illegal aliens free airplane flights to enter the U.S. Giving such aid and assistance to illegal aliens is a federal crime.

1,041) **Classified Puerto Ricans as "disabled" because they spoke Spanish**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had classified Puerto Ricans as "disabled" because they spoke Spanish.

1,042) **After supporting Obama in both elections, the National Education Association complained that Obamacare's Cadillac tax would "unfairly cause hardship to American workers and their families"**

The National Education Association is a teachers union. It supported Obama in both elections. In April 2015, it  complained that Obamacare's Cadillac tax would "unfairly cause hardship to American workers and their families."

1,043) **One day after Obama said he would remove Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terror list, a Cuban sponsored terrorist organization murdered 10 people and injured 17**

On April 14, 2015, Obama  said he would remove Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terror list. The very next day, a Cuban sponsored terrorist organization murdered 10 people and injured 17.

1,044) **When Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, Obama allowed Russians who donated to her foundation to buy American uranium**

In April 2015, it was  reported that when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, Obama had allowed Russians who had donated to her foundation to buy American uranium.

1,045) **Obama refused to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she broke her promise to publish all donors to her foundation**

Before Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State, she promised that she would publish all donors to her foundation. She broke that promise. However, Obama  refused to fire her.

1,046) **Obama refused to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she broke her promise to let the State Department review all new or increased donations to her foundation from foreign governments**

Before Hillary Clinton become Secretary of State, she promised that she would let the State Department review all new or increased donations to her foundation by foreign governments. She broke that promise. However, Obama  refused to fire her.

1,047) **Obama refused to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after her foundation lied on its tax returns about donations from foreign governments**

For three consecutive years - 2010, 2011, and 2012 - Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's foundation lied to the IRS by falsely saying that it had not received any donations from foreign governments. However, in reality, during those three years, the foundation had actually been given  tens of millions of dollars by foreign governments. Despite Clinton's huge, ongoing, and illegal lies to the IRS, Obama refused to fire her.

1,048) **The "most transparent administration in history" ignored ten consecutive questions about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation**

In April 2015, White House press secretary Josh Earnest  ignored ten consecutive questions about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation.

1,049) **Obama refused to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she violated the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against government officials accepting gifts from foreign governments**

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution states:

_No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state._

In addition, the State Department had the following  rules when Clinton was Secretary of State:

_Executive branch employees are subject to restrictions on the gifts that they may accept from sources outside the Government. Unless an exception applies, executive branch employees may not accept gifts that are given because of their official positions or that come from certain interested sources ("prohibited sources")._

_A prohibited source is a person (or an organization made up of such persons) who: is seeking official action by, is doing business or seeking to do business with, or is regulated by the employee's agency, or has interests that may be substantially affected by performance or nonperformance of the employee's official duties._

The countries of Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and Algeria all  donated money to Clinton's Foundation when Clinton was Secretary of State, at a time when these countries were attempting to conduct business with the U.S. government.

Charity Navigator, the United States' most influential charity watchdog,  said that legitimate charities spend at least 75% of their donations on their mission. However, according to Clinton's foundation's  tax forms for the years 2009 through 2012, of the more than $500 million that was donated to the foundation, only 15%, or $75 million, was spent on programmatic grants. More than $25 million was used for travel expenses. Almost $110 million was spent on employee salaries and benefits. $290 million, almost 60 percent, was reported as "other expenses."

Because of this, Charity Navigator  put Clinton's foundation on its "watch list."

In addition, Bill Allison, a senior fellow at the Sunlight Foundation,  said:

_"It seems like the Clinton Foundation operates as a slush fund for the Clintons."_

Donations that foreign governments had given to Clinton's foundation were used to pay for  first class flights for Clinton, even though she was  not an employee of the foundation when those flights took place. This is a clear and obvious violation of the Constitution's prohibition against federal officials accepting money or gifts from foreign governments.

However, Obama refused to fire Clinton.

1,050) **Under Commander-in-Chief Obama, male ROTC cadets were ordered to wear women's high heeled shoes while marching in public**

In April 2015, under Commander-in-Chief Obama, male ROTC cadets were  ordered to wear women's high heeled shoes while marching in public.

1,051) **Burned more than 9,000 gallons of fossil fuel so he could tell other people to reduce their own use of fossil fuel**

On Earth Day 2015, Obama  burned more than 9,000 gallons of fossil fuel so he could tell other people to reduce their own use of fossil fuel

1,052) **Broke his promise to slow the rise of the oceans**

After Obama won the 2008 election, he  said that his victory signaled

_"... the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow..."_

However, in April 2015, it was  reported that Obama had broken his promise.

1,053) **Used falsified environmental data to force an 80-year-old oyster farming business to shut down**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had lied about the environmental impact of Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Point Reyes, California, in order to force the 80-year-old oyster farming business to shut down.

1,054) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave tax dollars to Laureate University at the same time the university gave an estimated one million dollars in "speaking fees" to her husband, Bill Clinton**

In April 2015, it was  reported that while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave tax dollars to Laureate University, the university gave an estimated one million dollars in "speaking fees" to her husband, Bill Clinton.

1,055) **"181 Clinton Foundation donors who lobbied Hillary's State Department"**

 Here is a list called "181 Clinton Foundation donors who lobbied Hillary's State Department."

1,056) **Companies that donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation were given contracts from the U.S. government to help Haiti after its 2010 earthquake**

In April 2015, it was  reported that companies that had donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation were given contracts from the U.S. government to help Haiti after its 2010 earthquake.

1,057) **Although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's brother had no background in mining, he was placed on the board of a Haitian mining company that received funding from U.S. taxpayers**

Although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's brother had  no background in mining, after the 2010 Haitian earthquake he was placed on the board of a Haitian mining company that received funding from U.S. taxpayers.

1,058) **Used U.S. taxpayers' money to help the Haitian government force landowners off their land at gunpoint, and to bulldoze their crops**

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Obama administration used U.S. taxpayers' money to help the Haitian government  force landowners off their land at gunpoint, and to bulldoze their crops.

1,059) **Falsely said that Caracol Industrial Park in Haiti would have 65,000 jobs after he gave it money from U.S. taxpayers**

After the 2010 Haitian earthquake, the Obama administration  said that Caracol Industrial Park in Haiti would have 65,000 jobs after it received money from U.S. taxpayers. However, it ended up with only 5,000 jobs.

1,060) **Falsely said, "As president I will recognize the Armenian genocide"**

In 2008, Obama  said:

_"As president I will recognize the Armenian genocide."_

However, in April 2015, it was  reported that Obama had broken that promise.

1,061) **Continued Bush's illegal use of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to prosecute a fisherman who had thrown undersize fish back into the water**

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created to prosecute Wall St. criminals. However, in 2007, the Bush administration  used the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to prosecute a fisherman who had thrown undersize fish back into the water off the coast of Cortez, Florida. The Obama administration  continued with this prosecution until 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court  ruled that it was illegal to use the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for this purpose.

1,062) **One of the illegal drug possessing, gang member, illegal aliens that Obama illegally gave amnesty to, later went on to murder four people**

In 2012, an illegal alien and gang member named Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez was charged with illegal drug possession, and was slated for deportation. However, in 2013, Obama gave  amnesty to Rangel-Hernandez. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, Obama's action was illegal. Afterward, Rangel-Hernandez murdered four people in Charlotte, North Carolina.

1,063) **In March 2015, Democratic U.S. Senators who voted for Obamacare made yet another complaint about Obamacare, and asked for yet another delay to it**

A provision of Obamacare says that in 2016, employers with between 51 to 100 employees will be moved from the "large group" market to the "small group" market. In March 2015, Democratic U.S. Senators who voted for Obamacare complained that this move would make insurance more expensive, and  asked for it to be delayed.

1,064) **Obama forced the New York Fire Department to hire black firefighters who failed its "racist" qualification test, including a black firefighter who refused to fight fires**

It is extremely easy to pass the New York Fire Department's written test.

The test is  multiple choice.

And it's  open book.

And the questions are insultingly easy –  here are three examples of actual questions from the test:

_A group of firefighters and their officer respond to a fifth floor apartment in a seven-story building. When they arrive at the apartment, they are told that the contents of a wastepaper basket was on fire, and the fire was extinguished prior to their arrival. The officer instructs the firefighters to ventilate, or remove, the smoke from the apartment by first using a method that will not cause damage to property. Which one of the following would be the most appropriate method for the firefighters to use to remove the smoke?_

_A) Breaking out all the windows with a crowbar._  
_B) Pulling down the ceiling with a six-foot hook._  
_C) Cutting through the floors with an eight-pound axe._  
_D) Manually opening all the windows and removing the screen._

_Firefighters are required to operate on the subway tracks during emergencies in the subway stations. Which one of the following would present the greatest threat to the safety of a firefighter working on the subway tracks?_

_A) A subway platform crowded with people._  
_B) Rubbish burning in a small garbage can located on a subway platform._  
_C) A subway car entering a station._  
_D) A maintenance crew working on the track._

_Firefighters conduct building inspections to locate potential life-threatening conditions in the even there is a fire. Which one of the following would the most-serious threat to life in the event of a fire?_

_A) An unlocked front door in a building._  
_B) A locked basement door in a building._  
_C) A car in the driveway of a building._  
_D) A building with a missing fire escape._

In March 2011, Obama  claimed that the above questions were "racist."

Obama then  ordered the New York Fire Department to hire black firefighters who scored only 30% on that test.

That's 30% right – not 30% wrong.

30%, on an open book, multiple choice test, with questions so easy that you'd have to be a complete idiot to get them wrong.

One of the unqualified black people that Obama pressured them to hire is a guy  named Michael D. Johnson.

As of May 2015, Johnson had been working as a firefighter for the past 11 months, and was getting  paid an annual salary of $76,488 by the New York Fire Department for his job as a firefighter.

However, during those 11 months, Johnson  refused to actually fight fires.

And his supervisors were  afraid to fire him because they didn't want to be accused of "racism."

1,065) **Falsely accused ATMs of destroying bank teller jobs**

In June 2011, Obama  said:

_"The other thing that happened though, this goes to the point you were just making, is there are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers... If you see it when you go to a bank you use the ATM, you don't go to a bank teller."_

However, in February 2014, the Washington Post  wrote:

_"According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more bank tellers now than before ATMs. This is because the number of bank branches increased dramatically — the lower cost of operating a branch allowed banks to meet the needs of many more consumers."_

1,066) **Illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request by Judicial Watch regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's request to use an iPad or iPhone for official government business**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request by Judicial Watch regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's request to use an iPad or iPhone for official government business.

1,067) **Refused to fire or prosecute DEA agents who left a handcuffed prisoner in a cell for five days without any food or water**

In 2012, DEA agents in San Diego left a handcuffed prisoner named Daniel Chong in a cell for five days without any food or water. Afterward, Chong spent two days in intensive care in the hospital because he almost died of kidney failure. Despite all of this, Obama refused to fire or prosecute the DEA agents who did this.

1,068) **Falsely said he never heard Reverend Jeremiah Wright say "God damn America," or blame the U.S. government for AIDS and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks**

In 2004, Obama  said that he had attended Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago

_"every week"_

for the past 20 years.

Obama also  said the church's pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, was his

_"moral compass," "sounding board," and "confidant."_

In March 2008, ABC News reported:

_Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11_

_Sen. Barack Obama's pastor says blacks should not sing "God Bless America" but "God damn America."_

_The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor for the last 20 years at the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's south side, has a long history of what even Obama's campaign aides concede is "inflammatory rhetoric," including the assertion that the United States brought on the 9/11 attacks with its own "terrorism."_

In March 2008, a USA Today article on Reverend Wright  stated:

_He accused the government of having "started the AIDS virus."_

In September 2008, Obama  said that he had attended Reverend Wright's church

_"a couple of times a month"_

and that he had not been present when Wright made those particular controversial statements.

1,069) **Continued Bush's policy of illegally giving promotions to IRS agents who cheated on their taxes**

Although federal law requires IRS agents who cheat on their taxes to be fired, in May 2015 it was  reported that Obama had continued Bush's illegal policy of giving them promotions instead of firing them.

1,070) **Illegally seized $16,000 in cash from a law abiding citizen in Albuquerque, New Mexico**

In April 2015, the Obama administration illegally  seized $16,000 in cash from a law abiding citizen named Joseph Rivers in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1,071) **Spent $288,000 of taxpayers' money to relocate one federal employee a distance of 140 miles**

In 2014, the Obama administration  spent $288,000 of taxpayers' money to relocate Diana Rubens, the director of the Philadelphia VA regional benefits office, a distance of 140 miles.

1,072 **Exposed the existence of Israel's secret nuclear weapons program**

In February 2015, the Obama administration  declassified and published a top secret document from 1987 which confirmed the existence of Israel's nuclear weapons program. However, the Obama administration did  not declassify or publish other parts of the document, which pertained to Italy, France, West Germany, and other NATO countries. Prior to this, Israel had  never officially confirmed or denied that it had a nuclear weapons program, and the U.S. had remained silent on the matter as a gesture of  good will toward Israel.

1,073) **Refused to explain how an Indiana religious freedom law that he criticized was different from an Illinois law that he had previously voted for**

In March 2015, Obama criticized Indiana's newly passed religious freedom law. However, Obama  refused to explain how it was any different than an Illinois religious freedom law that Obama had voted for when he was a state senator in Illinois.

1,074) **Illegally allowed foreign college students to stay in the U.S. for 29 months after their graduation**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally allowed foreign college students to stay in the U.S. for 29 months after their graduation under their F-1 student visas, instead of requiring them to obtain an H-1B work visa, which federal law requires them to have in order to legally stay after their graduation.

1,075) **Spent $410,265 of taxpayers' money to study gay men's level of satisfaction from their first sexual experience**

In April 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $410,265 of taxpayers' money to study gay men's level of satisfaction from their first sexual experience.

1,076) **"Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits"**

In March 2015, the Washington Post  wrote:

_Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits_

_... journalists say the lid has grown tighter under the Obama administration..._

_... most federal agencies get subpar grades on one measure of openness: their responsiveness to FOIA requests, which enable reporters and ordinary citizens to collect government records. Eight of the 15 agencies that get the most FOIA requests received a D grade for their compliance, according to a review this month by the nonprofit Center for Effective Government._

_Two agencies — Health and Human Services and the State Department — received failing grades._

1,077) **Illegally discriminated against a U.S. charity because of its pro-Israel views**

In May 2015, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the IRS and the Justice Department had illegally discriminated against a U.S. charity because of its pro-Israel views.

1,078) **Three days after Islamic terrorists waged a terrorist attack against the "First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest" in Garland, Texas, Pamela Geller, the president of the organization that the terrorists had attacked, said that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security had not contacted her**

On May 3, 2015, an organization called American Freedom Defense Initiative held an event called "First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest" in Garland, Texas. Two Islamic terrorists started waging a terrorist attack at the event, but they were  shot in the head and killed by a police officer before they were able to kill anyone. Both  terrorists had assault rifles and body armor, and they did manage to non-fatally shoot one innocent victim. On May 6, 2015, radical Islamic Imam Anjem Choudary went on live national television and  said that Pamela Geller, the president of American Freedom Defense Initiative, deserved to be killed because of the cartoon contest. However,  later that same day, Geller said that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security had not contacted her.

1,079) **The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Obama's warrantless collection of millions of Americans' phone records was illegal**

In May 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals  ruled that Obama's warrantless collection of millions of Americans' phone records was illegal.

1,080) **Obama falsely classified the U.S. Congress as a "small business" with "45 employees" so it could collect Obamacare subsidies**

In 2013, Obama falsely  classified the U.S. Congress as a "small business" with "45 employees" so it could collect Obamacare subsidies.

1,081) **The "most transparent administration in history" was extremely secretive about its Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal**

In May 2015, it was  reported that only members of Congress were allowed to read Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and that they had to attend classified briefings, and that they had to leave their staff and cellphone at the door. In addition, members of Congress who read the bill were watched over as they read it, and were forced to hand over any notes they made before leaving. Also, they were prohibited from discussing what they had read.

1,082) **Falsely said there was "nothing secret" about his Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal**

In May 2015, Obama  said there was "nothing secret" about his Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

However, in the  real world, only members of Congress were allowed to read it, and they had to attend classified briefings, and they had to leave their staff and cellphone at the door. In addition, members of Congress who read the bill were watched over as they read it, and were forced to hand over any notes they made before leaving. Also, they were prohibited from discussing what they had read.

1,083) **Wikileaks claimed that only 5 of the 29 chapters in Obama's secret Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal were actually about trade**

In June 2015, it was  reported that Wikileaks had obtained a copy of Obama's secret Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and had claimed that only 5 of its 29 chapters were actually about trade.

1,084) **Although Obama has always sent his own children to private schools, he criticized other parents for doing the exact same thing**

While living in both Chicago and Washington D.C., Obama has always  sent his own children to private schools.

However, in May 2015, Obama  said:

_"Part of what's happened is, is that elites in a very mobile, globalized world are able to live together, away from folks who are not as wealthy, and so they feel less of a commitment to making those investments... Those who are doing better and better, more skilled, more educated, – luckier – having greater advantages are withdrawing from the commons... Kids start going to private schools, kids start working out at private clubs instead of the public parks, an anti-government ideology then disinvests from those common goods and those things that draw us together."_

1,085) **After public school students posted pictures of their disgusting, Obama mandated school lunches, the Obama administration falsely said the photos were "really not" the food that was being served by public schools**

In May 2015, after public school students posted pictures of their disgusting, Obama mandated school lunches, Deborah Kane, the national director of the USDA Farm to School Program,  wrote:

_"We have all seen those unappetizing photos of food served at school that quickly go viral... A lonesome whole wheat bun atop a sad fish fillet; a mysterious-looking meat mixture served next to an apple. It's natural to ask, 'Is this what they serve for lunch!?'"_

_"No, it's really not."_

1,086) **Illegally seized $107,000 in cash from a law abiding small business owner in North Carolina**

In October 2014, the Obama administration illegally  seized $107,000 in cash from Lyndon McLellan, a law abiding citizen who owned a convenience store in North Carolina.

1,087) **Spent $15,000 of taxpayers' money to have a comedian speak to employes of the U.S. Census Bureau**

In February 2015, the Obama administration  spent $15,000 of taxpayers' money to have a comedian speak to employes of the U.S. Census Bureau.

1,088) **Told banks they could be investigated for discrimination if they refused to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back**

In May 2015, the Obama administration  told banks they could be investigated for discrimination if they refused to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back.

1,089) **Falsely changed temperature data from 2000-2014 to make global warming look worse**

In June 2015, it was  reported that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had falsely changed temperature data from 2000-2014 to make global warming look worse.

1,090) **School board members and social services employees who tried eating one of Obama's mandated public school lunches said it consisted of undercooked chicken, a burned, hard bun, frozen strawberries, a hard, unripe pear, and expired milk**

After Obama decided to take over the content of public school lunches, students complained about the disgusting, horrible food. On May 12, 2015, school board members from Kepner Middle School in Denver, Colorado, were curious to see if the students were telling the truth, so they  visited the school's cafeteria and tried the school lunch. Also visiting the cafeteria that day and trying the school lunch were members of Padres & Jovenes Unidos, a social services organization.

The school board members and members of Padres & Jovenes Unidos  complained that the lunch consisted of undercooked chicken, a burned, hard bun, frozen strawberries, a hard, unripe pear, and expired milk.

Monica Acosta, a health justice organizer from Padres & Jovenes Unidos who had tried the Obama mandated lunch,  said:

_"It's heartbreaking... That's the type of food Kepner students have been having all year long."_

A photograph of the vile, repugnant Obama mandated lunch can be seen  here.

Obama has always  sent his own children to private schools, which were exempt from having to serve the Obama mandated lunch.

1,091) **Obamacare punished small business owners who paid directly for their employees' health care**

Beginning on July 1, 2015, Obamacare  punished small business owners who paid directly for their employees' health care. If a private business had fewer than 50 employees, and the employer paid directly for their health care, Obamacare required the employer to pay a tax of $100 per day per employee.

1,092) **16 of the countries that donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation ended up getting a 143% increase in arms sales from the U.S. government**
In May 2015, it was  reported that 16 of the countries that had donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation ended up getting a 143% increase in arms sales from the U.S. government, compared to the amount of sales that had occurred during the same time frame during the Bush administration.

1,093) **Spent taxpayers' money on corporate welfare for corporations that donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation**

In May 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent taxpayers' money on corporate welfare for corporations that donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation, including Boeing and General Electric.

1,094) **The "most transparent administration in history" allowed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to use a shell company to hide the income that her husband made from giving speeches during the time that Hillary was Secretary of State**

In May 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had allowed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to use a shell company to hide the income that her husband made from giving speeches during the four years that Hillary was Secretary of State. Associated Press  reported that although this shell company had "no apparent employees or assets," it allowed Bill to hide "as much as $50 million" in income from giving speeches during the four years that Hillary was Secretary of State.

1,095) **The Obama administration illegally refused to pay the $25,000 in legal fees that Tom and Marla Bednar owed as a result of the Obama administration wrongly confiscating, and then returning, $115,000 of their money**

In September 2014, the Obama administration seized $115,000 from Tom and Marla Bednar of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Obama administration later returned the money, and admitted that it never should have seized it in the first place. However, even though the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act required the Obama administration to pay the Bednar's $25,000 in legal fees that had resulted from their attempt to get their money back, the Obama administration  refused to pay it.

1,096) **Illegally gave employment authorization eligibility to the dependent spouses of H-1B immigrants**

In May 2015, the Obama administration  began giving employment authorization eligibility to the dependent spouses of H-1B immigrants. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

1,097) **Illegally expanded the Clean Water Act**

In May 2015, the Obama administration  expanded the Clean Water Act without approval from Congress. Previously, two different rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court had  stated that the President did not have the legal authority to change the Clean Water Act without approval from Congress.

1,098) **Abandoned the old system for getting qualified air-traffic controller applicants because too many of them were white males, and replaced it with a new system that asks applicants how many different sports they played when they were in high school**

In 2014, it was  reported that the Federal Aviation Administration had  stopped giving preferential treatment to air-traffic controller applicants who had  passed classes from the 36 FAA-approved college aviation programs across the U.S., because too many of the people who passed these classes were  white males.

At the same time, the FAA also stopped giving preference to applicants who were military veterans with aviation  experience.

Under the new system, applicants were  asked how many different high school sports they had participated in.

In May 2014, the Wall St. Journal  reported:

_For years, aspiring air-traffic controllers in the U.S. have enrolled in schools selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to offer special courses that could smooth the way for a job at the agency._

_But at the end of December, the FAA abruptly ended that special status for the 36 participating colleges and universities..._

_... some critics suspect it is intended partly to increase the share of minorities and women among controllers, who are now 83% male and white..._

_Some school officials say their controller enrollment already has fallen off because of the FAA change._

_The FAA's new stance "just doesn't make sense," said Douglas Williams, aviation-program director at the Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville, Md... "They're not getting the best-qualified applicants this way," he said._

_Students who have studied for the controller degrees fear they wasted time and money. Navy veteran Oscar Vega recently completed the two-year air-traffic program at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. He said he passed the FAA controller aptitude test last year, so he was shocked when, in February, he failed the biographical assessment._

_"They say you can take it again," said the 28-year-old. "But it's not a test you can study for. And we don't know why we failed because we don't get any feedback."_

_The schools estimate that more than 3,000 graduates have been removed from the FAA's hiring pool because of the new policy._

In July 2014, the Chicago Tribune  reported:

_More than half of the latest batch of air-traffic controller job offers nationwide went to people with no aviation experience..._

_The hiring breakdown marks a major shift in FAA recruitment strategy, which is now geared toward... attracting more minorities and women to the nation's largely white and male controller work force_

_For almost the last 25 years, until the off-the-street hiring process was implemented in February, the FAA recruited controllers heavily from among military veterans possessing aviation experience and from the 36 FAA-approved college aviation programs across the U.S._

A  sample version of the new test includes the following question:

_21. The number of different high school sports I participated in was:_

_A- 4 or more_

_B- 3_

_C- 2_

_D- 1_

_E- didn't play sports_

1,099) **After the Algerian government donated $500,000 to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation, the Obama administration authorized the Algerian government to buy toxic, chemical, and biological agents from the U.S., even though the Obama administration had previously criticized the Algerian government for its human rights abuses**

In 2011, the Obama administration  criticized Algeria's government for imposing "restrictions on freedom of assembly and association," tolerating "arbitrary killing," "widespread corruption," and a "lack of judicial independence."

However, in 2012, after the Algerian government donated $500,000 to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation, the Obama administration  authorized the Algerian government to buy "toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents and associated equipment" from the U.S.

1,100) **Illegally gave confidential taxpayer information to a private law firm**

In May 2015, it was  reported that the IRS had given confidential taxpayer information to Quinn Emanuel, a private law firm. It is  illegal for the IRS to share confidential taxpayer information with third parties.

1,101) **Spent $3.2 million of taxpayers' money at casinos**

During the one year period that ended on June 30, 2014, the Department of Defense  spent $3.2 million of taxpayers' money at casinos.

1,102) **Spent $100,000 of taxpayers' money at strip clubs**

During the one year period that ended on June 30, 2014, the Department of Defense  spent $100,000 of taxpayers' money at strip clubs.

1,103) **"Lost" $475 million worth of oil**

In September 2012, it was  reported that the Department of Defense had "lost" $475 million worth of oil.

1,104) **The "most transparent administration in history" told a reporter that it would honor his Freedom of Information request only if he never made any more Freedom of Information requests**

In June 2015, the Washington Post  reported that the Pentagon had told Jason Leopold, a reporter for Vice News, that it would honor his Freedom of Information request only if he never made any more Freedom of Information requests.

1,105) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation set up a fundraising arm in Sweden that collected $26 million in donations at the same time that the Swedish government was lobbying for Clinton to avoid any sanctions that could interfere with Sweden's business with Iran**

In June 2015, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation had set up a fundraising arm in Sweden that collected $26 million in donations at the same time that the Swedish government was lobbying for Clinton to avoid any sanctions that could interfere with Sweden's business with Iran.

1,106) **Conducted military training exercises with house rattling explosions in a U.S. civilian neighborhood, and only gave the residents a three hour advance warning**

In June 2015, the U.S. military  conducted training exercises in Flint, Michigan. The exercises included explosions that were so powerful that people's homes shook. The residents were warned only three hours in advance.

1,107) **Continued the harmful ethanol mandates of Clinton and Bush**

In June 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had been continuing implementing the ethanol mandates of Clinton and Bush, even though ethanol production emits 33 percent more global warming gases than gasoline.

Also in June 2015, the International Institute for Sustainable Development  wrote of the U.S. ethanol mandates:

_"The grain required to fill a 25-gallon gas tank with ethanol can feed one person for a year, so the amount of corn used to make [the government-required] 13 billion gallons of ethanol will not feed the almost 500 million people it was feeding in 2000. In addition, because corn is the most common animal feed and has many other uses in the food industry, the price of milk, cheese, eggs, meat, corn-based sweeteners and cereals increased as well."_

1,108) **Although it was two years beyond its deadline and $139 million over budget, Obama's Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems had only completed one of its 66 tasks**

In 2010, the Department of Agriculture  created a new program called "Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems." The program was supposed to accomplish 66 tasks by June 2013, at a cost of $305 million.

However, as of  June 2015, the program was two years behind its deadline, the total spending was $444 million, and only one of its 66 tasks had been completed.

1,109) **Waited until he announced his presidential candidacy to pay 15 parking tickets that were more than a decade old**

Between 1988 and 1991, Obama received 17 parking tickets, but only paid two of them at the time. He  waited until 2007 to pay the other 15.

1,110) **When Obama announced a new government program to address the problem of declining bee colonies, the private sector had already restored the number of lost colonies**

Much of our food supply depends on pollination by bees. The genuinely serious problem of colony collapse disorder began in 2006. Over the next decade, commercial beekeepers  solved the problem. In March 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the number of U.S. honeybee colonies was at a 20 year high. At the same time, U.S. honey production was at a 10 year high.

However, in May 2015, the Obama administration  announced a new government program called "National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators."

1,111) **Illegally created a $1 million fine and 20 year prison sentence for law abiding citizens who talked about the technical specifications of guns on the internet without getting prior approval from the federal government**

In June 2015, the Federal Register was  updated to include a $1 million fine and 20 year prison sentence for law abiding citizens who talked about the technical specifications of guns on the internet without getting prior approval from the federal government. This prior restraint on free speech is a violation of the First Amendment.

1,112) **Gave H-1B visas to Disney so it could fire its American employees and replace them with foreign workers – the company even had the nerve to order the American employees to train their foreign replacements**

Although the alleged reason for the H-1B visa program is to fill jobs that Americans don't want to work at, in June 2015 it was  reported that the Obama administration had given H-1B visas to Disney so it could fire its American employees and replace them with foreign workers. The company even had the nerve to order the American employees to train their foreign replacements.

1,113) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton avoided putting the Nigerian terrorist organization Boko Haram on the State Department's terrorist watch list after a high-level Nigerian official donated to Clinton's foundation**

Boko Haram is a Nigerian terrorist organization. Gilbert Chagoury is a Nigerian businessman and diplomat. After Chagoury donated between $1 million and $5 million to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation, Clinton's State Department avoided putting Boko Haram on its terrorist watch list. After Clinton resigned and John Kerry became the new Secretary of State more than two years later, Kerry put Boko Haram on the State Department's terrorist watch list.

1,114) **During the California drought, the Obama administration diverted 260 billion gallons of water each year to try to save the delta smelt**

During the California drought, the Obama administration  diverted 800,000 acre-feet of water per year (that's 260 billion gallons per year) to try to save the delta smelt, a three inch fish.

1,115) **Illegal aliens released by the Obama administration were later charged with committing 121 murders on U.S. soil**

In June 2015, it was  reported that illegal aliens who had been released by the Obama administration were later charged with committing 121 murders on U.S. soil.

1,116) **Illegally withheld its report on Iranian human rights abuses**

Although the Obama administration was legally  required to release its report on Iranian human rights abuses by February 25, 2015, it did not do so.

1,117) **Falsely said "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency."**

In June 2015, after Dylann Roof shot and killed 9 people in Charleston, South Carolina, Obama  said the two following sentences:

_"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency."_

In response to Obama's first sentence, PolitiFact  wrote:

_On July 22, 2011, a total of 80 people were killed in Norway when Anders Behring Breivik, a political extremist, bombed a government building in Oslo and then went on a shooting rampage on the island of Utoya, just outside the city._

_On March 11, 2009, in Winnenden, Germany, a teenage gunman killed 15 people. The majority of the victims were children and teachers killed when the shooter opened fire in three classrooms in a local secondary school. The gunman shot two other people before killing himself after being cornered by the local police._

_On Sept. 23, 2008, in Kuahajoki, Finland, a gunman shot 10 people to death after opening fire on a classroom in the Kuahajoki School of Hospitality. After killing the students, the shooter burned the victims' bodies._

In response to Obama's second sentence, PolitiFact  wrote:

_At 0.15 mass shooting fatalities per 100,000 people, the U.S. had a lower rate than Norway (1.3 per 100,000), Finland (0.34 per 100,000) and Switzerland (1.7 per 100,000)._

1,118) **Obama hired Katherine Archuleta, the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, based on her ethnicity instead of on her job skills**

In May 2013, Obama  nominated Katherine Archuleta to be director of the United States Office of Personnel Management. Although she had  no tech or cyber-security experience when she was hired, an official White House press release  bragged that she was "the first Latina" to hold the position.

In July 2015, it was  reported that the private information of 21 million U.S. citizens had been hacked from the Office of Personnel Management by  Chinese hackers. For some victims who were employees of the U.S. government, this hacked private information  included information about their sex lives, drug and alcohol abuse, and gambling compulsions.

It was very easy for the Chinese hackers to obtain this information, because the Office of Personnel Management had outsourced some of its work to China, and had  given Chinese IT employees "direct access to every row of data in every database."

After the data breach was reported by the media, Archuleta  resigned from her position.

1,119) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally withheld 15 of her work related emails that had been on her private server, after having falsely claimed that she turned all of them over**

In June 2015, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally withheld 15 of her work related emails that had been on her private server, after having falsely claimed that she had turned all of them over.

1,120) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton falsely said the reason she used a private email server was because she only wanted to use one device**

In March 2015, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave the following  explanation for why she used a private email server:

_"When I got to work as secretary of state, I opted for convenience to use my personal email account, which was allowed by the State Department... because I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two."_

However, later that same month, it was  reported that she had actually used two devices - an iPad and a Blackberry.

1,121) **Obama's nuclear "inspection" deal with Iran gave Iran as much as 24 days advance notice before "inspections," and even after that 24 day period, Iran still had the option to reject any and all "inspections"**

In July 2015, Obama signed a nuclear "inspection" deal with Iran. ABC News  wrote the following about this:

_UN inspectors can demand access to nuclear facilities on Iran military sites, but they aren't immediate or even guaranteed. Any inspections at those sites would need to be approved by a joint commission composed of one member from each of the negotiating parties. The process for approving those inspections could take as many as 24 days, which critics will claim is enough time for Iran to cover up any non-compliance._

The deal allowed for "inspections" that weren't real inspections. This "inspection" deal gave Iran as much as 24 days advance notice before "inspections," and even after that 24 day period, Iran still had the option to reject any and all inspections.

1,122) **Falsely said his nuclear inspection deal with Iran would allow inspections to take place "anywhere, anytime"**

In April 2015, while talking about Obama's nuclear inspections deal with Iran, Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser,  said:

_"... under this deal, you will have anywhere, anytime, 24/7 access as it relates to the nuclear facilities that Iran has..."_

However, in July 2015, ABC News  reported that the deal gave Iran as much as 24 days advance notice before inspections, and that even after that 24 day period, Iran still had the option to reject any and all inspections.

1,123) **The Iranian official whom Secretary of State John Kerry negotiated the Iranian nuclear inspections deal with is the father of the best man from Kerry's daughter's wedding**

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian official whom Secretary of State John Kerry negotiated the Iranian nuclear inspections deal with in 2015, is the  father of the best man from Kerry's daughter's 2009 wedding.

1,124) **Continued Bush's policy of using the NSA to spy on the President of France**

In June 2015, it was  reported that Obama had continued Bush's policy of using the NSA to spy on the President of France.

1,125) **Forced public schools to enroll illegal aliens who did not have the mandatory vaccines that all other students were required to have**

U.S. public schools require all students to be vaccinated against certain diseases. However, in September 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had forced public schools to enroll illegal aliens who did not have these vaccines.

1,126) **For not doing their jobs, Obama defended Muslims but jailed a Christian**

In May 2013, the Obama administration sued Star Transport, Inc., a trucking company based in Morton, Illinois, because it fired Muslim truck drivers who refused to drive trucks that were carrying alcoholic beverages.

However, in September 2015, the Obama administration put Kim Davis, a Christian court clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, in  prison because she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

Here's my take on both of these incidents: if someone refuses to do their job, they should be fired. An employer who fires an employee for not doing their job should not be sued by the government. Putting someone in jail for not doing their job is something that only a totalitarian would support – anyone who believes in freedom and liberty would find such an action reprehensible.

Obama's different standards for Muslims and Christians is deplorable. Whatever position the Obama administration takes for workers who refuse to do their jobs, it should have the same standards for Muslims and Christians.

1,127) **Falsely said "... there is no public official that is above the rule of law... Certainly not the President of the United States."**

In September 2015, the Obama administration put Kim Davis, a Christian court clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, in  prison because she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest  said of this:

_"I will just say on principle that the success of our democracy depends on the rule of law and there is no public official that is above the rule of law... Certainly not the President of the United States. But neither is the Rowan county clerk. That's a principle that is enshrined in our Constitution and in our democracy."_

However, this list contains a huge number of examples of Obama and public officials in his administration breaking the law without having any charges filed against them.

1,128) **Used taxpayers' money to buy nearly weekly round trip flights for an official of the so-called "Environmental Protection Agency"**

Although Obama claimed to be against global warming, in September 2015 it was  reported that he was using taxpayers' money to buy nearly weekly round trip flights for an official of the so-called "Environmental Protection Agency."

1,129) **"U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies"**

Obama is Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military. In September 2015, the New York Times  reported:

_U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies_

_KABUL, Afghanistan — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base._

_"At night we can hear them screaming, but we're not allowed to do anything about it," the Marine's father, Gregory Buckley Sr., recalled his son telling him before he was shot to death at the base in 2012. He urged his son to tell his superiors. "My son said that his officers told him to look the other way because it's their culture."_

_Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan, particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally "boy play," and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records._

_The American policy of nonintervention is intended to maintain good relations with the Afghan police and militia units the United States has trained to fight the Taliban. It also reflects a reluctance to impose cultural values in a country where pederasty is rife, particularly among powerful men, for whom being surrounded by young teenagers can be a mark of social status._

1,130) **Illegally ignored an order by a federal judge for information about backups of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails**

In September 2015, the Obama administration illegally  ignored an order by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan to provide information on whether or not FBI investigators had been able to retrieve information about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails from a backup thumb drive or from a server owned by a company that Clinton hired.

1,131) **After Donald Trump offered to donate $5 million, and then later $50 million, to a charity of Obama's choice if Obama made public his college records and passport application, Obama rejected the offers.**

In October 2012, Donald Trump offered to donate $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice if Obama made public his college records and passport application. Obama  rejected the offer.

Trump later raised the offer to $50 million, and Obama still  rejected it.

Why is Obama against that money being donated to charity?

What is Obama hiding?

1,132) **Obama refused to defend innocent students who were wrongly accused unless their name was Mohamed**

In September 2015 in Irving, Texas, a fourteen year old student named Ahmed Mohamed was  arrested after being falsely accused of building a hoax bomb and bringing it to school. In  reality, Mohamed had removed wires and other parts from the inside of a digital clock, put them inside a pencil case, and brought it to school to show his engineering teacher.

Obama  defended Mohamed and invited him to the White House.

However, during Obama's presidency there had previously been other students who were not named Mohamed who got in trouble with the police for similar non-dangerous things, but were not defended by Obama or invited to the White House. In 2010 in Forest Hills, New York, a 12 year old girl named Alexa Gonzalez was  arrested for writing "I love my friends Abby and Faith. Lex was here 2/1/10 " on a classroom desk. In 2010 in Sanford, North Carolina, a 17 year old girl named Ashley Smithwick was  charged with a misdemeanor for having a small paring knife in her lunchbox. In 2013 in Holmes County, Mississippi, a five year old boy was taken home from school in a  police car for violating the school's dress code. In 2011 in Fort Myers, Florida,  police were summoned to an elementary school after a girl kissed a boy. But Obama never defended any of those students, or invited them to the White House.

And those are just the ones where the police got involved. In cases where the police did not get involved, there have been dozens of reported incidents where students who were not named Mohamed got in trouble at school for things as ridiculous as pointing their  finger like a gun, biting their  pastry into the shape of a gun, threatening to shoot someone with a pink plastic toy gun that shoots  bubbles, and dozens of other similar examples. But Obama never defended any of those students, or invited them to the White House.

1,133) **"Kids with cancer and their parents ejected from park near White House"**

In September 2015, the Washington Post  reported:

_Kids with cancer and their parents ejected from park near White House_

_The U.S. Secret Service ordered hundreds of parents and their cancer-stricken children out of Lafayette Square on Saturday night, barricading the park for at least two hours and disrupting the group's plans for a candlelight vigil to raise awareness of and research funding for childhood cancer, participants said._

_Some of the parents and children expressed hurt and disappointment that the Secret Service and Park Police, citing security precautions, virtually shut down part of a two-day event called CureFest for Childhood Cancer._

_"We ended up waiting at the gates for two hours, and they never let us in," said Natasha Gould, an 11-year-old from Canada who started a blog after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor this year. "And to be clear, the entire crowd was half kids. I cried last night in my hotel room because it was my first CureFest, and I couldn't believe people were acting like they don't care about children."_

_Organizers, aligned with the Truth 365 grass-roots child-cancer advocacy program, had obtained a permit to hold "A Night of Golden Lights," in which participants would light electric candles._

_But as the closure continued on, some of the sick children, fatigued by the wait or the need to receive medication, had to return to their hotel rooms, organizers said. Others began crying, and some parents became enraged. Attendees said the group of at least 700 people was not allowed access to personal items they left behind, such as chairs and blankets._

_Police officers and agents on the scene told some parents that the closure was necessary because President Obama had left the White House from an entrance near the square..._

1,134) **The "Environmental Protection Agency" spilled three million gallons of toxic waste-water into the Animas River**

In August 2015, the "Environmental Protection Agency"  spilled three million gallons of toxic waste-water into the Animas River near Silverton, Colorado. The spill  included arsenic, lead, and cadmium.

1,135) **The "most transparent administration in history" waited 24 hours to tell nearby residents that it had spilled toxic waste into the Animas River**

In August 2015, the "Environmental Protection Agency"  spilled three million gallons of toxic waste-water into the Animas River near Silverton, Colorado. Even though the spill  included arsenic, lead, and cadmium, which are toxic, the Obama administration  waited 24 hours to tell nearby residents about the spill.

Afterward, Investor's Business Daily  reported:

_The EPA allows only minuscule amounts of these same metals in the air and water because it thinks they are so harmful._

_The "safe" level for arsenic in drinking water is a tiny 10 parts per billion. Its hugely expensive mercury and air toxic rule was designed to get coal and oil plants to cut already tiny emissions of mercury, cadmium and other such pollutants._

_Yet tests have shown lead spiking at thousands of times higher than government-approved levels, arsenic at 800 times and extremely high levels of beryllium, cadmium and mercury because of the EPA spill._

_And the spill has affected seven water systems in New Mexico and Colorado..._

1,136) **Falsely said the Animas River spill was nothing more than a "pulse" that had "dissipated in about an hour"**

In August 2015, the Obama administration falsely  said that the Animas River spill was nothing more than a "pulse" that had "dissipated in about an hour."

1,137) **After the Animas River spill, the Obama administration falsely said it would "hold ourselves to the same standards that we would anyone that would have created this situation"**

In August 2015, the "Environmental Protection Agency"  spilled three million gallons of toxic waste-water into the Animas River near Silverton, Colorado. Afterward, EPA regional director Shaun McGrath  said the EPA would

_"hold ourselves to the same standards that we would anyone that would have created this situation."_

However, his statement was  false.

The Washington Times  reported:

_EPA won't face fines for polluting rivers with orange muck_

_Unlike BP, which was fined $5.5 billion for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the EPA will pay nothing in fines for unleashing the Animas River spill._

_"Sovereign immunity. The government doesn't fine itself," said Thomas L. Sansonetti, former assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's division of environment and natural resources._

1,138) **Forced successful supermarket chains to sell supermarkets to a failing company that shut them down**

In September 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had forced supermarket chains Albertsons and Safeway to sell some of their supermarkets to the Haggen supermarket chain. The Los Angeles Times  reported:

_Albertsons and Safeway were ordered by federal regulators to divest those locations_

 Six months after buying the supermarkets, Haggen declared bankruptcy, and said it would close at least 100 of its supermarkets. Grocery strategist Burt P. Flickinger  said:

_"This is the fastest (failure) in modern supermarket history... In all of retail, I haven't seen anything like this."_

1,139) **Nobel Peace Prize winner and Commander-in-Chief Obama knowingly bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, killing 10 patients and 12 hospital staff. No reported terrorists were killed in the bombing.**

In October 2015, Commander-in-Chief Obama bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan. 10 patients and 12 hospital staff were  killed. None of the 22 people who were killed were reported to have been terrorists. The U.S. military  knew that the bomb site was a hospital before the bombing took place. Christopher Stokes, general director of Doctors Without Borders,  called this a "war crime."

1,140) **Illegally gave work permits and Social Security numbers to 541,000 illegal aliens**

In April 2015, it was  reported that Obama had illegally given work permits and Social Security numbers to 541,000 illegal aliens.

1,141) **Obama defended Palestinian terrorists after they attacked U.S. citizens**

In August 2015, the New York Post  reported:

_Team Obama wins mercy for a sponsor of terrorism_

_Back in February, a Manhattan federal jury sent a critical message about holding the perpetrators of terror responsible: It found the Palestinian Authority liable for six attacks and assessed $218.5 million in damages._

_But on Monday, thanks to Team Obama, that message was all but obliterated._

_After an unusual intercession by the State and Justice departments, the judge hearing the case ordered the PA to post $10 million cash plus another $1 million a month as a bond while the case is appealed._

_That's a far cry from the $30 million a month the victorious plaintiffs had sought. And it's a pittance next to what most other defendants would have to post._

_The jurors held the PA responsible for attacks from 2002 to 2004 that killed 33 and wounded 400 others. The plaintiffs — 10 US families directly affected by the terrorism — showed that the PA employed the perps and made payments to suicide bombers' families._

_The usual appeals bond is 111 percent of the verdict — which in this case would be $655 million, since the amount is tripled under the 1992 US Anti-Terrorism Act._

1,142) **Spent $236,517 of taxpayers' money to create a video game to teach 11-year-old Kenyans how to use condoms**

In September 2015, it was  reported that Obama had spent $236,517 of taxpayers' money to create a video game to teach 11-year-old Kenyans how to use condoms.

1,143) **Accused a U.S. company of discrimination because it asked job applicants to provide proof that they were legally allowed to work in the U.S.**

Even though it is illegal for U.S. companies to hire illegal aliens, in September 2015 the Obama administration  accused Nebraska Beef Ltd of discrimination because it asked job applicants to provide proof that they were legally allowed to work in the U.S.

1,144) **The "most transparent administration in history" allowed five months of gaps in the release of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails**

In September 2015, it was  reported that there were five months of gaps in the release of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails.

1,145) **Illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request to provide the metadata from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails**

Emails, in their original electronic state, contain metadata. When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released her emails, she printed them out on  paper, and did not provide this metadata. In July 2015, Judicial Watch submitted a Freedom of Information request to get the metadata from two of these emails. The Obama administration illegally  ignored this request.

1,146) **Allowed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to illegally store classified information concerning the movement of North Korean nuclear assets on her private email server**

In September 2015, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally stored classified information concerning the movement of North Korean nuclear assets on her private email server.

1,147) **Obama refused to charge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with perjury after it was discovered that she had committed perjury**

In August 2015, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, saying that she had turned over all of her work related emails. In September 2015, it was  discovered that her statement was false. However, Obama refused to charge her with perjury.

1,148) **Broke his promise to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016**

During his 2012 re-election campaign, Obama promised to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016. However, in October 2015, Obama said he would leave 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan at the end of 2016.

1,149) **Even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011, Obama had 3,000 U.S. troops in Iraq in October 2015.**

Even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011, Obama had 3,000 U.S. troops in Iraq in October 2015.

1,150) **Spent $49,083 of taxpayers' money to create a network to support the gay, lesbian, bigender, and transsexual community in India**

In October 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $49,083 of taxpayers' money to create a network to support the gay, lesbian, bigender, and transsexual community in India.

1,151) **Commander-in-Chief Obama adopted lower military standards so women could become Army Rangers**

In a September 2015 article on U.S. Army Rangers, People magazine  wrote:

_... whereas men consistently were held to the strict standards outlined in the Ranger School's Standing Operating Procedures handbook sources say, the women were allowed lighter duties and exceptions to policy..._

_Women were first sent to a special two-week training in January to get them ready for the school, which didn't start until April 20. Once there they were allowed to repeat the program until they passed – while men were held to a strict pass/fail standard._

_Once in the school they were allowed to repeat key parts – like patrols – while special consideration was not given to the men._

1,152) **Put up screens in front of the White House to prevent the visiting Chinese President from seeing protesters**

In September 2015, Obama had  screens put up in front of the White House to prevent visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping from seeing protesters.

1,153) **Had a double standard for whether or not Indian reservations were federal land**

In October 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration treated Indian reservations as federal land in order to block oil and gas drilling, but treated the same reservations as non-federal land in order to allow marijuana to be grown.

1,154) **Obama's 2015 nuclear inspection deal with Iran violated a law that Obama himself had signed in 2012**

In 2012, Obama signed the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act, which prohibited foreign subsidiaries of U.S. firms from doing business with Iran for as long as Iran remained on the U.S. State Department's list of terror sponsors. However, Obama's 2015 nuclear inspection deal with Iran  violated this prohibition.

1,155) **Falsely said "It is easier to buy a gun than buy a book"**

In October 2015, Obama falsely  said:

_"It is easier to buy a gun than buy a book."_

1,156) **Gave U.S. employers $10,000 of taxpayers' money for each foreign born, U.S. educated, non-citizen STEM worker that they hired in the U.S., and announced plans to increase the amount to $12,000**

In October 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had announced plans to give U.S. employers $12,000 of taxpayers' money for each foreign born, U.S. educated, non-citizen STEM worker that they hired in the U.S., instead of the $10,000 that it had already been paying.

1,157) **In federal court, the Obama administration defended an illegal, taxpayer-funded Hawaiian election that only allowed native Hawaiians to participate**

In October 2015, in federal court, the Obama administration  defended a  taxpayer-funded Hawaiian election that only allowed native Hawaiians to participate. In December 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court  blocked the election.

1,158) **Refused to prosecute Secretary of State Hillary Clinton even after she admitted to having broken the law regarding security for the U.S. consulate in Benghazi**

In October 2015, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  admitted to having broken the law regarding security for the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. However, Obama refused to prosecute her.

1,159) **Illegally sold 1,794 federally-protected wild horses for slaughter**

In October 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally sold 1,794 federally-protected wild horses for slaughter.

1,160) **Imposed a $2,350 fee for U.S. citizens who wanted to renounce their U.S. citizenship**

When Obama became President, there was no fee for U.S. citizens who wanted to renounce their U.S. citizenship. In July 2010, the Obama administration imposed a fee of $450. In August 2014, the Obama administration  increased the fee to $2,350.

1,161) **"In 2014, the number of Americans who gave up their passport was 15 times higher than in 2008."**

In May 2015, CNN  reported:

_"In 2014, the number of Americans who gave up their passport was 15 times higher than in 2008."_

That was  not a fluke, either.

1,162) **Although the so-called justification for Obamacare is that health insurance constitutes "interstate commerce," Obamacare policies are not actually allowed to be sold across state lines**

Supporters of Obamacare try to justify it by saying that health insurance constitutes "interstate commerce." However, Obamacare policies are  not actually allowed to be sold across state lines.

1,163) **Obamacare's prohibition against selling health insurance across states lines caused insurance premiums to skyrocket**

Competition, when it's allowed, keeps prices down. However, Obamacare forces people to buy health insurance in the same state where they live. Obamacare policies are not allowed to be sold across state lines. As a result, there was very little competition, and this caused prices to skyrocket. In October 2015, the New York Times  wrote:

_Many Need to Shop Around on HealthCare.gov as Prices Jump, U.S. Says_

_In Tennessee, the state insurance commissioner approved a 36 percent rate increase for the largest health insurer in the state's individual marketplace. In Iowa, the commissioner approved rate increases averaging 29 percent for the state's dominant insurer...._

_... only one insurer is offering coverage in the marketplace in Wyoming, and consumers have a choice of just two insurers in Alaska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, South Dakota and West Virginia...._

_In Minnesota, officials approved increases averaging 49 percent for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota..._

_The Iowa insurance commissioner, Nick Gerhart, approved rate increases averaging 29 percent for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state's dominant health insurer, and 20 percent for Coventry Health Care...._

_... in Hawaii, the insurance commissioner this month approved rate increases averaging 27 percent for the Hawaii Medical Service Association and 34 percent for Kaiser Permanente health plans._

1,164) **Illegally ignored two Freedom of Information requests regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's training on how to handle classified documents**

In August 2015, Juducal Watch filed two separate Freedom of Information requests regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's training on how to handle classified documents. The Obama administration illegally  ignored both of them.

1,165) **Waited more than four years to arrest Jared Fogle for having illegal sex with underage children**

In August 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had  waited more than four years to arrest Subway restaurant spokesperson Jared Fogle for having illegal sex with underage children.

1,166) **Falsely said Tashfeen Malik was not a threat**

In July 2014, the Obama administration allowed Tashfeen Malik to enter the U.S. from  Saudi Arabia, after the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security  said she was not a threat.

However, in December 2015, Malik and her husband (who was born in the U.S.)  murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California.

Afterward, the New York Times  wrote:

_Tashfeen Malik, who with her husband carried out the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., passed three background checks by American immigration officials as she moved to the United States from Pakistan. None uncovered what Ms. Malik had made little effort to hide — that she talked openly on social media about her views on violent jihad._

_She said she supported it. And she said she wanted to be a part of it._

1,167) **Attorney General Loretta Lynch falsely said Islamophobia was a "greater fear" than Islamic terrorism**

In December 2015, after Islamic terrorists murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California, Attorney General Loretta Lynch  said:

_"The fear that you have just mentioned is in fact my greatest fear as a prosecutor, as someone who is sworn to the protection of all of the American people, which is that the rhetoric will be accompanied by acts of violence... My message to not just the Muslim community but to the entire American community is: we cannot give in to the fear that these backlashes are really based on."_

1,168) **Attorney General Loretta Lynch falsely said Islamophobia was a "greater fear" than anti-semetism**

In December 2015, after Islamic terrorists murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California, Attorney General Loretta Lynch  said:

_"The fear that you have just mentioned is in fact my greatest fear as a prosecutor, as someone who is sworn to the protection of all of the American people, which is that the rhetoric will be accompanied by acts of violence... My message to not just the Muslim community but to the entire American community is: we cannot give in to the fear that these backlashes are really based on."_

However, according to the FBI, in 2014, there were  four times as many hate crimes based on anti-semitism as there were based on Islamophobia.

1,169) **Told the FBI and the National Security Council to falsely "downplay" the role of terrorism as a motivation for the December 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack**

In December 2015, after Islamic terrorists murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California, Obama  told the FBI and the National Security Council to "downplay" the role of terrorism as a motivation for the attack.

1,170) **Shut down an investigation that could have prevented the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack**

In December 2015, after Islamic terrorists murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California, it was  reported that in 2013, the Obama administration had shut down an investigation that could have  prevented the attack.

1,171) **The "most transparent administration in history" said it may never reveal why a guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez murdered five members of the U.S. military in Chattanooga, Tennessee, because it did not want to "smear" him**

In July 2015, a guy named Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez  murdered five members of the U.S. military in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Four months later, it was  reported that the Obama administration may never reveal Abdulazeez's motivation for committing the murders. FBI Director James Comey  said:

_"Sometimes the way we investigate requires us to keep information secret. That's a good thing. We don't want to smear people."_

1,172) ) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to release the immigration records of 72 U.S. residents who had been arrested on terror-related charges**

In August 2015, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama)  asked the Obama administration to release the immigration records of 72 U.S. residents who had been arrested on terror-related charges. Four months later, it was  reported that the Obama administration had ignored this request.

1,173) **Illegally changed federal gun control law**

Before January 2016, federal gun control law  stated that background checks were required only when the seller was someone whose

_"principal objective of livelihood and profit [is] the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms."_

Also before January 2016, the same federal gun control law  exempted background checks when the seller was anyone

_"who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms."_

In January 2016, Obama  repealed this exemption. Because he did so without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

1,174) **White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett falsely said "The president is not circumventing Congress"**

In January 2016, after Obama illegally  changed federal gun control law without approval from Congress, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett  said:

_"The president is not circumventing Congress"_

1,175) **TSA failed to find fake explosives, weapons, and other contraband 95% of the time during testing**

In 2015, testing showed that the TSA  failed to find fake explosives, weapons, and other contraband 95% of the time.

1,176) **Refused to fire or prosecute a TSA agent even though there was video evidence of her sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl**

A video recording showed that in December 2015, a TSA agent sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl. In the video, the TSA agent repeatedly touched the girl, over and over, again and again, in the same private areas. And the TSA agent used her palms and fingers, instead of the backs of her hands. Despite this video evidence of sexual assault, Obama refused to fire or prosecute the TSA agent. The video can be seen at <http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f91_1451695115>

1,177) **"Obamas Make Jumbo 529 Contribution While Pushing Repeal For Everyone Else"**

In January 2015, Forbes  reported:

_Obamas Make Jumbo 529 Contribution While Pushing Repeal For Everyone Else_

_President Obama proposed this week to tax the earnings on new contributions to "Section 529″ college savings plans. These plans work like Roth IRAs for college–you put in after-tax money, the money grows tax-free, and withdrawals are tax-free if used to pay for tuition and fees._

_Obama wants the earnings on these plans to face ordinary income tax, at rates as high as 39.6 percent federally._

_... back in 2007, Barack and Michelle Obama made a stunning $240,000 contribution to the 529 plans of their two daughters._

1,178) **Illegally violated a federal court order to release Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails in December 2015**

In December 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally violated a federal court order to release Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails.

1,179) **Broke his promise to impose new sanctions after Iran violated U.S. resolutions and launched rockets close to U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf**

In January 2016, it was  reported that Obama had broken his promise to impose new sanctions after Iran violated U.S. resolutions and launched rockets close to U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

1,180) **There were three major differences between Obama's "Operation Fast and Furious" and Bush's "Operation Wide Receiver"**

Bush and Obama  each had a program where the U.S. government put guns into the hands of Mexican criminals. Bush's program was called "Operation Wide Receiver," and Obama's program was called "Operation Fast and Furious." However, there were  three major differences between the two programs:

First, Bush's program  was carried out with the knowledge, permission, and cooperation of the Mexican government, whereas Obama's program was  not. Mexican attorney general Marisela Morales  told the Los Angeles Times that she first learned about Obama's program from the news, and said, "In no way would we have allowed it, because it is an attack on the safety of Mexicans."

Secondly, many of the guns used in Bush's program  contained radio tracking devices, whereas most of the guns used in Obama's program did  not. In addition, under Bush's program, U.S. federal agents  followed the guns to see whose hands they ended up in, whereas with Obama's program, U.S. federal agents were ordered  not to do this.

Third, Bush's program did  not cause any known deaths, whereas Obama's program  did.

1,181) **Falsely said "99.9 percent of Muslims... are looking for the same thing we're looking for"**

In February 2015, Obama  said:

_"I think that for us to be successful in fighting this scourge, it's very important for us to align ourselves with the 99.9 percent of Muslims who are looking for the same thing we're looking for — order, peace, prosperity."_

However, if Obama had actually bothered to do research before making his statement, he might have found this article from the Washington Post, which  said:

_Majorities of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support the death penalty for leaving Islam_

_May 1, 2013_

_"... according to the 2013 Pew Research Center report, 88 percent of Muslims in Egypt and 62 percent of Muslims in Pakistan favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim religion. This is also the majority view among Muslims in Malaysia, Jordan and the Palestinian territories... In Bangladesh... it is about half as prevalent, with 36 percent saying they support it. Fewer than one in six Tunisian Muslims hold the view, as do fewer than one in seven Muslims in Lebanon... 6 percent of Russian Muslims agree that converts from Islam should face death, as do 1 percent of Albanian Muslims and, at the bottom of the chart, 0.5 percent of Kazakhs..."_

1,182) **Spent $43 million of taxpayers' money to build a gas station that was supposed to cost $500,000**

In November 2015, it was  reported that the Department of Defense had spent $43 million of taxpayers' money to build a gas station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan, that was supposed to cost $500,000.

1,183) **The Obama administration falsely said it had no idea where the money went when it spent $43 million of taxpayers' money to build a gas station that was supposed to cost $500,000**

In November 2015, the Obama administration  said it had no idea where the money went when it spent $43 million of taxpayers' money to build a gas station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan, that was supposed to cost $500,000.

However, in the real world, there would be canceled paper checks, or records of electronic payments, or some other type of documented information that showed where the money went.

1,184) **Althoughg Saudi Arabia is an Islamic dictatorship, the Obama administration said it "would welcome" it onto the United Nations' Human Rights Council**

In 2010, Freedom House  included Saudi Arabia on its list of "the world's most repressive societies."

On page 17 of  this PDF, Freedom House wrote the following about Saudi Arabia:

_Saudi Arabia is not an electoral democracy._

_The country's 1992 Basic Law declares that the Koran and the Sunna (the guidance set by the deeds and sayings of the prophet Muhammad) are the country's constitution._

_Political parties are forbidden, and organized political opposition exists only outside of the country._

_The government tightly controls the content of domestic media and dominates regional print and satellite television coverage. Government officials have banned journalists and editors who publish articles deemed offensive to the ruling authorities or the country's powerful religious establishment. The regime has blocked access to over 400,000 websites that are considered immoral or politically sensitive._

_Religious freedom does not exist in Saudi Arabia. All Saudis are required by law to be Muslims, and the government prohibits the public practice of any religions other than Islam._

_Women are not treated as equal members of society, and many laws discriminate against them. They may not legally drive cars, their use of public facilities is restricted when men are present, and they cannot travel within or outside of the country without a male relative._

However, in September 2015, after Saudi Arabia was put onto the United Nations' Human Rights Council, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner  said

_"... we would welcome it."_

1,185) **Obama spent taxpayers' money on "roughly 20 aides who spend their days managing his Twitter account and the White House Facebook page, Instagram account and YouTube channel"**

In November 2015, the New York Times  reported that Obama spent taxpayers' money on

_"... roughly 20 aides who spend their days managing his Twitter account and the White House Facebook page, Instagram account and YouTube channel..."_

1,186) **Continued Bush's policy of wasting taxpayers' money by trying, and failing, to put immigration forms online**

In November 2015, the Washington Post  reported:

_A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online_

_November 8, 2015_

_Heaving under mountains of paperwork, the government has spent more than $1 billion trying to replace its antiquated approach to managing immigration with a system of digitized records, online applications and a full suite of nearly 100 electronic forms._

_A decade in, all that officials have to show for the effort is a single form that's now available for online applications and a single type of fee that immigrants pay electronically. The 94 other forms can be filed only with paper._

1,187) **After Obama's Justice Department suggested that local police wear bodycams, it told its own agents not to work with police who were wearing bodycams**

In November 2015, after Obama's Justice Department suggested that local police wear bodycams, it  told its own agents not to work with police who were wearing bodycams.

1,188) **"Obama administration placed children with human traffickers, report says"**

In January 2016, the Washington Post  reported:

_Obama administration placed children with human traffickers, report says_

_The Obama administration failed to protect thousands of Central American children who have flooded across the U.S. border since 2011, leaving them vulnerable to traffickers and to abuses at the hands of government-approved caretakers..._

_The Office of Refugee Resettlement, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, failed to do proper background checks of adults who claimed the children..._

_It detailed nearly 30 cases where unaccompanied children had been trafficked after federal officials released them to sponsors or where there were "serious trafficking indicators."_

1,189) **Spent $336,413 of taxpayer's money to build an app that costs only $10 to build in the private sector**

In April 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $336,413 of taxpayers' money to build a randomizer app that chooses left or right. In the  private sector, such an app can be built for $10.

1,190) **Censored a video of French president Francois Hollande saying "Islamist terrorism"**

In April 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had  censored a  video of French president Francois Hollande  saying "Islamist terrorism."

The video, which was originally posted at the White House website, goes silent for two seconds, beginning at 1:31. You can see it at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDt8U0wsdk>

1,191) **Even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011, Obama had 5,000 troops in Iraq in March 2016**

Even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011, Obama had  5,000 troops in Iraq in March 2016.

1,192) **The "most transparent administration in history" illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding information on meetings that Obama had had with former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich**

In March 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding information on meetings that Obama had had with former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

After Blagojevich had these meeting with Obama, Blagojevich was  convicted on 17 charges of public corruption based on, among other things, Blagojevich's attempt to illegally make money by filling the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois that was left empty after Obama became President. Blagojevich was  sentenced to 14 years in prison.

1,193) **The Obama administration falsely said it did not have a file on former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson**

In November 2015, the Obama administration falsely  said that it did not have a file on former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson.

1,194) **The Obama administration illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding its file on former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson**

In December 2014, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding its file on former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson.

1,195) **During the two weeks after Islamic terrorists murdered 130 people in Paris in November 2015, Obama allowed Muslim Syrian refugees into the U.S. but not Christian Syrian refugees, even though Christians were being specifically targeted for persecution in Syria**

In November 2015, Christians made up  10% of Syria's population, and they were being specifically  targeted by ISIS.

However, on November 30, 2015, it was  reported that during the previous two weeks (i.e., the two weeks immediately after Islamic terrorists murdered 130 people in Paris) of the 132 Syrian refugees that the Obama administration had admitted into the U.S., 100% of them were Muslim, and 0% of them were Christian.

1,196) **Broke his promise to help Iraq War veteran David McKimmey**

David McKimmey is a U.S. Army veteran who was injured during the Iraq War. He was not getting the help from the Veterans Administration that he needed, so his mother, Cherry McKimmey, wrote to Obama, asking for help.

In July 2009, Obama sent a handwritten letter to Cherry McKimmey, which said:

_"... Michelle and I intend to do everything we can over the next four years to support your family..."_

However, in December 2015, Cherry McKimmey said that Obama had broken his promise.

1,197) **Said that "accountability" for the Veterans Administration scandal does not actually involve firing anyone**

In December 2015, the Obama administration  said that "accountability" for the Veterans Administration scandal does not actually involve firing anyone.

1,198) **After Obama released Ibrahim Qosi from Guantanamo Bay, Qosi became an al-Qaeda leader in Yemen**

In 2012, Obama released Ibrahim Qosi from Guantanamo Bay. In December 2015, it was  reported that Qosi had become an al-Qaeda leader in Yemen.

1,199) **"Obama cites not watching cable news for failure to recognize terrorism fears"**

In December 2015, CNN  reported:

_Obama cites not watching cable news for failure to recognize terrorism fears_

_President Obama said in a private meeting this week that he initially failed to understand the level of national anxiety in the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks, in part, because he didn't watch enough cable news._

_In an off-the-record meeting with journalists on Tuesday, Obama said that he did not watch enough cable news to fully recognize the extent of people's fears, sources with knowledge of the meeting told CNN. That characterization of Obama's remarks was included in a New York Times article, but later removed while the article was being edited for the print edition._

1,200) **Refused to fire or prosecute two Veterans Administration officials who stole $400,000 from the Veterans Administration**

In December 2015, it was  reported that the Obama administration had refused to fire or prosecute two Veterans Administration officials who had stolen $400,000 from the Veterans Administration.

1,201) **Illegally used the NSA to spy on members of the U.S. Congress**

In December 2015, it was  reported that Obama had illegally used the NSA to  spy on members of the  U.S. Congress.

1,202) **Used the NSA to spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other high ranking Israeli government officials**

In December 2015, it was  reported that Obama had used the NSA to  spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and  other high ranking Israeli government officials.

1,203) **Although Obama said he opposed building the Keystone oil pipeline in the U.S. because it would contribute to climate change, he supported building an oil pipeline in Kenya**

In November 2015, Obama  said he opposed building the Keystone oil pipeline in the U.S. because it would contribute to climate change. However, in January 2016, he  supported building an oil pipeline in Kenya.

1,204) **Video shows a Common Core textbook sales executive saying "I hate kids. I'm in it to sell books."**

In January 2016, it was  reported that a video showed a Common Core textbook sales executive saying:

_"I hate kids. I'm in it to sell books."_

You can see her saying it at 1:13 in this video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8tZGl1SVs0>

1,205) **After a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay threatend to kill Americans, Obama sent him back to his home country of Saudi Arabia**

In October 2007, Muhammad al Rahman al-Shumrani, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay,  said:

_"When I get out of here, I will go to Iraq and Afghanistan and kill as many Americans as I can. Then I will come here and kill more Americans."_

However, in January 2016, Obama  sent him back to his home country of Saudi Arabia.

1,206) **In January 2016, Obama made yet another attempt to get banks to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back**

In January 2016, it was  reported that Obama was making yet another attempt to convince banks to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back.

1,207) **Refused to prosecute Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for illegally storing top secret information on her private email server**

In January 2016, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally stored top secret information on her private email server. However, Obama refused to prosecute her.

1,208) **The EPA knew about the dangerous levels of lead in the water in Flint, Michigan for months without warning the people not to drink it**

In 2016, CNN  reported the following about the high levels of lead in the water in Flint, Michigan:

_The EPA says anything over 15 ppb is unsafe, and Walters' home tested at more than 13,000 ppb._

_Emails show that it was 11 months from the time that an EPA official first expressed concern over high levels of lead in Walters' home -- and seven months from when Del Toral wrote his draft memo -- until the EPA issued an emergency order in Flint._

1,209) **A statement by Obama on the use of guns for self defense contradicted a previous study which had been funded by his own administration**

In January 2016, Obama  said:

_"And so if you look at the statistics, there's no doubt that there are times where somebody who has a weapon has been able to protect themselves and scare off an intruder or an assailant. But what is more often the case is that they may not have been able to protect themselves but they end up the victim of the weapon that they purchased themselves."_

However, a 2013 study which had been funded by the Obama administration  stated:

_"Studies that directly assessed the effect of actual defensive uses of guns (i.e., incidents in which a gun was 'used' by the crime victim in the sense of attacking or threatening an offender) have found consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies."_

1,210) **Illegally ignored a judge's order to release the rest of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails before the first primary elections of 2016**

In January 2016, it was  reported that the State Department had said it would ignore a judge's order to release the rest of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails before the first primary elections of 2016.

1,211) **Obama asked Christians, but not Muslims, to cover up their religious symbols when he visited them to give speeches**

In 2012, when Obama gave a speech at Georgetown University, a Catholic school, he  asked the school to cover up its religious symbols. However, in 2016, when he gave a speech at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, he did  not make the same request.

1,212) **Pressured Ally Bank to pay a settlement for racial discrimination even though there was no evidence that the bank had actually engaged in racial discrimination**

In February 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had pressured Ally Bank to pay a settlement for racial discrimination even though there was no evidence that the bank had actually engaged in racial discrimination.

1,213) **Continued Bush's policy of spending $5.7 billion of taxpayers' money on a cyber defense system that did not work**

In February 2016, it was  reported that the administrations of Bush and Obama had spent a combined total of $5.7 billion of taxpayers' money on a cyber defense system that did not work.

1,214) **After Obama signed the Dodd-Frank bank regulation bill, the number of new banks that opened up each year in the U.S. fell by more than 99%**

Before Obama signed the Dodd-Frank bank regulation bill in 2010, more than  100 new banks had opened up each year in the U.S. However, during the combined five years after Obama signed the bill, a total of only three new banks had opened up in the U.S.

1,215) **Spent $412,930 of taxpayers' money to study the "relationship between gender and glaciers"**

In March 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent $412,930 of taxpayers' money to study the "relationship between gender and glaciers."

1,216) **The "most transparent administration in history" illegally ignored a court order to turn over certain Fast and Furious documents**

In April 2016, it was  reported that the Department of Justice had illegally ignored a court order to turn over certain Fast and Furious documents.

1,217) **After Obamacare caused Obama supporting graduate students at the University of Missouri to lose their insurance, they falsely blamed it on the school**

In August 2015, the University of Missouri  issued the following message to its graduate students:

_"The Affordable Care Act prevents employers from giving employees money specifically so they can buy health insurance on the individual market. Graduate teaching and research assistants are classified as employees by the IRS, so they fall under this ruling."_

However, in November 2015, left wing graduate students who had voted for Obama, falsely  blamed their loss of insurance on the school, instead of on Obamacare.

1,218) **Falsely said it was "racist" for landlords to do criminal background checks on prospective tenants**

In April 2016, the Department of Housing and Urban Development falsely  said that it was "racist" for landlords to do criminal background checks on prospective tenants.

1,219) **Continued Bush's policy of refusing to fire the State Department official who had approved visas for 11 of the September 11, 2001 terrorists**

In April 2016, it was  reported that the State Department official who had approved visas for 11 of the September 11, 2001 terrorists was still employed by the federal government.

1,220) **Ben Rhodes, the person whom Obama chose to be his lead foreign policy advisor, has a master's degree in fiction, and has no experience or training in foreign policy**

In May 2016, the New York Times  reported:

_The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru_

_How Ben Rhodes rewrote the rules of diplomacy for the digital age_

_Rhodes writes the president's speeches, plans his trips abroad and runs communications strategy across the White House, tasks that, taken individually, give little sense of the importance of his role. He is, according to the consensus of the two dozen current and former White House insiders I talked to, the single most influential voice shaping American foreign policy aside from Potus himself._

_His lack of conventional real-world experience of the kind that normally precedes responsibility for the fate of nations — like military or diplomatic service, or even a master's degree in international relations, rather than creative writing — is still startling._

_Having recently spent time working in Hollywood, I realize during our conversations that the role Rhodes plays in the White House bears less resemblance to any specific character on Beltway-insider TV shows like "The West Wing" or "House of Cards" than it does to the people who create those shows. And like most TV writers, Rhodes clearly prefers to imagine himself in the company of novelists._

_Jon Favreau, then the campaign's lead speechwriter, felt as if he could use a foreign-affairs expert who could write... "The idea of someone with a masters in fiction... seemed perfect for a candidate who put so much emphasis on storytelling."_

1,221) **Ben Rhodes, Obama's lead foreign policy advisor, said the Obama administration had lied in order to make its nuclear inspection deal with Iran**

In May 2016, Ben Rhodes, Obama's lead foreign policy advisor,  said the  Obama administration had lied in order to make its nuclear inspection deal with Iran.

1,222) **Gun control hypocrite Obama allowed the Secret Service to shoot an armed man outside the White House**

When Obama was an Illinois state Senator, he voted  against allowing people in their own homes to use guns to protect themselves and their families from rapists and murderers.

However, in May 2016, as President, Obama  allowed one of his Secret Service agents to shoot an armed man who was outside the White House.

1,223) **"U.S.-funded Somali intelligence agency has been using kids as spies"**

In May 2016, the Washington Post  reported:

_U.S.-funded Somali intelligence agency has been using kids as spies_

_MOGADISHU, Somalia — For years they were children at war, boys given rifles and training by al-Qaeda-backed militants and sent to the front lines of this country's bloody conflict. Many had been kidnapped from schools and soccer fields and forced to fight._

_The United Nations pleaded for them to be removed from the battlefield. The United States denounced the Islamist militants for using children to plant bombs and carry out assassinations._

_But when the boys were finally disarmed — some defecting and others apprehended — what awaited them was yet another dangerous role in the war. This time, the children say, they were forced to work for the Somali government._

_The boys were used for years as informants by the country's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), according to interviews with the children and Somali and U.N. officials. They were marched through neighborhoods where al-Shabab insurgents were hiding and told to point out their former comrades. The faces of intelligence agents were covered, but the boys — some as young as 10 — were rarely concealed, according to the children. Several of them were killed. One tried to hang himself while in custody._

_The Somali agency's widespread use of child informants, which has not been previously documented, appears to be a flagrant violation of international law. It raises difficult questions for the U.S. government, which for years has provided substantial funding and training to the Somali agency through the CIA, according to current and former U.S. officials._

_The child informants were used to collect intelligence or identify suspects in some of the world's most dangerous neighborhoods, according to their accounts._

_"They took me sometimes in a car and sometimes on foot and said, 'Tell us who is al-Shabab,' " recalled one 15-year-old who said he was held by the intelligence agency. "It's scary because you know everyone can see you working with them."_

_The teenager was one of eight boys interviewed by The Washington Post who described being forced to work as informants after leaving al-Shabab. The boys each spoke alone, through an interpreter, but their accounts were nearly identical. They said they spent years in the custody of intelligence agents and were dragged along on missions, sometimes several times a week. Occasionally, they were told to wear NISA uniforms. They were threatened with violence if they didn't cooperate, several boys said. Their parents didn't know where they were._

1,224) **Illegally used taxpayers' money to bail out Puerto Rico**

In May 2016, it was  reported that Obama had used taxpayer's money to bail out Puerto Rico. Because Obama did this without approval from Congress, his action was illegal.

1,225) **Former Obama speechwriters laughed at Obama's promise that people could keep their health insurance**

In May 2016, on "Charlie Rose: The Week," former Obama speechwriters  laughed at Obama's promise that people could keep their health insurance. Video of this can be seen at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkqn6wsrUfs>

1,226) **A federal judge ruled that some of the funding for Obamacare was unconstitutional**

In May 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer  ruled that some of the funding for Obamacare was unconstitutional, because it had not been approved by Congress.

1,227) **"Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area"**

In May 2016, the San Francisco affiliate of CBS News  reported:

_Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area_

_OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Hidden microphones that are part of a clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area has been exposed._

_Imagine standing at a bus stop, talking to your friend and having your conversation recorded without you knowing. It happens all the time, and the FBI doesn't even need a warrant to do it._

_Federal agents are planting microphones to secretly record conversations._

_Jeff Harp, a KPIX 5 security analyst and former FBI special agent said, "They put microphones under rocks, they put microphones in trees, they plant microphones in equipment. I mean, there's microphones that are planted in places that people don't think about, because that's the intent!"_

_FBI agents hid microphones inside light fixtures and at a bus stop outside the Oakland Courthouse without a warrant to record conversations, between March 2010 and January 2011._

1,228) **A federal judge ordered lawyers from the Department of Justice to take ethics classes because they had lied to him in order to get Obama's immigration program approved**

In May 2016, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas  ordered lawyers from the Department of Justice to take ethics classes because they had lied to him in order to get Obama's immigration program approved.

1,229) **Reports from the Department of Justice suggested that guns from Obama's Fast And Furious program had been linked to at least 69 killings by Mexican drug cartels**

In May 2016, it was  reported that newly released documents from the Department of Justice suggested that guns from Obama's Fast And Furious program had been linked to at least 69 killings by Mexican drug cartels.

1,230) **Falsely declared more than 4,000 veterans dead, and wrongly cut off their benefits**

In May 2016, it was  reported that between between 2011 and 2015, the Veterans Administration had falsely declared more than 4,000 veterans dead, and had wrongly cut off their benefits.

1,231) **Falsely said it was "racist" for colleges and universities to conduct criminal background checks on prospective students**

In May 2016, the U.S Department of Education falsely  said&utm_content=) it was "racist" for colleges and universities to conduct criminal background checks on prospective students

1,232) **The "most transparent administration in history" deleted online conflict of interest disclosures for top federal officials**

In May 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had deleted online conflict of interest disclosures for top federal officials.

The Daily Caller  reported that before these online reports were deleted by the Obama administration, they had been:

_... the primary tool that watchdog journalists, political activists and interested voters can use to guard against presidential appointees using their positions to enrich themselves or others...._

_... website featured a sortable, searchable list of over 1,000 government appointees, including their names, agencies and titles, and flagging new ones. By clicking on a name, users could easily access multiple disclosures for the appointee, including yearly financial accounting, stock ownership and a letter detailing any agreements surrounding conflicts, such as issues when the individual promises to recuse himself...._

1,233) **Obama extorted banks into making "donations" to some of his favorite left wing community organizing groups**
In May 2016, it was  reported that after Obama sued Citigroup and Bank of America over their actions regarding the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama told these banks that they would only have to pay 50 cents on the dollar if, instead of paying the settlement money to the actual victims, they "donated" the settlement money to some of Obama's favorite left wing community organizing groups, including NeighborWorks and La Raza.

1,234) **Obama's refugee program continued to discriminate against Christian refugees from Syria, even though Christians in that country were being specifically targeted for persecution**

Christians made up  10% of Syria's population, and they were being specifically  targeted by ISIS.

However, in May 2016, the Obama administration  admitted 1,035 Muslim refugees from Syria into the U.S., but only two Christian refugees from that same country.

1,235) **The "most transparent administration in history" edited a video of a press briefing to remove a question from Fox News correspondent James Rosen**

In June 2016, it was reported that the State Department had edited a video of a press briefing to  remove a question from Fox News correspondent James Rosen.

1,236) **After the State Department edited a video of a press briefing to remove a question from Fox News correspondent James Rosen, the State Department falsely blamed in on a "glitch"**

In June 2016, it was reported that after the State Department had edited a video of a press briefing to remove a question from Fox News correspondent James Rosen, the State Department  falsely blamed in on a "glitch."

1,237) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to answer questions about 86,000 illegal aliens that it had released, who had committed 231,000 crimes in two and a half years**

In June 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had refused to answer questions about 86,000 illegal aliens that it had released, who had committed 231,000 crimes in two and a half years.

1,238) **Falsely said it would take "75 years" to release all of the emails from top aides to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton**

In June 2016, the State Department falsely  said that it would take "75 years" to release all of the emails from top aides to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

1,239) **Obama allowed a major donor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Foundation - who had no intelligence experience - to be on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board**

In June 2016, it was  reported that Obama had allowed a major donor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Foundation - who had no intelligence experience - to be on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board

1,240) **While endorsing Hillary Clinton for President, Obama falsely said, "... there has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton."**

In July 2016, while endorsing Hillary Clinton for President, Obama falsely  said

_"... there has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton."_

1,241) **Tried to illegally access the electronic medical records of law abiding patients without a warrant**

In June 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had tried to illegally access the electronic medical records of law abiding patients without a warrant.

1,242) **The Obama administration knowingly allowed Omar Mateen to murder 49 people because it didn't want to offend Muslims**

In June 2016, an Islamic terrorist named Omar Mateen murdered 49 people in Orlando, Florida.

Multiple people had warned the federal government that they thought Omar Mateen was going to commit a terrorist attack, but the government dismissed these complaints because, in the hierarchy of political correctness, not wanting to offend Muslims takes precedence over saving the lives of innocent U.S. citizens.

In 2013, Mateen's coworkers  reported to the FBI that Mateen had made terroristic threats, had told them that he had family connections to Al Qaeda, had told them that he was a member of a Shi'a terrorism organization, and had told them that he hoped to be a martyr (which wikipedia  defines as "a man or woman who dies while conducting jihad").

In response to all of these things, the FBI  conducted a 10 month investigation into Mateen.

The FBI closed this 10 month investigation by falsely  concluding that Mateen's coworkers were "racist."

Also in 2013, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara's office  reported to the FBI that Mateen had said that he could have al-Qaida kill one of Mascara's employees and the employee's family, and had also said that the Fort Hood shooter (an Islamic terrorist who murdered 13 people in Texas in 2009) was justified in what he had done.

The FBI investigated this, and falsely  concluded that Mateen was "not a threat."

1,243) **Planned to removed references to Islamic terrorism from the transcripts of 911 calls made by Omar Mateen**

In June 2016, an Islamic terrorist named Omar Mateen murdered 49 people in Orlando, Florida.

During his attack, Mateen  called 911 three times, and made  references to ISIS and al-Baghadadi.

Afterward, Attorney General Loretta Lynch  said that the FBI would remove references to ISIS and al-Baghadadi from the transcripts of these 911 calls before releasing them to the public.

However, after people complained about this, the FBI  changed its mind and released transcripts with those references included.

1,244) **Told federal employees who were investigating Islamic terrorism not to use words such as "jihad," "sharia," and "takfir"**

In June 2016, the Department of Homeland Security  told its employees who were investigating Islamic terrorism not to use words such as "jihad," "sharia," and "takfir."

1,245) **The Obama administration lied to Congress about the number of crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens after they had been released by the Obama administration**

In July 2015, Immigration and Customs Enforcement  told Congress that in 2014, criminal illegal aliens who had been released by the Obama administration had committed 1,423 additional crimes after they had been released.

However, in June 2016, a Freedom of Information request  showed that the actual number was 13,288.

1,246) **A federal judge ruled that the Obama administration's fracking rules were illegal**

In June 2016, Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District Court of Wyoming  ruled that the Obama administration's fracking rules were illegal because they had not been approved by Congress.

1,247) **The "most transparent administration in history" allowed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to omit meetings with political donors, foundation contributors, and corporate interests from her official calendar**

In June 2016, Associated Press  reported:

_An Associated Press review of the official calendar Hillary Clinton kept as secretary of state identified at least 75 meetings with longtime political donors, Clinton Foundation contributors and corporate and other outside interests that were not recorded or omitted the names of those she met._

_The fuller details of those meetings were included in files the State Department turned over to the AP after it sued the government in federal court._

1,248) **A federal judge said the Obama administration had acted illegally when it used a "stingray" to find a suspect's apartment without a warrant**

According to the  Huffington Post, a "stingray" is "a surveillance device that can trick suspects' cell phones into revealing their locations."

In July 2016, U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan  said that the Obama administration had acted illegally when it used one of these devices to find a suspect's apartment without a warrant.

1,249) **The "most transparent administration in history" continued Bush's policy of allowing Hillary Clinton to use third parties to hide the true identities of many of the parties who paid her husband to give speeches**

Hillary Clinton was a U.S. Senator during the Bush administration, and Secretary of State during Obama's administration. While holding both jobs, it was often the case that instead of naming the true source of funding for paid speeches that were given by her husband, Bill Clinton, she  listed middleman companies, such as "World Management Limited."

1,250) **A spokesperson for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton contradicted Clinton's own statement about the 30,000 emails that Clinton had deleted from her private server**

In March 2015, ABC News reported the  following about the 30,000 emails that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had deleted from her private server:

_"We went through a thorough process to identify all of my work-related emails and deliver them to the State Department," she said, adding that all other emails were personal and pertained to matters such as "yoga routines," "family vacations," and "planning Chelsea's wedding."_

In July 2016, Donald Trump  said:

_"I will tell you this — Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let's see if that happens. That'll be next. Yes, sir."_

Hillary for America senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan responded by  saying:

_"This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent... That's not hyperbole, those are just the facts. This has gone from being a matter of curiosity, and a matter of politics, to being a national security issue."_

So, which is it?

Are all of the emails private and not related to work?

Or, are they a matter of national security?

They can't be both.

So which is it?

1,251) **The "most transparent administration in history" illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's schedule**

In 2015, Associated Press sued the Obama administration for illegally  ignoring a Freedom of Information request regarding Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's schedule.

1,252) " **Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept."**

In August 2016, the Washington Post  reported:

_Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept._

_A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and whose firm paid Bill Clinton millions of dollars in consulting fees wanted help getting a visa for a British soccer player with a criminal past._

_The crown prince of Bahrain, whose government gave more than $50,000 to the Clintons' charity and who participated in its glitzy annual conference, wanted a last-minute meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton._

_U2 rocker and philanthropist Bono, also a regular at foundation events, wanted high-level help broadcasting a live link to the International Space Station during concerts._

_In each case, according to emails released Monday from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, the requests were directed to Clinton's deputy chief of staff and confidante, Huma Abedin, who engaged with other top aides and sometimes Clinton herself about how to respond._

1,253) **The "most transparent administration in history" said it would not release the rest of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's schedule until after the November 2016 election**

In August 2016, the Obama administration  said that it would not release the rest of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's schedule until after the November 2016 election.

1,254) **The "most transparent administration in history" waited seven months to tell the public that it had airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran**

In August 2016, it was  reported that seven months earlier, the Obama administration had secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran.

1,255) **The Obama administration lied about whether or not its payment of $400 million in cash to Iran was a ransom for releasing four American hostages**

On August 2, 2016, the Obama administration  said that the $400 million in cash that it had given to Iran in January 2016 had nothing to do with Iran releasing four American hostages.

However, on August 18, 2016, the Obama administration  said that the payment was contingent on the hostages being released.

One of these two statements by the Obama administration must be a lie. I don't even have to know which of the two statements is true, and which one is false, to know that one of them is a lie.

1,256) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to answer questions from Congress about how it paid an additional $1.3 billion to Iran**

In August 2016, it twas  reported that the Obama administration had paid $1.7 billion to Iran. Of that amount, $400 million was paid in cash as ransom for four U.S. hostages. However, the Obama administration refused to answer questions from Congress about how it paid the other $1.3 billion.

1,257) **Commander-in-Chief Obama "killed entire families instead of ISIS fighters"**

Obama is the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military. In July 2016, the Washington Post  reported:

_An airstrike in Syria killed entire families instead of ISIS fighters_

_The airstrikes at dawn on Tuesday pulverized entire families, including young children — families that were fleeing Islamic State militants but were instead mistaken for being those very fighters. Depending on whom you ask, the number of bodies found in the rubble is 56, 85, 160 or 212. Pictures of the mangled bodies, covered in dust, are a testament to the carnage._

_People who live near where the bombs fell — about 10 miles north of Manbij in northern Syria — said the only planes they'd seen since June were from a U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State._

At least 56 civilians were killed in this incident.

1,258) **Obama engaged in the same kind of "unconscionable ineptitude" that he had previously accused Bush of engaging in**

After Hurricane Katrina, Bush flew over Louisiana. Obama  accused Bush of "unconscionable ineptitude."

However, in August 2016, after another hurricane in Louisiana, Obama  played golf at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.

1,259) **After Secretary of State John Kerry said that air conditioning was just as big a threat as ISIS, the Obama administration ignored a petition to remove air conditioning from State Department buildings and vehicles**

In July 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry  said that air conditioning was just as big a treat as ISIS. In response, people signed a  petition for the State Department to remove air conditioning from all of its buildings and vehicles. However, the State Department ignored the petition, and continued to use air conditioning in its buildings and vehicles, despite Kerry's claim that air conditioning was as dangerous as ISIS.

1,260) **After a Swedish telecom company called Ericsson paid Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's husband $750,000 for giving a speech, the Obama administration gave the company an exemption from U.S. sanctions**

In November 2011, a Swedish telecom company called Ericsson  paid Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's husband, Bill Clinton, $750,000 for giving a speech. In April 2012, Obama signed an executive order which placed sanctions on telecom sales to Iran and Syria. However, Ericsson was given an  exemption from these sanctions.

1,261) **Obama continued Bush's policy of having the Veterans Administration spend millions of dollars on artwork while veterans were dying form lack of medical care**

In July 2016, it was  reported that Obama had continued Bush's policy of having the Veterans Administration spend millions of dollars on artwork while veterans were dying form lack of medical care. Between 2004 and 2014, the agency had spent $20 million on artwork. Of this amount, $16 million happened during Obama's presidency. A list of these artworks, including their prices, can be read  here. 12 of these pieces of artwork had individual price tags of $250,000 or more, and of these 12, nine were purchased during Obama's presidency.

1,262) **Although patients at the Veterans' Administration were dying due to lack of medical care, out of the 39,454 new jobs that it added between 2012 and 2015, fewer than 10% were doctors**

In May 2016, on page 3 of  this PDF, Open the Books reported:

_While long wait times persisted the VA added 39,454 new positions to their payroll between 2012-2015. Fewer than ten percent of these new positions (3,591) were 'Medical Officers,' i.e. doctors._

1,263) **Regarding the Obama administration's $400 million dollar cash payment that was airlifted to Iran, White House press secretary Josh Earnest falsely said "There's actually not anything particularly unusual about the mechanism for this transaction"**

In August 2016, it was  reported that seven months earlier, the Obama administration had secretly airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran.

In August 2016, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said of this payment:

_"There's actually not anything particularly unusual about the mechanism for this transaction."_

However, Associated Press responded to Earnest's comment with the following:

_But diplomatic historians and lawyers with expertise in international arbitration struggled to find similar examples._

_Asked to recall a similar payment from the United States using cash to settle an international dispute, the office of the State Department historian could not provide an example._

1,264) **17 of the 28 U.S., European, and Russian companies that participated in Skolkovo had either donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation, or paid her husband to give speeches**

The term "Skolkovo" refers to the U.S. government sharing biomed, space, nuclear, and IT technologies with other parties. In July 2016, it was  reported that 17 of the 28 U.S., European, and Russian companies that participated in Skolkovo had either donated to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation, or paid her husband to give speeches.

1,265) **Gave illegal aliens advice on how to illegally stay in the U.S. without getting arrested**

In August 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had given illegal aliens advice on how to illegally stay in the U.S. without getting arrested.

1,266) **Illegally kept private information about law abiding U.S. citizens who had legally purchased guns**

When law abiding U.S. citizens legally purchase guns, a background check is conducted. Federal law requires the U.S. government to get rid of this private information after the sale has been completed. However, in August 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally held on to this information.

1,267) **State Department spent $185,000 of taxpayers' money on a piece of artwork that was made from balls of thread, and was displayed in Islamabad, Pakistan**

In August 2016, it was  reported that the State Department had spent $185,000 of taxpayers' money on a piece of artwork that was made from balls of thread, and was displayed in Islamabad, Pakistan.

1,268) **Gave Somali Muslims a special tour of U.S. airport security where they were allowed to see areas that most U.S. citizens are not allowed to see**

In August 2016, it was  reported that the Department of Homeland Security had given Somali Muslims a special tour of U.S. airport security at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where they were allowed to see areas that most U.S. citizens are not allowed to see.

1,269) **While Veterans were dying due to lack of medical care, the Veterans Administration spent millions of dollars to install solar panels that were never used because they were incompatible with the local electric grid**

In 2013, while veterans were dying due to lack of medical care, the Veterans Administration  spent millions of dollars to install solar panels at its facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. Two years later, the panels were removed and reinstalled to accommodate a new parking garage. However, the panels were never turned on in either of these installations, because they were incompatible with the local electric grid.

1,270) **Although Obama supports tougher gun control laws for law abiding gun owners, he either pardoned or commuted the sentences of 107 federal inmates who had been convicted of gun crimes**

Obama supports tougher gun control laws for law abiding gun owners. However, as of August 2016, he had either  pardoned or commuted the sentences of 107 federal inmates who had been convicted of gun crimes.

1,271) **Obama gave his own daughter an exemption from the federal laws against marijuana which he had prosecuted so many other people for**

Item #7 on this list contains a huge number of examples of people who were prosecuted by Obama for smoking medial marijuana, despite the fact that it was legal in the states where they lived.

On the other hand, Obama refused to prosecute his own daughter, Malia Obama, for smoking recreational marijuana, which was reported  here, including video evidence, on August 10, 2016.

Furthermore, on August 11, 2016 - the very next day - the Obama administration announced that it would continue to classify marijuana as an illegal and dangerous Schedule 1 drug.

For the record, I think that marijuana, both recreational and medical, should be legal. I don't have any problem with Obama's daughter smoking marijuana. It's President Obama's hypocrisy that I have a problem with.

1,272) **The "most transparent administration in history" "altered intelligence reports to portray a more optimistic picture of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria"**

In August 2016, the New York Times  reported:

_Military Officials Distorted ISIS Intelligence, Congressional Panel Says_

_Officials from the United States Central Command altered intelligence reports to portray a more optimistic picture of the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria than events on the ground warranted, a congressional panel said in a report issued Thursday._

_The interim report, from a task force established by the Republican chairmen of the House Armed Services Committee, Intelligence Committee and Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, found "widespread dissatisfaction" among Central Command intelligence analysts, who said superiors were doctoring their assessments of American efforts to defeat the Islamic State. Central Command, known as Centcom, is the military headquarters in Tampa, Fla., that oversees American military operations across the Middle East and Central Asia._

_"Intelligence products approved by senior Centcom leaders typically provided a more positive depiction of U.S. antiterrorism efforts than was warranted by facts on the ground and were consistently more positive than analysis produced by other elements of the intelligence community," a news release about the report said._

_"What happened at Centcom is unacceptable — our war fighters suffer when bad analysis is presented to senior policy makers," said Representative Ken Calvert, Republican of California. "The leadership failures at Centcom reach to the very top of the organization."_

_"Throughout the first half of 2015, many Central Command press releases, statements and congressional testimonies were significantly more positive than actual events," the report said._

1,273) **After Congress approved $500 million to fight the Zika virus, Obama illegally gave the money to the United Nations to spend on green energy projects in foreign countries**

After Congress approved $500 million to fight the Zika virus, Obama illegally  gave the money to the United Nations to spend on green energy projects in foreign countries.

1,274) **After a company manufactured defective combat helmets for members of the U.S. military, the Obama administration rewarded it with another contract**

In 2010, the U.S. Army  recalled 44,000 defective combat helmets that had been manufactured by a company called ArmorSource.

However, in May 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps  signed a contract with the company to manufacture 10,000 helmets.

1,275) **Spent taxpayers' money to try to convince lesbians to become farmers**

In August 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent taxpayers' money to try to convince lesbians to become farmers.

1,276) **Obama refused to prosecute Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for illegally sharing top secret information with people who had not been cleared to receive such information**

In July 2016, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had shared 22 emails that were marked "top secret" with three of her aides. These aides had  not been cleared to receive such information, which means that it was illegal for Clinton to share the information with them. However, Obama refused to prosecute her.

1,277) **"Sailor Denied 'Clinton Deal', Gets 1 Year in Prison for 6 Photos of Sub"**

In August 2016, U.S. News & World Report  reported:

_Sailor Denied 'Clinton Deal', Gets 1 Year in Prison for 6 Photos of Sub_

_A former Navy machinist mate who admitted taking photos inside a nuclear submarine was sentenced to a year in prison Friday, with a federal judge rebuffing a request for probation in light of authorities deciding not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information on a private email server as secretary of state._

_Kristian Saucier's attorneys argued in a court filing last week that Clinton had been "engaging in acts similar to Mr. Saucier" with information of much higher classification. It would be "unjust and unfair for Mr. Saucier to receive any sentence other than probation for a crime those more powerful than him will likely avoid," attorney Derrick Hogan wrote._

_U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill sentenced Saucier to one year in prison and a $100 fine, along with six months home confinement, 100 hours of community service and a ban on owning guns, his legal team says._

1,278) **"U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds"**

Obama is the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military. In August 2016, Reuters  reported:

_U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds_

_The United States Army's finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create an illusion that its books are balanced._

_The Defense Department's Inspector General, in a June report, said the Army made $2.8 trillion in wrongful adjustments to accounting entries in one quarter alone in 2015, and $6.5 trillion for the year. Yet the Army lacked receipts and invoices to support those numbers or simply made them up._

1,279) **After Huma Abedin spent 12 years working as the assistant editor of a radical Muslim journal that opposed women's rights and supported the death penalty for all non-Muslims, Obama hired her to be the top aide for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton**

From 1996 to 2008, Huma Abedin  worked as the assistant editor of a radical Muslim journal that opposed women's rights and supported the death penalty for all non-Muslims. In 2009, Obama hired her to be the top aide for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

1,280) **"... email exchanges show that Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman had to go through the Clinton Foundation in order to set up a meeting with Clinton after the former Secretary of State declined to meet after official requests were made..."**

In August 2016, the Daily Caller  reported:

_Bahrain's Prince Got Audience With Clinton After Donating $32 Million To Her Foundation_

_Newly released Department of State documents reveal that the Crown Prince of Bahrain was given an audience with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after he donated $32 million to her foundation._

_The documents, released Monday by Judicial Watch, included emails between Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band and former Clinton State Department aide Huma Abedin, which appear to show that Abedin acted as a middleman between Clinton and her foundation's donors._

_Band and Abedin's email exchanges show that Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman had to go through the Clinton Foundation in order to set up a meeting with Clinton after the former Secretary of State declined to meet after official requests were made._

1,281) **As part of the "most transparent administration in history," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally ignored 237 of the 240 Freedom of Information requests that she had received**

In August 2016, it was  reported that during the time that Hillary Clinton was Obama's Secretary of State (i.e. from 2009 to 2013), she had illegally ignored 237 of the 240 Freedom of Information requests that she had received.

1,282) **"Hillary State Dept. Helped Jailed Clinton Foundation Donor Get $10 Mil from U.S. for Failed Haiti Project"**

In August 2016, Judicial Watch  reported:

_Hillary State Dept. Helped Jailed Clinton Foundation Donor Get $10 Mil from U.S. for Failed Haiti Project_

_The new batch of emails showing that the State Department gave special access to top Clinton Foundation donors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state brings to mind the case of a shady Miami businessman serving a 12-year prison sentence after scamming the government out of millions. His name is Claudio Osorio, a Clinton Foundation donor who got $10 million from the government after the Clinton State Department reportedly pulled some strings._

_Osorio got the money from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a federal agency that operates under the guidance of the State Department, to build houses in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. The OPIC supposedly promotes U.S. government investments abroad to foster the development and growth of free markets. Osorio's "Haiti project" was supposed to build 500 homes for displaced families in the aftermath of the earthquake. The project never broke ground and Osorio used the money to finance his lavish lifestyle and fund his illicit business ventures. He also ran a fraudulent international company with facilities in the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Germany, Angola and Tanzania that stole millions from investors. Some of the OPIC Haiti money was used to repay investors of his fraudulent company (Innovida), according to federal prosecutors. In September 2013, Osorio was sentenced to 150 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release._

1,283) **Benghazi-related documents were part of the emails that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally deleted and had falsely claimed were not work related**

In August 2016, it was  reported that Benghazi-related documents were part of the emails that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally deleted and had falsely claimed were not work related.

1,284) **Statistics from Obama's own administration showed that Obama was lying when he said that blacks were better off in 2016 than in 2009**

In August 2016, Obama  said that blacks were better off in 2016 than in 2009.

However, statistics from Obama's own administration  showed that the following harmful changes had happened to blacks during that time period:

* The black labor force participation rate fell from 63.2% to 61.2%.

* The black home ownership rate fell from 46.1% to 41.7%.

* The number of blacks on food stamps increased from 7.3 million to 11.7 million.

* The black poverty rate increased from 25.8% in 2009 to 26.2% in 2014 (data from 2015 and 2016 was not yet available at the time).

1,285) **Falsely said it was "discrimination" for employers to fire immigrants after their employment authorization had expired**

In August 2016, the Obama administration falsely  said that it was "discrimination" for employers to fire immigrants after their employment authorization had expired.

1,286) **In August 2016, Obama's Syrian refugee program was still discriminating against Christians, even though Christians in that country were being specifically targeted for persecution**

Christians made up  10% of Syria's population, and they were being specifically  targeted by ISIS.

However, from early to mid August 2016, the Obama administration  admitted 1,575 Muslim refugees from Syria into the U.S., but only 12 Christian refugees from that same country.

1,287) **The "most transparent administration in history" illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding what, if anything, it was doing regarding the genocide that ISIS was carrying out against Christians in the areas that ISIS controlled**

In August 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had illegally ignored a Freedom of Information request regarding what, if anything, it was doing regarding the genocide that ISIS was carrying out against Christians in the areas that ISIS controlled.

1,288) **After Hillary Clinton quit her job as Secretary of State, she illegally continued to keep classified information, and illegally continued to email that classified information**

In August 2016, it was  reported that after Hillary Clinton had quit her job as Secretary of State, she illegally continued to keep classified information, and illegally continued to email that classified information. However, as always. Obama refused to prosecute her.

1,289) **The "most transparent administration in history" agreed to secret exemptions which let Iran ignore some of the restrictions that had been placed upon it in the nuclear deal that the U.S. had signed with Iran**

In September 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had agreed to secret exemptions which let Iran ignore some of the restrictions that had been placed upon it in the nuclear deal that the U.S. had signed with Iran.

1,290) **Instead of following the proper government procedures for destroying electronic devices that contained classified material, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had her aides hit them with a hammer**

In September 2016, it was  reported that when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton switched from older phones to newer phones, instead of following the proper government procedures for destroying electronic devices that contained classified material, she had her aides hit them with a hammer.

1,291) **Although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a document which stated that she had received training on how to handle classified material, she later said that she could not remember receiving such training**

In September 2016, it was reported that although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had signed a document which stated that she had received training on how to handle classified material, she later said that she could not remember receiving such training.

1,292) **Secretary of State Hilary Clinton illegally ignored a subpoena which had ordered her not to erase the emails on her private server**

On March 4, 2015, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  received a subpoena from the House Select Committee on Benghazi which ordered her not to destroy any of the emails on her private server. However, three weeks later, one of her staff members used software called "BleachBit" to erase the emails, and the staff member later admitted that he had been aware of the subpoena at the time that he erased the emails.

1,293) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her private server for email which contained information about the whereabouts and plans of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was one of four U.S. citizens who were murdered by Islamic militants in the Benghazi attacks on September 11, 2012**

In March 2016, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had used her private server for email which contained information about the whereabouts and plans of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was one of four U.S. citizens who were murdered by Islamic militants in the Benghazi attacks on September 11, 2012.

1,294) **80% of illegal aliens captured at the U.S.-Mexico border were released back into the U.S. instead of being deported**

In September 2016, it was  reported that 80% of illegal aliens captured at the U.S.-Mexico border were released back into the U.S. instead of being deported.

1,295) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton falsely said that she did not know that the designation of "(C)" in emails stood for "classified"**

On July 2, 2016, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  said that she did not know that the designation of "(C)" in emails stood for "classified." However, it was later discovered that Clinton had previously used the designation in thousands of emails.

1,296) **Illegally gave the personal information of tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers to three environmental groups**

In September 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit  ruled that in 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency had acted illegally when it gave the personal information of tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers to three environmental groups.

1,297) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed 194 of her foundation and/or campaign donors to State Department advisory boards**

In September 2016, it was  reported that 194 of the people whom Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had appointed to State Department advisory boards had donated money to Clinton's foundation, her political campaigns, or both.

1,298) **Obama prevented a woman in labor from crossing the street to get to the hospital so he could have a fundraiser**

In July 2014 in Los Angeles, Obama  prevented a woman in labor from crossing the street to get to the hospital so he could have a fundraiser.

1,299) **After builders of the Dakota Access Pipeline had obtained all of the necessary construction permits, the Obama administration illegally tried to block the construction**

In September 2016, it was  reported that after builders of the Dakota Access Pipeline had obtained all of the necessary construction permits, the Obama administration had illegally tried to block the construction.

1,300) **Spent taxpayers' money to try to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu**

In September 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had spent taxpayers' money to try to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

1,301) **Obama refused to prosecute Imaad Zuberi, a fundraiser for Obama's campaign, for illegally waiting months to register his work on behalf of a foreign government**

In September 2016, it was  reported that Obama had refused to prosecute Imaad Zuberi, a fundraiser for Obama's campaign, for illegally waiting months to register his work on behalf of a foreign government.

1,302) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to release its report on the number of illegal aliens who entered the U.S.**

In September 2016, it was  reported that the Department of Homeland Security had refused to release its report on the number of illegal aliens who entered the U.S.

1,303) **Falsely said the U.S. could not wire money to Iran**

On August 4, 2016, when Obama was talking about how the U.S. had given $400 million in cash to Iran, he  said:

_"The reason that we had to give them cash is precisely because we are so strict in maintaining sanctions and we do not have a banking relationship with Iran that we couldn't send them a check and we could not wire the money."_

However, on September 18, 2016, it was  reported that the U.S. had made two wire payments to Iran during the previous 14 months.

1,304) **"Mistakenly" gave U.S. citizenship to 1,800 illegal aliens who were supposed to have been deported**

In September 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had "mistakenly" given U.S. citizenship to 1,800 illegal aliens who were supposed to have been deported.

1,305) **Obama's Justice Department sought to hire "Trial Attorney, GS-14/15" with "mental retardation"**

In February 2010, the website for Obama's Justice Department had a help wanted ad for "Trial Attorney, GS-14/15" with "mental retardation." The complete ad can be read  here.

1,306) **Obama's Justice Department ordered University of California, Berkeley to pay "compensatory damages" to deaf people because its free educational videos at YouTube were not closed captioned, but the Justice Department did not explain how it was possible for the school to pay "compensatory damages" for something that the school had given away for free**

In August 2016, the Department of Justice sent a  letter to University of California, Berkeley, which ordered the school to pay "compensatory damages" to deaf people because its free educational videos at its YouTube channel were not closed captioned. However, the Justice Department did not explain how it was possible for the school to pay "compensatory damages" for something that the school had given away for free.

1,307) **University of California, Berkeley said Obama's Justice Department may force it to remove 13,800 hours of free educational content from its YouTube channel**

In August 2016, the Department of Justice sent a  letter to University of California, Berkeley, which criticized the videos for not being closed captioned, and for not having audio descriptions of content that was visible on chalkboards. The school responded by issuing a statement which said  said:

_... we might not be able to continue to provide free public content under the conditions laid out by the Department of Justice to the extent we have in the past._

_In many cases the requirements proposed by the department would require the university to implement extremely expensive measures to continue to make these resources available to the public for free..._

At the time, the school's YouTube channel had  13,800 hours of free educational content.

1,308) **Refused to fire or prosecute Monica Hanley, one of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's aides, for illegally leaving classified material in a Russian hotel room**

In September 2016, it was  reported that when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Russia, Monica Hanley, one of her aides, had illegally left classified material in a Russian hotel room. Instead of getting fired and/or prosecuted (which is what usually happens to government or military employees who do such a thing) Hanley's only "punishment" was "verbal security counseling."

1,309) **Falsely accused Palantir Technologies of "racial discrimination" because the company hired software engineers based on merit instead of on race**

In September 2016, the Obama administration falsely  accused Palantir Technologies of "racial discrimination" because the company hired software engineers based on merit instead of on race.

1,310) **Even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011, Obama sent 615 U.S. troops to Iraq in September 2016**

Even though the Iraq War had allegedly ended in December 2011, Obama  sent 615 U.S. troops to Iraq in September 2016.

1,311) **Falsely said, "If you don't vote, that's a vote for Trump... If you vote for a third-party candidate, that's a vote for Trump."**

In September 2016, Obama falsely  said:

_"If you don't vote, that's a vote for Trump... If you vote for a third-party candidate, that's a vote for Trump."_

1,312) **"Report says Obama administration failed to follow health law"**

In September 2016, Associated Press  reported:

_Report says Obama administration failed to follow health law_

_The nonpartisan investigative agency of Congress says the Obama administration failed to follow the president's health care law in a $5 billion dispute over compensating insurers for high costs from seriously ill patients._

_The finding by the Government Accountability Office is a setback for the White House and bolsters Republican complaints that administration officials bent the law as problems arose carrying out its complicated provisions._

_The law specified that $5 billion from a $25 billion fee to compensate insurers would go directly to the Treasury. But when fee collections fell short, the administration failed to allocate a share of money to the Treasury._

_The GAO says that's "inconsistent with the plain meaning of the statute."_

1,313) **The "most transparent administration in history" secretly signed documents which lifted sanctions on two Iranian banks that had financed Iran's ballistic-missile program**

In September 2016, it was  reported that in January 2016, the Obama administration had secretly signed documents which lifted sanctions on two Iranian banks that had financed Iran's ballistic-missile program.

1,314) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to release an email attachment memo that may have either proved or disproved that one of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's aides had helped Clinton's son-in-law to commit insider trading**

Insider trading is illegal. Marc Mezvinsky, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's son-in law, may or may not have committed insider trading. However, the State Department  refused to release an email attachment memo that may have either proved or disproved that one Clinton's aides had helped Mezvinsky to commit insider trading. The State Department said that it had "lost" the email. However, in the real world, there is always a way to retrieve such email. Certainly, the NSA would have a copy of it.

1,315) **After Obama helped illegal alien Lopez Aguilar to stay in the U.S., Aguilar, with no driver's license, and no insurance, drove through a stop sign, and killed a 12-year-old girl**

In June 2014, the Obama administration gave illegal alien Lopez Aguilar permission to stay in the U.S. In September 2016, Aguilar, with no driver's license, and no insurance, drove through a stop sign, and  killed a 12-year-old girl.

1,316) **The "most transparent administration in history" secretly and illegally investigated several U.S. cities as possible locations to move terrorists from Guantanamo Bay**

In October 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had secretly and illegally investigated several U.S. cities as possible locations to move terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.

1,317) **Obama refused to prosecute senior advisor John Podesta for illegally hiding the fact that he was on the executive board of Joule Unlimited, an energy company**

Before John Podesta started working as senior advisor for the Obama administration, federal law required him to disclose the fact that he was on the executive board of Joule Unlimited, an energy company. However, Podesta illegally  withheld this information from his disclosure form. Obama refused to prosecute him.

1,318) **The "most transparent administration in history" ordered DHS employees not to tell the media that the DHS was admitting immigrants into the U.S. without doing the necessary checks for security and infectious disease**

In October 2016, it was  reported that the Department of Homeland Security was allowing Haitians, Africans, Russians, Armenians, and Guatemalans to enter the U.S. without doing the necessary checks for security and infectious disease. The DHS told its employees not to tell the media about this.

1,319) **"Companies used Clinton fundraisers to lobby State Department"**

In October 2016, USA Today  reported:

_Companies used Clinton fundraisers to lobby State Department_

_Hillary Clinton's State Department and the Clinton family foundations is closer and more complex than even Donald Trump has claimed so far._

_While it is widely known that some companies and foreign governments gave money to the foundations, perhaps in an effort to gain favor, one of the key parts of the puzzle hasn't been reported: At least a dozen of those same companies lobbied the State Department, using lobbyists who doubled as major Clinton campaign fundraisers._

_Those companies gave as much as $16 million to the Clinton charities. At least four of the lobbyists they hired are "Hillblazers," the Clinton campaign's name for supporters who have raised $100,000 or more for her current White House race. Two of the four also raised funds for Clinton's unsuccessful 2008 presidential bid._

_USA Today reached these conclusions by obtaining federal lobbying data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics for 2009-2013, Clinton's tenure as secretary of State. Reporters then compared the data with donor lists made public by the Clinton nonprofits and federal campaign financial records._

_Among the donors to the Clinton foundations who also used Clinton-connected lobbyists at the Department of State:_

_Microsoft has given between $1 million and $5 million to the foundations, as the tech giant also lobbied for visa issues, protection of critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, software industry licensing and government procurement._

_Pfizer, one of the world's top biopharmaceutical companies, has also given between $1 million and $5 million to the foundations, while lobbying for such issues as intellectual property rights overseas and issues related to medicines in Turkey and India._

_ExxonMobil, the global oil and energy company based in Texas, gave the foundations between $1 million and $5 million. The company lobbied the Department of State for issues involving hydraulic fracturing, popularly known as fracking, oil sands and other provisions._

_The Northeast Maglev, a Washington, D.C.-based company that advocates for high-speed, magnetic levitation rail service in the U.S., donated as much as $100,000 while lobbying the Department of State to help provide support for the issue._

_Mexico TV network Azteca and its affiliates donated as much as $375,000 while lobbying for U.S. business opportunities, an education initiative involving students from the U.S., Mexico and Latin America, and other causes._

1,320) **After Obama had 45 meetings with a guy named Robert Creamer, video showed one of Creamer's employees admitting to having committed voter fraud by using buses to drive the same people to vote multiple times at different precincts, as well as admitting that the DNC paid people to incite violence at Donald Trump rallies**

In 2005, a guy named Robert Creamer  pled guilty to $2.3 million in bank fraud in relation to his operation of public interest groups.

Creamer was a  consultant during Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns.

During Obama's presidency, Creamer  visited the White House  340 times, and met with Obama during 45 of those visits. In two of those meetings, Obama and Creamer were the only people at the meetings.

One of Creamer's  employees was a guy named Scott Foval.

This video has the following quotes: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IuJGHuIkzY>

At 0:16, Creamer says:

_"Hillary knows through the chain of command what's going on."_

At 3:01, Foval says:

_"I am contracted to him (Robert Creamer)."_

At 7:20, Foval says:

_"There's a script. There's a script of engagement. Sometimes the crazies bite and sometimes the crazies don't bite."_

At 7:26, Foval says:

_"They're starting confrontations in the line."_

At 7:46, Foval says:

_"The key is initiating the conflict by having leading conversations with people who are naturally psychotic."_

At 8:45, Foval says they provide

_"agitator training"_

At 9:34, a guy named Aaron Black says:

_"So the Chicago protest when they shut all that, that was us. It was more him (Robert Creamer) than me, but none of this is supposed to come back to us, because we want it coming from people, we don't want it to come from the party."_

At 10:13, Foval says:

_"We have to be really careful, because what we don't need is for it to show up on CNN that the DNC paid for X people to - that's not going to happen."_

At 10:25, a woman named Zulema Rodriguez says:

_"B and I did the Chicago Trump event where we shut down like all the..."_

At 10:50, Creamer says:

_"We have a call with the campaign every day to go over the focuses that need to be undertaken."_

At 11:07, Rodriguez says:

_"We also did the Arizona one where we shut the highway down."_

At 13:48, Foval says:

_"We have mentally ill people that we pay to do shit."_

This other video has the following quote: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc8PVCvfKs>

At 2:47, Foval says:

_"It's a very easy thing for Republicans to say, well they're busing people in. Well you know what? We've been busing people in to deal with you fuckin' assholes for fifty years and we're not going to stop now. We're just going to find a different way to do it."_

After those two videos were released, Creamer and Foval both  lost their jobs.

1,321) **Caused ITT Technical Institutes to close even though "not a single allegation of wrongdoing has been proven against the school"**

In September 2016, the Washington Post  reported that the Obama administration had caused ITT Technical Institutes to close even though "not a single allegation of wrongdoing has been proven against the school."

1,322) **Falsely said, "... we have not had a major scandal in my administration..."**

In October 2016, Obama falsely  said

_"... we have not had a major scandal in my administration..."_

1,323) **In October 2016, newly released emails showed that donors to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation had been granted meetings with her when she was Secretary of State**

In October 2016, newly released emails  showed that donors to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foundation had been granted meetings with her when she was Secretary of State.

1,324) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave two favors to a Moroccan state owned phosphate mining company in exchange for Morocco donating $28 million to her foundation**

In October 2016, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had given two favors to a Moroccan state owned phosphate mining company in exchange for Morocco donating $28 million to her foundation. One of the favors was that Clinton had tried to shut down Mosaic Company in Florida, which at the time was America's largest phosphate mining facility. This would have benefited Morocco's state-owned phosphate company, OCP, which was a competitor of the American company. The other favor was that Clinton relaxed U.S. foreign aid restrictions on Morocco, which benefited OCP's phosphate mining operations.

1,325) **"Clinton Foundation memo reveals Bill and Hillary as partners in crime"**

In October 2016, the Hill  reported:

_Clinton Foundation memo reveals Bill and Hillary as partners in crime_

_Last week, WikiLeaks dropped a 2011 memo by top Bill Clinton aide Doug Band that lays bare Team Clinton's sordid financial dealings when Hillary Clinton was secretary of State._

_Band describes how the Clinton Foundation served as a conduit for what he called "Bill Clinton Inc." — the former president's for-profit arm. Other documents show State Department involvement._

_The result is an unsavory mix of charity work, profiteering, and pay-to-play politics that potentially reaches the highest levels of US foreign policy and screams for IRS and Department of Justice reviews._

_From an IRS standpoint, red flags should abound. Charities must detail how they separate nonprofit from for-profit business. Those benefiting private interests or inure "insider" private gain lose their tax-deductible status because Treasury is cheated._

_Alibaba — criticized for helping the Chinese government crackdown on internet freedom — lobbied State on intellectual property rights._

_Coca-Cola double dipped by receiving excise-tax help with Pakistan and Thailand._

_Dow avoided liability in India for a predecessor company's accident that killed thousands because the Obama administration helped it avoid Indian courts._

_Band also influenced State in other ways. He procured jobs at the prestigious agency. When he said one person was "important to take care of," Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin responded, "(State Department) personnel is sending him options."_

_He got Dow executives invited to State functions with Secretary Clinton in Japan. And Abedin consulted him to ensure people requesting a meeting on a foreign trip were "legit cgi people."_

_This is serious. Federal regulations bar government employees from using "public office for . . . private gain . . . or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, including nonprofit organizations . . ." Bribery laws are also potentially relevant._

1,326) **Email showed that the Obama administration illegally discriminated against Christian Arabs when it came to hiring people**

In October 2016, it was  reported that a September 2008 email showed that if Obama were to win the election, his administration would illegally discriminate against hiring Christian Arabs. The email  said:

_In the candidates for top jobs, I excluded those with some Arab American background but who are not Muslim (e.g., George Mitchell). Many Lebanese Americans, for example, are Christian. In the last list (of outside boards/commissions), most who are listed appear to be Muslim American, except that a handful (where noted) may be Arab American but of uncertain religion (esp. Christian)._

1,327) **Falsely said that opponents of Obamacare did not have a plan to replace it**

In November 2016, when talking about Republican opponents of Obamacare, Obama  said:

_"You watch the press conference and you realize, they got no plan... It's not like, they don't even have a pretense of a plan. They don't even have a semblance of a plan. Not even a hint of a plan. Not even a remote — not even a — there's no plan. Nothing, zero, nada. You can't just be against something. You gotta be for something."_

However, several months earlier, in June 2016, the Republicans had announced  this plan to replace Obamacare.

1,328) **Falsely said that none of the predictions that were made by Obamacare opponents came true**

In November 2016, when talking about predictions made by Obamacare opponents, Obama  said:

_"None of what they said has happened."_

However, in the real world, Obamacare opponents accurately  predicted that Obamacare would cause million of people to lose their insurance.

1,329) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally emailed classified information to her daughter, Chelsea Clinton.**

In November 2016, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally emailed classified information to her daughter, Chelsea Clinton.

1,330) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally emailed classified information to her maid**

In November 2016, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally emailed classified information to her maid.

1,331) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally used money from her foundation to pay for the wedding and other personal expenses of her daughter, Chelsea Clinton**

In November 2016, it was  reported that a 2012 email showed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally used money from her foundation to pay for the wedding and other personal expenses of her daughter, Chelsea Clinton.

1,332) **Eight years after Obama complained about long waiting times at the Veterans Administration, it was reported that more than one third of the calls at the organization's suicide hotline were not being answered by employees with the proper training, and that some suicide hotline employees "spend very little time on the phone or engaged in assigned productive activity"**

In 2008, Obama  complained about the long waiting times at the Veterans Administration.

However, in September 2016, it was  reported that more than one third of the calls at the organization's suicide hotline were not being answered by employees with the proper training.

An email from Greg Hughes, the former director of the organization's suicide hotline,  said that some suicide hotline employees

_"spend very little time on the phone or engaged in assigned productive activity"_

1,333) **After U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton proposed illegally rigging the Palestine election, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State**

In 2006, when Hillary Clinton was a U.S. Senator, she  said:

_"I do not think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake. And if we we're going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win."_

You can hear her saying it at 0:35 in this video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-W-SYn-uhk>

Afterward, Obama hired her to be Secretary of State.

1,334) **Even though sexual assault is illegal, the TSA said one of its employees was "following protocol" when she grabbed the vagina of CNN employee Angela Rye**

In December 2016, CNN employee Angela Rye wrote  this article about how a TSA employee had grabbed Rye's vagina. Video of this can be seen at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lblntW1WPs>

The TSA responded to Rye's complaint and the video by  saying:

_"TSA looked into the specific details related to the screening process and concluded that our security protocols were followed."_

1,335) **Continued Bush's policy of spending taxpayers' money on a sexual abstinence program that failed to prevent people in Africa from contracting HIV**

In May 2016, it was  reported that during the previous 15 years, the U.S. government had spent $1.4 billion of U.S. taxpayers' money to promote abstinence before marriage as a way of preventing people from contracting HIV in Africa, and that the program had failed to achieve its goal. The article did not say how much of this money had been spent by Bush and how much had been spent by Obama.

1,336) **Although Obama claimed to be against the illegal use of guns, on December 19, 2016 he gave commutations or pardons to 42 people who had been convicted of firearms related offenses**

Although Obama claimed to be against the illegal use of guns, on December 19, 2016 he  gave commutations or pardons to 42 people who had been convicted of firearms related offenses.

1,337) **$167 million that was supposed to have been spent on programs for U.S. citizens, was instead spent on programs for illegal aliens**

In November 2016, it was  reported that $167 million from the Department of Health and Human Services that was supposed to have been spent on programs for U.S. citizens, was instead spent on programs for illegal aliens.

1,338) **Refused to fire a Veterans Administration dentist who had failed to follow proper procedure and may have exposed 592 veterans to HIV or hepatitis**

In November 2016, it was  reported that after a Veterans Administration dentist had failed to follow proper procedure and may have exposed 592 veterans to HIV or hepatitis, instead of being fired, the dentist was transferred to an administrative position.

1,339) **More than two thirds of the 10,600 "minor" illegal aliens who were brought to the U.S. under Obama's Central American Minors program were actually adults**

In December 2016, it was  reported that more than two thirds of the 10,600 "minor" illegal aliens who had been brought to the U.S. under Obama's Central American Minors program had actually been adults.

1,340) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to answer questions about its plan to admit 2,465 "refugees" from "terrorism hotspots" who had previously been rejected by Australia**

In December 2016, it was  reported that the Obama administration had refused to answer questions about its plan to admit 2,465 "refugees" from "terrorism hotspots" who had previously been rejected by Australia.

1,341) **The "most transparent administration in history" refused to answer questions about why it was not investigating death threats against Donald Trump's electoral college voters**

In December 2016, it was  reported that the Justice Department had refused to answer questions about why it was not investigating death threats against Donald Trump's electoral college voters.

1,342) **The "most transparent administration in history" would not let reporters from the Washington Post see the specific details of a study which showed that the U.S. military had wasted $125 billion of taxpayers' money**

In December 2016, the Washington Post  reported that the U.S. military would not let its reporters see the specific details of a study which showed that the U.S. military had wasted $125 billion of taxpayers' money.

1,343) **Obama's chief of staff, Denis McDonough, falsely said that the Obama administration had been "historically free of scandal"**

In January 2017, Obama's chief of staff, Denis McDonough, falsely  said that the Obama administration had been

_"historically free of scandal."_

1,344) **Although Obama is against letting innocent, law abiding homeowners use guns to protect themselves and their families from murderers and rapists, he commuted the sentence of convicted gun criminal Oscar Lopez Rivera**

In 2004, when Obama was an Illinois state Senator, he voted  against allowing innocent, law abiding homeowners use guns to protect themselves and their families from rapists and murderers.

However, in January 2017, Obama  commuted the sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera. According to the New York Times, Rivera had been  convicted of

_"the interstate transportation of firearms with the intent to commit violent crimes, and transportation of explosives with intent to kill and injure people and to destroy government buildings and property"_

1,345) **"Obama is the first president to serve eight years and preside over American wars during every single day of his tenure"**

On January 18, 2017, NPR  reported:

_"Obama is the first president to serve eight years and preside over American wars during every single day of his tenure."_

1,346) **Obama broke his promise to end Bush's Afghanistan war**

In January 2017, it was  reported that Obama had broken his promise to end Bush's Afghanistan war.

1,347) **More than three times as many U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan under Obama as under Bush**

When Bush was president,  558 U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.

When Obama was president,  1,689 U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.

1,348) **When Obama thought Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election, he said it was not possible to hack the election. However, after Clinton lost, Obama said it was possible to hack the election.**

When Obama thought that Hillary Clinton was going to win the 2016 Presidential election, he  said:

_"The larger point that I want to emphasize here is that there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even - you could even rig America's elections..."_

_"... and so I'd advise Mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes."_

However, after Clinton lost the election, Obama  said:

_"Russia trying to influence our elections dates back to the Soviet Union. What they did here, hacking some emails and releasing them, is not a particularly fancy brand of espionage or propaganda. We were, frankly, more concerned in the run-up to the election to the possibilities of vote tampering, which we did not see evidence of and were confident that we could guard against."_

You can hear Obama saying these things at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS5iq1fdWyE>

1,349) **U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained Ibtihaj Muhammad, a law abiding, Muslim, U.S. citizen, who was born in New Jersey, and who won an Olympic medal**

In December 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection  detained Ibtihaj Muhammad, a law abiding, Muslim, U.S. citizen, who was born in New Jersey, and who won an Olympic medal.

1,350) **Praised Linda Sarsour, who wanted the U.S. to adopt Sharia law**

Sharia law bans women from driving cars, prohibits women from appearing alone in public, calls for girls to have their genitals mutilated, and gives a woman's testimony in court only half the value of a man's.

A woman named Linda Sarsour, who was  born in New York City, made these four tweets in favor of the U.S. adopting Sharia law:

 One:

_"10 weeks of PAID maternity leave in Saudi Arabia. Yes PAID. And ur worrying about women driving. Puts us to shame."_

 Two:

_"shariah law is reasonable and once u read into the details it makes a lot of sense. People just know the basics"_

 Three:

_"You'll know when you're living under Sharia Law if suddenly all your loans & credit cards become interest free. Sound nice, doesn't it?"_

 Four:

_"If you are still paying interest than Sharia Law hasn't taken over America."_

After Sarsour made those tweets, liberals chose her to be one of the  organizers of the January 21, 2017 Women's March. Given that Sharia law goes against every single thing that the "women's rights" advocates on the political left claim to stand for, I find this quite puzzling.

On January 17, 2017, the Obama White House website  praised Sarsour as one of its "Champions of Change."

1,351) **Thirteen days after Carolyn Flowers, a top Obama administration executive at the U.S. Department of Transportation, approved a $647 million grant for a California rail project, Flowers started working for one of the project's private contractors**

On January 18, 2017, Carolyn Flowers, a top Obama administration executive at the U.S. Department of Transportation,  approved a $647 million grant for a California rail project. Thirteen days later, Flowers started working for Aecom, one of the project's private contractors.

1,352) **The "most transparent administration in history" secretly approved a no-bid, $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya**

On January 19, 2017, the Obama administration secretly  approved a no-bid, $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya. The sale was not made public until after Obama's second presidential term had expired. A different company, which had more experience and charged lower prices, was not allowed to bid on the contract.

1,353) **Continued Bush's policy of falsely labeling Wall St. investment firms as "small businesses" so they could get taxpayer guaranteed loans from the Small Business Administration**

In December 2016, it was  reported that Obama had continued Bush's policy of falsely labeling Wall St. investment firms as "small businesses" so they could get taxpayer guaranteed loans from the Small Business Administration.

1,354) **Continued Bush's policy of spending taxpayers' money on subsidies for "farms" in Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City**

In December 2013, it was  reported that Obama had continued Bush's policy of spending taxpayers' money on subsidies for "farms" in Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City. A map showed that these "farms" covered all of the national landmarks in Washington D.C.

1,355) **"Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel"**

In April 2017, Bloomberg  reported:

_Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel_

_Investigators saw a pattern behind requests from Susan Rice._

_White House lawyers last month learned that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter._

_The pattern of Rice's requests was discovered in a National Security Council review of the government's policy on "unmasking" the identities of individuals in the U.S. who are not targets of electronic eavesdropping, but whose communications are collected incidentally. Normally those names are redacted from summaries of monitored conversations and appear in reports as something like "U.S. Person One."_

_... Rice's multiple requests to learn the identities of Trump officials discussed in intelligence reports during the transition period does highlight a longstanding concern for civil liberties advocates about U.S. surveillance programs..._

1,356) **"FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page... Page has not been accused of any crimes"**

In April 2017, the Washington Post  reported: (the bolding is mine)

_FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page_

_The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump_

_The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page's communications_

_Page has not been accused of any crimes_

_"This confirms all of my suspicions about unjustified, politically motivated government surveillance," Page said in an interview Tuesday. "I have nothing to hide." He compared surveillance of him to the eavesdropping that the FBI and Justice Department conducted against civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr._

1,357) **Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren criticized Obama for accepting $400,000 for giving a speech to Wall St.**

In April 2017, after Obama accepted $400,000 for giving a speech to Wall St., Bernie Sanders  said it was "unfortunate," and Elizabeth Warren  said, "I was troubled by that."

1,358) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's classified emails were illegally stored on Anthony Weiner's computer**

When Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, her aide was Huma Abedin. Abedin's husband was Anthony Weiner. In May 2017, it was  reported that some of Clinton's classified emails had been illegally stored on Weiner's computer.

1,359) **"Bangladesh prime minister says Clinton personally pressured her to help foundation donor"**

In May 2017, Circa  reported:

_Bangladesh prime minister says Clinton personally pressured her to help foundation donor_

_While secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made a personal call to pressure Bangladesh's prime minister to aid a donor to her husband's charitable foundation despite federal ethics laws that require government officials to recuse themselves from matters that could impact their spouse's business._

_The Office of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed to Circa that Mrs. Clinton called her office in March 2011 to demand that Dr. Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace prize winner, be restored to his role as chairman of the country's most famous microcredit bank, Grameen Bank. The bank's nonprofit Grameen America, which Yunus chairs, has given between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative. Grameen Research, which is chaired by Yunus, has donated between $25,000 and $50,000, according to the Clinton Foundation website._

1,360) **A week after Obama spoke out against global warming, he flew on a private jet to Italy**

In May 2017, Obama spoke out against global warming. A week later, he  flew on a private jet to Italy.

1,361) **"Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years... The American Civil Liberties Union said the newly disclosed violations are some of the most serious to ever be documented"**

In May 2017, Circa  reported: (the bolding is mine)

_Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years_

_The National Security Agency under former President Barack Obama routinely violated American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected president last fall, according to once top-secret documents that chronicle some of the most serious constitutional abuses to date by the U.S. intelligence community._

_More than 5 percent, or one out of every 20 searches seeking upstream Internet data on Americans inside the NSA's so-called Section 702 database violated the safeguards Obama and his intelligence chiefs vowed to follow in 2011, according to one classified internal report reviewed by Circa._

_The Obama administration self-disclosed the problems at a closed-door hearing Oct. 26 before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that set off alarm..._

_The normally supportive court censured administration officials, saying the failure to disclose the extent of the violations earlier amounted to an "institutional lack of candor" and that the improper searches constituted a "very serious Fourth Amendment issue," according to a recently unsealed court document dated April 26, 2017._

_The admitted violations undercut one of the primary defenses that the intelligence community and Obama officials have used in recent weeks to justify their snooping into incidental NSA intercepts about Americans._

_Circa has reported that there was a three-fold increase in NSA data searches about Americans and a rise in the unmasking of U.S. person's identities in intelligence reports after Obama loosened the privacy rules in 2011._

_Officials like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice have argued their activities were legal under the so-called minimization rule changes Obama made, and that the intelligence agencies were strictly monitored to avoid abuses._

_The intelligence court and the NSA's own internal watchdog found that not to be true._

_"Since 2011, NSA's minimization procedures have prohibited use of U.S.-person identifiers to query the results of upstream Internet collections under Section 702," the unsealed court ruling declared. "The Oct. 26, 2016 notice informed the court that NSA analysts had been conducting such queries inviolation of that prohibition, with much greater frequency than had been previously disclosed to the Court."_

**The American Civil Liberties Union said the newly disclosed violations are some of the most serious to ever be documented** _and strongly call into question the U.S. intelligence community's ability to police itself and safeguard American's privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution's Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure._

_"I think what this emphasizes is the shocking lack of oversight of these programs," said Neema Singh Guliani, the ACLU's legislative counsel in Washington._

_"You have these problems going on for years that only come to the attention of the court late in the game and then it takes additional years to change its practices._

_"I think it does call into question all those defenses that we kept hearing, that we always have a robust oversight structure and we have culture of adherence to privacy standards," she added. "And the headline now is they actually haven't been in compliacne for years and the FISA court itself says in its opinion is that the NSA suffers from a culture of a lack of candor."_

1,362) **Knowingly allowed 16 illegal aliens who were admitted MS-13 gang members to illegally enter the U.S.**

In May 2017, it was  reported that in 2014, the Obama administration had knowingly allowed 16 illegal aliens who were admitted MS-13 gang members to illegally enter the U.S.

1,363) **In Berlin, Obama said "We can't hide behind a wall," while hiding behind a wall**

In May 2017, in Berlin, Obama  said "We can't hide behind a wall," while hiding behind a wall.

1,364) **Although Obama said, "We can't hide behind a wall," he had a wall built around his Washington D.C. home**

In May 2017, Obama  said, "We can't hide behind a wall." However, earlier that same year, he had a wall built around his Washington D.C. home.

1,365) **The "most transparent administration in history" secretly gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in off-the-books cash bonuses to Education Department official James Runcie**

In May 2017, it was  reported that the Obama administration had secretly given hundreds of thousands of dollars in off-the-books cash bonuses to Education Department official James Runcie.

1,366) **Secretary of State Hillary Clinton illegally sent classified information to employees of her foundation**

In June 2017, it was  reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had illegally sent classified information to employees of her foundation.

* * * * * * *

