Obamacare's Foundation of Lies  —  There is only one kind of lie, it's apolitical, and it cripples the best of intentions.  —  A lie is apolitical, or at least it should be.  If there is one thing that unites clear-headed Americans, it's a belief that our leaders must be transparent and honest.

Harry Reid wants Warren in Senate leadership  —  Senate Democrats want to enlist a progressive firebrand as a member of their leadership: Elizabeth Warren.  —  The incoming Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, is engaged in private talks with the Massachusetts freshman to create …

Source: Obama to announce 10-point immigration plan via exec action as early as next week  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Obama is planning to unveil a 10-part plan for overhauling U.S. immigration policy via executive action — including suspending deportations for millions — as early as next Friday …

Anti-Military Anthem Played at ‘Concert for Valor’  —  Who would have thought that that Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Zac Brown, accomplished musicians all, would be so, well, tone-deaf?  But how else to explain their choice of song—Creedence Clearwater's famously anti-war anthem …

Supreme Court Allows Same-Sex Marriages To Proceed In Kansas  —  Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas would have stopped them.  —  People wait in line to enter the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington November 10, 2014.  —  Larry Downing / Reuters  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …

Fox News reevaluating Huckabee amid report of possible 2016 bid  —  Fox News is reevaluating Mike Huckabee's status with the network following a new report that he is eyeing a 2016 presidential bid.  —  “We are taking a serious look at Governor Huckabee's recent activity in the political arena and are evaluating his current status.

Something Funny Happened In Iowa, And It May Hurt Democrats In 2016  —  Republican Sen.-elect Joni Ernst easily won her race in Iowa last Tuesday, beating Democrat Bruce Braley by 8.5 percentage points.  Her victory wasn't shocking, but its size was (to everyone except pollster Ann Selzer, that is).

Don't Soul-Search.  Stiffen Your Backbone.  —  It's a time-honored tradition.  —  After months of covering the midterm elections through a prism of polls and tactics, pundits will shift their focus to the defeated party's so-called season of “soul-searching.”  —  As a Democrat, I'm disappointed in last Tuesday's results.

Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015?  —  If you hear that word one more time, you will definitely cringe.  You may exhale pointedly.  And you might even seek out the nearest the pair of chopsticks and thrust them through your own eardrums like straws through plastic lids.  What word is this?

Holidays' names stricken from next year's Montgomery schools calendar  —  Christmas and Easter have been stricken from next year's school calendar in Montgomery County.  So have Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.  —  Montgomery's Board of Education voted 7 to 1 Tuesday to eliminate references …

Eric Cantor's Secrets for Negotiating with Joe Biden  —  “The Guy's Awesome”  —  Last week's Republican victories may have had the paradoxical effect of increasing the influence of the consummate Congressional Democrat, Joe Biden.  GOP leaders looking to show they can get things done …

Missouri KKK Leader: Ferguson Protests Are Boosting Recruitment [UPDATED]  —  Frank Ancona (center), the head of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, says his group is ready to protect citizens from violent Ferguson protesters.  —  The head of Missouri's most visible KKK group claims …

Georgia Mayor Bans Abortion Clinics To Keep Out ‘Drama’  —  The town council in Rossville, Ga. on Monday voted to ban abortion clinics because the mayor was worried about the “drama” one would bring to the city, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

The Demise of the White Democratic Voter  —  It has not escaped the notice of political analysts that 72 percent of whites without college degrees — a rough proxy for what we used to call the white working class — believe that “the U.S. economic system generally favors the wealthy.”