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Health care, HUD, immigration, Bergdahl and “Fakebook.”

Dec 5, 2016·1 min read

By Publius · December 5, 2016https://patriotpost.us/articles/46270-top-headlines-2016-12-05

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  • Health care spending in the U.S. grew 5.8% in 2015, hitting a record high of $3.2 trillion. Thanks Obama! (Washington Free Beacon)
  • Trump taps Carson as HUD secretary. (Fox News)
  • The EPA’s regulatory blitzkrieg is now projected to cost Americans more than $1 trillion over a decade — a 75% increase under Obama. (Washington Examiner)
  • The Obama administration fails to check immigrants against FBI databases, approves citizenship. (The Washington Times)
  • Howard Dean moves aside for Keith Ellison as DNC chairman. Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! (The Hill)
  • Traitor Bergdahl seeks pardon from his ideological mentor, Barack Obama. (Fox News)
  • Snowden is also begging for a pardon. (Hot Air)
  • The purpose of the Wisconsin recall? To force the Badger State to forfeit those Trump electoral votes. (Young Conservatives)
  • Jill Stein takes Pennsylvania recount, on behalf of Clinton, to federal courts. (USA TODAY)
  • Facebook’s “FakeBook” conservative news suppression, 2.0. (Business Insider)
  • Ecofascist protesters win. Obama orders halt work on Dakota Access Pipeline. (The Washington Post)
  • Abe to be first Japanese PM to visit Pearl Harbor. (The Washington Post)
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