Obamacare Architect: Yeah, We Lied to The “Stupid” American People to Get It Passed  —  20.5K  —  SHARES  —  Meet Jonathan Gruber, a professor at MIT and an architect of Obamacare.  During a panel event last year about how the legislation passed, turning over a sixth of the U.S. economy …

Gum-chewing, limo-eschewing Obama riles some Chinese  —  People in China took to the internet to criticize President Obama for getting caught on camera chewing gum as he arrived at an economic summit in Beijing.  Some also took offense to his method of transportation.  VPC

Glenn Beck Reveals the Life-Changing ‘Pivot Point’ He Has Kept Hidden From Almost Everyone for Five Years  —  Glenn Beck on Monday revealed the true extent of his health issues, saying he can no longer keep what has happened a secret from his friends, his staff or audience, whom he considers to be his family.

Bad Decisions Came Back to Haunt Democrats in Midterms  —  Americans reeling from the economy still resent the policy choices that President Obama and congressional Democrats made early on.  —  Democrats are now sifting through the rubble of what was their party on election night …

Red-state Democrats rise in Senate  —  The Republican takeover is empowering senators like Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp.  —  Republicans are about to take over the Senate, but another group is on the rise, too: red-state Democrats.  —  Red staters and other moderates …

Tad Devine signs on to work with Bernie Sanders on potential 2016 run  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has spent months fishing for a strategist to guide his potential 2016 presidential campaign.  On Monday, he hooked a big one: Tad Devine, one of the Democratic Party's leading consultants …

It's Official: Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives  —  Mormon leaders have acknowledged for the first time that the church's founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, portrayed in church materials as a loyal partner to his loving spouse Emma, took as many as 40 wives, some already married and one only 14 years old.

Nearly half of Americans will now live in states under total GOP control  —  Republicans had a very good Nov. 4; this much we know.  —  But merely looking at the GOP's likely nine-seat gain the Senate and its double-digit gains in the House doesn't really do its wave justice.

Progressives Lost the Election, but Their Ideas Are Winning  —  Progressives, these days, are a gloomy bunch, and it's not just because of the outcomes of last week's election.  As they see it, there's much to be gloomy about: Poverty levels are stuck, they say, with little improvements made in recent decades.

The problem with Valerie Jarrett  —  Two things are guaranteed to inspire envy or hatred in Washington: access to the president and the power to turn that access into action.  The person who has both is guaranteed to face a torrent of criticism, deserved or not.  His or her role and value are negatively questioned.

Local Officials Encourage Police To Seize Cars, Flatscreen TVs, And Computers From Civilians  —  Those who watch Last Week Tonight With John Oliver know what it means to be the subject of a civil forfeiture.  As Oliver described it, “It's really legalized robbery by law enforcement.”

Limbaugh threatens to sue DCCC for ‘out of context’ quotes about sexual consent  —  Rush Limbaugh is hopping mad at the Democratic Party — but this time he's threatening to do more than just talk about it on the radio.  —  The conservative pundit is threatening to sue the Democratic …

For Republicans Considering a 2016 Run, Some Same-State Blues  —  The uncertain shape of the 2016 Republican presidential field is, to an unusual degree, a product of a historically large number of potential aspirants coming from the same states.  —  Four states-Wisconsin, Texas, Florida …

George W. Bush likes idea of Jeb Bush vs Hillary Clinton in 2016  —  (Reuters) - Never mind the potential for name fatigue.  Former U.S. President George W. Bush likes the idea of a 2016 presidential matchup between his Republican brother Jeb Bush and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Obama: Government Should Regulate Internet to Keep it Free  —  So President Obama has announced that the Internet should be regulated as a public utility.  He's asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) from “information services” …