A.M. Links: Obama Defends Executive Power, Snowden Staying in Russia, Ebola Outbreak Worsens

  • During a press conference on Wednesday, President
    Obama defended his aggressive use of
    executive power
    . “The American people don’t want me just
    standing around twiddling my thumbs and waiting for Congress to get
    something done,” Obama declared.
  • “A new congressional report has estimated that more than 25
    million Americans without health insurance will not be made to pay
    a penalty in 2016 due to an exploding number of
    ObamaCare exemptions
    .”
  • Russia has given NSA whistleblower
    Edward Snowden
    permission to stay in that country for another
    three years.
  • “A Homeland Security employee
    has been arrested
    in connection with a sting that alleges he
    used a Craigslist ad in an effort to get a mother and an underage
    daughter to have sex with him.”
  • According to a
    police officer
    in New Jersey, if President Obama “doesn’t
    follow the Constitution, we don’t have to.”

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