Obamacare Staffers Slated To Move Into Building Some Believe Is Toxic

ORANGE (CBSLA.com) — A dozen social service staffers at an Orange County government building believe working inside the structure literally made them sick.

Forty-five new workers have been assigned to the building. Ironically, the new crew will supervise the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare.

“We don’t have any concrete assurances that this building is safe for employees to come back into,” said union rep Jennifer Muir.

The union rep believes the building — located at 840 N. Eckhoff Street — could be a ticking time bomb.

The complex has been the subject of a bitter lawsuit.

Muir told KCAL9′s Tom Wait that she wonders why the federal government even wants to house workers in the building, formerly the home of an oil drilling company.

“We’ve had so many examples of women who have delivered children who have serious issues … people who have fallen ill with strange, auto-immune illnesses there is no explanation for, except for exposure to toxic chemicals,” Muir said.

A group of about 12 social services employees first went public with their concerns about the building  about a year ago.

The group says their illnesses are directly related to exposure to toxic contamination. The union believes more testing should be done before anyone works in the building.

“I definitely think that a lot more testing needs to be done to assess the level and severity of the chemicals that still remain on this site,” said Muir.

The social services employees were ultimately moved out of the office space.

Via: CBS 2 LA

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Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife sentenced to prison

 Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) was sentenced to 30 months behind bars Wednesday, and his wife, Sandi, to a year in prison, for separate felonies involving the misspending of about $750,000 in campaign funds.

Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson, no relation to the defendants, told Jackson Jr. that his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and others had written to her urging that he be placed under supervision rather than sent to prison.

If she were to do so, she said, it would appear as if there were two systems of justice: "one for the well-connected and one for everybody else."

"I cannot do it. And I will not do it," she said.

Jackson Jr., 48, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy involving the $750,000. Sandi Jackson, 49, pleaded guilty to a related charge of failing to report about $600,000 in taxable income. Both had pleaded guilty in February after a years-long spending spree using campaign funds. Their purchases included a $43,000 Rolex watch, furs, vacations, two mounted elk heads, a Michael Jackson fedora and an Eddie Van Halen guitar.

Both Jacksons wept as they addressed the judge before sentencing.

Jackson Jr. apologized for his crimes, expressed special regret to his mother and father, and said he alone should be held accountable for his actions.

"I am the example for the whole Congress," he said. "I understand that. I didn't separate my personal life from my political activities, and I couldn't have been more wrong."

Sandi Jackson, a former Chicago alderwoman, apologized to her family, friends, community and constituents.

Via: Los Angeles TImes

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OBAMACARE 'NAVIGATORS' RECEIVE $13 MILLION MORE THAN ORIGINALLY BUDGETED

On Thursday, the Obama Administration unexpectedly handed out $13 million more than the $54 million in grants it originally budgeted for Obamacare “navigators,” including $655,000 to abortion provider Planned Parenthood.

"Navigators" is the term the Obama Administration has given to individuals or groups who will help herd  uninsured Americans into the government’s healthcare exchanges.

Obamacare opponents view the $67 million in Obamacare enrollment funds as little more than a taxpayer-funded crony kickback to groups who have supported President Barack Obama. In total, the Administration handed out grants to over 100 groups in 34 states.

CNBC reports that the Obama Administration’s decision to enlist thousands of navigators to sign people up for Obamacare represents a major opportunity for con artists and identity thieves looking to exploit the Obamacare enrollment period.

“A con artist can claim to be anyone, for instance a ‘navigator’ who can help you apply for coverage through an exchange. They gain your trust and then ask for personal information to buy nonexistent policies,” writes CNBC’s Herb Weisbaum. “Fraud.org reports that some victims have been persuaded to wire money or send funds via prepaid debit card to get their full benefits.”  

The Obama Administration, however, assures Americans that navigators will be trained and certified by the government and will face punishment if they run afoul of privacy laws.

Still, states are concerned, so much so that 19 of them have passed additional training requirements to prevent massive identity theft by con artists eager to prey on the chaos and confusion millions of uninsured citizens will experience as they try to make sense of Obamacare.

Via: Breitbart

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Conservatives say grassroots support building for ObamaCare shutdown

House conservatives say grassroots support is building for their effort to risk a government shutdown to defund ObamaCare.

Conservatives who back the strategy said their spines have been stiffened by support at town-hall meetings.

“I have not heard, 'Don’t shut down the government over ObamaCare,'” Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) said, referring to meetings with his constituents over the recess. “I have heard, 'This law is not ready for primetime, and we need to do anything we can to stop it.'” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) has held six events in his north Texas district so far in August and is leaning toward backing the shutdown threat.

He also said the federal government’s move this month to subsidize health insurance for lawmakers and staff required to enter ObamaCare’s exchanges is acting as an “accelerant” and “driving people into a froth” about shutting the government down over ObamaCare funding. 



“I'm hearing a lot of anger that is right beneath the surface, ready to erupt,” Burgess said. At one town hall, Burgess said support for the defunding threat was "virtually unanimous" when he asked for a show of hands. 





Republicans opposed to the effort believe President Obama and Senate Democrats will never agree to a bill that funds the government, but not the healthcare law. They warn their party would walk into a trap by adopting the strategy, and that Republicans will be blamed for a shutdown.

But even some of these Republicans acknowledge their constituents are telling them to go all out in defunding ObamaCare.

Via: The Hill

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How The SEIU & Union Front Groups Want To Occupy Your Big Mac

With union bosses once again clamoring that they are ‘in crisis,’ union bosses are looking to expand their membership into areas that have been traditionally immune to unions.

For the last several months, union-supported fast food workers have been staging “impromptu” strikes throughout the country.

Like the union-supported Occupy movement before it, the fast-food workers’ efforts are being coordinated by media-savvy professional organizers employed by the Service Employees International Union, a union front group called ROC (Restaurant Opportunities Center), as well as an assorted array of pro-union politicians and “community activist” groups.

• More about ROC and its agenda here.

In actuality, however, the entire fast-food effort is part of a four-year old plan cooked up by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

So far, the union-funded protesters are demanding raises to $15–more than twice the minimum wage–under the slick campaign slogan “Fight for $15.” However, the true aim of the SEIU and its allies is to unionize the industry and it appears the SEIU is about to launch a full-out blitzkrieg fast food joints across the country.

Based on an interview with Salon.com, it seems that SEIU boss Mary Kay Henry, using typical Marxist logic, is trying to alter the world of the french-frying proletariat and bourgeoisie.

“It’s more about, ‘How do we shift things in the entire low-wage economy?’” she claims.

Via: Labor Union Report

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