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As President Obama prepares to wrap up his time in office, he’s recently taken to saying he’s “extremely proud” to leave office without any scandals besmirching his tenure. His political adviser, Valerie Jarrett, said the same earlier this week.
“The president prides himself on the fact that his administration hasn’t had a scandal,” Jarrett told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria matter-of-factly.
As ObamaCare now appears destined for the ash heap of history, the Obama Administration is clearly thinking about its legacy. And that likely explains the new talking point about Obama’s supposedly squeaky clean presidency.
What’s the reality?
As the news comes at us so quickly these days, it’s admittedly hard to keep track of everything that’s happened over the last eight years. The administration seems to recognize this. Whenever a scandal erupts, the strategy is delay, obfuscate, and punt until the matter fades into the slipstream of yesterday’s news. As Obama’s approval rating inched up toward the end of his time in office, his approach seems to be paying off.
To help refresh everyone’s memory, Grabien is now publishing what we think is the most exhaustively researched, chronologically comprehensive collection of every scandal that struck the Obama Administration.
As of this publication — which we plan to continue updating — the tally stands at: 633.
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1 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 04/01/2010 Obama's ATF, in tandem with the DoJ, arranged for thousands of heavy assault rifles to make their way into the hands of Mexican narco warlords, setting the stage for a mass slaughter of Mexicans (more than 300 to date). The Washington Times
2 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 06/28/2011 The Obama Administration fired the ATF whistleblower who exposed the Fast and Furious scandal. Fox News
3 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 12/07/2011 Documents reveal Obama's ATF used "Fast and Furious" as part of a campaign for more gun control. CBS News
4 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 12/15/2011 More than 1,000 guns from Obama's "Fast and Furious" program remain lost. The Washington Times
5 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 12/09/2013 Obama's ATF used mentally disabled teens to run drug-and-gun stings. Reason
6 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 09/25/2013 The DoJ's internal watchdog says the ATF let a confidential informant keep as much as $5.2 million from illicit cigarette sales. CBS News
7 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 09/25/2013 The DoJ's internal watchdog says the ATF somehow "lost track" of 420 million cigarettes CBS News
8 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 08/04/2015 Guns from Obama's "Fast and Furious" programs were used in the killings of at least two Americans, and probably more. National Review Online
9 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 09/20/2015 Obama's ATF is using its resources to threaten the makers of kombucha, a fermented tea with trace amounts of alcohol. The Denver Post
10 AmeriCorps 07/10/2009 After AmeriCorps' Inspector General uncovered corruption in the office of an Obama ally, Sacramento's major Kevin Johnson, Obama fired the IG. The Washington Times
11 AmeriCorps 07/10/2009 In firing AmeriCorps' IG for doing his job too effectively, Obama broke a law that he as a senator sponsored. The Washington Examiner
12 Amtrak 05/31/2010 After Amtrak's inspector general uncovered waste, fraud, and abuse within Amtrak, Obama fired him. The Washington Times
13 Barack Obama White House 09/11/2001 As recounted in his autobiography, Obama reacted to 9/11 by worrying it might dampen his political career on account of his middle name. The Audacity of Hope
14 Barack Obama White House 12/09/2008 Before he was even in office, Obama was enmeshed in scandal. He was accused of consorting with then-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich over who would get his Senate seat, although he denied making contact with the governor's office. However a witness says this wasn't true, and Obama was pushing for Valerie Jarrett. TIME
15 Barack Obama White House 03/18/2009 When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the White House, Obama gave him a bunch of DVDs as a gift (worse: they were in the wrong format). The Daily Telegraph
16 Barack Obama White House 03/24/2009 Despite running on a promise to go through the budget "line by line" to cut wasteful spending, Obama quadrupled the deficit in his first year of office. The Heritage Foundation
17 Barack Obama White House 04/15/2009 When one of his staffers referred to the pope as a "discredited leader," Obama refused to say if he agreed. CNS News
18 Barack Obama White House 04/07/2009 Obama seemed to think Austrians speak "Austrian" The Washington Post
19 Barack Obama White House 04/17/2009 After enduring hours of anti-American speeches from crackpot South American leaders at the 2009 Summit of the Americas conference, Obama said ... nothing. Bloomberg
20 Barack Obama White House 04/19/2009 When the Grateful Dead was in D.C. for a show, Obama made sure they paid him a secret visit in the Oval Office. The Washington Post
21 Barack Obama White House 04/19/2009 After Iran convicted an American journalist in a sham trial, the Obama White House was mute. Yahoo News
22 Barack Obama White House 07/09/2009 Breaking a decades long precedent, Obama happily met with then-Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi at a G8 Summit. Tripoli Post
23 Barack Obama White House 07/21/2009 After committing to cut a mere $100 million in spending in 90 days (around 1/10th of 1 percent of the budget), Obama missed his deadline. CNN
24 Barack Obama White House 07/29/2009 Despite publicly asking federal agencies to look for places to cut costs, Obama arranged a massive spending boost for a legal aid agency whose own inspector general accused it of wasting money on goodies for its execs. The Washington Times
25 Barack Obama White House 08/24/2009 Obama tried turning 9/11 into some kind of national holiday for liberalism. The American Spectator
26 Barack Obama White House 02/04/2010 Barack Obama, commander in chief, pronounced Navy "corpsman" like "corpse-man." YouTube
27 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2010 While Obama hosted an Earth Day celebration in the Rose Garden, the Deepwater Horizon, which had been burning for two days, sank into the Gulf The Daily Caller
28 Barack Obama White House 04/23/2010 The Coast Guard announces 11 Deepwater workers are dead; Obama travels to N.C. for a vacation, where he eats BBQ with Michelle. The Daily Caller
29 Barack Obama White House 04/24/2010 Coast Guard announces oil is spewing into the Gulf; the Obamas continued their vacation The Daily Caller
30 Barack Obama White House 04/26/2010 After an attempt at stopping the leak fails, the spill is now the size of Rhode Island; Obama hosts a ceremony with the Yankees and then plays a round of golf The Daily Caller
31 Barack Obama White House 04/28/2010 The spill rate is upgraded to 5,000 barrels/day; Obama spends the day doing political events in Illinois The Daily Caller
32 Barack Obama White House 04/29/2010 Louisiana Gov. declares a state of emergeny as the 600 mile spill is just 16 miles off the coast; Obama delivers a speech on cybersecurity and meets with FEMA -- about hurricane preparedness The Daily Caller
33 Barack Obama White House 05/01/2010 Efforts at stopping the leak continue to fail; Obama attends the White House Correspondents Dinner to tell jokes. The Daily Caller
34 Barack Obama White House 05/08/2010 BP's "containment dome" fails to contain the leak; Obama plays golf at Arkansas' Fort Belvoir The Daily Caller
35 Barack Obama White House 05/09/2010 Tar balls begin reaching the Alabama coastline; Obama delivers a commencement address at Hampton Univ. The Daily Caller
36 Barack Obama White House 05/17/2010 By now the spill rate has been upgraded to 50,000 barrels/day; Obama hosts UCONN's women's basketball team at the White House The Daily Caller
37 Barack Obama White House 05/18/2010 Oil balls are now washing ashore in Fla.; Obama meets with members of the Democratic Caucuses The Daily Caller
38 Barack Obama White House 05/22/2010 The spill continues unabated; Obama announces a renovation project at the White House and delivers another commencement address The Daily Caller
39 Barack Obama White House 05/26/2010 The spill continues unabated; Obama hosts the U.S. World Cup soccer team and Duke's basketball team The Daily Caller
40 Barack Obama White House 05/28/2010 Obama makes a brief visit to Loisiana to inspect the recovery efforts, then heads on vacation The Daily Caller
41 Barack Obama White House 05/29/2010 Obama tried to illegally bribe a Democratic senatorial candidate (Joe Sestak) out of running. CNN
42 Barack Obama White House 09/13/2010 After the Gulf disaster was finally contained, Obama commissioned a taxpayer funded study to see what Americans thought of his handling of the crisis Yahoo News
43 Barack Obama White House 12/17/2010 When Obama met with elementary school children in Virginia, he read them his own book. USA Today
44 Barack Obama White House 01/10/2011 He called France, not Britain, America's strongest and oldest ally. The Daily Signal
45 Barack Obama White House 01/22/2011 Against advice, Obama invited China's government to a White House state dinner; the Chinese pianist ended up playing an anti-American tune during the event. The Epoch Times
46 Barack Obama White House 02/08/2011 Under Obama, regulations soared to more than 1,500/year (by contrast Congress averages 200 laws/year). The Competitive Enterprise Institute
47 Barack Obama White House 02/14/2011 For months Obama deflected calls to act on the deficit/debt by creating a commission to handle the issue; when the commission issued its report, Obama ignored it entirely. The Heritage Foundation
48 Barack Obama White House 02/17/2011 After Obama touted China's high-speed rail system as a model for America, the system announced it's fighting corruption and insolvency. The New York Times
49 Barack Obama White House 02/23/2011 Despite taking credit for disposing of Gaddafi, Obama was the last Western leader to speak in favor of regime change. The Washington Post
50 Barack Obama White House 03/08/2011 Since taking office, Americans' share of the debt increased $50/day. The Washington Times
51 Barack Obama White House 03/10/2011 Obama said he would like to be president of China so that criticism of him could be outlawed. The New York Times
52 Barack Obama White House 06/16/2011 When business leaders came to meet Obama at the White House to discuss improved relations, they left "infuriated" with his behavior. The Washington Post
53 Barack Obama White House 07/23/2011 During a debt ceiling debate, Obama claimed 80 percent of Americans wanted higher taxes as part of the deal; a Rasmussen poll that week showed that just 34 percent thought so. Human Events
54 Barack Obama White House 08/11/2011 After Obama touted China's electric car makers, they soon thereafter began focusing on gas engines. Future of Capitalism
55 Barack Obama White House 10/11/2011 Obama wanted to apologize to Japan for America dropping nukes during WW2, but Japan told him not to. Investors Business Daily
56 Barack Obama White House 10/25/2011 GAO report says Obama broke the law in using taxpayer funds to host bilateral China talks focused on aerospace The Washington Examiner
57 Barack Obama White House 10/31/2011 Bypassed Congress on student loans, contracts, drugs, and mortgage legislation. The Daily Caller
58 Barack Obama White House 11/08/2011 Generally ignored South America despite consequential developments during his presidency. The Washington Post
59 Barack Obama White House 12/10/2011 Despite campaign promise to retain ban on slaughtering horses for meat, he ended the ban. NewsBusters
60 Barack Obama White House 01/25/2012 During his State of the Union address, Obama misquoted Lincoln. Human Events
61 Barack Obama White House 02/20/2012 The Obama White House somehow spelled Rhode Island as "Road Island." The Daily Mail
62 Barack Obama White House 02/21/2012 Two of Obama's three biggest bills were only accomplished through political bribery. The Daily Signal
63 Barack Obama White House 02/22/2012 He threatened Israel not to protect itself against Iran's nuclear threat. The Wall Street Journal
64 Barack Obama White House 03/01/2012 During an interview with Grantland's Bill Simmons, Obama claimed to have known about then sensation Jeremy Lin before anybody else in the world. New York Magazine
65 Barack Obama White House 03/01/2012 Despite a recent scandal involving throwing like a girl on national TV, Obama boasted Bill Simmons he's actually an incredible athlete. NewsBusters
66 Barack Obama White House 03/01/2012 During an interview with Grantland's Bill Simmons, Obama claimed he was "way ahead of the curve on the podcast thing." Grantland
67 Barack Obama White House 03/07/2012 More than half of Obama's big money contributors received plum payouts or positions. The Washington Post
68 Barack Obama White House 03/08/2012 Tried to bribe Israel to promise not to challenge Iran while he was running for re-election. Reuters
69 Barack Obama White House 03/15/2012 While mocking Republicans' lack of historical knowledge, Obama mangled history himself. ABC News
70 Barack Obama White House 03/19/2012 On the campaign trail, Obama often talked about how his cancer-stricken mother had to battle insurance companies to receive payments; in fact that was not true. The Washington Post
71 Barack Obama White House 04/03/2012 Despite having taught constitutional law, Obama badly misstated the Constitution during an unscripted effort at defending ObamaCare (eventually forcing the DoJ to issue a "correction"). The Wall Street Journal
72 Barack Obama White House 04/09/2012 Obama's senior adviser, David Plouffe, violated the Hatch Act by participating in campaign activities. He went unsanctioned. The Washington Free Beacon
73 Barack Obama White House 04/13/2012 After repeatedly bemoaning the injustice of Warren Buffett's secretary paying a higher net tax rate than Warren Buffett, it was revealed Obama also pays a lower rate than his White House secretary. ABC News
74 Barack Obama White House 04/17/2012 Obama signed an executive order giving himself power to regulate anything to do with water (even non-waters) Human Events
75 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2012 As a candidate, Obama ran afgainst the use of signing statements and executive orders; as president he did a 180. The New York Times
76 Barack Obama White House 05/02/2012 A pro-life Chinese dissident sought protection from the U.S.; the Obama State Dept. tricked him into coming to our Beijing embassy, where he was promptly returned to the Chinese (facing possible execution). HotAir
77 Barack Obama White House 05/02/2012 Obama admitted having invented a central character in his supposedly nonfiction autobiography (his girlfriend). Politico
78 Barack Obama White House 05/09/2012 While still supposedly opposed to gay marriage, Obama lectured North Carolina about his "disappointment" in their constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The Hill
79 Barack Obama White House 05/10/2012 As a candidate, Obama ran on an anti-gay marriage platform; once in office, he announced he supports gay marriage. CNN
80 Barack Obama White House 05/15/2012 Obama's White House quietly inserted him into existing WhiteHouse.gov biographies of past presidents. Commentary Magazine
81 Barack Obama White House 05/20/2012 Despite his promise to keep lobbyists away from his administration, visitor logs showed their visits were frequent. The Washington Post
82 Barack Obama White House 05/24/2012 If the government used the same budgeting rules it forces on the private sector, it's annual deficit would actually be $5 trillion (not $1.3 trillion). USA Today
83 Barack Obama White House 07/04/2012 Despite boasting of imposing tough sanctions on Iran, his administration granted waivers to all 20 of Iran's primary trading partners The Wall Street Journal
84 Barack Obama White House 07/12/2012 Obama's "jobs council" was packed with companies known for outsourcing. The Huffington Post
85 Barack Obama White House 07/26/2012 The White House Facebook page somehow misspelled "Americans" The New York Daily News
86 Barack Obama White House 09/12/2012 Under Obama, the number of regulators grew more than 25 percent. The Washington Post
87 Barack Obama White House 09/20/2012 Obama's White House staff was also caught up in the Colombia prostitution scandal. Fox News
88 Barack Obama White House 09/20/2012 Obama Admin. regulations cost businesses $1.8 trillion in lost revenue, more than 20 times the White House's estimate The Washington Examiner
89 Barack Obama White House 09/23/2012 Obama kicked off his Middle East foreign policy by condemning U.S. foreign policy in the region until his presidency; by 2012, opinions of America in the Middle East were worse than when Obama arrived. Reuters
90 Barack Obama White House 09/25/2012 At a United Nations meeting, Obama skipped out on meeting with his counterparts so he could instead focus on his re-election campaign. Associated Press
91 Barack Obama White House 10/04/2012 Obama touted his "balanced approach" to debt reduction, but it was actually 88 percent percent tax hikes. AEI
92 Barack Obama White House 10/10/2012 Obama crafted a tax plan that would have lowered taxes on the millionaires working in the White House. The Washington Free Beacon
93 Barack Obama White House 10/25/2012 When Obama met the father of one of the men who died trying to save America's consulate in Benghazi, the father described Obama as cold, impersonal, and ungrateful. The Weekly Standard
94 Barack Obama White House 11/01/2012 The Obama Administration regularly ignored a law requiring information about the impact of proposed regulations. The Daily Signal
95 Barack Obama White House 11/23/2012 The number of Americans on food stamps outnumbers the population of 24 states combined. Breitbart
96 Barack Obama White House 01/03/2013 Obama's vice president quickly developed a reputation for copping feels whenever meeting the wives of his colleagues, at one point even saying "Spread your legs I'm going to frisk you." HotAir
97 Barack Obama White House 01/19/2013 On a per-household basis, Obama's first term raised the national debt more than 42 presidents in 53 terms combined. CNS News
98 Barack Obama White House 01/26/2013 Despite promising to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, Obama actually did the opposite, doubling it to $1.1 trillion. Congressional Budget Office
99 Barack Obama White House 02/11/2013 Under Obama, food stamp rolls have grown to more than 47 million -- greater than the entire population of Spain. CNS News
100 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2013 An official with the UN Human Rights Council said Americans got what they deserved in the Boston Marathon bombing; the Obama Administration did not respond. Breitbart
101 Barack Obama White House 04/29/2014 Even as Obama's Labor Department effectively banned unpaid internships, the White House refused to pay its own interns anything, much less than $10.10 minimum wage it sought to impose on the private sector. The Huffington Post
102 Barack Obama White House 11/20/2014 After Congress wouldn't agree to pass his sought after immigration reform, Obama signed an executive order effectively legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants -- despite earlier saying he didn't have the power to do so Rep. Kevin McCarthy
103 Barack Obama White House 03/26/2014 Obama's budget for his final year in office called for $4 trillion in spending, $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $700 billion in new deficits, and would never balance. The Heritage Foundation
104 Barack Obama White House 07/02/2014 Thanks largely to ObamaCare, a majority of Americans now receive some form of government benefits. Forbes
105 Barack Obama White House 01/02/2016 Despite regular boasts he's orchestrated the longest jobs expansion in history, an ex White House economist admitted that 94 percent of jobs created under Obama were part time ZeroHedge
106 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Obama has effectively doubled the national debt, from $10.6 trillion upon taking office to $19.5 trillion as of this writing. U.S. Debt Clock
107 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, the national debt per taxpayer increased to $166,769. U.S. Debt Clock
108 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, unfunded liabilities -- spending the government has already promised but can't actually afford -- grew to more than $104 trillion. U.S. Debt Clock
109 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Obama regularly boasts of cutting the deficit two-thirds. In reality, he's grown the deficit from $458 billion in 2008 to $591 billion as of this writing. U.S. Debt Clock
110 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, America's debt-to-GDP ratio soared to 106 percent (by comparison, Spain -- a country governed by a socialist workers party for much of the last 30 years -- is 68 percent). U.S. Debt Clock
111 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, the number of Americans not in labor force skyrocketed from 80.5 million to 96 million. St. Louis Federal Reserve
112 Barack Obama White House 01/12/2016 Food stamp usage is up 42 percent under Obama. FactCheck.org
113 Barack Obama White House 03/18/2016 Despite promise to be "the most transparent administration in history," Obama ended up denying 77 percent of Freedom of Information Act requests. The Washington Examiner
114 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2016 Obama admitted he moved the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. (Earlier his press secretary claimed it had been given back to the British embassy, a tale Obama contradicted.) ABC News
115 Barack Obama White House 05/03/2016 A study found regulations under Obama exploded to cost $1.9 trillion in 2015, or $15,000 per American household. The Competitive Enterprise Institute
116 Barack Obama White House 07/28/2016 America's home ownership is now at the lowest rate since 1965. Bloomberg
117 Barack Obama White House 09/26/2016 Despite claiming to have only learned about Hillary Clinton's secret server in the news, the FBI revealed that Obama communicated with her, using a pseudonym. National Review Online
118 Central Intelligence Agency 10/19/2012 The CIA informed Obama within 24 hours of the Benghazi attack it had found terror links, but Obama nonetheless kept blaming an unrelated YouTube video for weeks. USA Today
119 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, once said Gitmo's 20 percent recidivism rate was unbothering. "20 percent isn't bad." National Review Online
120 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, was described as "instrumental in preventing ... an operation in 1998 that would have killed or captured Osama bin Laden." National Review Online
121 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, supported direct talks with the designated terrorist organization, Hezbollah, which is second only to al Qaeda in the number of Americans it's killed. National Review Online
122 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, is the leader of the push to kill, not capture, suspected terrorists (robbing them of intel value). National Review Online
123 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, admitted to worrying about receiving security clearance on account of his past allegiance to the Communist Party. CNN
124 Central Intelligence Agency 01/23/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, argued for government censorship in his graduate thesis; "too much freedom is possible," he wrote. The Daily Caller
125 Consumer Finance Protection Board 01/20/2010 After Congress failed to confirm Richard Cordrary to the CFPD, Obama unconstitutionaly appointed him to the board anyway. The Daily Signal
126 Consumer Finance Protection Board 01/05/2012 Despite swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution, Obama frequently flouted its limitations, as seen -- take one example -- with his decision to name commissioners to positions that require Senate approval ... without Senate approval. The Washington Post
127 Consumer Finance Protection Board 06/11/2013 The CFPB collects intrusive data on consumers in an NSA-like dragnet fashion. The Daily Signal
128 Consumer Finance Protection Board 06/28/2013 The CFPB's warrantless surveillance of Americans is creating data that will likely be shared with other parts of the federal government. Judicial Watch
129 Consumer Finance Protection Board 03/20/2014 The CFPB, considered both the most powerful yet least acccountable agency in the government, is intent on keeping things that way. When a congressman attempted attending an advisory meeting, he was refused entry. National Review Online
130 Consumer Finance Protection Board 03/24/2014 The CFPB's performance reviews have been called racist, as whites were twice as like to receive a top rating than minorities. The Washington Free Beacon
131 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/02/2014 The CFPB has a socialist on one of its advisory boards. The Washington Free Beacon
132 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/02/2014 A CFPB staffer said racism is pervasive within the agency; a primarily black division is referred to internally as "the plantation" or "cesspool" and that black employees struggle to leave that division. Politico
133 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/02/2014 When the House held a hearing on accusations of racism and bigotry within the CFPB, the bureau refused to send anyone to testify. Politico
134 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/03/2014 When a CFPB staffer/whistleblower spoke out about "pervasive" culture of intimidation and discrimination, the CFPB Director Richard Cordray personally told her to "back down." The Washington Free Beacon
135 Consumer Finance Protection Board 07/02/2014 CFPB spent more than $215 million renovating its temporary office ($120 million over its initial estimate), making it one of the most expensive construction projects in the world. The Financial Services Committee
136 Consumer Finance Protection Board 10/12/2016 The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFPB is unconstitutionally structured and violates due process rights. Obama had argued otherwise. The Washington Post
137 Consumer Product Safety Commission 07/26/2012 Obama's CPSC sued the maker of a perfectly safe toy, leading the company to stop manufacturing it. NewsBusters
138 Environmental Protection Agency 01/20/2010 After a Democrat-led Senate rejects his global warming emissions law, Obama uses the EPA to impose them anyway The Heritage Foundation
139 Environmental Protection Agency 02/04/2011 After Obama's EPA enacted new rules on greenhouse gases, political ally General Electric received an exemption. The Blaze
140 Environmental Protection Agency 01/13/2012 Obama's EPA imposed burdensome regulations instructing how to put canoes in the water in Canton, Conn. Patch
141 Environmental Protection Agency 05/17/2012 Under Obama, the EPA ordained that "environmental justice" must govern their every decision; one effect was that people could sue a polluter, claiming racism. Breitbart
142 Environmental Protection Agency 06/26/2012 The EPA ruled that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant -- as a means to enact global warming regulations -- even though life on earth could not exist without it. The Daily Signal
143 Environmental Protection Agency 07/23/2012 Obama's coal regulations led to PBS Coals to lay off 225 works, about 30 percent of its workforce. The Washington Examiner
144 Environmental Protection Agency 09/12/2012 The EPA funneled money to a newspaper that largely focused on covering the EPA. The Washington Guardian
145 Environmental Protection Agency 09/13/2012 The EPA honored Hispanic Heritage Month with a poster of Che Guevara "and a bit of plagiarism." BuzzFeed
146 Environmental Protection Agency 09/18/2012 Obama's coal regulations led to Alpha Natural Resources to cut 1,200 jobs and close 8 mines. Associated Press
147 Environmental Protection Agency 10/05/2012 The EPA celebrated "Children Health Month" by encouraging schools to create "energy patrols" aimed at making students feel guilty for using electricity. CNS News
148 Environmental Protection Agency 11/20/2012 To avoid federal laws governing electronic record keeping, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used "alias" email accounts. NewsBusters
149 Environmental Protection Agency 12/26/2012 The EPA mandate that cars in 2025 get 54.5 miles per gallon will effectively outlaw cars under $15,000, and will increase the average price of a car by $3,000. The Daily Signal
150 Environmental Protection Agency 01/31/2013 The EPA's mandated ethanol blend E15 has been discovered to destroy engines -- but the rule has not been repealed. The Blaze
151 Environmental Protection Agency 02/05/2013 The EPA mandated gasoline blenders use a fuel ... that doesn't exist. The Christian Science Monitor
152 Environmental Protection Agency 02/20/2013 Emails from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's secret account reveal her contempt for congressional oversight, the Wall Street Journal, and attempts to borrow art work from the Smithsonian for the EPA's office. The Washington Free Beacon
153 Environmental Protection Agency 02/25/2013 The EPA conducted a study in which children were intentionally exposed to diesel exhaust; when asked about it, they deleted all records of it from their website. JunkScience
154 Environmental Protection Agency 05/14/2013 A study found the EPA routinely waives fees for environmental groups seeking informatiom from the agency (more than 90 percent), while the media and watchdog groups received no such favors. The Washington Examiner
155 Environmental Protection Agency 05/31/2013 An EPA mandated vehicle emissions reduction device forward an ambulance to shut down on the way to the hospital; the patient died. The Daily Caller
156 Environmental Protection Agency 06/04/2013 An inspector general's report found that conditions at an EPA warehouse included mold, rot, vermin feces, and "generally deplorable conditions." Reason
157 Environmental Protection Agency 06/05/2013 EPA workers at a Landover warehouse turned the space into a personal rec room/gym. The Washington Post
158 Environmental Protection Agency 06/07/2013 The EPA leaked private information on farmers to radical environmental groups. Townhall
159 Environmental Protection Agency 06/10/2013 The EPA gave an ethics award to a fake employee, "Richard Windsor," which was actually an alias the EPA administrator used to avoid federal record keeping laws. HotAir
160 Environmental Protection Agency 09/04/2013 A former EPA adviser pleaded guilty to $900,000 in pay fraud. The Washington Post
161 Environmental Protection Agency 03/28/2014 A Bloomberg reporter was detained after attempting to ask the EPA administrator a question. The Daily Caller
162 Environmental Protection Agency 04/02/2014 The EPA exposed the elderly and other people with health issues to lethal pollutants as part of a study hoping to show the need for new EPA rules. The Daily Caller
163 Environmental Protection Agency 03/17/2015 The EPA is creating a wireless system to track how long hotel guests spend in the shower as part of an effort to "modify their behavior." The Washington Free Beacon
164 Environmental Protection Agency 04/19/2015 The EPA's WaterSense program urged kids not to take too many baths. Front Page Mag
165 Environmental Protection Agency 08/27/2015 The EPA threatened a Wyoming man with millions of dollars in fines for creating an ecologically beneficial pond for his farm livestock. The Pacific Legal Foundation
166 Environmental Protection Agency 02/23/2016 After committing one of the worst environmental atrocities in Colorado history with the Gold King Mine disaster, the EPA still insisted it should have control over the nearby Animas River. The Daily Caller
167 Environmental Protection Agency 09/29/2016 While conducting water tests in Alaska, EPA agents treat locals like enemy combatants, even pointing a shotgun at a septuagenarian. Alaska Daily News
168 Environmental Protection Agency 01/01/2017 The EPA warned Alaskans to stop burning wood to keep warm. Townhall
169 Federal Bureau of Investigation 04/15/2013 Before he bombed the Boston Marathon, the FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev but let him go. Russia sent the Obama Administration a second warning, but the FBI opted against investigating him again. NBC News
170 Federal Communications Commission 01/10/2012 After Congress rejected his attempt to have the feds regulate the Internet, the FEC announced on Christmas Eve that it would do so anyway (despite a court order specifically stating it lacked the authority) The Daily Signal
171 Federal Communications Commission 10/08/2012 The Obama Administration created a program to give free phones to (primarily) people already receiving government assistance; the lucrative contract went to a wireless company owned by an Obama donor. The Washington Free Beacon
172 Federal Election Commission 08/06/2013 Emails show Obama's Federal Elections Commission was also involved in the targeting of conservative groups (alongside the IRS). The Wall Street Journal
173 Federal Reserve 12/03/2012 As QE ramped up, the Fed began buying 90 percent of America's debt. Bloomberg
174 Federal Reserve 01/04/2017 The amount of money in circulation has quadrupled since Obama took office. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
175 Federal Trade Commission 06/21/2011 The Obama Admin. staged a large scale crackdown on companies selling food to kids using marketing like Tony the Tiger. Human Events
176 Food and Drug Administration 09/26/2011 Obama's FDA classified walnuts as a drug. The Wall Street Journal
177 Food and Drug Administration 05/05/2016 Even though they're credited with saving thousands of lives, the FDA moved to severely restrict e-cigarettes. The New York Times
178 General Services Administration 08/07/2012 Despite regularly mocking the Tea Party, Obama's White House ordered the GSA to "stand down" in the face of Occupy Wall St. protesters in Portland. The Washington Examiner
179 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare BlueCross/BlueShield tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
180 Internal Revenue Service 03/23/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare excise tax on charitable hospitals took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
181 Internal Revenue Service 03/23/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare "Black Liquor" Tax hike took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
182 Internal Revenue Service 03/23/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date ObamaCare codified the "economic substance doctrine," which disallowed unspecified tax deductions. Americans for Tax Reform
183 Internal Revenue Service 07/01/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the tax on Indoor Tanning Services took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
184 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2011 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Medicine Cabinet Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
185 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2011 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Innovator Drug Companies took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
186 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2011 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare HSA Withdrawal Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
187 Internal Revenue Service 03/08/2012 Despite publicly attacking tax breaks for private jet owners, Obama instead lowered them -- as a favor for his friend Warren Buffett (primary owner of NetJets). The Huffington Post
188 Internal Revenue Service 05/01/2012 The IRS seized the bank accounts of a small New York business, claiming it could take the money due to the business having made many small bank deposits. The Daily Signal
189 Internal Revenue Service 09/24/2012 Clamed in a 60 Minutes interview he hadn't raised taxes, even as raised taxes on tobacco The New York Sun
190 Internal Revenue Service 09/24/2012 Claimed in a 60 Minutes interview he hadn't raised taxes, even as he imposed a new tax on tanning salons The New York Sun
191 Internal Revenue Service 09/24/2012 Claimed in a 60 Minutes interview taxes were lowest in 50 years; in fact the opposite was true The New York Sun
192 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Surtax on Investment Income took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
193 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
194 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date eliminated a tax deduction for employer provided retirement Rx coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D. Americans for Tax Reform
195 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare $500K Annual Exec Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
196 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the Medical Itemized Deduction was reduced. Americans for Tax Reform
197 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promie not to raises taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Flexible Spending Account Cap (aka the "Special Needs Kids Tax") took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
198 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
199 Internal Revenue Service 04/01/2013 IRS agents seized almost $1 million from an Iraq war vet in Athens, Ga., which they justified as a result of his having made many deposits under $10,000. Despite no unlawful activity, the IRS refused to give back his money, only surrendering the majority of it after an expensive court fight. The Daily Signal
200 Internal Revenue Service 05/24/2013 Lois Lerner was personally involved in the targeting of conservative groups -- nine months before she claimed to have learned about it. Human Events
201 Internal Revenue Service 05/27/2013 The commissioner of the IRS visited the White House several times per week during the height of the IRS scandal, with 118 visits in all (the previous IRS commissioner visited the White House once during his four year term). Commentary Magazine
202 Internal Revenue Service 05/29/2013 Evidence indicates the IRS also targeted pro-Israel organizations at the request of Palestinians. Commentary Magazine
203 Internal Revenue Service 05/29/2013 An internal report found that IRS agents routinely abuse their government credit cards. Watchdog.org
204 Internal Revenue Service 05/29/2013 Records show the IRS commissioner had more visits to the White House than any other cabinet member. The Daily Caller
205 Internal Revenue Service 05/30/2013 In addition to having tax-exempt applications intentionally delayed, many of these same conservatives were audited by the IRS. McClatchy
206 Internal Revenue Service 06/01/2013 Obama's deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, admitted she attended White House meetings with the IRS chief. Rare
207 Internal Revenue Service 06/04/2013 The IRS leaked a conservative group's donor list to an oppositional progressive organization. Fox News
208 Internal Revenue Service 06/04/2013 The IRS spent $4.1 million on a single conference, which included gifts for all in attendance as well as luxury accommodations. The New York Times
209 Internal Revenue Service 06/07/2013 Contrary to IRS officials trying to blame a rogue office in Cincinnati, a staffer in that office said the IRS in D.C. was very interested in the Tea Party cases. The Hill
210 Internal Revenue Service 06/11/2013 Even after being put on leave, Lois Lerner still had access to IRS computers, which she accessed while "on leave." National Review Online
211 Internal Revenue Service 06/24/2013 Charities with "Israel" flagged for greater scrutiny National Review Online
212 Internal Revenue Service 06/24/2013 Despite the IRS insisting progressive groups seeking non-profit status were also flagged for increased scrutiny, that later proved to be untrue. National Review Online
213 Internal Revenue Service 07/23/2013 IRS chief council William Wilkins, one of the orchestrators of the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups, visited the White House the day before issuing guidelines on tea party groups. The Wall Street Journal
214 Internal Revenue Service 08/01/2013 The IRS secretly seized the entire bank account of a small business owner in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Again the agency explained they could take the money because she had made several deposits under $10,000. The Daily Signal
215 Internal Revenue Service 09/11/2013 Despite having claimed to learn about the scandal in the press, emails show Lois Lerner had initially said Tea Party applications were too sensitive for the supposedly "rogue" Cincinnati office. The Wall Street Journal
216 Internal Revenue Service 09/17/2013 Documents show the IRS, in reviewing applications from conservative groups, described anti-Obama rhetoric as "propaganda." USA Today
217 Internal Revenue Service 09/19/2013 After the IRS granted tax-emempt status to some conservative groups, those groups said they were "spied on" by the IRS. The Washington Times
218 Internal Revenue Service 10/01/2013 Ben Carson said after he attacked Obama during the National Prayer Breakfast, he was audited. The Daily Caller
219 Internal Revenue Service 10/03/2013 A study found tht the IRS's suppression of Tea Party groups swung the 2012 election. The Washington Examiner
220 Internal Revenue Service 10/09/2013 Emails show the IRS disussed confidential taxpayer information with White House officials during the 2012 campaign. The Daily Caller
221 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2014 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Individual Mandate Excise tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
222 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2014 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Health Insurers took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
223 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2014 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Employer Mandate Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
224 Internal Revenue Service 02/26/2014 The IRS was not going rogue in targeting conservative groups; the White House and Senate Democrats explicitly told them to. The Wall Street Journal
225 Internal Revenue Service 06/17/2014 The IRS was required by law to print out Lois Lerner's emails. It didn't. The Daily Caller
226 Internal Revenue Service 06/25/2014 An inspector general's report found the IRS "prematurely" destroyed computer data storage devices. The Daily Caller
227 Internal Revenue Service 06/25/2014 IRS commissioner John Koskinen claimed Lois Lerner's emails were lost in a 2011 computer crash; a hard drive backing them up was also "recycled." The Daily Caller
228 Internal Revenue Service 06/25/2014 The IRS claimed it lost the emails from six other employees in six other computer crashes. The Daily Caller
229 Internal Revenue Service 07/07/2014 An IRS official tasked with spinning Congress on the IRS scandal lost all of his emails in a "computer crash." The Daily Caller
230 Internal Revenue Service 07/22/2014 The IRS said Lois Lerner's hard drive had been "scratched"; when it was recommended a third party recovery firm might be able to recover the contents, the IRS then "shredded" the drive. The Daily Caller
231 Internal Revenue Service 08/25/2014 After the IRS learned Lois Lerner's computer "crashed," destroying her emails, and a backup storage device was prematurely "recycled," it went ahead and destroyed her Blackberry. The New York Observer
232 Internal Revenue Service 06/19/2015 A White House staffer divulged information about the Koch Brothers' tax returns in 2010, indicating the White House and the IRS were sharing taxpayers' private information. Roll Call
233 Internal Revenue Service 07/06/2015 Emails show the Obama Administration discussed its plan to target conservative groups before the IRS scandal began. The Daily Caller
234 Internal Revenue Service 07/06/2015 Emails show the IRS gave Obama's DoJ 21 disks with 1.25 million pages of taxpayer records. The Daily Caller
235 Internal Revenue Service 02/20/2016 With Americans renouncing their citizenship in record numbers (up more than 500 percent since the Bush Administration), the Obama Administration hiked the tax on doing so 422 percent. Forbes
236 Internal Revenue Service 08/31/2016 The IRS identified 1.1 million cases of identity theft but did not notify the victims. HotAir
237 Internal Revenue Service 11/07/2016 The Obama Administration used information from Americans' tax returns to market ObamaCare (specifically to young adults). The Daily Caller
238 Internal Revenue Service 12/14/2016 An investigation found IRS workers spent more than $1.4 million for the travel of just 27 staffers, which included high-end car services and luxury apartment/hotel stays. Fox News
239 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2018 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans takes effect. Americans for Tax Reform
240 Judiciary 04/30/2009 Obama nominated David Hamilton, infamous for his rulings favoring sex offenders, to the 7th Court of Appeals. Front Page Mag
241 Judiciary 11/19/2009 Obama nominated Louis Butler, who Wisconsin voters twice voted off the state Supreme Court after weakening laws against frivilous lawsuits, to a federal district court. The Wall Street Journal
242 Judiciary 03/16/2010 Obama nominated Robert Chatigny, who infamously partially excused a rapist/murderer of his crimes because of the perp's penchant for "sexual sadism," to the 2nd Court of Appeals. The Washington Times
243 Judiciary 11/21/2013 As a senator, Obama warned ending the filibuster would worsen "the fighting, the bitterness, and the gridlock." When Harry Reid ended the filibuster for Obama's nominees, he applauded the move. The Washington Post
244 National Institute for Health 07/18/2011 Obama's NIH spent taxpayer money studying gay men's penis sizes. The Daily Caller
245 National Labor Relations Board 01/20/2010 Unconstitutionally named three officials to the NLRB (side-stepping the Senate) The Daily Signal
246 National Labor Relations Board 12/21/2010 Obama's NLRB imposed new rules requiring nonunion businesses to encourage their workers to ask to unionize. The New York Times
247 National Labor Relations Board 06/21/2011 After Congress rejected the Employee Free Choice Act (aka "card check"), which would have eased unions' ability to unionize non-union companies, his NLRB imposed new rules that sought to achieve the same outcome. The Daily Signal
248 National Labor Relations Board 02/17/2012 Obama's NLRB sued Boeing for trying to open a plant in South Carolina (because it wouldn't be unionized). The Washington Examiner
249 National Transportation Safety Board 12/07/2012 Obama's NTSB is seeking to require cars install "black boxes," which is raising privacy concerns. USA Today
250 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 05/21/2012 Obama's NRC chairman was forced to quit after accusations of serial sexual/sadistic harassment. The Washington Free Beacon
251 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 03/27/2013 Obama's nuclear regulations caused Dominion Resources to close its Kewaunee plant, resulting in 600 job losses. The Milwaukee Business Journal
252 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 02/13/2012 Created "truth teams" to snitch on Americans criticizal of the president. ABC News
253 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 04/16/2012 Obama, in attempting to refer to the Falkland Islands by their Spanish name, instead called the archipelago "The Maldives," a completely different place. The Daily Telegraph
254 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 04/22/2012 Breaking promise, Obama campaign raised money from lobbyists in 2012 The Washington Examiner
255 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 07/06/2012 Claimed he was outspent in 2008 campaign; in reality, he outspent McCain 3-1. YouTube/FactCheck
256 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 07/18/2012 Obama attacked Romney for being in charge of Bain Capital during a particular set of layoffs; in fact his top bundler Jonathan Lavine was running Bain at the time. Gateway Pundit
257 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 07/30/2012 Despite 2008 promise to never run negative ads, Obama was widely criticized for negativity of his 2012 campaign BuzzFeed
258 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 9/12/2012 Obama compared his campaign volunteers to embassy staff killed in Libya The Washington Examiner
259 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/1/2012 Obama only met with students during an event if they pledged to support him. AEI
260 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/8/2012 Despite regularly claiming foreign funds improperly influenced U.S. elections, Obama's campaign actively enabled such (illegal) contributions. The Daily Caller
261 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/17/2012 After claiming in the second presidential debate to have labeled the Benghazi attack "terrorism" the following day, he admitted immediately after the debate he avoided describing it that way. The Washington Post
262 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/25/2012 Flew Air Force One to Chicago -- just to vote for himself (rather than using a mail-in ballot). USA Today
263 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/29/2012 Flew Air Force One to a campaign office in Orlando ... to deliver pizza. The Washington Times
264 Office of Personnel Management 04/08/2011 The Obama White House covered up a program that pays union workers taxpayer money to lobby the government for more unions. The Washington Times
265 Office of Personnel Management 07/09/2015 The OPM announced 21.5 million Americans (mostly government workers) had their personal information compromised after China hacked its computers. Reuters
266 Organizing for America 02/26/2013 Obama political group created thousands of fake Twitter accounts to agitate for gun control The Daily Signal
267 Organizing for America 04/12/2013 Despite promising not to engage in lobbying, Obama's political group registered as lobbyists The Washington Free Beacon
268 Recovery.gov 5/20/2011 A study found that the stimulus bill actually 'forestalled or destroyed' one million private sector jobs. NewsBusters
269 Recovery.gov 6/17/2011 Cree Inc., an LED lightbulb maker that received $5.2 million in stimulus funds, created ... 3.02 jobs. Townhall
270 Recovery.gov 7/12/2011 A $130K stimulus grant went toward buying 8,000 "social justice" manuals for Omaha janitors, effectively teaching them to resent white people. The Blaze
271 Recovery.gov 7/23/2011 While selling the stimulus, Obama regularly assured shovel ready projects were awaiting to be funded; he later admitted to the New York Times "there's no such thing as shovel ready projects" Human Events
272 Recovery.gov 8/11/2011 Stimulus dollars somehow ended up paying teenagers to wrestle alligators. Breitbart
273 Recovery.gov 8/14/2011 A stimulus grant directed billions to California so it could build a train to connect two cities no one has ever heard of. HotAir
274 Recovery.gov 8/17/2011 A $20 million stimulus project for Seattle was supposed to create 2,000 jobs. Actual result? 14. Human Events
275 Recovery.gov 5/17/2012 A $1.2 million stimulus grant went to studying erectile dysfunction of overweight middle aged men and sexual history. NBC San Francisco
276 Recovery.gov 3/7/2012 An $11 million stimulus grant meant to outfit 400 Detroit job seekers with fresh clothes somehow only ended up helping two people. Fox News
277 Recovery.gov 6/20/2012 $9 billion in stimulus funds for clean energy projects ended up creating just 910 jobs ($9.8 million per job) CNS News
278 Recovery.gov 6/27/2012 $1.4 billion in stimulus funds went to tax cheats The Washington Times
279 Recovery.gov 9/21/2012 Despite regularly promising the stimulus spending would be completely transparent, its website, recovery.gov, was completely opaque. (Today it doesn't even exist.) The Washington Free Beacon
280 Recovery.gov 10/10/2012 Obama's VP, the "sheriff" of the stimulus, was used by companies to procure stimulus cash. The Washington Times
281 Recovery.gov 10/12/2012 Obama regularly promised the stimulus would create 5 million jobs; at most it created 1/10th of that. Bloomberg
282 Recovery.gov 10/23/2012 Obama's vice president's brother received plum government contracts through the program run by the vice president himself. The New York Post
283 Recovery.gov 11/4/2012 At one point there were more than 1,000 investigations into stimulus project wrongdoing. The Washington Guardian
284 Securities and Exchange Commission 9/25/2012 Obama's "Wall Street Reform" resulted in the end of free checking accounts. The Week
285 Securities and Exchange Commission 10/11/2012 A number of Dodd-Frank's boards and commissions are unconstitutional The Washington Free Beacon
286 Securities and Exchange Commission 10/19/2012 Obama financial regulations are spurring foreign banks from doing business with Americans. The Wall Street Journal
287 Social Security Administration 05/07/2013 The number of Americans on disability has skyrocketed 975 per day under Obama, reaching more than 10.6 million -- exceeding the entire population of Greece. CNS News
288 Transportation Security Agency 12/28/2011 Despite studies revealing their lack of utility as well as their cancer risk, the TSA has pressed forth with deploying thousands of full body scanners in America's airports. ProPublica
289 Transportation Security Agency 01/21/2012 Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, per a terror watch list, was not supposed to be allowed to leave the country. However he did without even being pulled aside for questioning. NBC News
290 Transportation Security Agency 07/17/2012 Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, per a terror watch list, was not supposed to be allowed to leave the country. However he did without even being pulled aside for questioning. NBC News
291 Transportation Security Agency 09/28/2012 The TSA, which rejected congressional requests to screen its agents' criminal records, has seen hundreds of agents be caught for stealing from passengers. ABC News
292 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 04/09/2012 Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack violated the Hatch Act which forbids federal employees from campaign activities; he went unsanctioned. The Washington Free Beacon
293 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 11/20/2012 The USA used $22,000 in taxpayer funds to commission a painting of the department secretary, Tom Vilsack. Reason
294 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 02/01/2013 Obama's USDA banned schools from selling soda, candy, and other unhealthy snacks. It was even claimed doing so will raise students' GPAs. The Hill
295 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 09/30/2013 Thanks to "use it or lose it" spending rules, the Dept. of Agriculture bought $127,000 worth of printer cartridges -- in a single day. The Washington Post
296 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 03/09/2014 The USDA opted to update its dietary recommendations based on -- global warming. The Washington Examiner
297 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 03/31/2014 Obama's USDA instructed grandparents to read bedtime stories encouraging healthy eating to their grandkids. The Washington Free Beacon
298 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 12/07/2015 USDA regulations have proven so burdensome they've put out business restaurants like Pittsburgh's Crested Duck. The Pittsburgh Tribune
299 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 03/28/2016 Obama's USDA created fines for schools not following Michelle Obama's lunch rules. The Washington Free Beacon
300 U.S. Dept. of Commerce 07/17/2009 Obama's secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, said Americans "need to pay" for Chinese emissions The Wall Street Journal
As President Obama prepares to wrap up his time in office, he’s recently taken to saying he’s “extremely proud” to leave office without any scandals besmirching his tenure. His political adviser, Valerie Jarrett, said the same earlier this week.
“The president prides himself on the fact that his administration hasn’t had a scandal,” Jarrett told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria matter-of-factly.
As ObamaCare now appears destined for the ash heap of history, the Obama Administration is clearly thinking about its legacy. And that likely explains the new talking point about Obama’s supposedly squeaky clean presidency.
What’s the reality?
As the news comes at us so quickly these days, it’s admittedly hard to keep track of everything that’s happened over the last eight years. The administration seems to recognize this. Whenever a scandal erupts, the strategy is delay, obfuscate, and punt until the matter fades into the slipstream of yesterday’s news. As Obama’s approval rating inched up toward the end of his time in office, his approach seems to be paying off.
To help refresh everyone’s memory, Grabien is now publishing what we think is the most exhaustively researched, chronologically comprehensive collection of every scandal that struck the Obama Administration.
As of this publication — which we plan to continue updating — the tally stands at: 633.
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1 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 04/01/2010 Obama's ATF, in tandem with the DoJ, arranged for thousands of heavy assault rifles to make their way into the hands of Mexican narco warlords, setting the stage for a mass slaughter of Mexicans (more than 300 to date). The Washington Times
2 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 06/28/2011 The Obama Administration fired the ATF whistleblower who exposed the Fast and Furious scandal. Fox News
3 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 12/07/2011 Documents reveal Obama's ATF used "Fast and Furious" as part of a campaign for more gun control. CBS News
4 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 12/15/2011 More than 1,000 guns from Obama's "Fast and Furious" program remain lost. The Washington Times
5 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 12/09/2013 Obama's ATF used mentally disabled teens to run drug-and-gun stings. Reason
6 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 09/25/2013 The DoJ's internal watchdog says the ATF let a confidential informant keep as much as $5.2 million from illicit cigarette sales. CBS News
7 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 09/25/2013 The DoJ's internal watchdog says the ATF somehow "lost track" of 420 million cigarettes CBS News
8 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 08/04/2015 Guns from Obama's "Fast and Furious" programs were used in the killings of at least two Americans, and probably more. National Review Online
9 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 09/20/2015 Obama's ATF is using its resources to threaten the makers of kombucha, a fermented tea with trace amounts of alcohol. The Denver Post
10 AmeriCorps 07/10/2009 After AmeriCorps' Inspector General uncovered corruption in the office of an Obama ally, Sacramento's major Kevin Johnson, Obama fired the IG. The Washington Times
11 AmeriCorps 07/10/2009 In firing AmeriCorps' IG for doing his job too effectively, Obama broke a law that he as a senator sponsored. The Washington Examiner
12 Amtrak 05/31/2010 After Amtrak's inspector general uncovered waste, fraud, and abuse within Amtrak, Obama fired him. The Washington Times
13 Barack Obama White House 09/11/2001 As recounted in his autobiography, Obama reacted to 9/11 by worrying it might dampen his political career on account of his middle name. The Audacity of Hope
14 Barack Obama White House 12/09/2008 Before he was even in office, Obama was enmeshed in scandal. He was accused of consorting with then-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich over who would get his Senate seat, although he denied making contact with the governor's office. However a witness says this wasn't true, and Obama was pushing for Valerie Jarrett. TIME
15 Barack Obama White House 03/18/2009 When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the White House, Obama gave him a bunch of DVDs as a gift (worse: they were in the wrong format). The Daily Telegraph
16 Barack Obama White House 03/24/2009 Despite running on a promise to go through the budget "line by line" to cut wasteful spending, Obama quadrupled the deficit in his first year of office. The Heritage Foundation
17 Barack Obama White House 04/15/2009 When one of his staffers referred to the pope as a "discredited leader," Obama refused to say if he agreed. CNS News
18 Barack Obama White House 04/07/2009 Obama seemed to think Austrians speak "Austrian" The Washington Post
19 Barack Obama White House 04/17/2009 After enduring hours of anti-American speeches from crackpot South American leaders at the 2009 Summit of the Americas conference, Obama said ... nothing. Bloomberg
20 Barack Obama White House 04/19/2009 When the Grateful Dead was in D.C. for a show, Obama made sure they paid him a secret visit in the Oval Office. The Washington Post
21 Barack Obama White House 04/19/2009 After Iran convicted an American journalist in a sham trial, the Obama White House was mute. Yahoo News
22 Barack Obama White House 07/09/2009 Breaking a decades long precedent, Obama happily met with then-Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi at a G8 Summit. Tripoli Post
23 Barack Obama White House 07/21/2009 After committing to cut a mere $100 million in spending in 90 days (around 1/10th of 1 percent of the budget), Obama missed his deadline. CNN
24 Barack Obama White House 07/29/2009 Despite publicly asking federal agencies to look for places to cut costs, Obama arranged a massive spending boost for a legal aid agency whose own inspector general accused it of wasting money on goodies for its execs. The Washington Times
25 Barack Obama White House 08/24/2009 Obama tried turning 9/11 into some kind of national holiday for liberalism. The American Spectator
26 Barack Obama White House 02/04/2010 Barack Obama, commander in chief, pronounced Navy "corpsman" like "corpse-man." YouTube
27 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2010 While Obama hosted an Earth Day celebration in the Rose Garden, the Deepwater Horizon, which had been burning for two days, sank into the Gulf The Daily Caller
28 Barack Obama White House 04/23/2010 The Coast Guard announces 11 Deepwater workers are dead; Obama travels to N.C. for a vacation, where he eats BBQ with Michelle. The Daily Caller
29 Barack Obama White House 04/24/2010 Coast Guard announces oil is spewing into the Gulf; the Obamas continued their vacation The Daily Caller
30 Barack Obama White House 04/26/2010 After an attempt at stopping the leak fails, the spill is now the size of Rhode Island; Obama hosts a ceremony with the Yankees and then plays a round of golf The Daily Caller
31 Barack Obama White House 04/28/2010 The spill rate is upgraded to 5,000 barrels/day; Obama spends the day doing political events in Illinois The Daily Caller
32 Barack Obama White House 04/29/2010 Louisiana Gov. declares a state of emergeny as the 600 mile spill is just 16 miles off the coast; Obama delivers a speech on cybersecurity and meets with FEMA -- about hurricane preparedness The Daily Caller
33 Barack Obama White House 05/01/2010 Efforts at stopping the leak continue to fail; Obama attends the White House Correspondents Dinner to tell jokes. The Daily Caller
34 Barack Obama White House 05/08/2010 BP's "containment dome" fails to contain the leak; Obama plays golf at Arkansas' Fort Belvoir The Daily Caller
35 Barack Obama White House 05/09/2010 Tar balls begin reaching the Alabama coastline; Obama delivers a commencement address at Hampton Univ. The Daily Caller
36 Barack Obama White House 05/17/2010 By now the spill rate has been upgraded to 50,000 barrels/day; Obama hosts UCONN's women's basketball team at the White House The Daily Caller
37 Barack Obama White House 05/18/2010 Oil balls are now washing ashore in Fla.; Obama meets with members of the Democratic Caucuses The Daily Caller
38 Barack Obama White House 05/22/2010 The spill continues unabated; Obama announces a renovation project at the White House and delivers another commencement address The Daily Caller
39 Barack Obama White House 05/26/2010 The spill continues unabated; Obama hosts the U.S. World Cup soccer team and Duke's basketball team The Daily Caller
40 Barack Obama White House 05/28/2010 Obama makes a brief visit to Loisiana to inspect the recovery efforts, then heads on vacation The Daily Caller
41 Barack Obama White House 05/29/2010 Obama tried to illegally bribe a Democratic senatorial candidate (Joe Sestak) out of running. CNN
42 Barack Obama White House 09/13/2010 After the Gulf disaster was finally contained, Obama commissioned a taxpayer funded study to see what Americans thought of his handling of the crisis Yahoo News
43 Barack Obama White House 12/17/2010 When Obama met with elementary school children in Virginia, he read them his own book. USA Today
44 Barack Obama White House 01/10/2011 He called France, not Britain, America's strongest and oldest ally. The Daily Signal
45 Barack Obama White House 01/22/2011 Against advice, Obama invited China's government to a White House state dinner; the Chinese pianist ended up playing an anti-American tune during the event. The Epoch Times
46 Barack Obama White House 02/08/2011 Under Obama, regulations soared to more than 1,500/year (by contrast Congress averages 200 laws/year). The Competitive Enterprise Institute
47 Barack Obama White House 02/14/2011 For months Obama deflected calls to act on the deficit/debt by creating a commission to handle the issue; when the commission issued its report, Obama ignored it entirely. The Heritage Foundation
48 Barack Obama White House 02/17/2011 After Obama touted China's high-speed rail system as a model for America, the system announced it's fighting corruption and insolvency. The New York Times
49 Barack Obama White House 02/23/2011 Despite taking credit for disposing of Gaddafi, Obama was the last Western leader to speak in favor of regime change. The Washington Post
50 Barack Obama White House 03/08/2011 Since taking office, Americans' share of the debt increased $50/day. The Washington Times
51 Barack Obama White House 03/10/2011 Obama said he would like to be president of China so that criticism of him could be outlawed. The New York Times
52 Barack Obama White House 06/16/2011 When business leaders came to meet Obama at the White House to discuss improved relations, they left "infuriated" with his behavior. The Washington Post
53 Barack Obama White House 07/23/2011 During a debt ceiling debate, Obama claimed 80 percent of Americans wanted higher taxes as part of the deal; a Rasmussen poll that week showed that just 34 percent thought so. Human Events
54 Barack Obama White House 08/11/2011 After Obama touted China's electric car makers, they soon thereafter began focusing on gas engines. Future of Capitalism
55 Barack Obama White House 10/11/2011 Obama wanted to apologize to Japan for America dropping nukes during WW2, but Japan told him not to. Investors Business Daily
56 Barack Obama White House 10/25/2011 GAO report says Obama broke the law in using taxpayer funds to host bilateral China talks focused on aerospace The Washington Examiner
57 Barack Obama White House 10/31/2011 Bypassed Congress on student loans, contracts, drugs, and mortgage legislation. The Daily Caller
58 Barack Obama White House 11/08/2011 Generally ignored South America despite consequential developments during his presidency. The Washington Post
59 Barack Obama White House 12/10/2011 Despite campaign promise to retain ban on slaughtering horses for meat, he ended the ban. NewsBusters
60 Barack Obama White House 01/25/2012 During his State of the Union address, Obama misquoted Lincoln. Human Events
61 Barack Obama White House 02/20/2012 The Obama White House somehow spelled Rhode Island as "Road Island." The Daily Mail
62 Barack Obama White House 02/21/2012 Two of Obama's three biggest bills were only accomplished through political bribery. The Daily Signal
63 Barack Obama White House 02/22/2012 He threatened Israel not to protect itself against Iran's nuclear threat. The Wall Street Journal
64 Barack Obama White House 03/01/2012 During an interview with Grantland's Bill Simmons, Obama claimed to have known about then sensation Jeremy Lin before anybody else in the world. New York Magazine
65 Barack Obama White House 03/01/2012 Despite a recent scandal involving throwing like a girl on national TV, Obama boasted Bill Simmons he's actually an incredible athlete. NewsBusters
66 Barack Obama White House 03/01/2012 During an interview with Grantland's Bill Simmons, Obama claimed he was "way ahead of the curve on the podcast thing." Grantland
67 Barack Obama White House 03/07/2012 More than half of Obama's big money contributors received plum payouts or positions. The Washington Post
68 Barack Obama White House 03/08/2012 Tried to bribe Israel to promise not to challenge Iran while he was running for re-election. Reuters
69 Barack Obama White House 03/15/2012 While mocking Republicans' lack of historical knowledge, Obama mangled history himself. ABC News
70 Barack Obama White House 03/19/2012 On the campaign trail, Obama often talked about how his cancer-stricken mother had to battle insurance companies to receive payments; in fact that was not true. The Washington Post
71 Barack Obama White House 04/03/2012 Despite having taught constitutional law, Obama badly misstated the Constitution during an unscripted effort at defending ObamaCare (eventually forcing the DoJ to issue a "correction"). The Wall Street Journal
72 Barack Obama White House 04/09/2012 Obama's senior adviser, David Plouffe, violated the Hatch Act by participating in campaign activities. He went unsanctioned. The Washington Free Beacon
73 Barack Obama White House 04/13/2012 After repeatedly bemoaning the injustice of Warren Buffett's secretary paying a higher net tax rate than Warren Buffett, it was revealed Obama also pays a lower rate than his White House secretary. ABC News
74 Barack Obama White House 04/17/2012 Obama signed an executive order giving himself power to regulate anything to do with water (even non-waters) Human Events
75 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2012 As a candidate, Obama ran afgainst the use of signing statements and executive orders; as president he did a 180. The New York Times
76 Barack Obama White House 05/02/2012 A pro-life Chinese dissident sought protection from the U.S.; the Obama State Dept. tricked him into coming to our Beijing embassy, where he was promptly returned to the Chinese (facing possible execution). HotAir
77 Barack Obama White House 05/02/2012 Obama admitted having invented a central character in his supposedly nonfiction autobiography (his girlfriend). Politico
78 Barack Obama White House 05/09/2012 While still supposedly opposed to gay marriage, Obama lectured North Carolina about his "disappointment" in their constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The Hill
79 Barack Obama White House 05/10/2012 As a candidate, Obama ran on an anti-gay marriage platform; once in office, he announced he supports gay marriage. CNN
80 Barack Obama White House 05/15/2012 Obama's White House quietly inserted him into existing WhiteHouse.gov biographies of past presidents. Commentary Magazine
81 Barack Obama White House 05/20/2012 Despite his promise to keep lobbyists away from his administration, visitor logs showed their visits were frequent. The Washington Post
82 Barack Obama White House 05/24/2012 If the government used the same budgeting rules it forces on the private sector, it's annual deficit would actually be $5 trillion (not $1.3 trillion). USA Today
83 Barack Obama White House 07/04/2012 Despite boasting of imposing tough sanctions on Iran, his administration granted waivers to all 20 of Iran's primary trading partners The Wall Street Journal
84 Barack Obama White House 07/12/2012 Obama's "jobs council" was packed with companies known for outsourcing. The Huffington Post
85 Barack Obama White House 07/26/2012 The White House Facebook page somehow misspelled "Americans" The New York Daily News
86 Barack Obama White House 09/12/2012 Under Obama, the number of regulators grew more than 25 percent. The Washington Post
87 Barack Obama White House 09/20/2012 Obama's White House staff was also caught up in the Colombia prostitution scandal. Fox News
88 Barack Obama White House 09/20/2012 Obama Admin. regulations cost businesses $1.8 trillion in lost revenue, more than 20 times the White House's estimate The Washington Examiner
89 Barack Obama White House 09/23/2012 Obama kicked off his Middle East foreign policy by condemning U.S. foreign policy in the region until his presidency; by 2012, opinions of America in the Middle East were worse than when Obama arrived. Reuters
90 Barack Obama White House 09/25/2012 At a United Nations meeting, Obama skipped out on meeting with his counterparts so he could instead focus on his re-election campaign. Associated Press
91 Barack Obama White House 10/04/2012 Obama touted his "balanced approach" to debt reduction, but it was actually 88 percent percent tax hikes. AEI
92 Barack Obama White House 10/10/2012 Obama crafted a tax plan that would have lowered taxes on the millionaires working in the White House. The Washington Free Beacon
93 Barack Obama White House 10/25/2012 When Obama met the father of one of the men who died trying to save America's consulate in Benghazi, the father described Obama as cold, impersonal, and ungrateful. The Weekly Standard
94 Barack Obama White House 11/01/2012 The Obama Administration regularly ignored a law requiring information about the impact of proposed regulations. The Daily Signal
95 Barack Obama White House 11/23/2012 The number of Americans on food stamps outnumbers the population of 24 states combined. Breitbart
96 Barack Obama White House 01/03/2013 Obama's vice president quickly developed a reputation for copping feels whenever meeting the wives of his colleagues, at one point even saying "Spread your legs I'm going to frisk you." HotAir
97 Barack Obama White House 01/19/2013 On a per-household basis, Obama's first term raised the national debt more than 42 presidents in 53 terms combined. CNS News
98 Barack Obama White House 01/26/2013 Despite promising to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, Obama actually did the opposite, doubling it to $1.1 trillion. Congressional Budget Office
99 Barack Obama White House 02/11/2013 Under Obama, food stamp rolls have grown to more than 47 million -- greater than the entire population of Spain. CNS News
100 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2013 An official with the UN Human Rights Council said Americans got what they deserved in the Boston Marathon bombing; the Obama Administration did not respond. Breitbart
101 Barack Obama White House 04/29/2014 Even as Obama's Labor Department effectively banned unpaid internships, the White House refused to pay its own interns anything, much less than $10.10 minimum wage it sought to impose on the private sector. The Huffington Post
102 Barack Obama White House 11/20/2014 After Congress wouldn't agree to pass his sought after immigration reform, Obama signed an executive order effectively legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants -- despite earlier saying he didn't have the power to do so Rep. Kevin McCarthy
103 Barack Obama White House 03/26/2014 Obama's budget for his final year in office called for $4 trillion in spending, $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $700 billion in new deficits, and would never balance. The Heritage Foundation
104 Barack Obama White House 07/02/2014 Thanks largely to ObamaCare, a majority of Americans now receive some form of government benefits. Forbes
105 Barack Obama White House 01/02/2016 Despite regular boasts he's orchestrated the longest jobs expansion in history, an ex White House economist admitted that 94 percent of jobs created under Obama were part time ZeroHedge
106 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Obama has effectively doubled the national debt, from $10.6 trillion upon taking office to $19.5 trillion as of this writing. U.S. Debt Clock
107 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, the national debt per taxpayer increased to $166,769. U.S. Debt Clock
108 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, unfunded liabilities -- spending the government has already promised but can't actually afford -- grew to more than $104 trillion. U.S. Debt Clock
109 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Obama regularly boasts of cutting the deficit two-thirds. In reality, he's grown the deficit from $458 billion in 2008 to $591 billion as of this writing. U.S. Debt Clock
110 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, America's debt-to-GDP ratio soared to 106 percent (by comparison, Spain -- a country governed by a socialist workers party for much of the last 30 years -- is 68 percent). U.S. Debt Clock
111 Barack Obama White House 01/04/2016 Under Obama, the number of Americans not in labor force skyrocketed from 80.5 million to 96 million. St. Louis Federal Reserve
112 Barack Obama White House 01/12/2016 Food stamp usage is up 42 percent under Obama. FactCheck.org
113 Barack Obama White House 03/18/2016 Despite promise to be "the most transparent administration in history," Obama ended up denying 77 percent of Freedom of Information Act requests. The Washington Examiner
114 Barack Obama White House 04/22/2016 Obama admitted he moved the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. (Earlier his press secretary claimed it had been given back to the British embassy, a tale Obama contradicted.) ABC News
115 Barack Obama White House 05/03/2016 A study found regulations under Obama exploded to cost $1.9 trillion in 2015, or $15,000 per American household. The Competitive Enterprise Institute
116 Barack Obama White House 07/28/2016 America's home ownership is now at the lowest rate since 1965. Bloomberg
117 Barack Obama White House 09/26/2016 Despite claiming to have only learned about Hillary Clinton's secret server in the news, the FBI revealed that Obama communicated with her, using a pseudonym. National Review Online
118 Central Intelligence Agency 10/19/2012 The CIA informed Obama within 24 hours of the Benghazi attack it had found terror links, but Obama nonetheless kept blaming an unrelated YouTube video for weeks. USA Today
119 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, once said Gitmo's 20 percent recidivism rate was unbothering. "20 percent isn't bad." National Review Online
120 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, was described as "instrumental in preventing ... an operation in 1998 that would have killed or captured Osama bin Laden." National Review Online
121 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, supported direct talks with the designated terrorist organization, Hezbollah, which is second only to al Qaeda in the number of Americans it's killed. National Review Online
122 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, is the leader of the push to kill, not capture, suspected terrorists (robbing them of intel value). National Review Online
123 Central Intelligence Agency 01/07/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, admitted to worrying about receiving security clearance on account of his past allegiance to the Communist Party. CNN
124 Central Intelligence Agency 01/23/2013 Obama's pick for the CIA, John Brennan, argued for government censorship in his graduate thesis; "too much freedom is possible," he wrote. The Daily Caller
125 Consumer Finance Protection Board 01/20/2010 After Congress failed to confirm Richard Cordrary to the CFPD, Obama unconstitutionaly appointed him to the board anyway. The Daily Signal
126 Consumer Finance Protection Board 01/05/2012 Despite swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution, Obama frequently flouted its limitations, as seen -- take one example -- with his decision to name commissioners to positions that require Senate approval ... without Senate approval. The Washington Post
127 Consumer Finance Protection Board 06/11/2013 The CFPB collects intrusive data on consumers in an NSA-like dragnet fashion. The Daily Signal
128 Consumer Finance Protection Board 06/28/2013 The CFPB's warrantless surveillance of Americans is creating data that will likely be shared with other parts of the federal government. Judicial Watch
129 Consumer Finance Protection Board 03/20/2014 The CFPB, considered both the most powerful yet least acccountable agency in the government, is intent on keeping things that way. When a congressman attempted attending an advisory meeting, he was refused entry. National Review Online
130 Consumer Finance Protection Board 03/24/2014 The CFPB's performance reviews have been called racist, as whites were twice as like to receive a top rating than minorities. The Washington Free Beacon
131 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/02/2014 The CFPB has a socialist on one of its advisory boards. The Washington Free Beacon
132 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/02/2014 A CFPB staffer said racism is pervasive within the agency; a primarily black division is referred to internally as "the plantation" or "cesspool" and that black employees struggle to leave that division. Politico
133 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/02/2014 When the House held a hearing on accusations of racism and bigotry within the CFPB, the bureau refused to send anyone to testify. Politico
134 Consumer Finance Protection Board 04/03/2014 When a CFPB staffer/whistleblower spoke out about "pervasive" culture of intimidation and discrimination, the CFPB Director Richard Cordray personally told her to "back down." The Washington Free Beacon
135 Consumer Finance Protection Board 07/02/2014 CFPB spent more than $215 million renovating its temporary office ($120 million over its initial estimate), making it one of the most expensive construction projects in the world. The Financial Services Committee
136 Consumer Finance Protection Board 10/12/2016 The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the CFPB is unconstitutionally structured and violates due process rights. Obama had argued otherwise. The Washington Post
137 Consumer Product Safety Commission 07/26/2012 Obama's CPSC sued the maker of a perfectly safe toy, leading the company to stop manufacturing it. NewsBusters
138 Environmental Protection Agency 01/20/2010 After a Democrat-led Senate rejects his global warming emissions law, Obama uses the EPA to impose them anyway The Heritage Foundation
139 Environmental Protection Agency 02/04/2011 After Obama's EPA enacted new rules on greenhouse gases, political ally General Electric received an exemption. The Blaze
140 Environmental Protection Agency 01/13/2012 Obama's EPA imposed burdensome regulations instructing how to put canoes in the water in Canton, Conn. Patch
141 Environmental Protection Agency 05/17/2012 Under Obama, the EPA ordained that "environmental justice" must govern their every decision; one effect was that people could sue a polluter, claiming racism. Breitbart
142 Environmental Protection Agency 06/26/2012 The EPA ruled that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant -- as a means to enact global warming regulations -- even though life on earth could not exist without it. The Daily Signal
143 Environmental Protection Agency 07/23/2012 Obama's coal regulations led to PBS Coals to lay off 225 works, about 30 percent of its workforce. The Washington Examiner
144 Environmental Protection Agency 09/12/2012 The EPA funneled money to a newspaper that largely focused on covering the EPA. The Washington Guardian
145 Environmental Protection Agency 09/13/2012 The EPA honored Hispanic Heritage Month with a poster of Che Guevara "and a bit of plagiarism." BuzzFeed
146 Environmental Protection Agency 09/18/2012 Obama's coal regulations led to Alpha Natural Resources to cut 1,200 jobs and close 8 mines. Associated Press
147 Environmental Protection Agency 10/05/2012 The EPA celebrated "Children Health Month" by encouraging schools to create "energy patrols" aimed at making students feel guilty for using electricity. CNS News
148 Environmental Protection Agency 11/20/2012 To avoid federal laws governing electronic record keeping, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used "alias" email accounts. NewsBusters
149 Environmental Protection Agency 12/26/2012 The EPA mandate that cars in 2025 get 54.5 miles per gallon will effectively outlaw cars under $15,000, and will increase the average price of a car by $3,000. The Daily Signal
150 Environmental Protection Agency 01/31/2013 The EPA's mandated ethanol blend E15 has been discovered to destroy engines -- but the rule has not been repealed. The Blaze
151 Environmental Protection Agency 02/05/2013 The EPA mandated gasoline blenders use a fuel ... that doesn't exist. The Christian Science Monitor
152 Environmental Protection Agency 02/20/2013 Emails from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's secret account reveal her contempt for congressional oversight, the Wall Street Journal, and attempts to borrow art work from the Smithsonian for the EPA's office. The Washington Free Beacon
153 Environmental Protection Agency 02/25/2013 The EPA conducted a study in which children were intentionally exposed to diesel exhaust; when asked about it, they deleted all records of it from their website. JunkScience
154 Environmental Protection Agency 05/14/2013 A study found the EPA routinely waives fees for environmental groups seeking informatiom from the agency (more than 90 percent), while the media and watchdog groups received no such favors. The Washington Examiner
155 Environmental Protection Agency 05/31/2013 An EPA mandated vehicle emissions reduction device forward an ambulance to shut down on the way to the hospital; the patient died. The Daily Caller
156 Environmental Protection Agency 06/04/2013 An inspector general's report found that conditions at an EPA warehouse included mold, rot, vermin feces, and "generally deplorable conditions." Reason
157 Environmental Protection Agency 06/05/2013 EPA workers at a Landover warehouse turned the space into a personal rec room/gym. The Washington Post
158 Environmental Protection Agency 06/07/2013 The EPA leaked private information on farmers to radical environmental groups. Townhall
159 Environmental Protection Agency 06/10/2013 The EPA gave an ethics award to a fake employee, "Richard Windsor," which was actually an alias the EPA administrator used to avoid federal record keeping laws. HotAir
160 Environmental Protection Agency 09/04/2013 A former EPA adviser pleaded guilty to $900,000 in pay fraud. The Washington Post
161 Environmental Protection Agency 03/28/2014 A Bloomberg reporter was detained after attempting to ask the EPA administrator a question. The Daily Caller
162 Environmental Protection Agency 04/02/2014 The EPA exposed the elderly and other people with health issues to lethal pollutants as part of a study hoping to show the need for new EPA rules. The Daily Caller
163 Environmental Protection Agency 03/17/2015 The EPA is creating a wireless system to track how long hotel guests spend in the shower as part of an effort to "modify their behavior." The Washington Free Beacon
164 Environmental Protection Agency 04/19/2015 The EPA's WaterSense program urged kids not to take too many baths. Front Page Mag
165 Environmental Protection Agency 08/27/2015 The EPA threatened a Wyoming man with millions of dollars in fines for creating an ecologically beneficial pond for his farm livestock. The Pacific Legal Foundation
166 Environmental Protection Agency 02/23/2016 After committing one of the worst environmental atrocities in Colorado history with the Gold King Mine disaster, the EPA still insisted it should have control over the nearby Animas River. The Daily Caller
167 Environmental Protection Agency 09/29/2016 While conducting water tests in Alaska, EPA agents treat locals like enemy combatants, even pointing a shotgun at a septuagenarian. Alaska Daily News
168 Environmental Protection Agency 01/01/2017 The EPA warned Alaskans to stop burning wood to keep warm. Townhall
169 Federal Bureau of Investigation 04/15/2013 Before he bombed the Boston Marathon, the FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev but let him go. Russia sent the Obama Administration a second warning, but the FBI opted against investigating him again. NBC News
170 Federal Communications Commission 01/10/2012 After Congress rejected his attempt to have the feds regulate the Internet, the FEC announced on Christmas Eve that it would do so anyway (despite a court order specifically stating it lacked the authority) The Daily Signal
171 Federal Communications Commission 10/08/2012 The Obama Administration created a program to give free phones to (primarily) people already receiving government assistance; the lucrative contract went to a wireless company owned by an Obama donor. The Washington Free Beacon
172 Federal Election Commission 08/06/2013 Emails show Obama's Federal Elections Commission was also involved in the targeting of conservative groups (alongside the IRS). The Wall Street Journal
173 Federal Reserve 12/03/2012 As QE ramped up, the Fed began buying 90 percent of America's debt. Bloomberg
174 Federal Reserve 01/04/2017 The amount of money in circulation has quadrupled since Obama took office. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
175 Federal Trade Commission 06/21/2011 The Obama Admin. staged a large scale crackdown on companies selling food to kids using marketing like Tony the Tiger. Human Events
176 Food and Drug Administration 09/26/2011 Obama's FDA classified walnuts as a drug. The Wall Street Journal
177 Food and Drug Administration 05/05/2016 Even though they're credited with saving thousands of lives, the FDA moved to severely restrict e-cigarettes. The New York Times
178 General Services Administration 08/07/2012 Despite regularly mocking the Tea Party, Obama's White House ordered the GSA to "stand down" in the face of Occupy Wall St. protesters in Portland. The Washington Examiner
179 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare BlueCross/BlueShield tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
180 Internal Revenue Service 03/23/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare excise tax on charitable hospitals took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
181 Internal Revenue Service 03/23/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare "Black Liquor" Tax hike took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
182 Internal Revenue Service 03/23/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date ObamaCare codified the "economic substance doctrine," which disallowed unspecified tax deductions. Americans for Tax Reform
183 Internal Revenue Service 07/01/2010 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the tax on Indoor Tanning Services took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
184 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2011 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Medicine Cabinet Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
185 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2011 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Innovator Drug Companies took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
186 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2011 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare HSA Withdrawal Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
187 Internal Revenue Service 03/08/2012 Despite publicly attacking tax breaks for private jet owners, Obama instead lowered them -- as a favor for his friend Warren Buffett (primary owner of NetJets). The Huffington Post
188 Internal Revenue Service 05/01/2012 The IRS seized the bank accounts of a small New York business, claiming it could take the money due to the business having made many small bank deposits. The Daily Signal
189 Internal Revenue Service 09/24/2012 Clamed in a 60 Minutes interview he hadn't raised taxes, even as raised taxes on tobacco The New York Sun
190 Internal Revenue Service 09/24/2012 Claimed in a 60 Minutes interview he hadn't raised taxes, even as he imposed a new tax on tanning salons The New York Sun
191 Internal Revenue Service 09/24/2012 Claimed in a 60 Minutes interview taxes were lowest in 50 years; in fact the opposite was true The New York Sun
192 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Surtax on Investment Income took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
193 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
194 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date eliminated a tax deduction for employer provided retirement Rx coverage in coordination with Medicare Part D. Americans for Tax Reform
195 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare $500K Annual Exec Compensation Limit for Health Insurance Executives took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
196 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the Medical Itemized Deduction was reduced. Americans for Tax Reform
197 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promie not to raises taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Flexible Spending Account Cap (aka the "Special Needs Kids Tax") took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
198 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2013 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
199 Internal Revenue Service 04/01/2013 IRS agents seized almost $1 million from an Iraq war vet in Athens, Ga., which they justified as a result of his having made many deposits under $10,000. Despite no unlawful activity, the IRS refused to give back his money, only surrendering the majority of it after an expensive court fight. The Daily Signal
200 Internal Revenue Service 05/24/2013 Lois Lerner was personally involved in the targeting of conservative groups -- nine months before she claimed to have learned about it. Human Events
201 Internal Revenue Service 05/27/2013 The commissioner of the IRS visited the White House several times per week during the height of the IRS scandal, with 118 visits in all (the previous IRS commissioner visited the White House once during his four year term). Commentary Magazine
202 Internal Revenue Service 05/29/2013 Evidence indicates the IRS also targeted pro-Israel organizations at the request of Palestinians. Commentary Magazine
203 Internal Revenue Service 05/29/2013 An internal report found that IRS agents routinely abuse their government credit cards. Watchdog.org
204 Internal Revenue Service 05/29/2013 Records show the IRS commissioner had more visits to the White House than any other cabinet member. The Daily Caller
205 Internal Revenue Service 05/30/2013 In addition to having tax-exempt applications intentionally delayed, many of these same conservatives were audited by the IRS. McClatchy
206 Internal Revenue Service 06/01/2013 Obama's deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, admitted she attended White House meetings with the IRS chief. Rare
207 Internal Revenue Service 06/04/2013 The IRS leaked a conservative group's donor list to an oppositional progressive organization. Fox News
208 Internal Revenue Service 06/04/2013 The IRS spent $4.1 million on a single conference, which included gifts for all in attendance as well as luxury accommodations. The New York Times
209 Internal Revenue Service 06/07/2013 Contrary to IRS officials trying to blame a rogue office in Cincinnati, a staffer in that office said the IRS in D.C. was very interested in the Tea Party cases. The Hill
210 Internal Revenue Service 06/11/2013 Even after being put on leave, Lois Lerner still had access to IRS computers, which she accessed while "on leave." National Review Online
211 Internal Revenue Service 06/24/2013 Charities with "Israel" flagged for greater scrutiny National Review Online
212 Internal Revenue Service 06/24/2013 Despite the IRS insisting progressive groups seeking non-profit status were also flagged for increased scrutiny, that later proved to be untrue. National Review Online
213 Internal Revenue Service 07/23/2013 IRS chief council William Wilkins, one of the orchestrators of the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups, visited the White House the day before issuing guidelines on tea party groups. The Wall Street Journal
214 Internal Revenue Service 08/01/2013 The IRS secretly seized the entire bank account of a small business owner in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Again the agency explained they could take the money because she had made several deposits under $10,000. The Daily Signal
215 Internal Revenue Service 09/11/2013 Despite having claimed to learn about the scandal in the press, emails show Lois Lerner had initially said Tea Party applications were too sensitive for the supposedly "rogue" Cincinnati office. The Wall Street Journal
216 Internal Revenue Service 09/17/2013 Documents show the IRS, in reviewing applications from conservative groups, described anti-Obama rhetoric as "propaganda." USA Today
217 Internal Revenue Service 09/19/2013 After the IRS granted tax-emempt status to some conservative groups, those groups said they were "spied on" by the IRS. The Washington Times
218 Internal Revenue Service 10/01/2013 Ben Carson said after he attacked Obama during the National Prayer Breakfast, he was audited. The Daily Caller
219 Internal Revenue Service 10/03/2013 A study found tht the IRS's suppression of Tea Party groups swung the 2012 election. The Washington Examiner
220 Internal Revenue Service 10/09/2013 Emails show the IRS disussed confidential taxpayer information with White House officials during the 2012 campaign. The Daily Caller
221 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2014 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Individual Mandate Excise tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
222 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2014 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Tax on Health Insurers took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
223 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2014 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Employer Mandate Tax took effect. Americans for Tax Reform
224 Internal Revenue Service 02/26/2014 The IRS was not going rogue in targeting conservative groups; the White House and Senate Democrats explicitly told them to. The Wall Street Journal
225 Internal Revenue Service 06/17/2014 The IRS was required by law to print out Lois Lerner's emails. It didn't. The Daily Caller
226 Internal Revenue Service 06/25/2014 An inspector general's report found the IRS "prematurely" destroyed computer data storage devices. The Daily Caller
227 Internal Revenue Service 06/25/2014 IRS commissioner John Koskinen claimed Lois Lerner's emails were lost in a 2011 computer crash; a hard drive backing them up was also "recycled." The Daily Caller
228 Internal Revenue Service 06/25/2014 The IRS claimed it lost the emails from six other employees in six other computer crashes. The Daily Caller
229 Internal Revenue Service 07/07/2014 An IRS official tasked with spinning Congress on the IRS scandal lost all of his emails in a "computer crash." The Daily Caller
230 Internal Revenue Service 07/22/2014 The IRS said Lois Lerner's hard drive had been "scratched"; when it was recommended a third party recovery firm might be able to recover the contents, the IRS then "shredded" the drive. The Daily Caller
231 Internal Revenue Service 08/25/2014 After the IRS learned Lois Lerner's computer "crashed," destroying her emails, and a backup storage device was prematurely "recycled," it went ahead and destroyed her Blackberry. The New York Observer
232 Internal Revenue Service 06/19/2015 A White House staffer divulged information about the Koch Brothers' tax returns in 2010, indicating the White House and the IRS were sharing taxpayers' private information. Roll Call
233 Internal Revenue Service 07/06/2015 Emails show the Obama Administration discussed its plan to target conservative groups before the IRS scandal began. The Daily Caller
234 Internal Revenue Service 07/06/2015 Emails show the IRS gave Obama's DoJ 21 disks with 1.25 million pages of taxpayer records. The Daily Caller
235 Internal Revenue Service 02/20/2016 With Americans renouncing their citizenship in record numbers (up more than 500 percent since the Bush Administration), the Obama Administration hiked the tax on doing so 422 percent. Forbes
236 Internal Revenue Service 08/31/2016 The IRS identified 1.1 million cases of identity theft but did not notify the victims. HotAir
237 Internal Revenue Service 11/07/2016 The Obama Administration used information from Americans' tax returns to market ObamaCare (specifically to young adults). The Daily Caller
238 Internal Revenue Service 12/14/2016 An investigation found IRS workers spent more than $1.4 million for the travel of just 27 staffers, which included high-end car services and luxury apartment/hotel stays. Fox News
239 Internal Revenue Service 01/01/2018 Despite promise not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, on this date the ObamaCare Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans takes effect. Americans for Tax Reform
240 Judiciary 04/30/2009 Obama nominated David Hamilton, infamous for his rulings favoring sex offenders, to the 7th Court of Appeals. Front Page Mag
241 Judiciary 11/19/2009 Obama nominated Louis Butler, who Wisconsin voters twice voted off the state Supreme Court after weakening laws against frivilous lawsuits, to a federal district court. The Wall Street Journal
242 Judiciary 03/16/2010 Obama nominated Robert Chatigny, who infamously partially excused a rapist/murderer of his crimes because of the perp's penchant for "sexual sadism," to the 2nd Court of Appeals. The Washington Times
243 Judiciary 11/21/2013 As a senator, Obama warned ending the filibuster would worsen "the fighting, the bitterness, and the gridlock." When Harry Reid ended the filibuster for Obama's nominees, he applauded the move. The Washington Post
244 National Institute for Health 07/18/2011 Obama's NIH spent taxpayer money studying gay men's penis sizes. The Daily Caller
245 National Labor Relations Board 01/20/2010 Unconstitutionally named three officials to the NLRB (side-stepping the Senate) The Daily Signal
246 National Labor Relations Board 12/21/2010 Obama's NLRB imposed new rules requiring nonunion businesses to encourage their workers to ask to unionize. The New York Times
247 National Labor Relations Board 06/21/2011 After Congress rejected the Employee Free Choice Act (aka "card check"), which would have eased unions' ability to unionize non-union companies, his NLRB imposed new rules that sought to achieve the same outcome. The Daily Signal
248 National Labor Relations Board 02/17/2012 Obama's NLRB sued Boeing for trying to open a plant in South Carolina (because it wouldn't be unionized). The Washington Examiner
249 National Transportation Safety Board 12/07/2012 Obama's NTSB is seeking to require cars install "black boxes," which is raising privacy concerns. USA Today
250 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 05/21/2012 Obama's NRC chairman was forced to quit after accusations of serial sexual/sadistic harassment. The Washington Free Beacon
251 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 03/27/2013 Obama's nuclear regulations caused Dominion Resources to close its Kewaunee plant, resulting in 600 job losses. The Milwaukee Business Journal
252 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 02/13/2012 Created "truth teams" to snitch on Americans criticizal of the president. ABC News
253 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 04/16/2012 Obama, in attempting to refer to the Falkland Islands by their Spanish name, instead called the archipelago "The Maldives," a completely different place. The Daily Telegraph
254 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 04/22/2012 Breaking promise, Obama campaign raised money from lobbyists in 2012 The Washington Examiner
255 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 07/06/2012 Claimed he was outspent in 2008 campaign; in reality, he outspent McCain 3-1. YouTube/FactCheck
256 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 07/18/2012 Obama attacked Romney for being in charge of Bain Capital during a particular set of layoffs; in fact his top bundler Jonathan Lavine was running Bain at the time. Gateway Pundit
257 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 07/30/2012 Despite 2008 promise to never run negative ads, Obama was widely criticized for negativity of his 2012 campaign BuzzFeed
258 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 9/12/2012 Obama compared his campaign volunteers to embassy staff killed in Libya The Washington Examiner
259 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/1/2012 Obama only met with students during an event if they pledged to support him. AEI
260 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/8/2012 Despite regularly claiming foreign funds improperly influenced U.S. elections, Obama's campaign actively enabled such (illegal) contributions. The Daily Caller
261 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/17/2012 After claiming in the second presidential debate to have labeled the Benghazi attack "terrorism" the following day, he admitted immediately after the debate he avoided describing it that way. The Washington Post
262 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/25/2012 Flew Air Force One to Chicago -- just to vote for himself (rather than using a mail-in ballot). USA Today
263 Obama for President (2012 campaign) 10/29/2012 Flew Air Force One to a campaign office in Orlando ... to deliver pizza. The Washington Times
264 Office of Personnel Management 04/08/2011 The Obama White House covered up a program that pays union workers taxpayer money to lobby the government for more unions. The Washington Times
265 Office of Personnel Management 07/09/2015 The OPM announced 21.5 million Americans (mostly government workers) had their personal information compromised after China hacked its computers. Reuters
266 Organizing for America 02/26/2013 Obama political group created thousands of fake Twitter accounts to agitate for gun control The Daily Signal
267 Organizing for America 04/12/2013 Despite promising not to engage in lobbying, Obama's political group registered as lobbyists The Washington Free Beacon
268 Recovery.gov 5/20/2011 A study found that the stimulus bill actually 'forestalled or destroyed' one million private sector jobs. NewsBusters
269 Recovery.gov 6/17/2011 Cree Inc., an LED lightbulb maker that received $5.2 million in stimulus funds, created ... 3.02 jobs. Townhall
270 Recovery.gov 7/12/2011 A $130K stimulus grant went toward buying 8,000 "social justice" manuals for Omaha janitors, effectively teaching them to resent white people. The Blaze
271 Recovery.gov 7/23/2011 While selling the stimulus, Obama regularly assured shovel ready projects were awaiting to be funded; he later admitted to the New York Times "there's no such thing as shovel ready projects" Human Events
272 Recovery.gov 8/11/2011 Stimulus dollars somehow ended up paying teenagers to wrestle alligators. Breitbart
273 Recovery.gov 8/14/2011 A stimulus grant directed billions to California so it could build a train to connect two cities no one has ever heard of. HotAir
274 Recovery.gov 8/17/2011 A $20 million stimulus project for Seattle was supposed to create 2,000 jobs. Actual result? 14. Human Events
275 Recovery.gov 5/17/2012 A $1.2 million stimulus grant went to studying erectile dysfunction of overweight middle aged men and sexual history. NBC San Francisco
276 Recovery.gov 3/7/2012 An $11 million stimulus grant meant to outfit 400 Detroit job seekers with fresh clothes somehow only ended up helping two people. Fox News
277 Recovery.gov 6/20/2012 $9 billion in stimulus funds for clean energy projects ended up creating just 910 jobs ($9.8 million per job) CNS News
278 Recovery.gov 6/27/2012 $1.4 billion in stimulus funds went to tax cheats The Washington Times
279 Recovery.gov 9/21/2012 Despite regularly promising the stimulus spending would be completely transparent, its website, recovery.gov, was completely opaque. (Today it doesn't even exist.) The Washington Free Beacon
280 Recovery.gov 10/10/2012 Obama's VP, the "sheriff" of the stimulus, was used by companies to procure stimulus cash. The Washington Times
281 Recovery.gov 10/12/2012 Obama regularly promised the stimulus would create 5 million jobs; at most it created 1/10th of that. Bloomberg
282 Recovery.gov 10/23/2012 Obama's vice president's brother received plum government contracts through the program run by the vice president himself. The New York Post
283 Recovery.gov 11/4/2012 At one point there were more than 1,000 investigations into stimulus project wrongdoing. The Washington Guardian
284 Securities and Exchange Commission 9/25/2012 Obama's "Wall Street Reform" resulted in the end of free checking accounts. The Week
285 Securities and Exchange Commission 10/11/2012 A number of Dodd-Frank's boards and commissions are unconstitutional The Washington Free Beacon
286 Securities and Exchange Commission 10/19/2012 Obama financial regulations are spurring foreign banks from doing business with Americans. The Wall Street Journal
287 Social Security Administration 05/07/2013 The number of Americans on disability has skyrocketed 975 per day under Obama, reaching more than 10.6 million -- exceeding the entire population of Greece. CNS News
288 Transportation Security Agency 12/28/2011 Despite studies revealing their lack of utility as well as their cancer risk, the TSA has pressed forth with deploying thousands of full body scanners in America's airports. ProPublica
289 Transportation Security Agency 01/21/2012 Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, per a terror watch list, was not supposed to be allowed to leave the country. However he did without even being pulled aside for questioning. NBC News
290 Transportation Security Agency 07/17/2012 Terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, per a terror watch list, was not supposed to be allowed to leave the country. However he did without even being pulled aside for questioning. NBC News
291 Transportation Security Agency 09/28/2012 The TSA, which rejected congressional requests to screen its agents' criminal records, has seen hundreds of agents be caught for stealing from passengers. ABC News
292 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 04/09/2012 Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack violated the Hatch Act which forbids federal employees from campaign activities; he went unsanctioned. The Washington Free Beacon
293 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 11/20/2012 The USA used $22,000 in taxpayer funds to commission a painting of the department secretary, Tom Vilsack. Reason
294 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 02/01/2013 Obama's USDA banned schools from selling soda, candy, and other unhealthy snacks. It was even claimed doing so will raise students' GPAs. The Hill
295 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 09/30/2013 Thanks to "use it or lose it" spending rules, the Dept. of Agriculture bought $127,000 worth of printer cartridges -- in a single day. The Washington Post
296 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 03/09/2014 The USDA opted to update its dietary recommendations based on -- global warming. The Washington Examiner
297 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 03/31/2014 Obama's USDA instructed grandparents to read bedtime stories encouraging healthy eating to their grandkids. The Washington Free Beacon
298 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 12/07/2015 USDA regulations have proven so burdensome they've put out business restaurants like Pittsburgh's Crested Duck. The Pittsburgh Tribune
299 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 03/28/2016 Obama's USDA created fines for schools not following Michelle Obama's lunch rules. The Washington Free Beacon
300 U.S. Dept. of Commerce 07/17/2009 Obama's secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, said Americans "need to pay" for Chinese emissions The Wall Street Journal