TODAY'S FORGOTTEN NEWS

BOSTON — Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the slain Boston Marathon suspect, was named as a co-conspirator in an earlier triple homicide by Ibragim Todashev, who was shot to death while being interrogated by authorities at his home after becoming agitated. This is according to a filing by  federal prosecutors in the case against the surviving brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Todashev told investigators that the elder Tsarnaev participated in the triple killings on September 11, 2011 in Waltham, MA. The three bodies were found in an apartment with their necks slit and covered in marijuana. One of the victims was a fighter and also a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. 

WASHINGTON - Jofi Joseph,  the director of nuclear non-proliferation on the White House National Security Council and who most recently was helping to negotiate nuclear policies with Iran, was fired last week after being caught "tweeting" insults of public figures at the White House and on Capitol Hill. 

He "tweeted" under the handle @NatSecWonk and sent hundreds of anonymous and caustic "tweets" over more than two years.

WASHINGTON - No less than three Republican congressional committees from the House have started the investigative process into the flawed launch of the Affordable Care Act website, Healthcare.gov. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will be the first to delve into the reasons for such a rocky start after months of planning and preparation. 

Targets of the inquest include the Administration and four contractors including website developer, CGI Federal.

The trouble site has been overwhelmed in the past three weeks by nearly 20 million people who have made attempts to investigate their options for insurance and have overloaded the system. The administration says it has brought in top technology experts in to fix the problems but have no insight as to when the glitches might be fixed.

Committee Chairman Fred Upton said the session would include questions to the contractors as well as U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

The Democratic controlled Senate has not indicated they will form any committee(s) or schedule hearings regarding the debacle, only expressing their disdain at the Republicans for their continued drive to sabotage the Affordable Care Act law, which so far has included shutting down the government.

ROME - While President Obama is attempting to reconcile his conflicts regarding Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry is facing new tensions with America's most important Middle East allies, primarily Israel. At questioned is policies and constraints on Iran's nuclear program.

Kerry is on the final leg of a three-day visit to European capitals focused on Middle East diplomacy and has said the Obama administration would welcome a change of tone by Iran but "words are no substitute for action. The trip has been most notably mark with criticism by Saudi Arabia and Israel and Kerry is making an effort to assuage them both. 

A Pissed America

I know my article might not get too many views, but I really need to get this off my chest.

America is pissed and will likely do nothing about it. That's not to say some will want to make changes, but for the most part, the people are an empathetic and forgiving lot.

If the people are truly pissed that Congress has held the public hostage, then they would remember come election time and vote out those that refused to pass a "clean Bill" to end the shutdown and a "clean Bill" to raise the debt ceiling. It seems today that every bill has attachments clinging to them that help only those constituents of the proposing members of Congress.

Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, education, especially Head Start, defunding the Affordable Care Act that has already been made law, non-creation of jobs, cuts to the military and so on and so on. All of these and more to be held hostage and over the President's head is what a small but lethal group of politicians are doing. They say they have our best interest at heart, but yet Americans are pissed.

According to a "Public Policy Poll" and paid for by MoveOn.org, Republicans could be in trouble.

Polling in the districts, conducted by the liberal-leaning Public Policy Polling and paid for by MoveOn.org, follows similar polling that found voters hostile to lawmakers supporting the shutdown.

Democrats need a net increase of 17 seats to retake control of the lower chamber, and the prior polling found 17 Republicans trailing generic Democratic opponents before voters were told they had supported the shutdown. After they were told -- which a Democratic challenger would waste no time doing while campaigning -- another four Republicans fell behind.

In the latest survey, based on a dozen Republicans, five trail Democrats and another is tied. Once voters were told the Republican supported the shutdown, another three fell behind the Democrat.

Of the 36 Republican-controlled districts where voters were surveyed by PPP, 29 of them could flip -- more than enough to give control of the chamber to Democrats.

But will America really remember in 2014 or are the Republicans counting on America to be malaise about the recent past of 2013. After all, aren't we a forgiving nation? Did we learn our lesson in 2007? I think not! We should stand up and elect the person with the least "deep" pockets, and elect business people that will run our country like a business and not by a bunch of spoiled, entitled brats.