Hey Ivan, you can't beat Pravda, eh?

Please, this is nonsense. It was not beyond his power. He was in power, leader of the D party, and determined the direction of the ACA.
Apparently, you weren't paying attention when the bill was originally passed. Obama had to make a slew of compromises in order to get any republican support, without which the bill would not have passed. The republicans got the bill they wanted,

My plan is going up 30% this year (family of three) with a 6000 deductible each.
Your insurance premiums are set by your insurance company, not the government. Take a look at how much their top executives are paid to see where your money is going.

He was left over with a mess

Ivan, this is poor English grammar. Will you be beaten and sent to a gulag for this mistake?

AT&T blocked access to Apple's FaceTime for customers on their unlimited cellular data plan in 2012. Are you being willfully ignorant, or are you the regular kind of stupid? https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

Presumably, it's a male robot and enjoys many rights not afforded to Saudi women.

"Eat up Martha."

But if they say you can't leave for 4 hours unless you show them your Facebook, and you yield. That's giving them permission to search your Facebook. So the "cloud" distinction mentioned doesn't apply.

Why would you need to buy new routers in order to complete a form for the FCC?

The PA legislature has a Republican majority in both houses. So... Nice try?

Perhaps you're unaware of this, but the upper house of the UK Parliament is unelected. The lords cannot be "voted out". This is in contrast to the EU which is considerably more democratic.

I find myself in a bad situation where deadly force is required,

What kind of fucked up life do you have where that's ever a concern?

So a bunch of nominally-American corporations that pay next-to-no US taxes get to influence US policy, while those of us that pay our full taxes are ignored?

Or Google has been resisting the NSA a little too much.

A Beowulf shrubbery of these!