Gee, what a surprise… Happy Presidents Day, folks! From The Hill: A poll from YouGov and The Economist has found that former President Obama was named the best U.S. president while former…
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Obama, Bush & Clinton Come Together For Message Of Unity
Three past presidents – Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush – came together to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden and delivered a message of unity. Via CNN: “We have…
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Obama On Today’s Violence: GOP Can Stoke Fires Or Choose America
President Barack Obama issued this statement today denouncing the hideous violence that occurred today in our nation’s capitol. History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president…
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News Round-Up: November 18, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • Mediaite: Former President Barack Obama’s newly-released memoir, A Promised Land, sold more than 887,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24…
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President Obama On CBS Sunday Morning
Who wants to hear a president who speaks in complete sentences and sounds sane? Via CBS News: In his first television interview since the election of Joe Biden as the 46th President,…
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Even Before COVID-19 Trump Did No Better On Economy Than Obama
Trump and his followers often tout the stock market and unemployment under Trump as “the best economy in the history of the world.” But crunching the numbers from the final three years…
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News Round-Up: October 13, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • Reuters: The 2023 European Games, a regional Olympic event, will be held in Krakow, Poland. The announcement was met with disapproval since Krakow has embraced…
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#ThrowBackThursday: The Real Numbers From Obama/Biden Administration
I saw some folks trashing the results of the Obama administration years, so just a reminder here. For instance, unemployment dropped from nearly 10 percent o 4.7 percent. The current unemployment rate…
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Barack Obama On Harris For Running Mate: ‘Joe Biden Nailed This Decision’
From former President Barack Obama: Choosing a vice president is the first important decision a president makes. When you’re in the Oval Office, weighing the toughest issues, and the choice you make…
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News Round-Up: July 30, 2020
Some news items you might have missed: • InstaHunks: Woofy Phillip Evelyn II (above) is giving you full-on Ninja-ness in this post. #Dang Follow him on the Gram of Insta here. •…
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Trump Said President Was Responsible For Crime In 2016 But Not Today
During a White House press briefing today, Donald Trump was flummoxed when CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked the Donald why he blamed President Obama in 2016 for violent crime in Chicago, but…
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President Obama Addresses Pride Live’s Stonewall Day Event
President Barack Obama addressed viewers of today’s virtual Stonewall Day event presented by LogoTV. After noting the progress made over the past 51 years since the night of the Stonewall uprising, Obama…
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How Different Were Their Reactions To SCOTUS Landmark Ruling?
When asked about the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that found LGBTQ people are protected by federal employment discrimination laws, Donald Trump told reporters, “I’ve read the decision, and some people were…
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Meme Of The Day: #ObamaGate
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Irony Of The Day: Trump Calls Obama ‘Grossly Incompetent’
After Barack Obama offered some veiled criticism of the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic during two virtual commencement addresses he gave on Saturday, Donald Trump responded today calling the former president “grossly…
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Obama: Pandemic Has Torn Back Curtain On Idea Folks In Charge Know What They’re Doing
During a virtual commencement address to the graduates of 74 historically black colleges and universities across the United States on Saturday, former President Barack Obama took a veiled swipe at the nation’s…