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Rahm Emanuel Doesn't Suffer from "Let's Hug It Out" Syndrome
Here’s an excerpt from a lengthy Washington Post article explaining why Rahm Emanuel is the cat’s pajamas and why Obama needs to listen to him more Rahm Emanuel is officially a Washington caricature. He’s the town’s resident leviathan, a bullying, bruising White House chief of staff who is a prime target for the failings of…
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Desiree Rogers Sets the Record Straight
Desiree Rogers is speaking up about the State Dinner for the first time and wants to set the record straight. “It’s wrong, ” Rogers said. “Everyone is saying the same thing, and it’s wrong.” Rogers was not in a position to publicly defend herself in the midst of the media firestorm that followed, and the…
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Kwame Kilpatrick Still Living Rather Comfortably
Kwame Kilpatrick can’t seem to avoid the court room. Thankfully he gets their in a nice car coming from a really nice house Stripped of his job as Detroit’s mayor, locked in jail for 99 days and saddled with a felony record, he is legally prohibited from seeking the only occupation he ever wanted —…
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Harold Ford Jr Won't Run For Senate in NY
Who saw this one coming? Former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford, Jr. announced in a New York Times op-ed that he won’t has run for U.S. Senate in New York against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: I’ve examined this race in every possible way, and I keep returning to the same fundamental conclusion: If I run, the likely…
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FBI To Close Most of Its Civil Rights Cold Cases
Three years ago the FBI promised to investigate more than 100 unsolved civil rights killings. Now the agency is ready to close all but a handful of them, according to the Washington Post. “There’s maybe five to seven cases where we don’t know who did it,” said FBI Special Agent Cynthia Deitle, who is heading…
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A Video Postscript to Black History Month
Newsweek staff writer Raina Kelley created a sweet videotaped postscript of sorts to Black History Month, addressed to her biracial toddler son, Gabe. It’s a follow-up to her November 2009 Newsweek article “A Letter to My Son on Election Night,” and tempers the exuberance of that article with the sober reality that “Barack Obama and…
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Farrakhan: White Right Wants Obama To Be One-Term President
The “white right” is conspiring to make Barack Obama a one-term president and trap him into a war with Iran, Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan told about 20,000 followers on Sunday at a Saviours’ Day event in Chicago. During a speech that lasted nearly four hours, Farrakhan urged the president to do more to…
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GQ's Black Style Pioneers
GQ offers a stylish slide show of black pioneers who knew how to dress to their own beat.As we reported over on The GQ Eye, the sharp-dressed young gentlemen behind the blog Street Etiquette —Joshua Kissi and Travis Gumbs—recently launched a D.I.Y. photo project to commemorate Black History Month and the style legacy of men…
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Tsunami Alert Hits Obama's Home State
UPDATE at 3:00 pm E.T.: President Barack Obama said this afternoon, “I urge citizens to listen closely to the instructions of local officials, who will have the full support of the federal government as they prepare for a potential tsunami, and recover from any damage that may be caused.” He also expressed condolences for the…
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8.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Chile
A 8.8-magnitude quake struck Chile early Saturday. President Michele Bachelet has declared a “state of catastrophe” for central Chile Chile’s TVN cable news channel was reporting 82 deaths, with the toll expected to rise and Mrs. Bachelet had declared a “state of catastrophe” in central Chile. The quake downed buildings and houses in Santiago and…
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