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Leaders and Elected Officials Pay Tribute To John Lewis, Two Republican Senators Mistake Him for Elijah Cummings
Tributes have been coming in from various public figures about the eminently admirable civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, who died on Friday at 80 years old, and they have ranged from the poignant to the transparently performative. Former President Barack Obama, who awarded Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, shared a heartfelt…
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Barack Obama to Address the LGBTQ Community for Pride Live's Stonewall Day
Barack Obama will be delivering a special message to the LGBTQ community at Pride Live’s special Stonewall Day virtual event, which will take place on Friday starting at 12:45 p.m. ET on Logo TV’s Facebook and YouTube pages. The event will be held in partnership with Warner Media, Nasdaq, Logo TV and Pride Media, Inc.…
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‘This Conduct is Abhorrent’: Brooklyn Court Officer Suspended After Posting Image of Obama Being Lynched
At some point, people—and public servants in particular—are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they can’t just post any old thing they want to social media without putting their jobs in jeopardy. This goes especially for white professionals who can’t seem to restrain themselves from putting their racism on full…
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The Obamas, Beyoncé and More Deliver Heartfelt Speeches For YouTube's Virtual Commencement Ceremony
YouTube’s live-streamed commencement ceremony to celebrate the members of the graduating class of 2020 nationwide was held on Sunday. “Dear Class of 2020” was initially going to stream on Saturday, however, it was pushed back a day out of respect for George Floyd’s memorial service. The four-hour event, which was filmed over the course of…
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'Your Lives Matter': Barack Obama Strikes Optimistic Tone With Young Black Activists, Urges Political Engagement
On Wednesday evening, Barack Obama sought to give the sort of public address that Donald Trump has thus far failed to give: validating the concerns of protesters and offering them encouragement—while offering, controversially, an olive branch to law enforcement. The remarks were part of the My Brother’s Keeper Virtual Town Hall titled “Reimagining Policing in…
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From Shameik Moore to John Boyega: The Root Grades 2 Presidents and a VP’s Words on George Floyd’s Death
On Friday, as America was still reeling from the death of George Floyd, 49, at the hands Minneapolis police officers and the subsequent protests that have once again called for America to deal with its original sin, former President Barack Obama and his then-second-in-command former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump issued statements…
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White House Butler Who Served 11 Presidents, Including Obama, Dies From Coronavirus
For five decades, former White House butler Wilson Roosevelt Jerman helped make sure everything at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was as it should be. He began his career there as a cleaner when Dwight Eisenhower took office in 1952, eventually rising through the ranks of White staffers and serving each U.S. president up through Barack Obama.…
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Picture Me Trolling: Trump Ends American Tradition, Refuses to Host Obama White House Portrait Unveiling
It’s an American tradition that has historically superseded political discord, world crises and even death. For more than a half-century, each president has hosted a White House ceremony unveiling the official portrait of his White House predecessor. Until it was the black guy’s turn. NBC reports that the dumpster pyromaniacs presently occupying the White House…
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Barack Obama Comments on Ahmaud Arbery Killing in Speech to 2020 HBCU Graduates
Barack Obama called on young black people to be “warriors for justice” and commented on the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery during a special speech he gave to 2020 HBCU graduates over the weekend. The former president was the guest speaker in a virtual commencement ceremony for students of historically black colleges and universities that…
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Mitch McConnell: My Bad, Obama Did Leave a Pandemic Playbook But I Couldn’t See It From Inside Trump’s Ass
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made no apologies about creating a safe space inside President Trump’s ass. As such, he’s found himself spouting claims he heard Trump say without fact-checking because, like most Trump supporters, he doesn’t give a shit. So when Trump claimed that he wasn’t given the keys to the White…
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