Barack Obama
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Queen to Queen: Our Forever First Lady Turns 55—With a Tribute From Beyoncé
Michelle Obama is many things: mother, wife, daughter, sister, former forever first lady, record-breaking bestselling author, #bodygoals and fictional mentor/best friend/auntie/big sister in the heads of more folks than she can probably imagine. And today, our inspirational icon turns 55, with plenty of reasons to celebrate and reasons for us to celebrate her. But ahead…
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Yes, Cardi B Went from Shaking That Ass to Speaking on Politics in the Same Day
Cardi B makes multifaceted moves. The lovable rapper took to Instagram to discuss politics on Wednesday, January 16 after her feature in the City Girls’ music video for their single, “Twerk” dropped. Speaking of—that video? The answer is “yes.” That same day, Cardi also decided to post a rant about something all of us want…
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Move Over, MLK: Roads, Landmarks, Even Animals Being Named After Barack Obama
Since he left office, Barack Obama hasn’t shied away from continuing to show all the personality that made him so popular. Now he’s being immortalized via road names and landmarks across the country. From USA Today: The nation’s first African-American president need not go far around the country these days to find something that carries…
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News Networks Airing Trump’s Immigration Speech Tonight Did Not Have That Same Energy for Obama in 2014
Tuesday night, as multiple news networks are set to air Donald Trump’s address on immigration—a speech that promises to deliver a smorgasbord of lies, live and in primetime—it’s worthwhile to remember that broadcasters could just as easily choose not to air the president. In fact, it’s a decision they have made before. As multiple outlets…
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Barack Obama Released His Favorite Songs, Movies and Books of 2018. Yes, It's Black as Hell
Barack Obama has spoken on his faves for 2018. Number 44 posted his favorite songs, movies and books of the year via all of his social media accounts on Friday morning. Let’s break it down by category. I request we take a moment to appreciate that Barack Obama appreciates “Apeshit” by the Carters. We already…
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Word to the Unwise: Black Voters Will Reject Any 2020 Democratic Candidate Who Trashes Obama to Appease the Far Left
Some people don’t learn, even after losing the hard way in 2016. Despite not being able to convince black voters that Sen. Bernie Sanders was the ideal, perfect, pure-as-driven-snow candidate during the 2016 Democratic primaries, despite arguing that black people were essentially voting against their own interests because we weren’t choosing the senator from Vermont…
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After Conquering Politics, Barack Obama Inches One Step Closer to Lucrative Rap Career with Hamilton Feature
While I impatiently wait for “Hamilton” tickets to someday cost less than my rent, Christmas came early for those of us dying for a hot 16 from our forever president Barack Obama. Okay, not quite a hot 16, but dammit he’s featured on the latest release from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s HamilDrop series—so a posse cut with…
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Y’all’s Triflin’-Ass President Can’t Even Sit Up Straight During a Funeral
Look at this shiftless and triflin’ fuck. Sitting in the front row of a funeral, with the world’s attention on him—hundreds of millions of eyes, perhaps—and he looks like a 6th grader whose parents dragged him to Les Miserables on ice. He’s the leader of the free world (shit), and he couldn’t even bother to…
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Black America's Forever President Barack Obama Volunteers at Chicago Food Bank
While the punk-ass president continues to desecrate the highest office in the land, black America’s forever president and current president of Wakanda, Barack Obama, continues to make us miss him after he made a surprise visit to volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. According to ABC 7 Chicago, arguably the best president to step…
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Dear White People: Please Get the Fuck Out of Michelle Obama’s Pockets
There is, I believe, a conversation that could be had about an unease we (black people) might have with the Obamas’ post-White House relationship with money. And not just with money as a tangible object, but in surrounding themselves with it and being ensconced in markers and signifiers of it. The word “Obama” has crossed…
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