Barack Obama
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Barack Obama Just Got His Very Own Holiday in the State of Ill.
The state of Illinois has decided to recognize the GOAT, former President Barack Obama, with his own state holiday. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed “Barack Obama Day” into law on Friday. The newest state holiday will be celebrated across Illinois on Aug. 4 (Obama’s birthday) every year, starting in 2018, NBC Chicago reports. The holiday…
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Trump Takes a Hypocritical 17-Day Vacation and We’re All Like, ‘Byeee!’
Your president, Donald Trump, left the White House on Friday to embark on a 17-day “working” vacation at his golf club in New Jersey. While all presidents deserve (and certainly take) a little time away, Trump will have enjoyed 53 “leisure” days through August 2017, according to the Washington Post, compared with President Barack Obama’s…
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Watch: Former White House Photographer Pete Souza Is Donald Trump’s Perfect Troll
Nothing celebrates #ObamaDay as well as trolling President Donald Trump, right? And there’s no one who does it better than former White House photographer Pete Souza. If you followed Souza on Instagram during the Obama administration, you got to see some pretty epic snapshots of our favorite president. From that time Obama let the little…
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Trump Goads Boy Scouts to Boo Obama at National Jamboree
In his never-ending obsession with former President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump on Monday acted with no Scout’s honor. During a rambling keynote address to the Boy Scouts of America’s National Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va., our esteemed leader goaded the group to boo his predecessor, modeling the epitome of class for the more than…
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Barack Obama Boulevard: Los Angeles City Council Votes Unanimously to Rename Street After Former President
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to rename a street that runs through southwest Los Angeles after former President Barack Obama. As luck would have it, the street runs parallel to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, another hood classic. Rodeo Road is a 3.5-mile stretch of road that runs from the eastern…
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The Joy They (And By They, I Mean White People) Can’t Steal
On November 4, 2008, we witnessed a collective moment of hope and inspiration in the Black community with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. As a moment of pride and patriotism, I don’t think there has ever been a time in the African American experience where we’ve felt as though…
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Betsy DeVos Doesn’t Care About Systemic Discrimination (Old Kanye Voice)
Betsy DeVos, the white woman who was given everything in life, including her appointment as education secretary, thanks in part to large donations of her husband’s money, is curtailing investigations into civil rights violations because the Trump administration doesn’t care about nonwhite-people issues (Kanye before Kim voice). As yet another part of the president’s plan…
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This Cuba Deal Reversal Is Bad, But I'm More Creeped Out By How Obsessed Donald Trump Is With President Obama
We have a few years worth of proof that Barack Obama is leasing prime real estate in Donald Trump’s Cheeto-adjacent brain. Beginning, of course, with the birther fiasco — the transparently racist pseudo controversy that made Trump a viable political figure and reminded us that Capital Letter Whiteness, if believing your Black ass to be…
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Obama Congratulates Jay Z for Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction in Loving Video
President Barack Obama (not “former”—he’s still my president, damn it) gave a lovingly beautiful speech in a video congratulating Jay Z for his selection as a Hall of Fame writer. As the first hip-hop artist inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame, Hov must have felt honored to be in a class that includes…
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This Probably Isn’t Obama’s White House Portrait, but I Wish It Were
There’s a good chance that the image below isn’t former President Barack Obama’s official White House portrait, but I wish it were, because nothing says “First black president from Chicago” like a tan, Easter-NBA suit. In fact, the only thing missing is a long, tan fedora. On Monday, social media began sharing what appears to…
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