Barack Obama
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Obama Unveils Design for Presidential Library
While considering the location and design for the site of his future presidential library, Barack Obama said that he held a formal bidding process, but “the fact of the matter was, it had to be right here on the South Side of Chicago.” Today the former president unveiled his plan for an innovative complex that…
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The Complete Breakdown of Obama’s vs. Trump’s 1st 100 Days
One hundred days ago, a Harvard-educated, self-made constitutional scholar handed over the White House keys to a stubby-fingered, cheddar-colored colostomy bag in a cheap toupee. To celebrate the fact that Donald Trump has yet to reduce the country to a pile of rubble smoldering under the dark cloud of nuclear winter while roving gangs of…
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Bigger Than Trump: One-on-One Exclusive With Rep. Maxine Waters [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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We Miss You: Obama Holds 1st Speech Post-Presidency
Former President Barack Obama is totally the girl who broke up with us and knows our new girlfriend is an airhead who’s verbally abusive and thinks we could do better. And we, progressive America, are the boyfriend who wants her back. It’s been three months since our breakup with Obama, and we’ve had to endure…
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Facebook Chastened After Broadcasting a Killing
Cleveland Reports on Another Horror Obama Indicated He Understood the Hatin’ ‘Not an Emmy Big Enough’ for Oprah in Docudrama Stories of How Racial, Environmental Justice Cross 2013 Destruction in Calif. Presaged Standing Rock Reality Check: Police Still Kill People of Color ‘Weeks and Months Without a . . . Latino Expert’ Undefeated Wins Praise…
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Remember That Time President Obama Shot a Rainbow Out of His Arm?
I’ve made a bad habit out of viewing my “On This Day” list curated by Facebook. You know, the list that reminds you of all the stuff you probably shouldn’t have posted on Facebook. A couple of weeks ago, as I was having brunch with someone I didn’t want to have brunch with but only…
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Sean Spicer, Joe Walsh and Bill O’Reilly: Your Hatred for Black Women Is Showing
There is something about black women in positions of power and influence that brings out the devil in white men. The residue of evil clings to them like a moldy cloak. One could rightfully argue that this is true for all women. But it is black women in particular—being unyielding, assertive and ungovernable in the…
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Barack Obama Pays Tribute to Chuck Berry
Over the weekend, the music world mourned Chuck Berry, the father of rock ’n’ roll, after the music legend died at the age of 90. On Sunday, former President Barack Obama (still better than our current) took to Twitter to express his condolences. Obama noted that Berry “rolled over everyone who came before him—and turned…
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When All Else Fails, Blame the Black Guy—Trump Calls for a Congressional Inquiry Into Obama ‘Wiretap’
Updated Sunday, March 5, 2017, 11 a.m. EST: It seems as if President Loco is going to his tired and false bag of toddler tricks again. As with the campaign, when he faced a crisis (his taxes, pussy-gate, etc.), Donald Trump threw a ridiculous allegation at someone else—Hillary Clinton then, Barack Obama now. When all…
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Can Someone Tell Apricot Idi Amin That Obama Was on Vacation, Not Worrying About Him?
Can someone explain to y’all’s punk-ass president that former President Barack Obama has been far more focused on tanning and swag surfing than riling up protesters who don’t need help hating his hateful, raggedy self? I would volunteer, but I imagine Omarosa would swoop in on the call and curse me out in the name…
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