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  • President Bankruptcy Batista Thinks Obama Likes Him; Someone Remove This Lie From His Mind, Stat

    Like anything else that involves communication, your president’s recent interview with fellow belligerent white man Bill O’Reilly was a clusterfuck. Most of the fallout from it, though, focused on Bankruptcy Batista taking issue with O’Reilly’s categorization of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “killer.” “There are a lot of killers,” 45 shot back. “We’ve got…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Are You Ready for a Barack and Michelle Obama Speaking-Engagement World Tour? 

    Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are gearing up for public appearances and book deals by signing up with the Harry Walker Agency, which will coordinate the speaking engagements while two attorneys will represent them for contract negotiations regarding potential book deals, a spokesman said Friday. Politico reports that spokesman Kevin Lewis…

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    Monique Judge

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  • If I Were Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, I’d Put America Under ‘Do Not Answer’

    When I saw the image of former President Barack Obama in flip-flops, shorts and a backward cap, along with his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, in the shortest of shorts, walking across the beach, I was relieved for them. They served this country well for eight years—even when millions of its citizens blatantly disrespected…

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    Michael Arceneaux

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  • Obama to Trump (DJ Khaled Voice): You Played Yourself

    Former President Barack Obama (OMG! We miss you so much, you don’t even know!) wants to make it clear that President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” is not based on policy from his presidency. According to the Washington Post, Trump claimed that his new immigration executive order is a lot like a 2011 ban on Iraqi…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Amy Blagojevich Pens White Tears, Calls Obama ‘Spineless’ for Not Letting Corrupt Papa Out of Prison

    Amy Blagojevich, the oldest daughter of former Illinois governor and current federal inmate Rod Blagojevich, used Facebook to blast former President Barack Obama for not releasing her father from prison, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The 20-year-old reportedly had her mom post her missive on her Facebook page. Amy Blagojevich, a Northwestern University student, wrote that…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Obama’s Letter to Trump

    It is a tradition for the outgoing president to leave a letter to the incoming commander in chief. George W. Bush left a touching note for Barack Obama after Obama’s election, as did Bill Clinton for Bush after Bush became the 43rd president of the United States. Because the Thousand Island-dressing-colored grand dragon has routinely…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey

    As educators who are passionate about supporting the learning and development of all students, we acknowledge the importance of helping students reach objective metrics and indexes of accomplishment. Too often, however, when African-American students are involved, mainstream courses and curricula do not reflect the unique contributions that African descendants continue to make to world affairs.…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • An Elegy for Obama

    I am in mourning. As the presidency of Barack Obama draws to a close, I keep thinking about a piece I wrote for The Root eight years ago when he was sworn in for the first time. Back then, I couldn’t stop singing anthems of joy and patriotism, grounded in what now seems like a…

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    Genetta M. Adams

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  • Obama Commutes Sentence of Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera

    After over 35 years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy and sedition, political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, 73, will be released on May 17, 2017, thanks to an 11th hour commutation by President Barack Obama, El Nuevo Dia reports. Here is the commuted sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera pic.twitter.com/urHeuFPyhT — lucas vazquez (@Lukesvazquez) January…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • America Didn’t Deserve Michelle Obama

    I forgot exactly where we were in Pittsburgh. Maybe driving from the Target in East Liberty to the YMCA in the Mexican War Streets. Or, perhaps, at my wife’s grandmother’s house in the Hill District, eating smothered turkey burgers with smoked kale greens and washing them down with Pineapple Faygo. But I do remember who…

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    Damon Young

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