barack obama’s post-presidency
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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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Will Aretha's Most Iconic Hat Become a Part of Obama's Legacy?
If there’s one thing we know about the Queen of Soul, it’s that she loved a “lewk.” Aside from her often extravagant stage attire, Aretha Franklin was fond of a dramatic gesture—the tossing of a train, the shedding of a fur—because, as our loyal reader TheRealMarthaJones3.0 accurately noted, “Auntie understood DRAMA! EMOTION! and EFFECT!” Barack…
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Barack Obama Takes Shots at Donald Trump During Nelson Mandela Lecture
On Tuesday, in a speech in Johannesburg, South Africa, former President Barack Obama said—in so many words—what we’ve all been thinking: Not today, Trump! Obama just gave his biggest speech since leaving office at the at the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. Without naming names, Obama took shoots at the current occupant of the White House. “I…
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Obama Doesn’t Owe This Country Shit
Barack Obama is not your Magical Negro. I know y’all want him to be, but you have to give the man a break. He just got out of one of the most abusive eight-year relationships imaginable. I’m sure he needs some time to decompress. There is this thing white people do where they invoke Obama’s…
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