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  • 9 Hilarious RNC Memes

    Thursday night will mark the official end to the Republican National Convention, and it has been quite a show in Cleveland.  From New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie—“Mr. Bridgegate” himself—lecturing Americans on ethics, to Dr. Ben Carson likening Hillary Clinton to Lucifer, to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s vitriolic speech (because spewing vitriol seems…

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  • Trump Staffer Takes the Fall for Plagiarism in Melania Trump’s Speech

    An employee with the Trump Organization has taken the fall for the apparent plagiarism of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, Talking Points Memo reports. Accusations of plagiarism started making the rounds following Monday night’s Republican National Convention, where Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, spoke. The similarities between her speech and Michelle…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • #RNCinCLE 2016: Melania Trump Takes a Big Bite Out of Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC Speech

    If you were listening to Melania Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Monday night, you may have had a sense of déjà vu. And that’s because first lady Michelle Obama said almost the exact same words during her speech at the 2008 Democratic…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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  • President Obama to Deliver Remarks at Interfaith Memorial Service for Slain Cops in Dallas

    President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to Dallas on Tuesday to attend an interfaith memorial service held in memory of the five police officers who were killed Friday during an attack at what had been a peaceful protest, the White House reports. Alongside the Obamas, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden,…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Why President Obama's Final 4th of July White House BBQ Will Be The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened

    It’s been well-established that President Obama discarded the last one of his fucks many moons ago; letting it go the same way Kappas forsake dignity at coed kickball games. We don’t know exactly where he left that last fuck, but my guess would be in a bathroom sink in Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street,…

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    Damon Young

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  • Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama Style-Slay in Morocco

    Fittingly, the women of the Obama family took a multicountry tour in support of Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn initiative, which promotes education for young girls around the globe, and specifically in Africa for this trip. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the first lady kicked off the tour in Liberia, the African nation founded by…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Michelle Obama’s Advice for Women: ‘Get to Know Ourselves’

    Woman, know thyself. That was the advice first lady Michelle Obama had for women as she spoke with Oprah Winfrey during the White House’s first United State of Women summit this week. During an afternoon session at the Washington Convention Center, Oprah Winfrey talked to the first lady about issues of self-esteem, saying, “I’ve interviewed thousands…

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    Lauren Victoria Burke

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  • White House Hosts 1st United State of Women Summit

    The Obama administration has shown up and shown out for women, and the White House is stepping to the plate once again, hosting the first United State of Women summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The summit is built around six main ideas: economic empowerment; health and wellness;…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Obamas Celebrate Malia’s High School Graduation

    Friday is a big day at the White House, with Malia Obama, the elder daughter of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, scheduled to graduate from the exclusive Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., as part of the class of 2016. President Obama, in the last year of his presidency, has been known…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Michelle Obama Speaks on the Richness of Diversity in Final Commencement Address as First Lady

    Michelle Obama gave her very last commencement speech as first lady at the 170th commencement of the City College of New York in Harlem on Friday. Though the skies were gray and light rain splattered caps and gowns, the mood on 133rd Street and Convent Avenue remained upbeat and festive, and of course, by the…

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    The Root Staff

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