Politics
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Congress Interrogates Secret Service Director About White House Invasion
One silver lining in this media firestorm about how the Secret Service has had one too many mishaps lately is that it’s at least nice to see that Republicans are concerned about the president’s safety. They may not like President Barack Obama, but they want him alive and his house intact and impenetrable. According to…
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Paging Dr. Ben Carson: Based on That Fox News Interview, You Need a Political Tuneup—Stat
If you’re a regular The Root reader, you already know that I’m fairly skeptical about the prospects of a 2016 presidential run by current Fox News contributor and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. If not, read here, here, here, here and here. My basic takeaway is that Carson—the first surgeon to successfully separate twins conjoined at…
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Secret Service: You Can’t Slip Up With This President
More than a week after the world watched a deranged Omar Gonzalez somehow slip his way into what we thought was one of the most impregnable fortresses in the world, we find out that what actually happened was even worse. According to a Washington Post exclusive, not only did Gonzalez get across the White House…
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3 Theories on Holder: Why Is America’s 1st Black Attorney General Rolling Out?
That Attorney General Eric Holder was resigning was really no surprise to the perennial Washington watchers who have nothing better to do than track the lives of the politically famous. Sources were chattering quietly about it late last year, and the New Yorker’s eager legal eagle, Jeffrey Toobin, got something of a scoop on it…
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Eric Holder to CBC: My Commitment Will Never Waver
In light of Thursday’s surprise announcement that Attorney General Eric Holder is stepping down after six years, Holder addressed the shock and unease over his pending resignation at the Congressional Black Caucus’ Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Holder joked that he was still the attorney general and wasn’t gone yet during his opening remarks at…
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GOP Backs Early Voting—Just Not for Blacks
Before 2008, early voting was the “in thing” for wealthier, whiter, educated Republican voters. Then the Obama-campaign nerds mobilized it into a black thing, too. Go to church, get on a bus, go vote. And look who we got as president. Can’t have that, right? So instead of playing the long game and making a…
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Eric Holder’s Resignation Brings Shock, Disappointment
The mood was one of disappointment on the second day of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference when news hit that Attorney General Eric Holder was stepping down after six years in the position. Little is yet known as to why Holder is stepping down, but several CBCF conference attendees expressed sadness for…
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First Lady: Don’t Forget What Obama Has Meant for Race and Same-Sex Marriage
The chatter about President Barack Obama’s legacy has already begun, and Michelle Obama is leading the charge, offering a glimpse into just how proud she is of what her husband has accomplished thus far as president. “[J]ust think about how different our country looks to children growing up today,” the first lady said in a…
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Attorney General Eric Holder to Resign
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to publicly announce his resignation on Thursday, following his highly controversial five-and-a-half-year stint in the position, NPR reports. Two sources confirmed that Holder, who is the first black U.S. attorney general, will step down from leading the Justice Department the minute his replacement is confirmed. However, that process could…
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Obama Gave Marine Guards a Coffee-Handed Salute and It Pissed Off His Haters
For most Americans, the morning coffee is inarguably one of the most important beverages of the day. And yet when President Barack Obama stepped off the presidential helicopter on Tuesday clutching a coffee cup and gave a few Marine guards a coffee-handed salute as a result, the gesture angered a few of his most loyal…