Politics
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Obama's Answer to First Lady's Critics
(The Root) — By now we’re all familiar with just how much President Barack Obama loves his daughters, Malia and Sasha. As a father, he rarely holds back. On election night in November he called them “strong, smart, beautiful young women,” and after his swearing-in ceremony last month he gave each a kiss on the…
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Obama Official on Black HIV Battle
(Special to The Root) — On Thursday, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I had the pleasure of meeting with leaders who are doing outstanding work to prevent new HIV infections and improve health outcomes for African Americans. We shared stories and discussed the importance of engaging everyone in these efforts, including faith leaders, educators, athletes,…
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Why White Men Are Obsessed With the First Lady's Butt
High school football coach Bob Grisham of Alabama was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students making inappropriate — but, unfortunately, also familiar — comments about the first lady’s body, the Washington Post’s Krissah Thompson reports. “Fat-butt Michelle Obama,” Grisham said. “Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.” (Bonus:…
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Obama Presses Case for Gun Measures
Obama presses case for gun measures: “The only way we can reduce gun violence in this country is if the American people decide it’s important,” the president said to a group of police officers and sheriff’s deputies at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center on Monday. He was there to press his case for…
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Obama: Boy Scouts Should Allow Gay Members
In his first public comment since the Boy Scouts of America announced that it would consider a proposal to allow gay members, President Obama — who, like every president, is the honorary president of the group — weighed in on Sunday, encouraging the group to be inclusive, the Huffington Post reports. “My attitude is that…
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President Obama Shown Skeet Shooting
Similar to his response to the birther controversy, President Barack Obama put rumors to rest on Saturday when the White House released an image of the POTUS skeet shooting at Camp David, reports USA Today. White House Senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer tweeted out this picture on Saturday morning after much skepticism about the President’s claim…
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The GOP Is Stuck on 'Stupid'
(The Root) — We recently heard former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and current Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, both Republicans, use the word “stupid” in reference to their own party. Although they had in mind comments about rape and pregnancy like those made by losing GOP senatorial candidate Todd Akin, the problem, to me, goes much…
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Meet the Black Scientist and Innovator Who Wowed Obama
(The Root) — At the ceremony for the National Medals of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, held at the White House on Friday, President Obama awarded the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government upon scientists, engineers and inventors. “If there is one idea that sets this country apart, one idea…
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Obama's Day, Feb. 1: Researchers, Inventors Get National Medals
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President will award 12 eminent researchers the National Medal of Science and 11…
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The GOP Plays 3-Card Monte With Our Vote
(The Root) — If ever there were a reason to be grateful that the Voting Rights Act is still in effect, it’s the shenanigans that have been taking place in Virginia’s Republican-controlled state Senate. What GOP legislators have been trying to do there gives wacko racist reactionaries a bad name. If the most important provision…