Politics
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Obama's Day, Aug. 30: Presidential Daily Briefing
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. The meeting is closed press. Later, the President and the Vice President will meet for lunch. This lunch…
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Romney's Tin Ear for Humor
The Chicago Tribune‘s Clarence Page says the Republican presidential hopeful shouldn’t joke about birth certificates or anything else, because he’s simply not good at it. After months of running about even with the president, despite high unemployment, Romney’s embarrassing attempts at humor feed an image he would rather not send: a well-meaning straight arrow who…
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Respect Our First Lady, Please!
In a piece for Essence, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas disagrees with an artist’s statement that there were “obvious reasons” for depicting Michelle Obama as a slave. Mrs. Obama’s face was super-imposed on “Portrait d’une negresse,” a popular 19th century painting by French artist Marie-Guillemine. My reaction? Let’s just say it was a…
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Planned Parenthood Program Grows
(The Root) — Last week Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, along with actress and activist Gabrielle Union, introduced the organization’s expanded breast-health initiative. Thanks to their controversial fallout with Susan G. Komen for the Cure in February, when their longtime financial supporter succumbed to political pressure and briefly discontinued funds for breast-health programs, Planned Parenthood…
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All About the Right's 'Poll Watcher' Network
All about the right’s “poll watcher” network: Colorlines’ Brentin Mock reports on an organization called True the Vote, which reportedly has trainees in 35 states who spot voting “irregularities” and chalk them up as “fraud” and then use that tally to justify new voting restrictions. As one strategy, he says, the group buys voter rolls…
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Watch This: Condoleezza Rice on Obama
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who will speak tonight at the Republican National Convention, gave a preview of her take on President Barack Obama’s approach to foreign policy in comments to CBS This Morning, reports the Huffington Post. She says that the voice of the United States in world affairs “has been muted” under…
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Obama's Day: Aug. 29: Campaign Event in Virginia
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart Fort Collins, Colorado en route Charlottesville, Virginia. The departure from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport and arrival at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport are open press. In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks…
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Artur Davis to RNC: My Bad on Obama
(The Root) — You can’t blame Republicans for inviting Artur Davis to their convention. They’d like to embarrass President Barack Obama. And as gags go, they could do a lot worse than bringing in Davis — the very same guy who seconded Obama’s nomination at the Democrats’ convention in Denver four years ago — and…
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NYC Shooting: More Evidence Against Bloomberg's Stop & Frisk
Edward Wyckoff Williams is a contributing editor at The Root. He is a columnist and political analyst, appearing on Al-Jazeera, MSNBC, ABC, CBS Washington and national syndicated radio. Follow him on Twitter and on Facebook.
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Calendar of Events: 2012 DNC
Mary C. Curtis is a Roll Call columnist and contributor to NPR and NBCBLK. She has worked at the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Charlotte Observer and Politics Daily and as a contributor to the Washington Post. She is a senior facilitator for the OpEd Project at Cornell and Yale universities. Follow her…