Politics
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Crazy Talk: Obama Is 'Not Smart Enough'
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) addressed a town hall Saturday, discussing his disagreement with President Obama on the issue of ending deportations of undocumented people brought to the United States as children. “Fair’s fair,” he said, adding, “You want to debate on the law? Fine, have that debate.” And then he proceeded to present his side…
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Obama's Day, June 21: Urging Stop to Interest-Rate Hike
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. The President will then meet with senior advisors. These meetings in the Oval Office are closed press. In the afternoon, the President and…
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Don't Put All Nonwhites in One Bucket
(The Root) — Recent census data reveal that, for the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half of all children born in the United States, with 50.4 percent of children under age 1 identified as Hispanic, black, Asian American or members of another ethnic minority group. In terms of the overall…
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The Affordable Care Act Can Help Millions
(Special to The Root) — Imagine the anxiety suffered by Tee McClenty, a medical technician and mother of a 19-year-old son, when she received a letter in the mail stating that his health care coverage had been dropped because he was no longer a full-time student. Imagine the distress that Denise Ybarra, a pediatric health…
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Crazy Talk: First Monkey President
With as much racist animosity as people have toward President Obama, you’d think they’d have enough inspiration to come up with some new insults and slurs. No such luck. Today we have a resurgence of the monkey-themed attacks on the president that have been around since 2008, this time from radio personality Barbara Espinosa, the…
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Obama's Day, June 19: G-20 Summit Closing Ceremony
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012 In the morning, the President will attend the second plenary session of the G-20 Summit. This session is closed press. Later in the morning, the President will attend the third plenary session of the G-20 Summit. This…
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What Rodney King's Woes Say About Us
(The Root) — Monday morning I was sitting on an exercise bike in a hotel gym, listening to a drum-and-bass song from the ’90s while I pedaled furiously and watched the morning TV news on mute. That’s when I learned that Rodney King had drowned. The song Horizon, by LTJ Bukem, samples parts of Maya…
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Egyptian Military Generals Assert Power
Two candidates have declared themselves Egypt’s first democratically elected president today: Both the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq claimed over 50 percent of the vote. But as the votes are tallied and the official winner of the election is sorted out, there are questions about how much power the country’s…
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MHP: Jay-Z for President
One of the key arguments of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has to do with his experience as a corporate executive. But remember, Jay-Z has been very successful in the private sector, too, and created plenty of jobs. You can see where this is going. Beginning with a satirical proposal for Mr. “I’m not a businessman;…