Politics
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Living While Obama: Presidential Pushups
President Barack Obama does pushups on the White House basketball court after a member of the Harlem Globetrotters makes a shot on April 9. The president was participating in “Shoot for Strength,” a game in which children did pushups for every basketball shot made by the pros, during the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll…
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Obama's Off His (Basketball) Game
According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll out today, President Barack Obama is beating Mitt Romney in nearly every major policy area, including “protecting the middle class,” “creating jobs,” “handling taxes” and “dealing with social issues such as abortion and gay marriage.” His performance in the athletic arena is another story altogether. After recently…
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Obama's Day, April 10: Campaigning in Florida
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart the White House en route West Palm Beach, Florida. The departure from the South Lawn and arrival at Palm Beach International Airport are open press. In the afternoon, the President will…
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Crazy Talk: Senator Calls Obama 'Stupid'
Over the weekend, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley took to Twitter to call president Barack Obama “stupid” in a message riddled with spelling and grammatical errors. The mini social networking rant was in response to the president’s recent comment about the Supreme Court — specifically, that he didn’t believe the justices would take the “unprecedented, extraordinary…
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Obama's Day, April 9: Hosting White House Easter Egg Roll
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. This meeting is closed press.Also in the morning, the President and the First Lady will host the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. The…
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Gay Marriage: Stuff White People Do?
This week the Human Rights Campaign released a number of previously sealed documents from the National Organization for Marriage, the nation’s largest group to oppose marriage equality. Among the documents are several that detail one of NOM’s primary strategies: playing the race card. These documents reveal that NOM engaged in a concerted effort to “drive…
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A 'Hu-Manifesto' for a Post-Trayvon World
The Trayvon Martin case has revealed as fallacies the memes of a “postracial” America and “post-black” identity. But that doesn’t excuse the ridiculous amount of puffery and ego-tripping, as well as harmful stereotyping and merciless marketing, done in the name of justice for Trayvon — and done in defense of the man who killed him…
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Obama's Supreme Court Smackdown Explained
Considering all the outrage during the past week over President Barack Obama’s somewhat tart “pre-buttal” to the Supreme Court on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, you’d almost think the president had stepped to the mic last Monday and told the justices to take their forthcoming ruling on the individual mandate and “shove it.”…
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How Conservatives Moved Obama to the Left
The American Prospect‘s Jamelle Bouie makes the case that Republicans, by refusing to work with the president, have made him a lot more liberal. I think it’s best to understand this as part of a deliberate strategy. Rather than try to beat Obama with a more compelling vision of the country’s direction, Republicans have tried…
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Obama Courts Supporters With Google AdWords
As the Election Day 2012 draws nearer the White House is leaving no stone unturned in courting potential supporters. That includes buying up key Google AdWords, reports the Washington Post: The president’s campaign has bought Google advertising space next to all sorts of searches, including “Warren Buffett,” “Obama singing,” “Obama birthday” and, for basketball fans,…