After Texas teen Ahmed Mohamed was arrested and suspended last month for bringing a homemade “clock” to school that looked suspiciously like a bomb, President Obama invited him to the White House: In the past few days, Mohamed and his family were “overjoyed” to meet with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the […]
President Obama addressed what’s been happening in Congress and on the 2016 campaign trail today, calling out divisive rhetoric: President Obama brought many things to Capitol Hill, but one of them was not his self-awareness, so others helped out: Obama suggested earlier this month that any polarization that has taken place during his presidency isn’t […]
http://twitter.com/#!/billmaher/status/485676020133945344 A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found that registered voters rank Barack Obama the worst President since World War II. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, but that didn’t stop “comedian” Bill Maher from drawing sweeping conclusions based on the alleged response of 2 percent of those polled. http://twitter.com/#!/SooperMexican/status/485676953664757760 http://twitter.com/#!/ConservativeLA/status/485677912037658624 We agree. The poll doesn’t show what […]
http://twitter.com/#!/DanielVerton/status/509817653679357952 Take a look at the latest one from the White House Twitter account. He’s totally serious and stuff, you guys! http://twitter.com/#!/WhiteHouse/status/509814297816743936 Pathetic. Were these the instructions? http://twitter.com/#!/sunnyright/status/509857192598855681 Bam. But, you know, the president deplores the “theater of politics.” Related: WaPo, Obama lament ‘political theater’; These reminders for Pres. Theatrics are bam-tastic! [photos] FNC’s Ed Henry […]
For many, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter brings up images of protesters, both black and white, blocking highways and major intersections, playing dead in shopping centers and train stations, hijacking candidates’ rallies, demanding racially segregated safe spaces on college campuses, and hurling bricks and bottles at police every now and then. DeRay Mckesson, one of the founders […]
Memorial services are being held today for three victims of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Obama has yet to visit San Bernardino since the attack, but today the president is playing golf followed by an expected statement about an agreement that has been reached at #COP21 in Paris: For some progressives the White House’s “priorities” […]
President Obama is today expected to veto a defense bill he doesn’t like: President Obama will issue a rare veto of a defense policy bill Thursday in a showdown with Congress over broader spending levels, the White House said. The veto of the National Defense Authorization Act is an extraordinary use of one of the […]
http://twitter.com/#!/CivilRights/status/522460408033312768 Meet Vanita Gupta, the woman tapped by President Obama to take over the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. From NBC News: President Obama has appointed Vanita Gupta, the deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, to become the interim head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Vanita has spent her […]
http://twitter.com/#!/chelsea_elisa/status/504007135123210241 Anyone nostalgic for the Obama campaign’s “Attack Watch” project will be heartened to know that the federal government plans to spend $1 million to create a “Truthy” database that will track “false and misleading ideas” on social media. The Washington Free Beacon reports: The National Science Foundation is financing the creation of a web service […]
http://twitter.com/#!/jamiedupree/status/498419506784772096 A few weeks ago, Politco reported that President Obama cut radio ads for uber-liberal incumbent Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie: President Barack Obama is stepping up to help endangered Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie — a longtime family friend — fend off a difficult challenge in next month’s Democratic primary. In a radio advertisement to begin airing Wednesday, first reported by […]