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Barack Obama
Trump Admits He Called GOP Health-Care Plan ‘Mean’ He’s complaining that Obama stole the term from him.
Report: Obama Tried to Stop Election Tampering, But Thought It Would Fail A new report suggests Obama knew about Putin’s intervention in the 2016 election and its aims, but didn’t move aggressively until it was too late.
Obama Begs Senate GOP Not to Hurt Millions Just to Spite Him This “is not a health-care bill,” Obama said, but “a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America.”
Making Sense of Trump’s Announcement About Dreamers He left in place a policy protecting young undocumented immigrants while canceling protections for their parents. It’s unclear what’s next.
the industry
June 16, 2017
Obama Inducts Jay Z Into the Songwriters Hall of Fame “Jay and I are also fools for our daughters. Although, he’s going to have me beat once those twins show up.”
Michelle Obama Says Barack Basically Wore the Same Black Tux for 8 Years “That’s the unfair thing … no matter what we do, he puts on that same tux.”
With Obama Gone, Black Voting Drop-off a Real Problem for Democrats There is fresh evidence that African-American turnout sagged notably in 2016, and is not rebounding so far in 2017, either.
On Memorial Day, Trump Misses Opportunity to Honor Portland’s Fallen Soldier Trump’s speech was appropriate and sometimes eloquent. But sacrifice extends beyond war.
Trump Signs Holocaust Museum’s Book of Remembrance Like It’s a Child’s Yearbook “It is a great honor to be here with all my friends — so amazing & will never forget!”
Trump’s Speech in Saudi Arabia Was More Obama Than Bannon Compared to his campaigning, it was a blatant flip-flop. Will his supporters who bashed Hillary Clinton for being “soft” on terrorism forgive him?
street style
May 18, 2017
nothing but a
May 17, 2017
Will the Reality of President Trump Help Reverse the Black Turnout Slump? A sharp drop off in African-American voting helped Trump defeat Clinton. Democrats need a way to reverse that without Obama on the ballot.
A Few Republican Senators Helped Save an Obama-Era Climate Rule It prevents the venting of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — at drilling sites.
Obama Just Gave a Big Speech on Food Policy His first international talk as a private citizen was on food sustainability.
Watch Barack Obama’s Sweet Thank You to Michelle for Sticking by His Side He thanked her for sticking around now that her official duties are over.
Obama: Congress Must Show the ‘Courage’ Not to Deprive Millions of Health Care He hopes they’ll “look at the facts and speak the truth, even when it contradicts party positions” — though that’s not really their style.
Obama’s $400K Speech Renews Chaffetz’s Passion for Presidential Oversight He plans to take action over Obama’s “hypocrisy,” but still isn’t very interested in investigating Trump.
last night on late night
Apr. 29, 2017
Republican Uses Obama’s Wall Street Speaking Fee to Justify Dodd-Frank Repeal A testament to the GOP’s shameless mendacity — and the former president’s misjudgment.
Barack Obama Reportedly Accepts $400,000 for a Wall Street Speech Obama is poised to make nearly twice his presidential pension for delivering remarks at a conference run by Cantor Fitzgerald.
russia scandal
Apr. 22, 2017
Report: Obama Rejected Comey Op-Ed on Russia’s Election Meddling But when the Obama administration later wanted to confirm Russia’s efforts, Comey kept his distance.
Republicans Love the Same Attack on Syria They Hated When Obama Considered It In a rare set of nearly identical circumstances, GOP voters have veered from massive opposition to strikes on Syria held during Obama’s presidency.
Trump’s Jacksonian Attack on Syria Like Andrew Jackson, Trump believes in speedy, incredibly violent force, taken without consultation with Congress, to deter evildoers such as Assad.
Susan Rice Becomes the Face of the Trump Counter-Narrative on Russia Trump defenders no longer have to charge shadowy “deep state” operatives with conspiring against the 45th president.
Why Obamacare Defeated Trumpcare The Republican Party could not come up with a better idea.
Regretful Trump Voters Are (Mostly) a Myth A new poll finds that only 3 percent of Trump voters regret their decision — and fewer than 1 percent wish they’d voted for Clinton.
At Comey Hearing, GOP Goes Into Full Anti-Anti-Trump Mode The argument of the day seemed to be that “deep state” leaks are a bigger threat to liberty than Russia’s election meddling.
Trump: Being Wiretapped by Obama Is the One Thing Merkel and I Have in Common “As far as wiretapping … by this past administration, at least we have something in common, perhaps.”
Why Trump’s Personnel Crisis Is Bad and Only Getting Worse At this rate, it could be a couple years before the administration is staffed up.
Trump Suggests Obama Always Wanted Obamacare to Collapse in 2017 “That’s the year it was meant to explode, because Obama won’t be here,” the president explained to the House GOP leadership.
the national interest
Mar. 10, 2017
The Working Poor Got Richer in 2016 Low unemployment and minimum-wage increases sparked strong wage growth at the bottom of America’s income ladder in Obama’s final year.
Felony Accusation Puts New Strain on Obama-Trump Relationship Everything’s different now that Obama isn’t required to be civil to Trump.
Trump Team Dares James Comey to Say Obama Didn’t Wiretap Trump On Monday, the White House suggested that Trump trusts his own misreadings of Breitbart articles over the word of the FBI director.
Trump’s Wiretap Charge Seems to Be a Fabulist Take on Murky Legal Proceeding Covert surveillance of Russian banks blown up into a highly public conspiracy claim by one president that another tapped his phones.
Trump Asks Congress to Investigate His Unsubstantiated Obama Wiretap Claims “I will be proven right,” Trump has reportedly said, but the White House, unwilling or unable to provide evidence, is passing the buck to Congress.
russia scandal
Mar. 4, 2017
Trump Claims, Without Evidence, That Obama Wiretapped Him President Obama’s spokesperson has rejected the allegation.
Tom Perez Edges Keith Ellison for DNC Chair The Establishment candidate narrowly defeated the insurgent favorite of Sanders campaign veterans, then began to immediately seek party unity.
important questions
Feb. 24, 2017
Democrats Try to Transcend Divisive Symbolism in DNC Race Media and activists alike are trying to turn a close DNC contest into a surrogate battle between factions. That makes the outcome hard to predict.
the national interest
Feb. 15, 2017
Remember How Trump Was Going to Erase Obama’s Legacy Overnight? Not So Much. Even a highly competent president would have difficulty unwinding them, and Trump has shown no signs of being even a minimally competent one.
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