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He compared the raucous events to 'struggle sessions' - a brutal practice carried out by the Chinese Communist Party under Chairman Mao Zedong 'You know the cleansing that the Orientals used to do where you'd put one person out in front and 900 people yell at them?' Bost said The government moved to stop using the terms 'oriental' and 'negro' after former President Barack Obama signed the change into law Rep. Mike Bost was discussing his poor attendance at raucous town hall events, which he described as counterproductive, when he used the racial slur. 'The amount of time that I have at home is minimal, I need to make sure that it's productive,' Bost told the editorial board.
If you think you're going crazy from nonstop news coverage of unruly behavior and disruptive protests across the country since Donald Trump was elected president, rest assured there are veiled reasons for the current madness. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Goodwin asserts the 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' is no temporarily insane reaction, but rather "a calculated plan to wreck the presidency, whatever the cost to the country."
Now that he's gone from the White House , it is time to ascertain when Barack Obama became an overt black racist. Some will opine that he always has been, which may be true, but is less important than the racial divisiveness that occurred on the national scene between 2009 and 2017.
LESS THAN AN HOUR after Barack Obama was elected president for the first time, I was standing outside our former building at Broad and Callowhill streets and watched as hundreds of young people marched toward City Hall. They were black, brown and white, waving their cellphones, chanting and cheering Obama's victory.
Sick of all the propaganda about Russia? Me too. Larry Johnson reports: People insisting that Sessions "lied" under oath have not taken time to actually read the exchange that took place with Senator Al Franken.
Among the many unintended legacies of Barack Obama, one has gone largely unnoticed: the emergence of a novel form of resistance to executive overreach, a check-and-balance improvised in reaction to his various presidential power grabs. It's the revolt of the state attorneys general, banding together to sue and curb the executive.
Former President Barack Obama was named the 2017 winner of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Thursday for carrying on his fellow Democrat's legacy. "President Kennedy called on a new generation of Americans to give their talents to the service of the country," Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, said in a statement.
Donald Trump, the human ruler, as in measuring stick, is at it again, this time grading his performance as president. Appearing on Fox News recently, the president gave himself an A-plus for effort, an A for accomplishment, and a C for communication.
She told Bloomberg Media that she used to think presidential candidates have to be experienced in politics and know a lot. But she said she now understands that a government experience is not a must.
U.S. Senator John McCain takes his seat before hearing testimony to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on the nomination of former U.S. Senator Dan Coats to be Director of National Intelligence in Washington, U.S., Feb 28, 2017. Pic: Reuters A BIPARTISAN group of U.S. members of Congress has backed a proposal for $7.5 billion of new military funding for U.S. forces and their allies in the Asia-Pacific region, where tensions have risen over China's territorial ambitions and military buildup.
But in a town hall hosted by CNN Wednesday night, they also warned Trump against overselling the success of the raid in which Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens was killed. "I think he laid out a positive agenda, and frankly I think it was different from his inaugural address.
President Donald Trump's first major address to the Congress and the nation was seen by an estimated 47.4 million people. The Nielsen company said Wednesday that Trump's audience couldn't quite match the first such speech by predecessor Barack Obama, who drew an audience of 52.4 million in 2009.
President Barack Obama's administration hastily tried to disseminate information about Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election and potential ties between Russia and the incoming Trump administration, the New York Times reports . According to former U.S. intelligence officials, European allies of the United States provided the former administration with information regarding meetings in Europe between Russian officials and associates of Trump.
As reported by Bloomberg , Penguin Random House will publish separate books from the Obamas and their payment is more than another any other USA presidential memoirs. He further added that "Now, we are very much looking forward to working together with the former president and his wife to make each of their books global publishing events of unprecedented scope and significance".
In his address to a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump revived a theme he had unveiled less than two weeks earlier, when he said at a marathon press conference that he'd inherited "a mess" from his predecessor, Barack Obama. Speaking in the House chamber on Feb. 28, Trump offered a series of statistics that collectively painted a dire picture of the U.S. economy.
Bill Ayers first achieved notoriety as a leading voice in 1960s radical-left groups such as Students for a Democratic Society and the Weather Underground. Now 72, he's spent his life involved in activism, particularly eduction reform, while teaching at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In case there's some way you missed it, POTUS' counselor was photographed kneeling on the Oval Office couch , with her high heels digging into the cushions, as she tried to get "a certain angle" for a photo of Donald Trump with leaders from historically black colleges and universities on Monday. After the pic went viral, the 50-year-old *tried* to defend herself while speaking with Lou Dobbs on FOX News .
In 1999, Aaron Glasscock was just 22 and two months shy of graduating from college when he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for a nonviolent drug offense: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Nearly 20 years later, Glasscock is out of prison, as his sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.
President Donald Trump said he believes that Barack Obama is riling up protesters against his administration and that his predecessor's "people" may be the source of unflattering national-security leaks to the news media. "I think he is behind it.
Former President George W Bush speaks during a preview of an exhibition of his paintings of U.S. military veterans in Dallas, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. NEW YORK -- Former President George W. Bush said he didn't intend to criticize President Donald Trump when he said recently that a free press is essential to democracy Bush said Tuesday that he was simply responding to a reporter's question about the role of journalism.