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Category Archives: Barack Obama
Why is the US Presidential Race So Close?
Many people around the world are probably wondering why Hillary Clinton - who is obviously more prepared and better suited for the American presidency than her opponent, Donald Trump - isn't waltzing to victory. Many Americans share the world's bewilderment.
Conway: Trump Camp Worried He Won’t Be Treated Fairly
Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway Monday said she's worried that he won't be treated fairly by the media following his first presidential one-on-one debate, and that there are already headlines "written" as "conclusions in search of evidence." "This weekend was spent by editorial writers and people on Twitter and elsewhere really just trying to undercut Donald Trump before the debate," Conway told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program, complaining that there are many in Hillary Clinton's campaign who are "putting the burden on the media to prop up Hillary Clinton and pregame the debate."
Canada works to counter protectionist mood of U.S. campaign
Canadian diplomats are fanning out across the United States to talk up the benefits of trade with state and local leaders and counter what senior officials see as a worrying mood of protectionism swirling through the U.S. election campaign. Amid voter anger about the supposed harm done by international trade deals, both Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton have talked about altering the three-nation North American Free Trade Agreement.
Michelle Obama, George W. Bush hug, social media loves it
SEPTEMBER 24: President Barack Obama watches first lady Michelle Obama embracing former president George Bush, accompanied by his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, while participating in the dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture September 24, 2016 in Washington, DC, before the museum opens to the public later that day. The museum is a Smithsonian Institution museum located on the National Mall featuring African American history and culture in the US.
Stain that would be on Obama’s conscience a ” if he had one
While speaking at the United Nations last Tuesday and advocating more Muslim migration into the West, Barack Obama likened a refusal to accept the Muslims to the "turning away [of] Jews fleeing Nazi Germany," which he called "a stain on our collective conscience." But while Obama sought to lecture us, he actually condemned himself.
Obama boom builds Obamatowns
According to the megaphones of the Progressive-controlled media the Obama economy is booming. For the investor class it has been a rising tide that lifts all yachts or as it is expressed in Bloomberg, "When President Barack Obama was elected in November 2008, the U.S. economy was shrinking at a rate unmatched since World War II.
The New World Order plot against America
Things are falling apart in America exactly as President Barack Obama has hoped they would. The racial nightmares in North Carolina and New York and elsewhere are exactly what Obama had always hoped for.
Democrats despise ‘We, the [Deplorable] People’
According to Clinton, "To just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables . Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic - you name it.
Man charged with murder over fatal Manurewa shooting
It is pleasing therefore to see Louise Upston Associate Minister for Local Government calling for a comprehensive solution... However, relying on breed specific laws to manage dog aggression will not work. More>> "Adults with a terminal illness should have the right to choose a medically assisted death," Green Party health spokesperson Kevin Hague said.
Reevaluate strategies of digital surveillance
His ascendance back into the news cycle coincides with the release of the film Snowden and a recent campaign by human rights groups urging President Barack Obama to pardon Snowden. In response, Congressional lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee unanimously signed a letter on Sept.
Obama leaves behind legacy of promise
If you glance at the news, you might see legions of politicians, researchers and talk show hosts dissecting why young people often don't vote. But while Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump struggle to rally young people to their causes, President Barack Obama, in the last few months of his term, is enjoying a 58 percent approval rating, partially thanks to under-25 voters who support him the most of any age group.
Clinton Team Hopes ‘Birther’ Flap Will Motivate Black Voters
Democrats wasted no time looking for political opportunity after Donald Trump falsely accused Hillary Clinton of starting the rumor that President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. Just hours later, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York was on Philadelphia R&B station, WDAS, critiquing Trump's behavior. Days later Clinton's North Carolina state organizers met in Raleigh, in part to chart how to use negative reaction to Trump's statement to motivate the state's disproportionately high black voting bloc to turn out.
Trump, Netanyahu meet for nearly 90 minutes
Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a close adviser to his presidential campaign, and Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, were also on hand for the meeting, which comes the day before the first presidential debate, according to Israeli news outlet Haaretz. And -- in a nod to Trump's calls to build a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico -- Trump's campaign said the two "discussed at length Israel's successful experience with a security fence that helped secure its borders."
Obama s Colossal Email LieFinal Test for Tarnished MSM
That Barack Obama communicated in 2012-under a redacted pseudonym-with Hillary Clinton on the then secretary of StateA s permeable home-brew email server and then claimed he did not know of that serverA s existence until it was reported in the press in 2014 is far more than the usual politicianA s prevarication. Since the fish rots from the top-and in this case it stinks to high heaven-the surfacing of this particular presidential lie calls to question the entire FBI inquiry into the Clinton server, an investigation whose credibility was paper thin in the first place and has now completely vanished.
Your Opinion: View called ‘ideologically skewed’
In response to a Sept. 20 letter "Gender, culture and leadership," I do not question the fact there are and have been many women who have achieved greatness in many fields of accomplishment.
Philippines defends deadly drug war at UN, claims nation’s actions…
Despite growing alarm and international criticism, the controversial Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has said he won't stop the campaign Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay has told the United Nations his country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an "unprecedented" mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime. Addressing the annual UN General Assembly, Yasay said the Duterte government was "determined to free the Philippines from corrupt and other stagnating practices, including the manufacture, distribution and use of illicit drugs.
Netanyahu opposes Palestinian state, Israeli minister says ahead of U.S. visit
Benjamin Netanyahu opposes a Palestinian state, a senior Israeli cabinet member said on Monday, but left it unclear whether the prime minister would say that publicly in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this week. Netanyahu has never explicitly abandoned his conditional support for a future Palestine, and his spokesman did not respond immediately to a request to comment on Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan's remarks.
Obama: African-American museum could spur dialogue on nationa s racial struggles
President Barack Obama, dedicating the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Saturday, said it would tell an American story, one of “suffering and delight, one of fear, but also of hope, of wandering in the wilderness, and then seeing, out on the horizon, a glimmer of the Promised Land.” Speaking to dignitaries and thousands of people watching from the National Mall, Obama said the museum would document the stories of Americans who are often overlooked in history books - “the president but also the slave, the industrialist but also the porter, the keeper of the status quo, but also the activist seeking to overthrow that status quo.” On a day rich in symbolism, under a gray sky that seemed to capture the ambiguity of the black American experience, Obama warned that the museum would not be a panacea for the nation's racial struggles.
Obama vetoes bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi
President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia, risking a fierce public backlash and rare congressional rebuke. While expressing "deep sympathy" for the families of the victims, Obama said the law would be "detrimental to US national interests."