Fox’s The Five debated Congressman John Lewis‘ remarks that Donald Trump is not a “legitimate president,” leading Juan Williams to say the onus of legitimacy is on Trump himself. Williams recalled comments by Republicans early on in President Obama‘s term before saying, “It’s really up to Donald Trump to prove he’s legitimate.” His co-hosts immediately…
President-elect Donald Trump will keep President Barack Obama’s sanctions on Russia for at least the beginning of his presidency, The Wall Street Journal reports. Obama sanctioned elements of the Russian government for purported attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election in December. Trump suggested Russia could get the sanctions lifted if the country was cooperative…
On Thursday Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation that, if passed, would that would cut off funding to the United Nations. At least one of the reasons for the proposed legislation is the recent United Nations resolution that denounced Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Since Barack Obama moved into The White…
In Friday night’s NBC Dateline special, as President Obama tonight discussed his frustrations with Republicans for not being more willing to work with him over the past eight years, he once again invoked Rush Limbaugh and Fox News to discuss that very issue. Because while on the one hand there was a “tactical” decision not…
Matt Lauer was in tears when Barack Obama awarded Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a surprise ceremony Thursday. “I’m glad there were no cameras in my apartment yesterday because I was just sitting there weeping,” Lauer said Friday morning on the “Today” show. “I just burst out crying when I saw that moment.” ”It…
President Barack Obama claimed during his final interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes that there hadn’t been a single major scandal in his eight years of office. “You didn’t change Washington,” pointed out Steve Kroft in a preview that aired on local CBS stations Friday morning. “I changed those things that were in my direct control,” Obama…
You may not particularly like Donald Trump. You may not trust Donald Trump, and you may not have voted for Donald Trump. But that doesn’t mean you should pretend he’s been the President of the United States for the past 8 years, and that all the bad stuff in the world is now his fault. Not to…
CBS aired a segment of Obama’s Friday morning interview — the entire interview will air on Sunday — which opened with POTUS noting that Trump was one of the most “unconventional” candidates in U.S. history. President Barack Obama told CBS’ Steve Kroft that Donald Trump must resist the urge to be “improvisational” in the Oval…
Barack Obama said he was genuinely surprised when he realized Donald Trump was going to defeat Hillary Clinton. Lester Holt asked the president during an interview on Air Force One Tuesday night about his authentic reaction on election night when he realized that the president-elect was going to win. “Tell me what happened that night, watching those results…
Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson is proposing the idea that white people should have an ‘Individual Reparations Account’ to make donations to black institutions and individuals. The idea is part of his forthcoming book, “Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America.” Dyson made the argument during an interview with Ana Marie Cox in the January 8…
The men and women who defend the thin blue line have a thankless and difficult job and the dangers of donning the uniform are increasingly present. This video takes you to beautiful state of Washington where an officer has been dispatched to a domestic disturbance on the streets of Seattle. While the officer is attempting to question…
On Thursday when asked by correspondent Judy Hsu from Chicago ABC7’s if race relations have gotten better or worse during his tenure, lame duck Barack Obama said “for the most part” they had gotten better. Obama said: “You know I think that in some ways, like everything else it’s gotten better and in some ways we have surfaced tensions…
President Barack Obama delivered his final farewell address to the Armed Forces on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. The president praised Defense Secretary Ash Carter, General Joseph Dunford, General Paul Selva and Vice President Joe Biden during the ceremony. “Secretary Carter, I could not be more grateful for your gracious words, but more importantly, for your outstanding…
A polling group’s latest survey found that President Barack Obama is the most admired man in the U.S. His successor, President-elect Donald Trump, was ranked second, while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was ranked the most admired woman by Americans. On Dec. 28, Obama topped an annual Gallup poll measuring American respondents’ most admired…
The Obama daughters caught some people’s attention for how they appeared when they walked off of Air Force One, after returning from a vacation. Malia and Sasha Obama were seen looking somber and quiet as they disembarked upon landing in Maryland following their 16-day vacation in Hawaii. Their lack of enthusiasm, or apparent sadness, could stem from…
Obama said the legacy of America is slavery, Jim Crow, colonialism and racism. That’s a damnable claim by a man who was elected by white people. Share your thoughts.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been declared the Most Admired Woman of 2016. Who the hell are they surveying is what I want to know! According to a newly released Gallup survey, Clinton has topped the list of America’s most admired woman for the 15th year in a row, and the 21st time ever.…
In an exit interview on The Axe Files, President Obama said that he certainly could’ve been re-elected if he sought a third term for 2016. Speaking with his former senior adviser David Axelrod, the president asserted that America still believes in a progressive vision, and that he could’ve gotten a majority if the Constitution would’ve allowed…
While the establishment corporate media continues to attack Donald Trump from any angle they can perhaps no issue incites anger more than their claims that Donald Trump will use create database registry of Muslim immigrants which they claim he will use to ti authorize Nazi-style gestapo squads to rounding millions of people for placement in…
Barack Obama likened himself to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. during a recent interview with The Atlantic. Near the conclusion of the interview — which took place back in October — Coates asked the outgoing POTUS how he can reconcile his admiration for Dr. King with the “killing” that goes hand-in-hand with being the Commander-in-chief. “You…
President Barack Obama said in an interview published Wednesday that reparations payments for black Americans could be a good idea but simply aren’t politically feasible. Speaking with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates, Obama said that it’s easy to make an argument for reparations for black Americans because of past sins like slavery and Jim Crow laws.…
