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Cheney says Obama is the "the worst president of my lifetime, without question" http://t.co/E1GyBGoHcU pic.twitter.com/khpLE71Lqm — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 17, 2015 From the Business Insider article: … In a new interview for the April issue of Playboy, Cheney repeatedly tore into Obama on a wide array of issues, including the racially charged riots in …
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Right now.
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Republicans in West Virginia are apparently trying to criminalize enforcement of Obamacare by shouting the magical word “nullification” at it until FREEDOM and EAGLE occurs. Republicans in West Virginia’s House of Delegates are pushing legislation that would make it a crime to enforce Obamacare in the state, according to The Charleston Gazette. The bill makes …
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Rudy Giuliani is still a terrible person, just in case you forgot that fact for a sec. Rudy Giuliani went straight for the jugular Wednesday night during a private group dinner here featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker by openly questioning whether President Barack Obama “loves America.” The former New York mayor, speaking in front of …
by Zandar| 93 Comments
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Oh, the Villagers are running around in circles over President Obama’s latest video on BuzzFeed. Troll factor: YOLO, man. Have a cookie, a glass of milk, and an open thread.
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Man, look at all those jobs that Obama isn’t killing with his failed job-killing policies! The U.S. labor market leaped forward in January, capping the greatest three-month jobs gain in 17 years and delivering the biggest wage increase since 2008. Payrolls advanced by 257,000 last month following increases in December and November that were even …
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Today’s must read and laugh at: “Thank you,” said the man. I was standing outside of the offices of Charlie Hebdo covering the aftermath of the terrorist attacks for CNN. He was thanking me just for being here, just for covering the event and its aftermath, what Le Monde referred to as France’s September 11. …
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David Atkins’ take on Obama’s increasing popularity: People were willing for a long time to forgive the Bush Administration its multiple failures and corruptions because at least until Katrina they never seemed to lack for certainty and resolution. You may not have liked what Bush stood for–in fact, you might have felt it was downright …
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Cuba? At this point, Obama is just trolling wingnuts. Tomorrow he will rename Reagan Airport to Alinsky-Ayers-MalcolmX airport. — John Cole (@Johngcole) December 17, 2014 I knew as soon as I saw the news that Obama was going to move away from our awful, stupid, evil, counter-productive cold war era policy with Cuba (a policy …
by Zandar| 154 Comments
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White Millennials are pretty much done with Obama according to Gallup. His approval rating is as bad now among them as it is among older white Americans. Rest of America seems pretty damn happy with the guy, majority approval across the board among all age groups. Also, Americans see things getting better financially and have for …
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Attached is the President’s statement on Net Neutrality and what he would like to see: An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting new political movements, and bringing communities closer together, it has been one of …
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Here’s a fascinating graphic showing where people have benefited the most from the ACA: If you notice, the people who have benefited the most from the ACA are also the ones who hate it the most and will be hammering the Democrats in the next election. There just must be something about the President they …
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Now the most famous peanut farmer of all weighs in on President Obama’s ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State strategy: “[Former President Jimmy] Carter said it was hard to figure out exactly what President Obama’s policy is in the Middle East. “It changes from time to time,” Carter said. “I noticed that two of his secretaries of defense, after …
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As you all are in touch politically, you are all probably aware that Holder is resigning. I have no idea who will be nominated to take his place, but I sure hope it is someone who will push decriminalization of marijuana laws and will continue to aggressively pursue civil rights violations. Taking on the banksters …
by John Cole| 75 Comments
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The old FITD technique applied to getting our war on: President Obama’s top military adviser said Tuesday that he would recommend deploying United States forces in ground operations against Islamic extremists in Iraq if airstrikes proved insufficient, opening the door to a riskier, more expansive American combat role than the president has publicly outlined. Gen. …