Obama Skips GOP, Appoints Consumer Watchdog Cordray

by Jorge Rivas on January 4 2012, 1:14PM

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the sole reform to come out of the financial crisis that aims to deal with that fact.

Topics: Economy, Now

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After Birtherism, Conservatives Question Obama’s Academics

by Channing Kennedy on April 28 2011, 3:18PM

Anyone calling Obama an academic fraud, a foreigner, or a Muslim is using that term because the n-word is off the list.

Topics: Politics

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Yes, Again: Tea Party GOP Member Sends Racist Email

by Asraa Mustufa on April 18 2011, 1:50PM

For them, it just doesn’t get old.

Topics: Politics

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Obama Criticizes His Own Pro-Testing Agenda At Town Hall

by Julianne Hing on March 29 2011, 12:53PM

Under the president’s education policy proposals, an entire school’s teaching staff can be fired and schools can be shut down if test scores don’t improve.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Napolitano: In Two Years We’ve Deported More Than Ever Before

by Julianne Hing on February 1 2011, 4:28PM

The Obama administration is setting all the wrong records.

Topics: Immigration

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Compare Obama’s SOTU with Past Presidents’, in Tag Clouds

by Jorge Rivas on January 26 2011, 3:00PM

Wonder how last night measured up? Take a look.

Topics: State of the Union

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More Love for the Modest Heros of Tucson

by Jamilah King on January 13 2011, 6:23PM

After days of modest brilliance, Daniel Hernandez is stunned into silence at memorial service.

Topics: Celebrate Love

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Dems Suffer Without Young Voters of Color Who Stole the ‘08 Show

by Jamilah King on November 3 2010, 2:22PM

Exit polls from Tuesday’s election show that the electorate has shifted back toward angry, older white men.

Topics: Election: Now What?

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Obama Lectures Young Voters on Political Apathy

by Jamilah King on September 29 2010, 6:28PM

The Democrats election strategy takes a decidedly abrasive turn.

Topics: Politics

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Yet Another Attack on Obama’s “Aunt Zeituni”

by Jamilah King on September 23 2010, 2:02PM

For the GOP, it’s more proof that the president is, in fact, a Kenyan socialist.

Topics: Immigration

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Video of Obama’s Remarks on Muslim Americans

by Kai Wright on September 10 2010, 3:52PM

Obama: “We don’t differentiate between them and us; it’s just us.”

Topics: Kai Wright

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The Sad, But Real Need for Obama’s Rebuttal to Quran Burning

by Kai Wright on September 9 2010, 12:19PM

This is how far down the rabbit hole of fear our politics have gone.

Topics: Kai Wright

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The $50 Billion Dollar Question in Obama’s New Jobs Proposal

by Seth Freed Wessler on September 7 2010, 4:40PM

It’s unclear exactly how jobs will be created, what kind of jobs they’ll be and for who will get them.

Topics: Economy

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The Latest Casualty of Midterm Elections: Black Farmers

by Jamilah King on September 7 2010, 12:46PM

They’re still waiting for a $1.25 billion bias settlement while politicians play favorites with wealthier landowners.

Topics: Economy

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Obama Finally Calls Out GOP’s “Powerful Interests”

by Jamilah King on September 7 2010, 12:38PM

For the President, it’s no more mister nice guy.

Topics: Politics

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Sasha Obama Becomes Dad’s Gulf Coast Tourism Prop

by Jorge Rivas on August 16 2010, 1:05PM

Meanwhile, President Obama takes criticism for using his kids as PR stunts.

Topics: Media

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Obama’s “Ground Zero Mosque” Backtrack

by Julianne Hing on August 16 2010, 1:02PM

Says his position is about upholding the Constitution, not politics.

Topics: Mosque Mania, National Security

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Obama’s Big Blunders On Immigration

by Julianne Hing on August 13 2010, 3:26PM

When it comes to reform, it’s been a long year of empty promises.

Topics: Immigration, Politics

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Obama to Critics: I’m Not Bashing Teachers

by Julianne Hing on July 30 2010, 5:00PM

The president insists his controversial program doesn’t amount to teacher bashing.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Obama Slipping Among Latinos

by Daisy Hernandez on July 28 2010, 3:48PM

A new poll shows that worry about jobs and immigration reform are hurting the president’s approval ratings.

Topics: Immigration, Politics

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