Poll: Majority of Americans Believe Obama’s Civil Liberties Record is Worse than George W. Bush
Is it possible that Barack Obama is worse than George W. Bush when it comes to Civil Liberties? Recent polls are saying yes. Watch this video for an explanation.
Glen Ford: Cory Booker is the Great Black Hope for the Rich Men of America
Cory Booker spends as much time self-promoting as he does working in the mayor’s office. He spends more time tweeting than actually discussing policy. Does the man who has one publicity stunt after another up his sleeve truly have the interests of the people at heart? That’s the question being asked by Glen Ford at [...]
Harry Belafonte Wants Right Wingers Arrested For Subverting Democracy
President Barack Obama was reelected in November, but to many on the right, that election didn’t mean a thing. They’re still determined to push for legislation which supports a Republican agenda instead of respecting the will of the American people. But aren’t they subverting American democracy to meet their own ends? What’s the point of [...]
Mitt Romney May’ve Lost the Election, But His Jeep Ad Won PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ Award
Mitt Romney changed the game when it came to lying to and misleading the electorate in an effort to win an election. In fact, after every debate, there were a flurry of news articles debunking outright lies Romney pushed as fact to make the case for his candidacy. The biggest lie of all, however, came [...]
“If You Voted For Barack Obama, Your Business is Not Welcome”
An Arizona gun store owner has banned Obama supporters from his business, citing their ‘irresponsible’ vote for President Obama as the reason. Cope Reynolds, owner of Southwest Shooting Authority, a gun store located in Pinetop, Arizona, took out a full page ad in a local newspaper that read: “If you voted for Barack Obama your [...]
Cornel West Says Black Prophetic Tradition Has Reawakened for Obama’s Second Term
Professor Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning to hold a symposium on poverty on January 17th, right before President Obama’s inauguration. During an interview with Democracy Now, West says that the black prophetic tradition has reawakened, and that there is a growing resurgence of the black prophetic tradition that doesn’t look at politics solely [...]
President Obama Appears as Napoleon on the Cover of Newsweek
Good or bad? The president has been depicted as Napoleon on the latest issue of Newsweek. The president’s latest victory is sure to give him a lot of magazine covers, and the Republicans certainly thought the election was going to be his Waterloo. But whether they like it or not, the president is going [...]
Livid Donald Trump Calls for a March on Washington
It only took a few hours for Obama nemesis Donald Trump to get back to his old ways. Right after last night’s win for President Barack Obama, Trump took to the Internet to express his outrage that Obama had been given a second term. The man who pushed the birther movement and made a [...]
Do Republicans Hate Obama as Much as Al Qaeda? Chris Matthews Thinks So
Chris Matthews from MSNBC is getting more fired up with each passing day. With the presidential election right around the corner, Matthews is firing off at the Right Wing the way he always does, saying that Republicans actually dislike President Obama more than the Taliban and Al Qaeda. He also says that their racial [...]
Why We Must Leave Obama’s Girls Out of the Gun Fight
In each of the first three years of his presidency, I urged Barack Obama (in vain…read here, here andhere) not to vacation on Martha’s Vineyard—the summer redoubt of notables ranging from the Kennedys to Oprah—even if it is, among African Americans at least, as sure a sign as any that you’ve “arrived.” Because it’s also a place where [...]
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