Lead Republicans Predicting Obama Will be Impeached for Benghazi Cover-Up
Republicans are pushing for the impeachment of President Barack Obama over the disaster at Benghazi. They are claiming that the White House’s efforts to cover up what happened there are worse than Watergate and worthy of seeking impeachment of the president. But one person who is not on board with this strategy is Senator [...]
Julianne Malveaux: A Flawed Immigration Reform Bill
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux The Senate’s Gang of Eight have put together an 844 page monstrosity known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, legislation that President Obama says he “basically approves” of. The crafters of this essentially unreadable bill was put together by Senators d**k Durbin (Illinois), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chuck [...]
New Poll Says Majority Of Americans Don’t Know About Obamacare
By Staff Blogger According to a new Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll, many Americans are either confused about the new Obama health care law, the Affordable Care Act, or are completely unaware that it is now law. There seems to be much confusion as to the state of the Affordable Care Act. According to [...]
Former Obama Supporter Takes Heat for Criticizing the President’s Record on Diversity and Employment
Kevin Johnson doesn’t have a lot of friends these days. Part of the reason that he has been attacked as of late is because he spoke his version of truth about the effectiveness of the Obama presidency. In the black community, this is an absolute no-no, and anyone questioning the Obama Administration is typically tarred [...]
How Obama is wisely navigating Washington
Two weeks ago, President Obama was getting criticism from all sides, with liberals arguing he was squandering an opportunity to pass major gun control legislation and centrists and conservatives casting him as not providing enough leadership on deficit reduction. Nevermind all that. Obama is now not only moving forward on three of his [...]
What Can the President Do about Mass Incarceration? A Presidential Expert Explains
After a recent letter to the White House addressing mass incarceration was written by Dr. Boyce Watkins and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, thousands of celebrities, activists, business leaders and scholars got on-board. Public figures, including Jennifer Hudson, LL Cool J, Chris Rock, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton endorsed [...]
Lloyd Austin: The First African-American to Lead U.S. Central Command
Today, General Lloyd Austin became the first African-American to lead the U.S. Central Command, which has a wide-ranging area of responsibility for 20 countries in the Middle East and southwest Asia. His appointment is effective immediately. During the change of command ceremony today, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said, “General Austin brings to [...]
Rand Paul Made the Right Call With the Filibuster
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson explains why the point the Republican was making about drones was worth supporting — even for those who rarely agree with him. The Republican senator from Kentucky, whom I’ve ridiculed as an archconservative kook — because that’s basically what he is — was right to call attention to the [...]
Fox News Chief Says President Obama is Lazy, and Obama Happens to Agree
Roger Ailes, the boss over at Fox News, likely has some sour grapes toward President Barack Obama. After all, his team of “highly qualified” analysts totally got it wrong during the last election, when his best people predicted a Mitt Romney landslide win. So, in light of those conditions, it’s easy to see why Ailes [...]
Julianne Malveaux: At Last
by Julianne Malveaux When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song “At Last” at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the song could have had several meanings. At last we have an African American President? At last, the muscle of the Black vote has been flexed? At last, there is some hope for our country to [...]
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