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Michelle Obama calls for strengthened gun laws to stop bloodshed
First Lady Michelle Obama returned to her murder-plagued hometown Wednesday to make an emotional plea for strengthening US gun laws, saying she too could have been a victim of brutal street violence while growing up. Making a rare direct foray into the domestic policy debate, Obama held back tears as…
Junk food fight between U.S. manufacturers and health advocates intensifies
The fight between food purveyors and health advocates over junk food is getting intense. From the successful campaign against trans fats to San Francisco’s ban on toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals to first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity, it’s clear that makers of so-called junk… …
Hackers claim to have posted Michelle Obama’s personal data
WASHINGTON — The US Secret Service launched an investigation Tuesday after hackers posted what they said was personal data and credit information of celebrities including first lady Michelle Obama online. The probe was opened over files which included personal information purportedly from FBI chief Robert Mueller, Vice President Joe Biden,…
First Lady Michelle Obama launches new campaign against childhood obesity
First Lady Michelle Obama took her campaign against childhood obesity to a new level Thursday with a $150 million program to encourage more physical activity in American schools. Let’s Move! Active Schools builds upon the Let’s Move! initiative that the mother-of-two and wife of Barack Obama unveiled three years ago…
Next: Conservatives Outraged that Michelle Obama Puts Her Pants on One Leg at A Time. How Dare She?!
Kelly on Twitter called it: Remember how, in 8th grade, once the bullies selected a target, everything that target did, no matter how mundane, caused the bullies to spin into outrage? Pack a sandwich in your lunch? Preposterous! Who does that? Time to mock relentlessly! Wear sneakers to school? I…
Donny Deutsch: Michelle Obama had a ‘monarch quality’ at the Oscars
Advertising executive Donny Deutsch on Monday ripped First Lady Michelle Obama for making an unexpected appearance at the 85th Academy Awards. “This is not a horrible crime in the scheme of things, but as far as I’m concerned she was an uninvited guest,” he told CNN’s Piers Morgan. Deutsch explained…
CNN slams Michelle Obama at Oscars with Fonzie ‘jumping the shark’ clip
Following Michelle Obama’s Sunday night video appearance at the Academy Awards, CNN used a clip of Happy Days character Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli jumping a shark on water skis to question whether the first lady had diminished herself. The 1977 Happy Days scene and the phrase “jump the shark” has come…
Michelle Obama’s dance moves go viral on YouTube
A video clip of First Lady Michelle Obama grooving with a dressed-in-drag Jimmy Fallon on his late-night comedy talk show has gone viral on YouTube. In the video, the pair, each clad in conservative slacks and cardigans, and Fallon with a long brown-haired wig, perform a routine dubbed “Evolution of…
Whistleblower fired for revealing cops threatened Obama while protecting him
A Richmond police officer who reported fellow cops for allegedly threatening President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama has been fired from his job on the force. WTVR on Wednesday confirmed that the officer, who did not wish to be named, had been called to police headquarters where he…
Alabama football coach caught slurring ‘fat butt Michelle Obama’ and ‘queers’
An Alabama high school football coach is under investigation after he as caught on tape allegedly using slurs against “fat butt Michelle Obama” and “queers,” who he said were “an abomination against God.” Lauderdale County Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gray confirmed to The TimesDaily that Lauderdale County High School coach Bob…
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