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Harris-Perry: Obama ‘playing Godfather’ with GOP on fiscal cliff
Saturday morning on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” host Melissa Harris-Perry said that President Barack Obama is “playing Godfather” by making the Republicans an offer “they better not refuse” on the looming issue of the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Author and Tulane University professor Harris-Perry opened the segment by discussing the fact that…
‘Fiscal cliff’ road trip: Obama talks Scrooge as GOP stews
'Fiscal cliff' road trip: Obama talks Scrooge as GOP stews President Obama’s speech Friday at a toy factory in suburban Philadelphia – an electoral battleground area – had all the hallmarks of a campaign event. An American flag was prominently displayed. About 350 people packed the room, eager to see…
Texas gun store owner: Record sales because of Obama win and Mayan ‘doomsday’
A Texas gun store owner says that gun sales were a “madhouse” on Black Friday because President Barack Obama was re-elected and people are stocking up in advance of the Mayan-predicted “doomsday.” FBI records released earlier this week indicated that the bureau fielded 154,873 calls for background checks last Friday,…
Scarborough to Republicans: Quit budget talks if Obama can’t get along like Clinton and Gingrich did
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Friday recommended that Republicans “walk out” of talks completely because President Barack Obama’s first budget offer was “loaded with Democratic priorities,” citing an imperfect memory of the way President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) harmoniously “worked together” to reach a deal in…
China’s richest man sues Obama administration to build wind farm in U.S.
Why one of China's richest men is squaring off against Obama in court (via The Christian Science Monitor) One of China’s richest men squares off against President Obama in a Washington federal court today, challenging the US leader’s refusal, on national security grounds, to let him build a wind farm…
Glenn Beck dunks Obama figurine in jar of ‘urine’
Former Fox News conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck put on his art critic hat Tuesday and proceeded to dunk a figurine of President Barack Obama into a jar of what he claimed to be urine. Repeatedly calling himself one of the “100 most important people in the art industry,” Beck adopted…
Watch live: Obama delivers remarks on middle class taxes
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the impact higher taxes would have on the middle class. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 28. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Senate Republicans ‘disturbed’ by Susan Rice’s Benghazi account
Republican senators opened the way for a new showdown with Barack Obama on Tuesday, after an apparently disastrous meeting with UN ambassador Susan Rice that had been intended to smooth her path to nomination as US secretary of state. The meeting on Capitol Hill had been widely expected to end…
Ingraham: Obama ‘putting a gun to the head of the American people’
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham says that President Barack Obama has been “putting a gun to the head of the America people” to force Republicans to pass legislation that they don’t agree with. Fox News co-host Steve Doocy on Tuesday asserted that the White House was accusing Republicans of trying…
Bernie Sanders ‘nervous’ about Obama’s talk of entitlement reform
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Monday that he worried about President Barack Obama caving to Republican demands to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “I get nervous that instead of bringing back the old Clinton-era tax rates for the wealthiest people — 39.6 [percent] — there may be…
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