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‘Family’ group: Obama’s order to ‘embrace homosexuality’ drove rise in military sexual assaults
A right-wing “family” group announced to its members on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is responsible for the growing number of sexual assaults in the military, specifically calling out his “policy on homosexuality” and the repeal of the military’s ban on LGBT people serving openly. “President Obama is finally admitting…
Jon Stewart lampoons Obama’s descent into scandal mania
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart poked fun at President Barack Obama for becoming embroiled in multiple scandals. He mocked the President for admitting that he only learned about the IRS scandal after it was reported by the Associated Press on Friday. Stewart noted that…
New NRA president: Obama and ‘followers’ are out for revenge
The incoming president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) accused President Barack Obama of a vengeful campaign against gun owners and fellow Democrats during an address at the organization’s annual meeting on Saturday. “Last fall, just before the elections, as community-organizer-in chief, President Obama demanded that his followers extract revenge,”…
Reports of forced feeding puts pressure on Obama to close Guantanamo
Controversy over the Guantánamo Bay detention camp has intensified as United Nations experts condemned the force-feeding of hunger-striking inmates by the US, and a former White House lawyer claimed that drone strikes are being used an alternative to detaining al-Qaida suspects. With more than 100 inmates refusing food, four senior…
Guantanamo gets extra medical staff as hunger strike continues
Extra medical staff have been sent to the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay to help address a hunger strike that has spread to nearly two-thirds of the detainees, authorities said Monday. With the strike now entering its 12th week, President Barack Obama has faced fresh calls to honor his…
Rick Perry asks Obama for a ‘quick turnaround’ on federal aid after explosion
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Thursday declared a disaster area and said he planned to request federal funds in response to an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Waco that may have killed as many as 15 people. At a press conference, the governor thanked President Barack Obama for…
Hunger-striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay military prison face more restrictions than ever
It’s been 11 years since the first detainees were brought to Guantanamo Bay. But the future of the prison, and the fate of the men inside it, is far from certain. With 59 detainees at Gitmo currently on hunger strike, by the military’s count, here’s a primer on what’s going…
Subpoenas being sent to Trenton workers who donated money to sculpture of Obama
Mayoral aide Anthony Roberts and several other city employees are expected to be served with subpoenas this week as several city council members continue to demand answers about the donations and city dollars that funded a $4,000 sculpture of President Obama. Council President Phyllis Holly… …
Jay-Z’s ‘Open Letter’ on Cuba trip kicks a brick out of cold war wall
Jay-Z’s rap struck a chord because America is ready to drop the Cuba embargo. Let’s hope President Obama is listening “Hip-hop is the CNN of the ghetto.” It was Chuck D of old school hip-hop group Public Enemy who first said these words. Yet Jay-Z the family man has proven…
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As pressure mounts to close the US’s detention camp in Cuba, what would be the implications for its policy on terrorism? Renewing his push to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama said what many of his critics have been saying for years – that it is…
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