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Geraldo: ‘All the white people’ are on ‘one side’
Appearing on Fox and Friends on Friday morning, Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera tried to pitch a thoughtful argument against racial divisions in America, but the nuances of race relations and political participation in this country failed him. “You have all the black and brown people on the one side,…
Rahm backs smaller penalties for Chicago pot users
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) said in a release on Thursday that he’s decided to back a proposal that would decriminalize marijuana possession, lowering the penalty for getting caught with up to 15 grams of the drug to a ticket instead of an arrest. Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s former chief of…
Forget Obama Girl, ‘Obama Boy’ sings about his ‘crush on Obama’
Obama Girl is so 2008. President Barack Obama’s recent decision to support same sex marriage has inspired a new video where “Obama Boy” sings about his “crush on Obama.” “The day President Obama went on record saying he was pro-gay marriage, I came up with the concept and wrote the…
Jon Stewart offers Obama tips on monetizing the presidency
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart discussed the difficulty President Barack Obama faces in raising money the old-fashioned way (i.e., local fundraisers and small donors) when faced with the brave new world of post-Citizens United dark money funding. Republican candidate Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) has…
Gingrich admits cutting the deficit means fewer teachers
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday acknowledged that budget cuts would lead to the United States have less teachers. “I think we have to come to grips with how big the challenge is, and does that mean there will be fewer teachers?” he told CNN’s John King. “The honest…
Pro-hemp protester arrested near White House
David Bronner of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps was arrested outside the White House on Monday while protesting the ban on industrial hemp in the United States. “I had hoped that President Obama would not succumb to drug warriors’ hysteria regarding hemp,” he said. “I really don’t know what else to…
Racing To The Bottom
The number one golden rule of statistical analysis: Correlation does not always equal causation. Having said that, there’s pretty strong correlation in this NY Times analysis of areas with high incidences of racially charged Google searches and areas where President Obama underperformed in 2008 by Seth Stevens-Davidowitz: Consider two media…
Obama: Teachers not ‘doing fine’
Teachers not ‘doing fine’: Can Obama find his footing on recovery? (via The Christian Science Monitor) While downplaying a remark Friday that the US private sector is “doing fine,” President Obama nevertheless focused on stalwarts of the public sector – teachers – for his weekly Saturday address, saying Washington has…
Study: Nearly 14 million young Americans insured after health reforms
President Barack Obama’s package of health reforms has not yet been fully implemented, but nearly 14 million young Americans are already benefiting from it due to one change in particular that took effect immediately, according to market research published Friday. The Affordable Care Act changed a rule regarding who can…
Pawlenty: Obama’s drone strikes ‘don’t go far enough’
Wednesday on CNN, former Missouri Gov. Tim Pawlenty suggested that Mitt Romney would further the practice of using unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists. “If you look at what Mitt Romney has said about President Obama’s presiding over our national security and defense posture, obviously his drone strikes and killing…
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