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Koch Industries: Obama trying to silence private citizens
Koch Industries has accused President Barack Obama’s allies of trying to silence its wealthy executives, David and Charles Koch, following remarks made by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). “We will exercise our First Amendment rights and not be intimidated or silenced by the President’s aides and his allies who criticize private…
Obama plans religious ‘accommodation’ for contraceptives: report
Related: Obama official vows all women will have ‘free contraceptive services’ Under pressure from Catholic bishops, the Obama administration will announce it is backing off a requirement that virtually all health insurance policies provide coverage for contraceptives, administration insiders told ABC News on Friday morning. A member of the administration,…
Petition urges Obama to replace five FEC commissioners
A petition on the White House’s “We the People” website calling for President Barack Obama to nominate new commissioners to the Federal Elections Commission has gained enough signatures to require an official response. The petition was created and promoted by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and other…
McConnell: Obama unleashing ‘liberal thugs’ on Fox News
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday painted conservatives as victims of President Barack Obama and other “liberal thugs.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), McConnell said he always loved the event “because conservatives are just simply more fun” than liberals. “There’s a reason for that, by…
Campaign fashion at the front line of winning votes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The policies of U.S. President Barack Obama and his potential Republican rivals differ, but when it comes to campaign trail fashion they could not be more alike with their style at the frontline of winning votes. Whether it’s rolled-up sleeves, or a checked shirt with no…
DNC chair on super PACs: We ‘play by the rules that exist right now’
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee appeared on CNN’s Starting Point Thursday morning to defend President Obama’s decision to accept super PAC money as part of his reelection campaign. Critics have accused the president of “flip-flopping” on the issue in that he has spoken out against the Supreme…
Cenk: ‘There’s no reason to believe’ Obama will end super PACs
The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur said Tuesday evening that President Barack Obama would not change the current state of unlimited money financing American politics. Uguyr discussed Obama’s decision to embrace the super PACs, with guests Ian Millhiser, editor of Think Progress, and Bob Edgar, president of the progressive advocacy…
President Obama fires ‘marshmallow cannon’ in White House
More than a hundred students from across the country participated today in a special White House science fair. Exhibits on display included a Skype-using robot, a portable disaster shelter, and 14-year-old Joey Hudy’s “Marshmallow Cannon,” which the president tried his hand at firing. Watch the video, embedded via NBC Nightly…
Scott Rasmussen: Obama very likely to be reelected if trends continue
Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports predicted on Monday that President Barack Obama would win the 2012 election if the economy continued to improve. The latest Rasmussen poll showed Obama with a 7 point lead over the Republican frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. “The trends are moving in President Obama’s…
Santorum: Romney and Obama both created ‘death panels’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday asserted that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was “uniquely unqualified” for the GOP nomination because of the similarities between health care laws in Massachusetts and President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, including the repeatedly debunked claim that “death panels” would ration care to…
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