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Russian anchor fired after flipping off Obama
A Russian newsreader has been fired after she “flipped the bird” to the camera after mentioning President Barack Obama, according to the Telegraph. Tatyana Limanova, an award-winning newsreader, was talking about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev assuming the chairmanship of the Asia Pacific Cooperation organization. When she mentioned the post was…
Romney’s Mormonism no barrier against Obama: poll
WASHINGTON — Republican voters are uneasy about White House hopeful Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, but not enough to hurt him in a general election battle with President Barack Obama, according to a survey out Wednesday. Romney’s steady support in the polls and fundraising prowess have fed expectations he will win…
Democrats worry over access to birth control
WASHINGTON — Democratic US lawmakers worry President Barack Obama may bow to Catholic groups fighting new rules to expand access to birth control for millions of women, congressional aides confirmed Wednesday. US media have reported that the lawmakers were pressing Obama to hold the line on requiring employer insurance plans…
Obama jabs Congress as he pardons turkey
US President Barack Obama performed his seasonal role of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday, joking it was one duty he could perform without approval of an obstructive Congress. Obama reprieved a 45-pound (20-kilogram) turkey called Libertyand an understudy named Peace from the butcher’s knife and the birds will gobble out their…
Obama camp slams Romney ‘dishonesty’
WASHINGTON — The White House accused Republican Mitt Romney’s camp of blatant dishonesty Tuesday after he savaged President Barack Obama’s jobs record in a testy preview of a possible 2012 election showdown. The row erupted after the Romney camp’s first television advertisement ripped an Obama quote out of context, making…
Obama gets ‘mic checked’ in New Hampshire
Republicans who have been urging the Occupy movement to protest President Barack Obama finally got their wish Tuesday. At a campaign event in New Hampshire, the president waited patiently as he was “mic checked” by a group of protesters. “Mic check!” they shouted. “Mr. President, over 4,000 peaceful protesters have…
WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks about super committee failure
Watch President Obama speak about the failure of the congressional “super committee” to come up with a budget, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Obama’s first-ever TV appearance in 1991 uncovered
Long before he became the President of the United States, Barack Obama made his first television appearance while he was the editor at Harvard University’s Law Review, over 20 years ago in a Black History Month segment for Turner Broadcasting Station (TBS). The future leader of the free world’s segment…
‘Supercommittee’ nearing 11th hour with no deal in sight
A US Congress “supercommittee” on Saturday showed no sign of closing in on a deal to shrink swollen US deficits, unable to close partisan gaps on cutting social programs and raising taxes on the rich. The 12-member panel faced a rapidly approaching midnight Wednesday deadline to adopt a plan to…
A primer on how not to respond to accusations of racism
The Nation scribe and MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry set off a firestorm of criticism with her recent column in which she argued that structural racism, in which white liberals unconsciously hold a black politician to a higher standard, might doom President Obama to a single term. The responses from white…
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