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Okay. I'll say it out loud. Donald J Trump, These bombs are YOUR fault.
Not the new agencies "covering" your every move. Not former Presidents
and their families. Not people exercising their right to confront
politicians with grievances in...
by djohn817
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on Thu Oct 25, 2018 at 11:09 AM PDT
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After a spate of explosive devices targeting progressives and Democratic lawmakers surfaced Wednesday morning, all Donald Trump could muster in the midst of the crisis was a meager three-word tweet.
"I agree wholeheartedly," he wrote, retweeting a...
by Kerry Eleveld
114 comments
on Wed Oct 24, 2018 at 10:44 AM PDT
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This has been making the rounds on Facebook.
Apparently, Queen Elizabeth always wears a brooch. It’s her style, along with the hats.
Visiting dignitaries and heads of state often present her with brooches, knowing she likes them.
When she...
by LadyJeand
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on Tue Jul 17, 2018 at 08:32 PM PDT
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Remember What It Was Like to Have Decent, Happy People in The White House? Their Official Portraits. It seems so long ago.
No wife-punchers, no Neo-Nazis, no grifters, no idiots, no nepotism, no visits from Russian spy chiefs, no braggadocio, no bombastic threats, no ghouls throwing white power hand signs, no National Security Staff on the Russian...
by durrati
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on Mon Feb 12, 2018 at 08:58 AM PST
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Our former FLOTUS with the MOSTEST took the mic at a conference in Boston today and in true Michelle Obama style, she did not hold back. She once again reminded us of why we love the Obamas and how far we have sunk since their departure from the White...
by JoanMar
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on Wed Sep 27, 2017 at 12:11 PM PDT
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There is no story. I miss the Obamas. This guy, this fake haired poser makes me ill. And scared. 7 comments
on Tue Apr 18, 2017 at 08:21 AM PDT
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We made plans weeks ago to get out of town for the Inauguration. We wanted nothing to do with Trump, and we live just a few blocks from the White House and wanted nothing to do with the security perimeter, the traffic tie-ups, and even less to do with...
by Homer J
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on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 09:35 AM PST
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As we are now quickly moving forward to the end of Obama’s presidency, America should give gratitude and appreciation to a president who is leaving office with his head held high, with numerous accomplishments even during some of the most difficult...
by markalan
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on Tue Nov 29, 2016 at 08:01 AM PST
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In 1996, before Barack Obama went into politics, he and Michelle were interviewed and photographed for a piece on couples that The New Yorker was doing. In 2009, after Obama was inaugurated, The New Yorker revisited the piece and posted excerpts from...
by SFSister
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on Thu Sep 22, 2016 at 04:27 PM PDT
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March is Women's History Month
Today is
Peach Blossom Day
I Want You to be Happy Day
National Anthem Day
National Cold Cuts Day
National Mulled Wine Day
On this day in 1887, Anne Sullivan
by Tara Thralls
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on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 11:54 PM PST
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Virginia McLaurin fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the White House. In celebration of Black History Month, she was given the opportunity to come to the White House and meet the Obamas. The spry
by Jen Hayden
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on Mon Feb 22, 2016 at 08:21 AM PST
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Readers of my home site We Are Respectable Negroes know that I am fascinated by the rhetorical style and of tone of late 19th and early 20th century American newspapers. The coincidence of the White ...
by Chauncey DeVega
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on Fri Dec 06, 2013 at 12:02 PM PST
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Many US Presidents were either slave owners or have slave owners in their geneology. But new historical and geneological research has revealed that the great-great-great-great-great grandfather of ...
by Heavy Mettle
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on Thu Jun 27, 2013 at 02:08 PM PDT
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Late last week I spend some time checking in on what was happening at the annual CPAC, Conservative Political Action Conference.
As might be expected, since it was being held just after the ban on ...
by zwerlst
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on Tue Feb 14, 2012 at 07:00 AM PST
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As a life-long Republican, it has been my pleasure to watch President Obama's various missteps and challenges over the last few weeks. Every day he seems to prove in a new way that only Republicans ...
by zbbrox
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on Tue May 11, 2010 at 08:29 AM PDT
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Claudius had it right.
by Bushbull
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on Mon Aug 17, 2009 at 04:49 PM PDT
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The recent discussion about Bo, the Portugese Water Dog, and the Obamas is important.
Vice President Biden, who I adore, actually, made a serious mistake in buying a German Shepherd pup from a ...
by cany
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on Mon Apr 13, 2009 at 09:53 PM PDT
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Yesterday Michelle Obama broke ground, along with a bunch of school kids, on the new White House vegetable garden. They report they will be planting various vegetables, berry bushes, and have bee ...
by akmk
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on Sat Mar 21, 2009 at 01:32 PM PDT
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The popularity ratings of the first African-American first Lady put her ahead of all of her ...
by ivillage
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on Fri Mar 06, 2009 at 09:43 AM PST
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::sigh::
I love me some Obamas! I gave money and time during the election. I voted for the man, but something is troubling me. It's this $45M for the Inauguration. I have a problem with it.
by xysea
118 comments
on Fri Jan 16, 2009 at 07:00 AM PST
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