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Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday, praising the courage of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi while also providing a symbolic nod to initial reforms in a nation once notorious for political repression. Read more at CNN
“Ask powerful people about U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice and certain words keep coming up: “Incredibly effective,” Vice President Joe Biden tells Glamour; “tough,” says former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; “brilliant” from Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine)… The first-ever African American female in her position, she has called out Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a razor tight race, President Obama received a strong singing endorsement from pop star Katy Perry who gave electric performances at huge rallies in Wisconsin and Nevada. Can you say get out the youth vote?
Ted Kennedy is smiling, his old senate seat is in good hands. On Tuesday Elizabeth Warren defeated Scott Brown and became the first woman to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. Warren’s win marks a return to the robust liberalism espoused by the late Edward M. Kennedy, who held the seat for 4½ decades before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Americans gave President Barack Obama a second term on Tuesday with key wins in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nevada, Virginia, and Iowa and others that secured the Democratic incumbent more than 300 electoral votes and counting. In a rousing acceptance speech, the President spoke of unity and common purpose as he called on the country to do […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After seeing the damage that Hurricane Sandy wrought on his city, New York Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided that President Obama was the man he trusted to handle America’s security and deal with the increasing threat of climate change. He slammed Mitt Romney for “reversing course” on all the major issues of the day. He […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The jobs report came out this morning and it showed that 171,000 new jobs were created in October. Additionally, the jobs number for August and September was revised upward by 84,000 new jobs. That’s 255,000 new jobs! Incredible news for a nation still digging itself out of the hole Republicans dug for the country. It’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Obama was in New Jersey this week comforting those unfortunate people who had to endure Hurricane Sandy. This is not the first time Mr. Obama has responded to a nation in crisis. When confronted with an economy spitting away 800,000 jobs a month, with a stock market careening downward, President Obama provided leadership that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the great cabinets in American history, these capable women and men of the Obama administration restored America’s reputation around the world, staved off a global depression, helped create 5 million new jobs, and kept America safe.
“Mitt Romney is probably the one on the wrong side of every issue pertaining to Latinos: education, the economy, health care access. He’s campaigning with — he’s calling the anti-immigration law from Arizona a model law for the rest of the country,” the “Desperate Housewives” star said on MSNBC. ”He’s campaigning with the author of it. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President: Some say Mitt Romney knows little about foreign affairs, however he did serve in Paris during the Vietnam War and knows plenty about French fashion. Romney: My first concern is making sure every American has a year’s worth of supplies in case of Armageddon. Personally, I will build a bomb shelter in the White House […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twelve days ago, Mitt Romney looked like a sure loser, a severe conservative vulture capitalist who only cared about the rich. Romney was reeling from foreign policy mistakes and strident positions on immigration, he was tied to extremist Republicans on women’s issues and strangled by a secret video where he blasted 47% of the country […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Contrary to what the Republicans are telling everyone, President Obama has reduced the deficit since entering office and “has something to brag about — very few presidents of the last generation can say they managed to shrink the deficit by over $200 billion, even during difficult economic times,” as Steve Benen says. Note that, (1) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Labor Department announced Friday that 114,000 jobs new jobs were created in September and raised the July numbers to 181,000 and Septmember’s to 142,000 causing the overall national unemployment rate to fall to 7.8%, the lowest it’s been since President Obama took office. Besides Republicans, everyone else considers this to be good news. ”Absolutely, it’s positive,” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Virginia Senator Jim Webb, former Secretary of Navy under Ronald Reagan, spoke out Thursday for veterans, scolding Republicans like Mitt Romney who have tried to diminish the importance of American sacrifice. Webb, a highly decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War, noted that men like Mitt Romney, men who found a way to avoid the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While Republicans try to take us back to the 1950′s when smokestack industries dominated, when military spending had no limit, and the environment was something to use and discard, President Obama is leading the country into the future. Rather than focusing on the rich and the corporations who ship jobs overseas, the President is giving direction for the 21st century. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ohio’s Sherrod Brown is one of the strongest voices for the American worker in the U.S. Senate. He takes on the powerful monied interests that are more interested in profits than helping the middle class, more interested in shipping jobs overseas than supporting local communities, and more interested in buying politicians who’ll do their bidding […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brad Pitt reaffirmed his support this week of President Obama. “I am an Obama supporter and I’m backing his US election campaign,” Pitt says at a screening of his forthcoming film Killing Them Softly, at the Mayfair Hotel in London.
In 2010, she received a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; is a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, an organization promoting AIDS prevention and treatment; and is a regular fixture at pro-choice events. She recently penned an eloquent open letter to the media about their misogynistic treatment of women […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As Americans, we believe we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights – rights that no man or government can take away. We insist on personal responsibility and we celebrate individual initiative. We’re not entitled to success. We have to earn it. We honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk-takers who have always […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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