Category Archives: Barack Obama

Steve King (R-IA) and his Fighting boy named City of Light

Posted on November 22, 2015 by ann li-summers

We’ll purge everybody that we can identify that might even be in question and we’ll start all over with a new security system Continue reading →

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His book should not have been the only Counterinsurgency text available for an entire post-Vietnam generation

Posted on October 18, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Yet if predicting the future is a hopeless endeavor, learning from the past is not. The counterinsurgency books that Nagl studied do impart an important lesson. The goal the United States hopes to reach in Iraq — … Continue reading →

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The 2016 Discourse should be about Quality not Quantity; Debates should be less like Thunderdome and more like a Conversation

Posted on September 10, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The number of political debates seems irrelevant in an age of DVRs, YouTube, and podcasts but this is the moment when the Democratic party could actually use the format to finally crush the GOP and its commitment … Continue reading →

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The Election of 2016 is a remake of Arsenic and Old Lace

Posted on August 8, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers What if Strindberg wrote Hellzapoppin’ or as we’ve seen, 10 Downing Street wrote a memo about WMDs or President Obama gave Syria away like the Sudetenland with the current Iran Nuke deal? With all due respect to … Continue reading →

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Matt Taibbi on Former Attorney General Eric Holder and the Revolving Door between Washington and Wall Street

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Earlier today, award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi was interviewed on Democracy Now! Taibbi talked about Eric Holder, the former Attorney General of the United States, and the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington. Holder is reportedly “returning home — … Continue reading →

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This Just In: Longtime Labor Leader Larry Cohen to Join Presidential Campaign of Bernie Sanders

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Dave Jamieson (Huffington Post) reported this morning that Larry Cohen, the longtime leader of one of the country’s most powerful labor unions, is joining the Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). According to Jamieson, Cohen said that … Continue reading →

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Lacking Grace: Flag mania trumps loss of Faith in a free market for symbols

Posted on June 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

By: Ann Summers “They got a goddamn day for Confederate flags. This is some bullshit!” says the (presumably black) man filming this video And just when you’re wondering how long this line of assholes in lifted trucks can possibly be, … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for June 24, 2015: Regarding President Obama and Racism

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Click here to view more political cartoons by Stuart Carlson.  

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William Saletan Looks at How Republicans “Whitewash” Terrorism When It Involves Violent Acts Committed by White Nationalists (VIDEO)

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Willaim Saletan has an interesting article titled Whitewashing Terrorism over at Slate. In his article, Saletan claimed that “Republicans have firm rules for fighting terrorism—unless it’s committed by domestic racists.” He added that the Republican Party’s philosophy … Continue reading →

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Mark Halperin, a Member of the Mainstream News Media, Scheduled to Host Pilates Session for GOP Donors at Romney Getaway

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mark Halperin, a news journalist who is the co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and a frequent contributor on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, is reportedly going to co-host an early morning pilates session with Ann Romney as part of a getaway for Republican kingmakers. … Continue reading →

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