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Category Archives: Barack Obama
What You Should Know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Government Agency Overseeing US Trade Deals
By Elaine Magliaro “A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy Lee Fang has an important article about the agency that is overseeing trade deals for the United States over at The Intercept. … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Corruption, Courts, Democracy, Economics, Government, Government Propaganda, Jurisprudence, Justice, Labor Movement, Oligarchy, Pharmaceuticals, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, United States
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Tagged Michael Froman, TPP, TPP Tribunals, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US Trade Deals
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6 Comments
Rotten to the Common Core?: On the Subject of Education Standards, Arne Duncan, “White Suburban Moms”…and Bad*ss Teachers
By Elaine Magliaro After reading Mike Spindell’s column Fake Colleges and Lousy Student Loan Programs today, I thought I’d post an article about Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Common Core that I wrote back in November of 2013 for Res Ipsa … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Education, Government, Politics, Propaganda, Society, United States
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Tagged Arne Duncan, Common Core
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Comments Off on Rotten to the Common Core?: On the Subject of Education Standards, Arne Duncan, “White Suburban Moms”…and Bad*ss Teachers
Some Things You Should Know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Senator Elizabeth Warren and Others Have Major Concerns Regarding the Trade Pact That Is Being Negotiated in Secrecy
By Elaine Magliaro In Ferbruary, I wrote a post about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) being another bad trade deal for the United States. (You can read that post here.) Many people—including some members of Congress—have complained about the “extreme” secrecy … Continue reading →
Posted in Australia, Barack Obama, Canada, Countries, Courts, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Justice, Politics, Propaganda, United States, Vietnam
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Tagged Brunei, Chile, Congress, Elizabeth Warren, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Singapore, TPP, Trade Deals, Trade Pacts, Trans-Pacific Partnership
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15 Comments
Fort Lauderdale Police Officers Fired Over Racist Text Messages and Video
By Elaine Magliaro WSVN reported today that the FBI “is launching an inquiry into the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s internal affairs investigation that led to the firing of three police officers over racial slurs’ that they used in personal text … Continue reading →
BREAKING NEWS: Senator Tom Cotton Says That Iran Controls Its Capital City of Tehran (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Guess what? The country of Iran controls the city of Tehran. Ohmigod! Who knew? Say it ain’t so! Boy, I’m sure glad I learned that important bit of information when Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) was a guest on … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Conservatives, Countries, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Homosexual Rights, Iran, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Short Video, Television, Treason, United States, War on "Terror"
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Tagged Congress, Face the Nation, Iran's Nuclear Program, Republicans, Sen. Tom Cotton, US Senate
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29 Comments
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi, Republican Members of Congress…and “Netanyahu’s Greater Republica” (Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said that since Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has now given “his very own State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, the partisan colonization of the world is in full … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Conservatives, Countries, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Humor, Iran, Israel, Politics, Propaganda, Short Video, United States
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Tagged Congress, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon, Republicans, US Senate
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15 Comments
NEWSFLASH: Disgraced General David Petraeus Remains a Trusted White House Advisor
By Elaine Magliaro Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who is expected to formally plead guilty “to mishandling classified materials” next month, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 27th. Petraeus, who also served as the top U.S. general in Iraq and Afghanistan, “was … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, CIA, Courts, Crime, DOJ, Equal Rights, Government, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Political Science, Presidents, Treason, United States, US Army, US Military
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Tagged Classified Information, David Petraeus, General David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell
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4 Comments
NEWSFLASH: Drunk Secret Service Agents who Crashed into White House Barricade Disrupted Bomb Investigation
By Elaine Magliaro I’m sure that most of you have heard about the two Secret Service agents who were suspected of driving drunk and hitting a White House security barricade earlier this month. According to reports, the Department of Homeland … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Countries, Government, Presidents
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Tagged Department of Homeland Security, Newsflash, Secret Service, White House
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9 Comments
A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: “America the Rudyful”
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore wrote about failed presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and remarks that he made about President Obama during a private dinner featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott that was held at Manhattan’s Club 21. … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Conservatives, Countries, Humor, Media, Politics, Propaganda, Short Video, United States
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Tagged Koch Brothers, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon, Rudy Giuliani
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1 Comment
Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York Says Comparing ISIS to Christian Terrorists Is an “Accurate” Analogy
By Elaine Magliaro Do you remember how some conservatives freaked out a month ago because of remarks that President Obama made before the National Prayer Breakfast? Here’s a little refresher for you from Luke Brinker of Salon: …President Obama denounced those … Continue reading →
Posted in Barack Obama, Christianity, Conservatives, Hypocrisy, Islam, Media, Politics, Propaganda, Religion, Short Video, Society, Uncategorized, United States
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Tagged Catholics, IRA, Ireland, ISIS, National Prayer Breakfast, Radical Islamist Terrorists, Terrorism, Terrorists, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
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7 Comments