Showing results for: Barack Obama (page 256)
Hillary’s atrocious race record: Her stances over decades have been painful and wrong
Musa al-Gharbi
"The idea that she is or ever has been a stalwart advocate for black empowerment is absolutely ludicrous"
The governor who poisoned Flint: The GOP’s Rick Snyder thought he might be president. Not so fast…
Susan J. Demas
Snyder promised Michigan transparence and business-style leadership. He delivered usual GOP bumbling incompetence
It’s a “blow job” because it’s work: How guys push women to make oral sex as common as shaking hands
Peggy Orenstein
How oral sex became a teen's workaround, a path to popularity -- but rarely the road to reciprocated pleasure
What’s the matter with Dem? Thomas Frank talks Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and everything in between
Kathy Kiely
While Republicans devour each other whole, Democrats face an identity crisis of their own. Thomas Frank explains
The GOP rigged the House: Even a massive Donald Trump defeat wouldn’t give Democrats control
David Daley
GOP redistricting post-2010 was built to withstand even a landslide loss. The week's hot political story is fantasy
Paul Krugman: The GOP could learn a lot from Obama’s mistakes — thankfully, they will not
Scott Eric Kaufman
They haven't had an original idea in decades, they're not about to embrace new ones now
United States of Torture: When it comes to “enhanced interrogation,” Americans agree with Donald Trump
Elias Isquith
If you thought support for torture was relegated to the right-wing fringes, a new poll has some bad news
It was Republicans who killed the GOP: Stop trying to argue that anyone else is to blame
Simon Maloy
WSJ's Daniel Henninger joins the chorus of conservative pundits straining to blame Barack Obama for GOP dysfunction
The Democrats own this mess too: Gerrymandering and obstructionism alone can’t explain American inequality
Thomas Frank
Progressives are told time and again that Clinton and Obama are the best their party can do. It's a total crock
10 ways the Democratic primary has been rigged from the start
RoseAnn DeMoro
This race is still far from over, but that won't stop the establishment from trying to hand the nom to Hillary
Campbell Brown, charter propagandist: How the former anchorwoman became the face of education reform
Kali Holloway
Once an NBC reporter, Brown now leads an education news site backed by the likes of the Walton Family Foundation
Let’s face it: All our presidential candidates are hucksters
Eric Zuesse
Truthfulness isn't even their goal; winning and keeping power is
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is loathed by Democrats, yet just got a head-scratching endorsement by Obama. Here are some guesses why
Elias Isquith
Despite being hated by many—and loved by few—the DNC chair's reelection campaign just got a needed boost. But why?
We must smash the Clinton machine: Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary this time, but change is coming
Bill Curry
Neoliberals, D.C. careerists and the pundits lined up this time. They won't be able to rig contests moving forward
Hideous, disgusting racists: Let’s call Donald Trump and his supporters exactly what they are
Chauncey DeVega
Media wants to call them "economically anxious working-class whites." There's a clearer, more honest name to use
The truth about Donald Trump’s angry white men: Inside the media narrative that the media doesn’t understand
Heather Digby Parton
Members of the establishment press wonder how they got Trump so wrong. Here's one big way
A message to the media and GOP elites: You didn’t build that. Here’s who’s really responsible for Donald Trump
Elias Isquith
GOP establishment and media haven't covered themselves in glory. But understanding Trump requires deeper thought
Hillary Clinton’s “dirty politics”: Bernie Sanders is experiencing the same nasty tricks that Clinton’s campaign dealt Obama in 2008
H.A. Goodman
Clinton's campaign is alienating Bernie Sanders supporters — it could cost her in the general election
“Morning Joe” childishness: The show’s inane demand that President Obama treat Americans like children
Elias Isquith
Obama's response to the terrorist attack in Brussels was measured and serious. Of course, "Morning Joe" hated it
Another reason for Republicans to feel terrible: Obama’s popularity is spiking — further destroying the GOP’s chances of saving its sinking ship
Simon Maloy
Republicans argue that Barack Obama is a uniquely disastrous president, but his approval rating is on the rise
Paul Ryan looks past Trump: The speaker is preparing for a GOP civil war
Simon Maloy
With a Trump-inspired Republican crack-up looming, Paul Ryan positions himself to take control in the aftermath
“The irony is no longer ironic”: ISIS “aren’t Kobe Bryant,” Michele Bachmann writes in an attempt at a scathing attack on Obama
Scott Eric Kaufman
Bachmann abuses the powers of nonsense, alliteration, and assonance to attack Obama's response to Brussels
Rudy Giuliani attacks Hillary Clinton for being “a founding member of ISIS”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Giuliani also, unironically, criticized Obama for attending a baseball game when terrorism was happening
“Snowden has done a service”: Former Bush official Lawrence Wilkerson applauds the whistleblower
Ben Norton
Wilkerson says Snowden did not threaten U.S. security, and, in a perfect world, the whistleblower would be rewarded
Page: 256