. If the YouTube embed doesn’t work for you, here’s the official White House livestream link.
President Obama’s Farewell Address: LivestreamPost + Comments (320)
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. If the YouTube embed doesn’t work for you, here’s the official White House livestream link.
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Some of y’all mentioned this in earlier threads, but additional details about the Obama-on-Issa smack-down make it all the more delicious. Via Jezebel: California Rep. and wheezing obstructionist Rep. Darrell Issa (R), locked in the closest race of his congressional career thanks to the half-melted pile of candy corn from Halloween ‘83 that he endorsed …
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Now on the PA at the Philly Tim Kaine rally https://t.co/LwPuZdMf99 — daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 5, 2016 Only Tim Kaine, harmonica enthusiast, would consider this song liable to inspire people. I chose to find Kaine’s choice endearing, because there’s a lot of ‘basic‘ in my genome too. For Obama-maniacs, NYMag devoted most of its Oct.3-16 …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Stay ProudPost + Comments (89)
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President Obama gave a lengthy statement to the media in which he excoriated the idiot Trump without mentioning his name once and hung that bloated orange albatross around the necks of Republican officials. The section on the idiotic “radical Islam” controversy begins at approximately 1:05: The whole thing is worth hearing; PBO also provides updates …
Obama’s Statement on “Radical Islam” and “Politicians Who Tweet”Post + Comments (186)
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I’m so proud to be a Democrat today. We elected and then reelected President Barack Obama, a man whose vision, steadiness, wisdom and genuine human decency have inspired millions of people around the world (and personally restored my faith in politics and America). And now we’ve nominated and will work our asses off to elect …
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So this morning I’m reading a diary on the Great Orange Satan about political doings over in Bagdad By The Bay. Though I grew up in the San Francisco area, I’m not really current on what’s happening, aside from the fact that I couldn’t afford a shack in SF itself anymore — notamidst all those Twitter-, …
Some Mostly Stolen Thoughts On That Old Politics Vs. Revolution ThangPost + Comments (56)
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Obama gave a magnificent speech to the graduating class at Howard today, and I have embedded it so you can watch it. It’s everything I love about Obama- it’s smart, it’s witty, it’s hopeful, it’s realistic, it’s based in historical reality, it’s optimistic, and it’s a challenge to the audience to do better while convincing …