Former President Barack Obama announced Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” he said on his official Twitter account. Obama also said that his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, has tested negative. “Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted,” the former President said […]
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Former President Obama Lauds The Latest Supreme Court Ruling On The Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act, formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and colloquially known as Obamacare, has taken flak from the Republican Party since the federal statute was enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Reportedly, there have been at least 70 Republican-led attempts to […]
The U.S. Continues To Grind Cuba
The Trump administration is playing no ease up on Cuba as it continues to pressure the Caribbean island to “reform or perish.” The U.S. latest move is to have all private charter flights between the United States and Cuba suspended, in a bid to increase economic pressure on the island. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that “the Castro […]
Former U.S. President Obama Shares Favorites
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is again sharing his annual lists of favorites. “This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too,” Obama noted. “This year’s list includes everything from explorations of class dynamics and relationships, to an inspired reboot of a classic graphic novel, to a portal back to one of […]
President Obama vs. Noam Chomsky
President Barack Obama, in his bid for reelection in 2012, told a group of mostly college-aged students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that he knows first-hand about the burden of student loans because he only managed to finish paying off his student loans eight years ago. “Michelle and I, we’ve been in your shoes,” Obama told […]
Michelle Obama Gets Grammy Nomination For Audiobook
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, American lawyer, university administrator, writer, and first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, continues to create milestones as she could soon earn a Grammy award as part of her bragging rights. The former first lady was recently nominated for the best spoken word album award for her work on the audiobook of her […]
How Does Your 2019 Summer Reading List Stack Up Against President Obama’s?
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries — Rene Descartes. Summer is almost over but it’s never too late to reach for that favorite book and while away those leisure hours in reading. Former U.S. President Barak Obama has also made it easy by providing his summer reading list that […]
The Obama’s 2019 Summer Playlist Is Out
Former President Obama has unveiled his and former first lady Michelle Obama’s 2019 summer playlist on Twitter and Instagram. “With summer winding down, here’s a sampling of what Michelle and I have been listening to — some new, some old, some fast, some slow. Hope you enjoy,” Mr. Obama posted on the social media outlets. The playlist featured 44 songs which some pundits have […]
Stephen Miller — Trump vs “The Squad”
Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller, in an interview exchange with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, said voters have a choice between a leader who will seek to strengthen America’s western values or someone who will morph the country into Venezuela. He noted that “Anybody who’s running for office, right, left, or center, always points out where they think America can do […]
Former President Barack Obama — “It’s Not Racist”
Former President Barack Obama, while addressing a town hall meeting in Berlin, Germany, posited the view that “it’s not racist” to say immigrants in the U.S. should learn English. “Should we want to encourage newcomers to learn the language of the country that are moving to? Of course. Does that mean that they can never use their own language? No. […]