FILE -- Former U.S. President Barack Obama, left, delivers his speech at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) For better or worse, Donald Trump is becoming a far more transformative president than many of his critics like to acknowledge. Democrats become foreign-policy hawks when the topic turns to Russia. And they morph into states’ rights activists when they want to shield illegal immigrants from deportation. Meanwhile, conservative Never Trumpers who have spent entire careers advocating for deregulation, lower taxes, judicial restraint and colorblind public policies have abandoned those principles to make common cause with liberals and their media allies. These days, even Mr. Trump’s immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, doesn’t quite sound like his old self. Mr. Obama traveled to Johannesburg last week to give a speech marking the 100th anniversary … [Read more...] about Jason Riley: Barack Obama has done a 180 on identity politics — Democrats ought to listen to him
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Patti Blagojevich plays her Trump card: It’s all Barack Obama’s fault
Former Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich stuck to her guns Tuesday in blaming the administration of former President Barack Obama for denying her husband a fair trial in her latest attempt to persuade President Donald Trump to release the disgraced governor from prison. “It was the Obama Administration and their Justice Department that made absolutely sure that my husband didn’t get anywhere close to a fair trial,” Patti Blagojevich said in a live interview on the Fox News Channel. “They suppressed evidence. They lied to the jury.” She was booked for the spot on Trump’s favorite television channel hours after the conservative Washington Examiner published her op-ed titled “How our American dream turned into an American nightmare.” Blaming Obama — one of Trump’s favorite targets — was the theme of the day. “Little did we know how truly corrupt the Obama-era Justice Department and FBI really were,” she … [Read more...] about Patti Blagojevich plays her Trump card: It’s all Barack Obama’s fault
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION
*Footnote: With many mainstream media organizations not respecting President Barack Obama and his statements on the immigration issue, African-American News&Issues is publishing the statements in their entirety so the American Public can read the president’s actual comments without the filters of biased media. Dallas, Texas – THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. I just had a good meeting with Governor Perry, local officials, and faith leaders to talk about the steps that we have taken and that we need to take to address the humanitarian situation on the border. And I want to thank everybody who’s been involved for taking the time to talk to me. It’s important to recognize two things. First, the surge of unaccompanied children, and adults with children, are arriving at one sector of the border, and that’s the Rio Grande Valley. Second, the issue is not that people are evading our enforcement … [Read more...] about STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION
Joe Biden, Barack Obama & ‘Detective Capriotti’ star in murder mystery ‘Hope Never Dies’
Ryan Cormier Delaware News Journal Published 1:28 p.m. UTC Jul 23, 2018 When it came time to name one of the major characters in his new Joe Biden/Barack Obama murder mystery, author Andrew Shaffer leaned on his months of Biden research. He remembered seeing photos of the then-vice president making a surprise appearance at the Washington, D.C. opening of the District's first Capriotti's Sandwich Shop in 2013. That was when Wilmington Police Det. Dan Capriotti was born. "It was such a strange little thing that he went to a store opening. So instead of putting the actual sandwich shop in the book, I named a character after them," Shaffer, 39, who is based in Kentucky. "I don't think a lot of people will get it, but the people who do will laugh." It's just one of many First State nods in the newly-released 301-page novel "Hope Never Dies" (Quirk Books, $14.99), which tracks the Obama/Biden bromance after they leave The White House … [Read more...] about Joe Biden, Barack Obama & ‘Detective Capriotti’ star in murder mystery ‘Hope Never Dies’
Blame Barack Obama for Russian interference in our 2016 election: Readers sound off
opinion USA TODAY Published 5:24 p.m. UTC Jul 22, 2018 Letter to the editor: In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s widely criticized Helsinki performance, Trump’s foes are not only speculating openly that Russian President Vladimir Putin must have compromising dirt on him, but are once again renewing the claim that Russia “stole” the election for Trump and turned him into a puppet of the Kremlin. But if these claims are true, what must that say about Barack Obama’s presidency? Just think about that for a moment. A hostile foreign power was able to unilaterally install its choice for president to lead our country and our people. This has never happened before in our nation’s history. Yet it happened on Obama’s watch. And Obama, despite knowing of the Russian efforts, could not and did not stop it from happening, if you believe the narrative. This failure to protect our democracy is an astonishing dereliction of presidential duty, … [Read more...] about Blame Barack Obama for Russian interference in our 2016 election: Readers sound off