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*Nearly half a century after Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic March on Washington for equality, tens of thousands came to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication. The memorial to Dr. King has been open since August, but the dedication was delayed due to Hurricane Irene. [...]
*With an assist from Matt Drudge and Rush Limbaugh, 29-year-old Tea Party member Ryan Rhodes is enjoying his 5 minutes of fame, making TV appearances on CNN and Fox News Channel , after video of him challenging President Obama on civility and financial policy went viral. His road to celebrity began Monday as Obama [...]
*Lawmakers and the White House had what nearly every party is describing as a “tough” and “testy” meeting on the debt ceiling Wednesday afternoon, culminating in a stormy exchange between President Barack Obama and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), reports the Huffington Post. It was the fifth straight day of talks, but the first [...]
*The foursome is set for President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner’s first golf outing together, reports the AP. Boehner tweeted Friday that GOP Gov. John Kasich of Ohio will join the group, which also includes Vice President Joe Biden. Obama campaigned for Kasich’s Democratic opponent in last fall’s election, former Gov. Ted Strickland. [...]
*President Barack Obama’s tax returns were released today, showing he and First Lady Michelle Obama filed jointly and reported an adjusted gross income of $1,728,096 according to a White House press release. The couple paid $453,770 in total federal tax, and $51,568 to Illinois in state income taxes. The majority of their income came from [...]
*Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Friday that the country is evolving on the issue of gay marriage and he thinks it’s inevitable there will be national consensus. He said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” the same thing is happening with the issue of marriage that happened with gays’ service in the military. Changes [...]
*Things got a little wild at a President Obama-headlined rally in Philadelphia over the weekend when someone literally threw a book at him as he wrapped up his speech, and then later, a man was arrested for running buck naked through the crowd. [Watch videos below.] President Obama and Vice President Biden spoke before a [...]
*Vice President Joe Biden’s infamous profanity-laced celebration of health care reform began appearing on t-shirts within three hours of the comment leaving his lips. But those tees came from independent entrepreneurs. Now, an official “Big F*cking Deal” t-shirt has been created by the Democratic National Committee and just went on sale at the president’s Web [...]
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