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Obama presidential library

Obama’s presidential library: Excessively expensive

August 30, 2015 Arthur Lieber Obama Leave a comment

We have learned a great deal about our former presidents from what they have done upon retirement. Democrats Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have

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Is Obama endorsing Biden for President?

August 25, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Obama One comment

On August 24, White House press secretary Josh Earnest responded to reporters asking about Joe Biden possibly running for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton:  

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Hillary can do what Barack could not: Winning women over to a progressive agenda

July 15, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Women Leave a comment

In the worst nightmare for progressives, Hillary Clinton will become president and be a tool of Wall Street and other entrenched interests. The flip

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President Obama should apologize for using the T-word

May 1, 2015 Arthur Lieber Cities, Civil liberties, Crime/Violence, Language/Words, Obama, Police, Youth issues Leave a comment

President Obama has repeatedly exhibited key characteristics of a strong leader. He is decisive when necessary; reflective when appropriate, and clear in his vision

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Obama and TPP

TPP: What Obama’s secret trade deal means for you

April 24, 2015 Madonna Gauding Banks, Corporations, Obama Leave a comment

Since 2009, the Obama administration has been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Parnership (TPP) trade agreement in secret. Only lawyers and advisors representing banks and corporations,

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Scott Walker anti-union

Obama’s indifference to labor allowed the rise of Scott Walker

April 2, 2015 Madonna Gauding Labor and unions, Obama Leave a comment

  My Obamaphile friends may object, but it’s time to consider an uncomfortable fact about Obama: His indifference to the plight of labor unions in Wisconsin led to the

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Putin and Obama opposite world views

Washington’s Putin-did-it conspiracy theory and its escalation of the crisis in Ukraine

March 7, 2015 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Government, Media, Uncategorized, War Leave a comment

I am frightened, saddened and angered by the war propaganda published in the US media, particularly the New York Times, the so-called “paper of

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Ukrainians refusing to fight in U.S. proxy war with Russia

February 11, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Foreign Policy, War One comment

In case you haven’t noticed, U.S. mainstream media has been spewing out anti-Russian, anti-Putin propaganda since the U.S. backed coup in Kiev last year.

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Keystone pipeline vote: corporate money trumps public good

February 6, 2015 Madonna Gauding Climate Change, Congress, Energy, Environment, Obama Leave a comment

The fossil-fuel industry is reaping the rewards of its three-quarters of a billion dollar investment to secure a Republican controlled congress. But they weren’t just buying

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2014, the year I cut my cable and cancelled the NYT

January 9, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corruption, FBI/NSA/CIA, Foreign Policy, Media, War 2 comments

For me, 2014 was a year of profound revelation. It’s the year I came to fully understand the depth of the corruption of the United

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