Major administration officials, up to and including the President of the United States, have cut videos on behalf of Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Project. Supporters of Savage include: President Obama; Vice President Joe Biden (who can be seen grinning
The Obama campaign’s new re-election slogan for 2012 is “Forward.” It’s related to MSNBC’s “Lean Forward,” and, of course, to Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward,” which had the opposite result. The seven-minute video accompanying the release of the new slogan
Ben Shapiro joins Stephen K. Bannon with the “Victory Sessions” to talk about the leader of the “It Gets Better” campaign Dan Savage. Savage has a track record of vile, disgusting, bullying tactics on camera and on record. Ben Shapiro
(AP) Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them allBy MICHELE SALCEDOAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama scattered the barbs during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as he poked fun at White House races past and present, the Secret Service and
I love watching and hearing people make fun of themselves,
Barack Obama’s top adviser on terrorism brushed aside criticism by the president’s political opponents that he has exploited this week’s one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing for political gain. Brennan noted that Obama took the decision to go forward
(AP) Obama aide mum on whether US protecting activistBy ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated PressWASHINGTON A top White House aide on Sunday said President Barack Obama wants to strike an “appropriate balance” between advancing human rights and maintaining U.S. relations with China, the
The Hollywood Reporter: As the nation’s elite journalists arrived at the Washington Hilton to hobnob with President Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, many were met by a small group of protesters shouting “don’t believe the liberal press” and
A video from 2010 recently surfaced, showing EPA Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz explaining his philosophy of enforcement, which he admitted was rather crude, but went ahead anyway to tell his audience: It was kind of like how the Romans used
Cheered by Hollywood stars, President Barack Obama lampooned Mitt Romney’s wealth and mined a shaggy dog story about his foe, striking a rare light note in the bitter White House race. Obama used an annual star-studded dinner with White House
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel didn’t pull a Stephen Colbert last night, but to employ an overused sports quip he got the job done at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Earlier this week, Kimmel bemoaned how tough it is to mock such
(AP) Obama, Clintons deepen political and policy tiesBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONOnce a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has evolved into a genuine political and policy partnership. Both sides have a strong
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a popular Orthodox rabbi famous for his writings on sex and popular culture, has blasted White House-endorsed sex columnist Dan Savage for his attack on the Bible and Christianity in front of an audience of high school
Jimmy Kimmel began his performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner with a special edition of “Unnecessary Censorship,” a bit from his late night TV show.
Obama is an autocrat. He is not interested in democracy, our republican form of government, or listening to others’ opinions. And he most certainly is not interested in allowing the American people to see their will reflected in their duly
A month short of two years ago my friend Rabbi David Nesenoff gave me a video which contained a short explosive interview he had conducted with Helen Thomas. There on tape the veteran White House correspondent gave a statement that
Osama bin Laden is dead and gone, but his demise was trotted out as a campaign issue by President Barack Obama, whose new ad questions whether his Republican rival would have ordered such a risky military raid. The video features
At a White House event Thursday for Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day, First Lady Michelle Obama was asked about how big a White Sox fan she is. President Barack Obama is a White Sox fan.
Today, Kimberly Strassel of the Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama campaign has been singling out Romney donors for special targeting. As Strassel writes: This past week, one of his campaign websites posted an item entitled “Behind the curtain:
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House, despite White House objections, has passed a cybersecurity bill aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and companies. The vote was 248-168 on Thursday. The measure would encourage companies and government to
We already know that comedian and late nighter Jimmy Kimmel has a hard time finding anything funny about a failed president who ate a dog and is addicted to his teleprompter, but now we know that his goal tomorrow night
The House of Representatives passed legislation protecting US businesses and agencies from cyber-attacks, a measure that critics say erodes civil liberties by allowing firms to onpass private data. The Republican-controlled chamber defied a veto threat by the White House to
President Obama is trying to connect with students who are looking for a break on their student loan bill–by trying to convince them that he was once just as broke as they are now. But that’s not exactly true. In
As Occupy Wall Street struggles to recover from the evictions of last fall, and the arrest of dozens of members of the Anonymous hacker collective, as many as four different groups are competing to define the future of the movement.
(AFP) Music legend Bob Dylan and Nobel-winning writer Toni Morrison lead a list of 13 people who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, the White House said Thursday. “These extraordinary honorees come from different
