The modern State of the Union address isn’t intended to make news. By the time it happens, the White House has leaked every newsworthy proposal. And as if a prime time speech, covered by all the major networks, with the entire Congress as his backdrop wasn’t enough, there’s another theatrical aspect: The guests in the First Lady’s box.
With the holiday season behind us, many Americans are vowing to eat better and get in shape. And the federal government is, as it is in so many other ways, only too happy to help. The White House has unveiled Debra Eschmeyer, co-founder of the group FoodCorps, as executive director of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” program. The title of senior policy adviser for nutrition policy has also been bestowed upon Eschmeyer.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama had a high-ticket meal on the first day of 2015 with an exclusive dining experience at the Vintage Cave restaurant in Honolulu, which features extravagant, multi-course tasting menus priced at $295 per person.
Barack Obama thinks that, in terms of “day-to-day interactions,” America is “less racially divided” than it was six years ago when he took office; however, that’s not the case according to recent polling.
In his week’s presidential address, President Barack Obama joins first lady Michelle Obama to wish Americans a Merry Christmas and to recognize U.S. troops serving at home and abroad. Transcript as follow: PRESIDENT OBAMA: Merry Christmas everybody! Now, we’re not
Wednesday, People magazine published an interview titled “The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences,” in which Michelle Obama claimed it was due to racism that a woman at Target asked her for help to get detergent from
A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine. “During that wonderfully
A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine. “During that wonderfully
Was Michelle Obama the victim of subtle racism during a trip to Target? In a soon to be published interview with People magazine she appears to be claiming she was, but this is at odds with how she previously told
President Barack Obama revealed his favorite film of the year to People Magazine in an interview released on Wednesday. Obama named Richard Linklater’s Boyhood his favorite movie of 2014. “Boyhood was a great movie,” he told People Magazine. “That, I think,
Though school officials, nutritionists, parents, and students have decried First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch program, the $1 trillion CRomnibus (part “continuing resolution” and part “omnibus”) does not include relief from the unpopular meals standards after all. Daren Bakst at The
First Lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that college “has to be for everyone,” and that students who enter college are often the ones who can afford to go and have been “shepherded through every step of the process.” In various
During a speech in Washington, D.C. today, President Obama asserted that both he and the first lady believed in the power of nagging to build up children for success. “Nagging works. It does. Michelle and I are big believers in
A prominent Democrat activist was indicted for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy. The suspect, 66-year-old Terrence Patrick Bean, was a co-founder of Human Rights Campaign, which takes a pro-abortion stance. The alleged abuse occurred in 2013 in Eugene, Oregon, according to The Orgonian. No further
The law may have finally caught up with longtime Obama friend and basketball buddy Eric Whitaker, who is close to being labeled a “hostile witness” in a Chicago corruption case. Taking a page out of his powerful friend’s playbook, Whitaker
Palestinian terrorist Rasmieh Odeh, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prision in Israel over 40 years ago for her involvement in bombing a supermarket in 1969, was convicted Monday of lying to immigration officials when she applied for
Why isn’t Michelle Obama holding a sign on Twitter that says #FindOurStudents? If you do not know what that hashtag reference is about, then you are not alone. Many Americans are more familiar with #BringBackOurGirls, a sign the First Lady
Monday on Roland Martins radio version of “News One Daily,” Martin played the full audio of his interview with first lady Michelle Obama in which after telling African-Americans to vote straight-Democrat no mater who is on the ballot she then
Monday on TV One, a cable channel who’s programming is geared for African-American adults, first lady Michelle Obama told Roland Martin the candidate on the ballot and what they say or do should not matter to African-Americans because voting for
On Sunday, President Barack Obama said he was “sympathetic” to amnesty advocates and DREAMers who heckled him during a campaign appearance for Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (D). Obama’s speech was reportedly interrupted “at least four times by hecklers,” according to
The organisation Human Rights Watch have accused the Nigerian government of ‘completely failing in its duty’ to rescue women and girls kidnapped by Islamic terror group Boko Haram. In a report released today, which features the harrowing ordeal of some
Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson has leveraged his past NBA basketball career into political success. This Nov. 4, he is asking the voters of California’s capital city to approve Measure L, which would concentrate power in his office. He is being
NYU Associate Professor Thuy Linh Tu argued that media coverage First Lady Michelle Obama’s arms shows “we’re always a little bit uncomfortable with a strong woman,” during a discussion on the late fashion designer Oscar de la Renta on MSNBC’s
Michelle Obama has been jetting all across the country stumping for Democrat candidates but several times now has shown a penchant for confusion. Among other mistakes, this week she lost track of whom she was talking about in Colorado. Michelle
Thursday on the campaign trail, first lady Michelle Obama claimed Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) was a “fifth-generation Coloradan.” “As a fifth-generation Coloradan, Mark understands what makes this state special. He understands the values of independence, and fairness–all the things that
According to one Democrat strategist quoted in this report, “The ineptitude of the White House political operation has sunk from annoying to embarrassing.” And they’re far from alone in the growing criticism of Obama’s White House. Most know of Michelle
Tuesday first lady Michelle Obama returned to Iowa to campaign for the Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Braley after messing up his name at an event earlier this month. Obama said, “Let me say that one more time, Bruce BRALEY.”
First Lady Michelle Obama was praising her husband’s handling of the economy today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average began plunging. The First Lady spoke at a Grassroots campaign event for Tom Wolf, a Democratic candidate for governor in Pennsylvania.
First Lady Michelle Obama shared some advice for trick-or-treaters this Halloween advising them to only eat one or two pieces of candy per night. The First Lady traditionally hands out dried fruit to trick-or-treaters at the White House. When quizzed
During an online Q&A, First Lady Michelle Obama was asked by Obama impersonator Iman Crosson how many calories could be burned just by dancing. “On average, how many calories do you burn every time you ‘turn up’?!” he asked. In response,
Michelle Obama hit the campaign trail for Iowa Senate Democrat candidate Bruce Braley on Saturday, but her rally speech wasn’t as effective as she had hoped as the first lady mispronounced the candidate’s name seven times. During her stump speech
Friday in Iowa, first lady Michelle Obama messed up the name of Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) who running for U.S. Senate against Joni Ernst. During the rally the first lady twice said Bruce “Bailey.” “Go to vote.brucebailey.com,” she said, “That’s
Top Republicans are demanding First Lady Michelle Obama denounce what they are calling a “sexist, anti-mom” campaign from Democratic Rep. Gary Peters’ Senate campaign and Democratic allies. Peters’ GOP opponent Terri Lynn Land’s campaign points to a series of comments
AUSTIN, Texas — State Senator Wendy Davis has a new radio ad recorded by First Lady Michelle Obama in support of her campaign for Texas Governor, and the script of the ad comes close to suggesting previous misrepresentations Davis was
Speaking at a White House fashion education workshop Wednesday, First Lady Michelle Obama regaled her audience on her choice of undergarments: Spanx. Michelle Obama spoke about the history of Sara Blakely, the founder of the Spanx brand of women’s form-shaping
ESPN confirms that they have hired Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson as a men’s college basketball analyst for the cable network. Robinson was fired from his head basketball coaching job in Oregon State in May with three more years remaining
Some Democrats don’t want anyone named Obama anywhere near their races, according to the New York Times. “She’s awesome, but it just brings in the name Obama,” said a Democratic strategist in a state with a close Senate race, who,
In a speech in Boston, First Lady Michelle Obama left behind talk of exercise and school lunches, exchanging it all for bald politics by claiming that under her husband the US economy is now better off “by almost every economic
A Wisconsin reporter claims that First Lady Michelle Obama’s handlers demanded that journalists avoid speaking to any members of the audience who attended the first lady’s recent Milwaukee campaign event. Meg Kissinger, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, took
DALLAS, Texas — No more pickles, no more popcorn is what the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported as among snacks now considered contraband in the Lubbock Independent School District (ISD) for K-12 campus fundraisers held during school hours. Favorite kid munchies have
