Barack Obama

Opinion: Rob Portman’s Announced Departure Exposes Myth Of The “Principled Republican”

Opinion: Rob Portman’s Announced Departure Exposes Myth Of The “Principled Republican”

We keep hearing about splits in the Republican ranks between those who have sold their souls to the extremist arm…

3 years ago

Opinion: Obama’s Endorsement Challenges Biden, Re-Imagines Presidency for the Future

Last Tuesday, former President Barack Obama gave his much-anticipated endorsement of his former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy.  The…

4 years ago

Rock Star Michelle Obama Announces Her Stadium Tour

Former President Barack Obama received huge amounts of publicity last week when he went public with his criticisms of President…

6 years ago

Obama Starting to Hit the Campaign Trail for Democrats

Former President Barack Obama has kept kept out of the spotlight since leaving office, but he will soon start campaigning…

6 years ago

Barack Obama Pays A Heartfelt And Moving Tribute To The Late John McCain

Former President Barack Obama summed up what made the late John McCain an all-time American hero in a moving tribute…

6 years ago

The White House Is Hiding Photos Of Trump Signing Bill To Reverse Key Obama-Era Gun Regulation

It's no surprise that Trump doesn't want to release a photograph of him making it more likely, not less, for…

6 years ago

Trump Is Such A Disaster That A Majority Now View George W. Bush Favorably

By many measures, George W. Bush could've gone down as one of America's worst presidents. But Trump's presidency has seemingly…

6 years ago

In 20 Seconds, Rachel Maddow Explains How Trump Has Dragged The U.S. Presidency Into The Gutter

"This is our life now. This is our nightly news now about the American presidency."

6 years ago

Trump Hits Golf Course For Fifth Straight Day After Promising To Get ‘Back To Work’

Trump has spent one-third of his short presidency at one of his ritzy country clubs and more than a quarter…

6 years ago

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Attacks Obama For Pointing Out He’s Responsible For The Economic Recovery

Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacked Obama for daring to take credit for the depression that he avoided and claimed that Trump…

6 years ago

Trump Claimed Keystone Pipeline Had ‘No Downside’ And Now It’s Leaking 210,000 Gallons Of Oil

Trump issued a permit in March for Keystone XL's construction – something that former President Barack Obama and other environmental…

6 years ago

Fox News Poll Finds That Barack Obama Is More Popular Than Trump In Alabama

The Fox News survey is a clear indication that the Republican Party's problems aren't limited to Roy Moore's collapsing candidacy –…

6 years ago

Off-The-Rails Trump Demands Credit As Obama’s Economy Continues To Boom

Trump seems to believe – or at least want you to believe – that this rosy economic picture came out…

6 years ago

U.S. And Syria Only Remaining Countries Opposed To Paris Climate Deal As Nicaragua Signs On

Instead of America being aligned with nearly 200 nations across the globe, the United States now stands only with Syria.

7 years ago

Amazing Obama Needs Just Two Sentences To Completely Blow Trump Away

Former President Obama didn't need to give some long-winded explanation of why Trump is failing as president. He did it…

7 years ago

Obama Drops A Devastating Truth Bomb About Why Trump’s Presidency Is Such A Failure

"If you have to win a campaign by dividing people, you're not gonna be able to govern them. You won't…

7 years ago

Obama Returns To Campaign Trail And America Instantly Begs Him For Four More Years

While Barack Obama's name won't be on a ballot ever again, his reemergence into the political arena on Thursday reminded…

7 years ago

Chris Murphy Slams Trump’s 12 Days Of Silence After Four U.S. Soldiers Were Killed In Africa

If Trump can't properly honor U.S. soldiers when they make the ultimate sacrifice for this country, it's likely he will…

7 years ago

White House Defends Trump’s Disgusting Lie That Obama Didn’t Call Families Of Fallen Soldiers

Just when we thought the bar couldn't sink any lower for this president, Donald Trump rises to the occasion and…

7 years ago

‘Wrong!’: MSNBC Hosts In Disbelief After Trump Proves He Doesn’t Understand Basic Economics

Either the businessman president doesn't understand basic economics or he is intentionally misleading the American public.

7 years ago

Federal Judge Smacks Down Trump Effort To Dismantle Obama-Era Environmental Protection

On Wednesday, one federal judge reminded Donald Trump that hating Barack Obama is not a good enough reason to ignore…

7 years ago

Graham-Cassidy Proves Republicans Only Want To Destroy Obama’s Legacy, Not Improve Health Care

Repeat after me: This is not about improving health care in America or making your life better. It's an effort…

7 years ago

Dangerous Trump Plans To Pull Out Of Iran Deal And Create Second Nuclear Crisis

Trump's reckless determination to tear up the legacy of his far superior predecessor – Barack Obama – may make him…

7 years ago

Obama Greatness Proven By New Census Data Showing He Raised Incomes and Lowered Poverty

New census data from Obama's final year in office showed that the former president raised median household incomes, lowered poverty…

7 years ago

Trump Supporters Demand That Barack Obama And Hillary Clinton Be Jailed

It is easy to see why Trump will be going to Missouri for his next rally, as his supporters in…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Just Demolished Trump’s Main Rationale For Sending More Troops To Afghanistan

Trump cannot hide from his long history of rhetoric in which he repeatedly attacked former President Obama for doing something…

7 years ago

All Living Former Presidents Called On To Issue Joint Statement Telling Trump To Resign

Biographer David Maraniss has a great idea. The author is urging all five living former presidents to issue a joint…

7 years ago

Charlottesville Violence Is Exactly What America Is Under Donald Trump

Though the majority of Americans do not condone the racially driven terrorism we saw in Charlottesville this weekend, this is…

7 years ago

Obama Gives Trump A Lesson In Presidential Leadership With Powerful Charlottesville Response

Obama's message of love and unity – and his clear suggestion that today's violence was racially motivated – stood in stark…

7 years ago

Former Obama Diplomat Reminds Trump How Level-Headed Presidents Handle Foreign Crises

After eight years of an administration who took these issues seriously, we now have a president who loses his cool…

7 years ago

Trump Just Blamed Obama’s Competence And Steadiness For The North Korea Mess

Facts are facts: Barack Obama was a reassuring adult in an increasingly dangerous world, and Donald Trump is a man-sized…

7 years ago

European Officials Say That Unstable Trump Is Obsessed With Barack Obama

Six European officials who had interactions with Trump and his White House describe the president as a threat to global…

7 years ago

Trump Supporter Shut Down For Trying To Give POTUS Credit For Obama’s Economy

"It's like a guy built a house and sold it to someone, and that person walked in and turned the…

7 years ago

Obama’s Beautiful Essay About The White House Puts Trump’s Dump Comment To Shame

In 2013, then President Obama wrote a beautiful essay about Lincoln, the White House, and the Gettysburg Address. Reading Obama's…

7 years ago

Obama Terrifies Republicans By Quickly Raising $10.8 Million To Combat GOP Election Rigging

The Obama backed, and Eric Holder chaired, National Democratic Redistricting Committee has raised $10.8 million in six months in their…

7 years ago

Twitter Erupts In Disbelief After Trump Attacks Obama, Brags About Election In Boy Scouts Speech

The president's decision to give such a disturbing rant in front of preteen boys would be shocking if anybody but…

7 years ago

Barack Obama Reminds America How Classy He Is With Touching Tweet To John McCain

The former president reminded us of that, sometimes, we should put politics aside. In doing so, Obama made the country…

7 years ago

Trump Throws Tantrum And Begs The Media To Give Him Credit For Obama’s Economy

After six months of failed policy proposals, unprecedented scandals, and a deteriorating mental state, the Trump train has gone completely…

7 years ago

Trump’s Mental Death Spiral Continues As He Blames Obama For GOP Sabotage Of The ACA

The president is desperately trying to distract from his massively unpopular health care plan, but the American people likely won't…

7 years ago

Trump Says He Has ‘Unified’ America And Takes Credit For The Obama Economy At Fact-Free Rally

This president can continue to hold campaign rallies and convince himself that those who show up actually represent the vast…

7 years ago

Obama Jumps Into GA Special Election Race To Slam ‘Shameful’ GOP Voter Suppression Tactics

Trying to use the popular former president to suppress the vote won't discourage Democrats in Georgia – it'll only motivate…

7 years ago

Jim Harbaugh Invites Barack And Michelle Obama To Be Honorary Michigan Football Captains

Michigan Wolverines Head Coach Jim Harbaugh has invited Barack and Michelle Obama to be honorary football captains during the 2017…

7 years ago

John McCain Admits That American Leadership Was Better Under Obama Than Trump

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) spent eight years doing nothing but criticizing and complaining about former President Obama's global leadership, but…

7 years ago

Obama Coolly Returns And Annihilates Trump For Leaving Paris Climate Agreement

President Obama released a statement after Trump withdrew the US from the Paris climate agreement that showed America what real…

7 years ago

Wall Street-Owned GOP Threatening To Take Obama’s Retirement Money Because Of $400K Speech

Even when Barack Obama isn't in the White House, Republicans in Congress are trying to bring him down.

7 years ago

Morally Bankrupt Trump Administration Attempts Tax Reform Offering Single Page ‘Plan’

It will be no surprise that when actual numbers and clear policy plans do come they will heavily favor the…

7 years ago

A Majority of Voters Want To Toss Out Trump And Bring Back Obama

Right when you might have been starting to really lose faith in your fellow citizens, by a majority of voters…

7 years ago

Trump Administration Slams Obama’s Iran Deal One Day After Admitting It’s A Huge Success

After bombing two countries, provoking North Korea, and losing an aircraft carrier, the Trump administration is now picking a fight…

7 years ago

His Disapproval Rating at Historic Highs, Trump Lies About His Approval Rating

Even if Trump did have 50 percent approval, Obama's stood at 62 percent approval on April 18, 2009, the same…

7 years ago

Trump Claims His 90 Days as President Expose How Bad Things Were Under Obama

"The first 90 days of my presidency has exposed the total failure of the last eight years of foreign policy!"

7 years ago

Joe Wilson, Who Said ‘You Lie!’ to President Obama, Gets Told ‘You Lie!’ by Unhappy Constituents

Joe Wilson was met with a chorus of boos and cries of 'You lie!' when he showed up at his…

7 years ago

Tom Cotton Says Donald Trump’s Syria Strike Restored U.S. Credibility

“But these strikes did more than simply punish Mr. Assad and deter future attacks; they have gone a long way…

7 years ago

Voters Nearly Unanimously Give Obama Credit For The Economy As Trump’s Fake News Fails

Voters are not being fooled by Donald Trump's nearly daily barrage of fake news about how he is growing or…

7 years ago

Trump To America: “Do Not Worry,” I Will Not Stop Trying To Take Health Care Away

Trump is publicly rooting for the failure of a law that has helped millions of Americans.

7 years ago

Memo To Trump: Here’s What It Looks Like For A President To ‘Win’ On Health Care

After a winless two months in the White House, perhaps Trump should give Barack Obama a call. He knows a…

7 years ago

Top Republican Leading Russia Investigation Must Step Aside After Defending Trump’s Lies

Both Democrats and Republicans are now calling on Devin Nunes to step aside from the Trump-Russia investigation.

7 years ago

Even Fox News Abandons Wiretapping Lie, Fires Analyst That Pushed Trump’s Claim

Fox News appears to have given up on the bogus wiretapping allegation – leaving Trump with nobody left to cite.

7 years ago

Trump Administration Formally Apologizes to Britain for False Wiretapping Accusation

"Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command...he used GCHQ" accused Spicer

7 years ago

Trump DOJ Ignores Deadline, Says It Needs More Time To Find Nonexistent Wiretapping Evidence

The reason they want more time? Because evidence to substantiate Trump's bogus and dangerous claim does not exist.

7 years ago

Fox News Panics After CBO Report And Begs GOP To Immediately Abandon Trumpcare

With even the most extreme conservatives opposing this plan, Republicans are miles away from repealing the Affordable Care Act.

7 years ago

Historian Mocks Obama For Supposedly Promising to ‘Lower the Seas and Cool the Planet’

Victor Davis Hanson mocks, "He did manage to lecture Americans about the evils of the Crusades, and promise to lower…

7 years ago

Obama Annihilates Trump With A Single Eye Roll And One Integrity Filled Sentence

President Obama's real feelings about Donald Trump's wiretap claims have been revealed and they can best be described as an…

7 years ago

Donald Trump Calls Bush’s Release of 113 Prisoners a ‘Terrible Decision’ by Obama

Trump tweeted about "122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration" but 113 of them were released by President Bush

7 years ago

Putin’s Puppet Trump Claims President Obama Let Putin Walk All Over Him

"For eight years Russia 'ran over' President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked-off Crimea and added missiles. Weak!"

7 years ago

Trump Plays Golf While His Administration Burns to the Ground

Trump said he'd be too busy "working for us" to play golf, but he is too busy playing golf to…

7 years ago

The Only Question Now is When Donald Trump Realized How Much Trouble He Was In

"Either @realDonaldTrump is paranoid like Nixon, or judge found probable cause of crime for #wiretap. Either way our President is…

7 years ago

The Real President Returns As Obama Comes Back To Eviscerate Trump’s Wiretap Lies

President Obama reminded America of what a real president looks like by returning to demolish Trump's lie that the former…

7 years ago

In Hysterical Twitter Rant Trump Accuses President Obama of Wire-Tapping His Phones

"Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This…

7 years ago

The Obama White House Quietly Left Trail Of Russia Intel So Trump Couldn’t Destroy It

Officials in the Obama administration preserved intelligence related to Russia's connections to the Trump campaign.

7 years ago

Donald Trump Blames President Obama for Town Hall and Anti-Trump Protests

“I think President Obama’s behind it, because his people are certainly behind it.”

7 years ago

Trump Will Gut Environmental Protections To Fund Unnecessary Military Spending

The administration also plans to go after EPA climate programs put into place during Obama's time in the White House.

7 years ago

Wanted: Barack Obama as President of France

"Barack Obama has completed his second term as President of the United States on January 21, why not hire him…

7 years ago

Trump Administration Takes Ax To Obama-Era Protections For Transgender Students

It's just the latest move in Donald Trump's quest to turn back the clock on civil rights in America.

7 years ago

CNN Gives Air Time to Rick Santorum So He Can Blame Anti-Semitism on Obama

Santorum claimed "President Obama said and did nothing in response to rising anti-Semitism" but in fact, Obama spoke out strongly…

7 years ago

Hypocrisy Meter Off The Charts As Trump Has Golfed 6 Times Since Taking Office

Perhaps the new president should finish reading his job description instead of jetting off to Florida every weekend.

7 years ago

Trump’s Approval Rating Dips Into The 30s As The White House Drowns In Scandal

The Pew Research Center poll never showed Barack Obama's approval rating dropping this low.

7 years ago

Obama WH Photographer Reminds Trump How Real Presidents Handle National Security Intel

The swipe comes after Trump spent the weekend compromising America's security by turning an unexpected national security challenge into "dinner…

7 years ago

Trump’s Approval Rating Tumbles To All-Time Low In Latest Gallup Poll

The new data comes days after Trump took aim at the polls, calling them "fake news" if they find that…

7 years ago

Trump Bizarrely Says He Knows Obama Likes Him Because He ‘Can Feel It’

For years, the current president questioned Obama's birthplace and legitimacy as a U.S. president. The idea that Obama likes him…

7 years ago

Dissent, Democracy, and Deliberation Are on Trump’s Chopping Block

James Madison said representatives should be able to "withstand the temporary delusion" to "give time and opportunity for more cool…

7 years ago

Trump Adds Hanging Up on Australian Prime Minister to Foreign Policy Disasters

Trump called Turnbull, berated him on an agreement he hadn't even studied yet, then abruptly hung up on him 25…

7 years ago

Trump’s Worst Fear Comes True As Obama Returns To Support Protest And Criticize Muslim Ban

The worst fear of President Trump and his party has come true. Former President Obama has returned to the public…

7 years ago

Opinion: Ben Carson Reveals Why Trump Republicans Hate the American People

Carson can’t possibly imagine why President Obama would think of doing “something of that nature,” something like helping Americans at…

7 years ago

Mikhail Gorbachev Warns That ‘It Looks as if The World is Preparing for War’

Looking at both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Mikhail Gorbachev said, "it all looks as if the world is preparing…

7 years ago

The Worst Part Isn’t That Obama Is Leaving – It’s The Disgrace That’s Replacing Him

We will certainly miss President Obama when he officially becomes a private citizen. But the worst part will not be…

7 years ago

Town Hall Audience Member Tells Paul Ryan That Obama, ACA Kept Him Alive

"I want to thank President Obama from the bottom of my heart because I would be dead if it weren't…

7 years ago

Obama’s Approval Rating Hits 60 Percent As He Prepares To Bid Nation Farewell

There is a clear difference between the way Americans look at the current president and the incoming president, and it…

7 years ago

Thanks, Obama: U.S. Auto Sales Hit Record High For Second Straight Year

2016 marks the seventh straight year of gains for an industry that was on the verge of collapse when Obama…

7 years ago

Less Than Half of Americans Think Trump Can Handle Presidential Duties

Even in areas they express confidence, "Americans are far less confident in Trump than they were in his predecessors, when…

7 years ago

President Obama Dismantled Program Trump Intended to Use as Muslim Registry

President Obama took the plan out of commission and described it “not only as out-of-date but also an inefficient waste…

7 years ago

Trump Issues Weak Statement After Obama Reminds Russia That He’s Still President

Trump's response suggests that holding Russia accountable for its unprecedented election meddling isn't that high on his list of priorities.

7 years ago

President Obama Hits Russia With New Sanctions for Election Hacking

"These actions...are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm U.S. interests in violation of established international norms of…

7 years ago

Obama Acts To Save Nearly 1.5 Million Acres Of Federal Land Before Leaving Office

Obama has protected more federal land and water than any single previous president.

7 years ago

Trump Emerges From Holiday Hiding To Take Credit For Obama’s Strong Economy

Before the Trump campaign was even an idea, the economy was growing, the stock market was soaring, and deficits were…

7 years ago

John Kerry Condemns Israeli Foreign Policy Driven By Extreme Right-Wing Elements

“The Israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right-wing in Israeli history,…

7 years ago

Move Over Trump’s Ego – Obama Beats Trump as Most Admired Man of 2016

Perhaps the worst blow of all for Trump is that "Fifty percent of Democrats named Obama as most admired, compared…

7 years ago

Vladimir Putin Claims Obama Signed the NDAA to ‘Create Problems’ For Trump

“This policy has brought the current US administration...into a dead end. We hope the new administration will be more sagacious.”

7 years ago

Donald Trump Takes Bizarre Third-Person Credit for Consumer Confidence Index

"The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index for December surged nearly four points to 113.7, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN 15…

7 years ago

Obama Plans Aggressive Retaliation Against Russia For 2016 Election Meddling

Not only is the president looking to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. electoral process, but he's hoping to…

7 years ago

The Republican Quest to Defund the United Nations May Hurt the US More Than the UN

Trump seems intent on following in the footsteps, not of our most successful modern president, Barack H. Obama, but rather…

7 years ago