Former US President Barack Obama seems to be supporting assembly member Zohran Mamdani for the New York mayoral election.According to the New York Times, Obama called Mamdani on Saturday, praising his mayoral campaign and offering to serve as a “sounding board” for the candidate. The two spoke for about 30 minutes in what is believed to be their second phone …
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“It’s not as if we didn’t see some of this coming,” said Barack Obama, a note of bleak humour in his voice. “I will admit it’s worse than even I expected, but I did warn y’all!” The crowd at a sports arena in Norfolk, Virginia, half-laughed and half-groaned. “I did,” Obama added. “You can run the tape.” He did. The …
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In a new ad released on Tuesday, Barack Obama urged California voters to support Proposition 50, a November ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map and deliver up to five new Democratic seats in the US House. “California, the whole nation is counting on you,” the former two-term Democratic president says in the video. “Democracy is on the …
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in California. Proposition 50 would dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts with the intent of adding Democratic seats in Congress. It’s crafted …
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Barack Obama took aim at institutions and businesses who made deals or worked out settlements with the Trump administration, noting on a new podcast episode: “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.” In a talk with Marc Maron on the comedian’s last edition of his long-running WTF With Marc Maron, the former US president said institutions …
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Barack Obama had harsh words for businesses and universities that have caved to Donald Trump and the policies “cooked up” by Stephen Miller. Speaking on the final episode of comedian Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, the former president said that institutions must be willing to endure “a little discomfort” in order to stand up to the Trump administration’s strong-arm tactics. “If …
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Marc Maron ended his podcast Monday after 16 years with special guest Barack Obama. This was the second appearance of the former president on WTF With Marc Maron, following his visit to Maron’s Los Angeles garage studio about 10 tens ago while he was still in office. For Monday’s interview, Maron traveled to Washington D.C. and talked to Obama about …
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LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama helped Marc Maron lock the gates on his podcast Monday, returning to the show for the final episode after 16 years and more than 1,600 episodes. The former president gave new status to “WTF With Marc Maron” and to podcasts in general when he visited Maron’s Los Angeles garage studio while still in office a …
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama helped Marc Maron lock the gates on his podcast Monday, returning to the show for the final episode after 16 years and more than 1,600 episodes. The former president gave new status to “WTF With Marc Maron” and to podcasts in general when he visited Maron’s Los Angeles garage studio while still in office …
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Dana White may be close personal friends with President Donald Trump but that doesn’t make him enemies with his political opposition. Case in point, the UFC CEO revealed what was said when he spoke to ex-President Barack Obama when they were sat just feet away from each other at Trump’s second inauguration in January. On that day, White was an …
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