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Barack Obama ripped into the law firms, universities and businesses that have worked out settlements or other deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing that “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.” The former president said the organizations that concede to Trump should be able to say, “We’re not going to be bullied into saying that …

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 …

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 …

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the administration had any role in ABC’s indefinite shelving of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following the host’s monologue on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. She also criticized former President Barack Obama for alleging that the Donald Trump administration “threatens” news organisations critical …

Obama calls Jimmy Kimmel suspension “government coercion”  Axios ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure  The New York Times What to know about Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission  AP News Top Democrats Want FCC’s Carr Out After Kimmel Firing  Forbes Opinion | Jimmy Kimmel Has Supreme Court Precedent on His Side  Politico Source link

Former President Barack Obama weighed in on ABC‘s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel from its schedule indefinite, warning that the Trump administration had taken cancel culture to “a new and dangerous level.” On X, Obama posted, “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action …

Obama condemns ‘horrific’ Kirk shooting, but defends the right to criticize the founder of Turning Point USA  Politico After Kirk’s Killing, Obama Says the Nation Is in a ‘Political Crisis’  The New York Times Obama says US faces ‘political crisis’ after killing of Charlie Kirk  BBC Obama says Trump deepened US divide in rush to ‘identify enemy’ after Charlie Kirk shooting  The Guardian Obama …

After National Tragedies, Obama and Trump Are a Study in Contrasts  The New York Times Obama says Trump deepened US divide in rush to ‘identify enemy’ after Charlie Kirk shooting  The Guardian Obama condemns ‘horrific’ Kirk shooting, but defends the right to criticize the founder of Turning Point USA  Politico Obama says US faces ‘political crisis’ after killing of Charlie Kirk  BBC Obama says …

Barack Obama addressed the recent killing of Charlie Kirk and told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Tuesday the country was “at an inflection point”, but that political violence “is not new” and “has happened at certain periods” in US history. Obama added that despite history, political violence was “anathema to what it means to be a democratic country”. The former …

Former President Barack Obama says that the United States is at “an inflection point” following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and that President Donald Trump has further divided the country rather than work to bring people together. “There are no ifs, ands or buts about it: The central premise of our democratic system is that we have to …