ThanksObama
ThanksObama
Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Notably not part of the current Administration.
Saturday 30 March 2019
Obama's withdrawals were clearly intended to extend indefinitely "and therefore be revocable only by an act of Congress," the judge wrote.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
This was when Barack Obama was president of the United States.
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Thursday 14 February 2019
Trump made the comments on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" in November 2014 when asked about executive actions by then-President Barack Obama that would halt deportations for the undocumented parents of children born in the United States.
Wednesday 13 February 2019
That system replaced an older, less sophisticated simulator that had been installed under President Barack Obama
Saturday 9 February 2019
Thursday 7 February 2019
It is true that Republicans never opened wide-ranging investigations of Obama’s private business — because Obama didn’t have a private business. We know that because Obama released his tax returns
What the Republican-led Congress did investigate during Obama’s administration was nearly everything else.
Friday 25 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 35
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 26
The GOP’s 2014 lawsuit against then-President Barack Obama was the first time a district-court judge affirmed the right of the House of Representatives, as an institution, to sue a sitting president.
Saturday 12 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 22
Now, with President Donald Trump proposing an even more dramatic end-run around Congress to build his promised border wall with Mexico, many Republicans are uneasily cheering him on.
Thursday 10 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 20
“the age of self-inflicted American shame is over”
Tuesday 1 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 11
Sunday 30 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 9
Friday 28 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 7
"If you say, 'Who gets fired?' it always has to be the top," Trump said during an episode of "Fox & Friends," his favorite morning show, that aired in September 2013.
Monday 24 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 3
Friday 21 December 2018
“Last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limits in our elections. I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.”
The former president sees representative elections as the key to progress on global warming, gun control, and health care.
Saturday 15 December 2018
The decision spells bad news for Republicans by allowing Democrats to replay a potent health care message that helped them flip 40 House seats.
Friday 14 December 2018
The lawsuit — backed by the Trump administration — threatens to overturn Obamacare’s ban on preexisting conditions.
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Sunday 25 November 2018
Friday 23 November 2018
During the administration of Barack Obama, Trump repeatedly criticized his predecessor for the frequency of his golf outings.
Thursday 15 November 2018
Saturday 3 November 2018
He slammed Trump for “constant fear-mongering” at a fiery campaign rally in Florida Friday.
Friday 26 October 2018
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Pipe bombs were sent to several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, setting off an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether figures vilified by the right were being targeted.
Monday 22 October 2018
Obama once again disputed Republicans' attempts to take credit for the US economy's recent strength.
Thursday 27 September 2018
But Obama’s preparations to hand over the government had been superb: the Obama administration had created what amounted to the best course ever on the inner workings of the most powerful institution on earth. What could go wrong?
It wasn’t just Christie who had been fired. It was the entire transition team – although no one ever told them so directly.
Wednesday 26 September 2018
"If I wasn't elected, you'd be in a war," Trump declared
Friday 14 September 2018
“plans to buy the curtains were made in 2016, during the Obama administration. Ms. Haley had no say in the purchase”
"Needless to say, there’s a huge difference between an isolated slip of the tongue and ceaseless, shameless, and witless prevarication on virtually all topics, large and small."
Monday 10 September 2018
“He just says, ‘Well, I’m going to negotiate a better deal.’ Well, what, how exactly are you going to negotiate that?” Obama continued. “What magic wand do you have? And usually the answer is, he doesn’t have an answer.”
Sunday 9 September 2018
Leading Republicans took issue with the former president's scathing speech, but none disputed that Trump has threatened core American institutions.
Friday 7 September 2018
Obama spent a sizable amount of time in a speech he gave in Illinois on Friday criticizing Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump, while stressing the importance of voting in the fast-approaching midterm elections.
During a speech at the University of Illinois, the former president delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump and urged Americans to vote this November.
Tuesday 4 September 2018
The least-sexy news in health care these days — bundled payments — might also be the most important.
Monday 3 September 2018
Sunday 26 August 2018
Following Sen. McCain’s wishes for his funeral, widely reported earlier this year, Vice President Mike Pence — not President Donald Trump, who publicly disparaged McCain on numerous occasions — is expected to attend
Wednesday 22 August 2018
It’s a bit baffling that Trump would assert that criminal charges accepted by Cohen aren’t a crime.
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Tuesday 7 August 2018
Pai acknowledged Monday that the FCC lied about its public comment system being taken down by a DDoS attack during the net neutrality repeal proceeding.
Pai [...] said that he isn't to blame because he "inherited... a culture" from "the prior Administration" that led to the spreading of false information.
Sunday 5 August 2018
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Short-term health plans are often dismissed as junk insurance, and for good reason. They were originally meant as a temporary option for people who found themselves with a brief break in their coverage, such as after losing a job.
Monday 30 July 2018
Sunday 29 July 2018
Sunday 22 July 2018
Saturday 21 July 2018
Tuesday 17 July 2018
“Look around,” he said. “Strongman politics are ascendant suddenly, whereby elections and some pretense of democracy are maintained, the form of it, but those in power seek to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning.”
Sunday 15 July 2018
QE also does hundreds and hundreds of appearances, and maybe 95% or higher, she wears a brooch. And the brooch is ALWAYS significant.
Arrival day was the one that got the most attention. That day, she wore the brooch the Obamas gave her on their last visit to England.
And for the day of the tea, QE wore an innocuous 'nice but not holy shit, considering what's in the vaults' diamond brooch she inherited from her mother.
Jewel watchers nearly died, because it is the brooch worn in the famous "Three Queens in Mourning" photo, worn by the Queen Mum:
QE rolled up to tea with the tRUmps wearing the brooch her mother wore to her father's STATE FUNERAL.
Saturday 14 July 2018
Wednesday 11 July 2018
Saturday 23 June 2018
Wednesday 13 June 2018
“Barack Obama catering to the world’s dictators is literally the Neville Chamberlain of our time,” Hannity said in 2010. The conservative host, who reportedly communicates with Trump regularly, also said in 2013: “It’s not wise. It’s not in our best interest. We’re dealing with the world’s worst dictators and we’re showing a lot of weakness.”
Monday 4 June 2018
‘Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.’
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Sunday 27 May 2018
Saturday 26 May 2018
Monday 21 May 2018
Sunday 20 May 2018
Thursday 17 May 2018
Saturday 12 May 2018
Thursday 10 May 2018
Monday 7 May 2018
An oft-forgotten provision of Obamacare is being pushed over the finish line by Trump’s FDA.
Friday 13 April 2018
That fact both lends Comey’s version of events more credibility and opens the door for both sides to focus on what, according to Comey, the other did wrong.
Thursday 12 April 2018
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Sunday 8 April 2018
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Sunday 11 March 2018
Tuesday 6 March 2018
The Trump administration will now consider letting hunting prizes from animals listed on the Endangered Species Act (such as lions and elephants) back into the U.S on a "case by case" basis
OMB gathered data and analysis on “major” federal regulations ... between 2006 and 2016... The final tally, reported in 2001 dollars: Aggregate benefits: $219 to $695 billion. Aggregate costs: $59 to $88 billion.
Monday 5 March 2018
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Tuesday 20 February 2018
Sunday 18 February 2018
Monday 12 February 2018
"From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming [Trump] team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia."
Thursday 8 February 2018
In other words, the latest “bombshell” is that the Democratic president wanted information about the Russian attack while it was happening, which is neither new nor surprising.
Tuesday 21 November 2017
"As many of you know, I have been very active in overturning a number of executive actions by my predecessor. However, I have been informed by the White House counsel’s office that Tater and Tot’s pardons cannot, under any circumstances, be revoked."
Thursday 19 October 2017
In separate and unrelated appearances, former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both warned that the United States was being torn apart by ancient hatreds that should have been consigned to history long ago
Monday 16 October 2017
Sunday 24 September 2017
Zuckerberg acknowledged the problem posed by fake news. But he told Obama that those messages weren’t widespread on Facebook and that there was no easy remedy
Tuesday 5 September 2017
"To target these young people is wrong, because they have done nothing wrong," Obama wrote in a Facebook post. "It is self-defeating — because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. And it is cruel."
Saturday 2 September 2017
"Both FBI and NSD confirm that they have no records related to wiretaps as described by the March 4, 2017 tweets," the government said
Friday 1 September 2017
A couple of weeks ago President Trump scrapped Obama-era rules, intended to reduce the risks posed by flooding, that established new construction standards for roads, housing and other infrastructure projects that receive federal dollars.
Sunday 27 August 2017
Trump plans to resume the transfer of surplus weapons, vehicles and other equipment from the nation’s military to its state and local law enforcement agencies, reviving a program which was sharply curtailed by President Barack Obama two years ago.
Saturday 26 August 2017
And in mid-August, in the midst of hurricane season and less than two weeks prior to Hurricane Harvey making landfall, Trump rescinded another Executive Order put in place to protect communities from the devastation wreaked by natural disasters.
EO 13690, signed by President Obama in 2015, required all federal investments involving floodplains to meet higher flood risk management standards,
Friday 11 August 2017
The list of people he has been willing, even eager, to publicly attack includes not just Mitch McConnell, his latest target, but Jeff Sessions, Chuck Schumer, Paul D. Ryan, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
And don’t forget James B. Comey, Robert S. Mueller III, Andrew G. McCabe, Rod J. Rosenstein, John D. Podesta, Nancy Pelosi, Lisa Murkowski, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rosie O’Donnell, Meryl Streep, the mayor of London and the cast of “Saturday Night Live.”
But for all of that feistiness ... there is one person who is definitely not on Mr. Trump’s target list: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Saturday 29 July 2017
"Obama's complaints about Republicans stopping his agenda are BS since he had full control for two years. He can never take responsibility.
"Why does Obama believe he shouldn't comply with record releases that his predecessors did of their own volition? Hiding something?"
"Obama is not a leader, he's just a campaigner!"
"President @BarackObama's vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars----Unbelievable!"
Thursday 13 July 2017
It basically boiled down to this: Trump Jr. is a “young man” who was taken advantage of by a Russian lawyer who wouldn't even have been in this country if it weren't for the Obama administration.
Friday 30 June 2017
Under Mr. Obama, the science division was staffed with nine employees who led the charge on policy issues such as STEM education, biotechnology and crisis response.
Monday 26 June 2017
Saturday 24 June 2017
Friday 23 June 2017
The intelligence captured Putin’s specific instructions on the operation’s audacious objectives — defeat or at least damage the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help elect her opponent, Donald Trump.
Thursday 22 June 2017
Wednesday 21 June 2017
The Obama administration feared that acknowledging Russian meddling in the 2016 election would reveal too much about intelligence gathering and be interpreted as “taking sides” in the race
Thursday 15 June 2017
The president’s policy, set to be issued Friday, will roll back Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with the island.
Monday 12 June 2017
...the world is "not sure of American leadership, whether it be in Siberia or whether it be in Antarctica."
Friday 9 June 2017
Trump isn’t the only president to have faced harsh criticisms just months into office. At this point in former President Barack Obama's tenure as the leader of the free world, right-wing news outlets were condemning his use of Dijon mustard as a condiment. Yes, really.
Tuesday 9 May 2017
“And if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get policies that don't reflect your interest.”
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Trump repeatedly urged Obama not to intervene in the Syrian civil war in 2013 on Twitter.
Tuesday 4 April 2017
For the first time since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law seven years ago, Barack Obama's signature legislation has garnered majority approval among the American people
Republican Sen. John McCain told CNN's Alisyn Camerota there was more than enough blame to go around for Obama and Trump.
Friday 17 March 2017
The Education Department is ordering guarantee agencies ... to disregard a memo former President Barack Obama’s administration issued on the old bank-based federal lending program
Tuesday 7 March 2017
...in conservative media ... Trump has gotten credit for cracking open a plot by a “deep state” of critics and conspirators to bring down his presidency. And the perpetrator is former president Barack Obama.
Monday 6 March 2017
“I think he firmly believes that this is a storyline that has been reported pretty widely by quite a few outlets.”
Saturday 4 March 2017
It appears that the crux of the argument comes from reporting that U.S. officials secretly monitored a computer server in Trump Tower to determine if there were links to Russian banks.
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Mr. Trump’s statements stoked fears among some that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed — or its sources exposed — once power changed hands.
Monday 27 February 2017
"In terms of messaging, I would give myself a C or a C plus," Trump said. "In terms of achievement I think I'd give myself an A. Because I've done great things, but I don't think we've explained it well enough to the American people." The President also gave himself an "A" for "effort."
Monday 30 January 2017
Friday 27 January 2017
Now, to be clear, these private comments reveal Republicans actually wrestling with the policy challenges that repeal (and replace) will create, which is a good thing as far as it goes.
There appears to be no consensus on anything.
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Even when the photographic evidence was directly in front of them and the question was straightforward, one in seven Trump supporters gave the clearly false answer.
Monday 23 January 2017
Sunday 22 January 2017
Friday 20 January 2017
The requested page '/energy/climate-change' could not be found.
An astonishing 10,000 charter buses applied for permits for Obama's event; for Trump's swearing-in, only 200 buses applied.