Finally after two years of media questioning, the White House has released financial details of President Obama’s 2013 Hawaiian Christmas vacation. The total cost to the taxpayer was $8.1 million. Because the itinerary in 2013 […]
Tag: Obama
Latest NSA Scandal Caught Obama In A Lie
As reported in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Tuesday night, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) continued its surveillance of its allies – despite President Obama’s promise made two years ago to stop the […]
Cuba Warns Obama Against Interfering In Internal Affairs
Some tension is emerging between the United States and Cuba, as United States President Barack Obama has been warned not to interfere with the “internal affairs” of Cuba. The Caribbean nation has said that it […]
Smith And Wesson Shares Plummet After Obama Sics SEC On Them
Shares for gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson have fallen off dramatically after it was announced that federal regulators will conduct an investigation into the financial disclosures of the company. Shares for Smith & Wesson had […]
Republicans Are Bashing Obama’s Gitmo Prisoner Swap As Having Ulterior Motives
Republican members of Congress are saying that President Barack Obama broke the law in a prisoner swap that took place in 2014. The president set up a trade of five detainees from the detention center […]
Obama To Visit Laos, 20 Years After Dropping 2M Tons Of Bombs On It
Next year, United State President Barack Obama is planning to visit the Southeast Asian country of Laos in order to attend a regional economic conference. In doing so, President Obama will become the first United […]
Petition Receives 100,000 Signatures, Now Obama Must Respond To Encryption Concerns
Major Internet players, technology companies, human rights groups and civil liberty organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Twitter and Reddit successfully gathered over 100,000 signatures on a petition – dealing with the issue […]
President Obama’s Legacy As Peacemaker Is Lost After He Prolongs War Efforts
President Barack Obama has largely failed in his promises to pull troops out of the Middle East, and many historians are likely to hold that against his presidential legacy. The President recently took back his […]
U.S. Now Eying Criminal Charges Against State Sponsored Chinese Hackers
President Barack Obama’s administration is poised to make both financial sanctions and criminal indictments against Chinese citizens for cybercrime activity barely a few days before Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington. The measures seek […]
Auto Industry In Three Countries Mounts Attack On Secret TPP Agreement Over Unfair Japanese Imports
Auto industry representatives from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico are pushing for better protections for their domestic car makers in the super-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as negotiations between Japan and the three nations commence this […]
Despite Notable Gains, Politics Means School Lunches Won’t Be Getting Healthier Any Time Soon
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has proven to be a formidable opponent to Republicans and food business interests in her campaign for American schools to provide healthier lunches, but her dreams of kids eating more […]
The United States Is About To Impose Sweeping Sanctions Against China For Cyber Attacks On U.S. Interests
The United States, in an unprecedented move, is preparing a comprehensive list of economic sanctions to be imposed against China for benefitting from its cyber theft of United States trade secrets. The sanctions are aimed […]
Obama Decides To Change The Name Of North America’s Highest Mountain
In yet another act of Presidential ‘legacy building’, Barack Obama announced over the weekend he’s decided to change the name of the tallest peak in North America from Mount McKinley to Denali. The news comes […]
Failure To Strike Training Camps Raises Serious Doubts About Pentagon’s ISIS Strategy
As the Obama administration continues to tout the success of its airstrike campaign against ISIS, intelligence officials contend that the strength of the group has actually been growing. Failure to attack ISIS training camps in […]
Trump Says Chinese President Should Have McDonald’s Instead Of State Dinner
Donald Trump, the Republican party’s front runner in the Presidential nomination race, has continued his China bashing during an appearance on The O’Reilly Factor, where he continued attacking the Obama administration’s plans to hold a […]
Biden Receives Obama’s Blessing For Presidential Bid, Leaning Towards Running
Current Vice President and prospective 2016 presidential candidate Joe Biden has allegedly received President Obama’s “blessing” to formally make a 2016 bid. The news came from a senior democrat who wished to remain anonymous. While […]
The President’s Personal Playlists Are Now On Spotify
Ever wondered what songs President Barack Obama listens to? Speculate no more. President Obama on Saturday released two playlists to music streaming service Spotify. The President listens to one during the evening and another during the […]
Tech Industry Lobbies Government For Help Ahead Of Key Meeting With China
American technology firms are lobbying President Obama to address China’s protectionist policies during his upcoming visit with Chinese president Xi Jinping. The American Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Information Industry […]
Even China Wants The Shadowy Trans Pacific Partnership To Be More Open
China has expressed strong interest in ensuring the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be transparent and open, raising interesting questions about the Obama administration’s insistence on unprecedented secrecy. Although it has insisted that it will […]
Air Strikes Preempt Obama State Visit To Kenya Amid High Security
President Barack Obama’s trip to Kenya is raising security concerns, as while the country itself is relatively stable the surrounding region is a hostile environment. Ahead of the President’s visit around half a dozen air strikes […]
Obama To Be Greeted By 5000 Naked Protesters As He Arrives in Kenya
Up to 5000 naked protesters are set to welcome President Barrack Obama when he visits Kenya this week. The protesters will be protesting against plans by the U.S. President to talk on gay rights in […]
Federal Government Caught Using School Lunch Programs To Track Children
The Hazleton Area School District in Pennsylvania will now provide free meals to all students, regardless of need. But there’s a gigantic catch: It is scanning students’ thumbprints to track all of their lunch purchases […]
Pentagon Confirms Top Al Qaeda Commander Killed By Drone Strike
Reports have leaked that Al Qaeda’s second in command, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, was killed in a targeted drone strike in Yemen on Friday, according to Yemeni security officials. While major media outlets called the killing “a […]
Senate Denies Obama Right To ‘Fast Track’ Trade Deals
Democrats voted overwhelmingly Friday to derail giving the President “fast-track” authority to conduct high-stakes Trans-Pacific trade talks, rejecting a personal plea from Barack Obama, The vote reduces the chances for a sweeping trade pact, though […]
Obama’s Secret TPP Trade Deal Puts Profits Before Public Health
Despite very few details being made public, the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal is widely regarded as one of the biggest gifts to corporate America in history. The deal is Obama’s final parting gift to […]
Despite No Plan, Obama To Send 450 More Troops To Iraq
While President Obama and his staff have admittedly not figured out a plan for fighting ISIS, the military will send ‘up to’ 450 troops to Iraq to boost the training of local forces. The move […]
“Open Administration” Obama Pushes To Keep The NSA Spying On Innocent Americans
The Patriot Act expires next week but President Obama, who was once for transparency and openness in government, is pushing hard to keep the secret spying programs made possible by the Patriot Act alive. Congressional […]
What White House Spending $367,258 On Fine Dinnerware Says About Our Country
At Tuesday’s state dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Obama family finally got to use dinnerware of their own design. The cost? $367,258, about double the cost of the average American house. The […]
Whitehouse Dinner Highlights Administration’s Transparency Issues
Media types often remark that the Obama administration as one of the least press-friendly of modern times, with a track record of stonewalling, investigating and generally snubbing the media. Yet on Saturday night, media’s most […]