Barack Obama’s Full Speech at the DNC

Aug 21, 2024 | The former president spoke during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Barack Obama Endorses Kamala Harris for US President | BBC News

Barack Obama has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, ending days of speculation over whether he would support her.

Former President Obama and ex-First Lady Michelle Obama said in a joint statement that they believe Ms Harris has the "vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demands".

Obama fordert Israel zur Beachtung des Völkerrechts auf

Der frühere US-Präsident Barack Obama | Bild: AP
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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der ehemalige amerikanische Präsident Barack Obama spricht Israel seine Solidarität aus. Er warnt aber: Eine Militärstrategie, die menschliche Kosten ignoriere, könnte nach hinten losgehen.

Der ehemalige ehemalige Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten, Barack Obama, hat Israel nach der Terrorattacke der Islamistenorganisation Hamas vom 7. Oktober zur Besonnenheit bei Militäroperationen aufgefordert. „Insbesondere kommt es darauf an – wie Präsident (Joe) Biden wiederholt betont hat –, dass Israels Militärstrategie das Völkerrecht beachtet, einschließlich der Gesetze, die darauf abzielen, den Tod oder das Leiden der Zivilbevölkerung so weit wie möglich zu vermeiden“, schrieb Obama in einem am Montag auf der Seite barackobama.medium.com veröffentlichten Beitrag. Schon jetzt seien Tausende Palästinenser bei der Bombardierung des Gazastreifens ums Leben gekommen, viele von ihnen Kinder. Hunderttausende seien vertrieben worden. » | Quelle: dpa | Dienstag, 24. Oktober 2023

Obama Revealed He Thought about 'Making Love to Men Daily' in Unearthed Letter

THE TELEGRAPH: The former US president wrote about his androgynous mind in previously redacted letters 40 years ago to an ex-girlfriend

Senator Barack Obama before he became president | CREDIT: REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
THE TELEGRAPH: The former US president wrote about his androgynous mind in previously redacted letters 40 years ago to an ex-girlfriend

Barack Obama wrote that he made love to men every day “in the imagination” in a letter to an ex-girlfriend that has surfaced 40 years later.

The comments were revealed in correspondences with Alex McNear, in November 1982, which were previously redacted to remove the more salacious parts.

In one letter, a 21-year-old Mr Obama wrote: “In regard to homosexuality, I must say that I believe this is an attempt to remove oneself from the present, a refusal perhaps to perpetuate the endless farce of earthly life. You see, I make love to men daily, but in the imagination.”

He went on to suggest he wanted to train his brain to become more balanced in the approach to men and women. » | David Millward, US Correspondent | Sunday, August 13, 2023

Obama among 500 Banned from Russia in Retaliation for US Sanctions

THE GUARDIAN: Moscow also denied consular access to detained journalist as US imposes more punitive measures in response to Ukraine invasion

Former president Barack Obama is one of 500 US citizens banned from Russia in response to the denial of visas to Russian media. Photograph: Valda Kalniņa/EPA
Russia’s foreign ministry has said former President Barack Obama is among 500 US citizens who will be banned in response to the latest round of sanctions announced by Washington.

The ministry also said on Friday that Russia had refused the latest US request for consular access to the detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March on suspicion of spying.

This move was triggered by the US refusal last month to give visas to media traveling with the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, to the United Nations, it said in a statement.

“Washington should have learned a long time ago that not a single hostile attack on Russia will go unpunished,” it added. » | Reuters | Friday, May 19, 2023

Cyprus handed 800-page US dossier on Russia sanctions breaches: Report details how local people and firms allegedly helped Alisher Usmanov conceal assets »

Donald Trump Replacing Barack after US Election 'Still Hurts', Says Michelle Obama - BBC News

Nov 15, 2022 | Michelle Obama, former US first lady, has said the US electorate’s decision to elect Donald Trump as president following Barack Obama's term in office "still hurts". Speaking to BBC Breakfast, she said: "That's that point in time when you have to ask yourself, was it worth it?" "Did we make a dent? Did it matter? And when I'm in my darkest moment, my most irrational place, I could say, well, maybe not. Maybe we weren't good enough.” However, the former first lady said that seeing “more rationally”, she was able to think about “a whole world of young people who are thinking differently about themselves because of the work that we've done”.

Mrs Obama has revealed in her new book The Light We Carry that she struggles with negative thoughts about her appearance and her “fearful mind”, but that [we] women need to “learn to love ourselves as we are”.

Barack Obama: The 2020 60 Minutes Interview

The former president shares the advice he would give President Trump, his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, and what's behind the divisions in Washington and across the U.S. Scott Pelley reports

Barack Obama: One Election Won't Stop US 'Truth Decay'

Read the BBC article HERE »

Obama Rips into Trump During Drive-in Biden Rally

Barack Obama Condemns Trump in Powerful Democratic Convention Speech

The former president spoke at the Democratic national convention and cast Donald Trump as someone who will 'tear our democracy down if that what it takes to win' and urges Americans to get out and vote in November

Great speech! If the Americans elect Trump back into office for another term, they will deserve all they get! Trump is the worst president in my lifetime. He’s pathetic! – Mark

Joe: ‘Barack Obama Did Exactly What John Lewis Would Have Wanted Him To’ | Morning Joe | MSNBC

In his powerful eulogy for John Lewis, Obama took on Pres. Trump over voting rights and his response to protesters. Aired on 07/31/2020.

'It Eats Him Alive Inside': Trump's Latest Attack Shows Endless Obsession with Obama

THE GUARDIAN: The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s fixation?

President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump once sat together in the Oval Office. “I was immediately struck by Trump’s body language,” wrote journalist Jon Karl in his memoir Front Row at The Trump Show. “I was seeing a side of him I had never seen. He seemed, believe it or not, humbled.”

It was November 2016 and, just for once, Trump was not in charge of the room, Karl recalls. Obama was still president, directing the action and setting the tone. His successor “seemed a little dazed” and “a little freaked out”. What the two men discussed in their meeting that day, only they know.

But what became clear in the next three and a half years is that Obama remains something of an obsession for Trump; the subject of a political and personal inferiority complex.

Observers point to a mix of anti-intellectualism, racism, vengeance and primitive envy over everything from Obama’s Nobel peace prize to the scale of his inauguration crowd and social media following.

Ben Rhodes, a former Obama national security aide, tweeted this week: “Trump’s fact-free fixation on Obama dating back to birtherism is so absurd and stupid that it would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic.” » | David Smith in Washington | Saturday, May 16, 2020

Don Lemon to Trump: What Is It about Obama That Gets Under Your Skin?

CNN's Don Lemon slammed President Donald Trump's response to a unifying message from former president George W. Bush amidst the coronavirus pandemic and questioned Trump's frequent attacks on former president Barack Obama.

Eugene Robinson: ‘Trump’s Obama Envy Is Getting Even Worse’ | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Eugene Robinson joins Morning Joe to talk about his new op-ed in The Washington Post about Trump’s obsession with comparing himself to President Obama and his behavior at the G-7 meeting.

Eric Holder Exposed In Attack On Obama’s Legacy

Via America’s Lawyer: Trial Magazines Editor Farron Cousins joins Mike Papantonio to discuss former attorney general Eric Holder and his sweeping failures to prosecute white-collar crime under President Obama, allowing Wall Street moguls to carry on profiting with total abandon.

Obama Speechwriter on Trump's "Healthy Regard for Dictators"

Ben Rhodes played a key role in crafting both the Iran deal and the historic thawing in relations between the US and Cuba - and was by Obama's side on all but one of his overseas trips. Here he gives his views on the world after Obama.

Rhodes was deputy foreign policy advisor and speechwriter for the Obama administration, joining the Obama campaign as a speechwriter when he was just 29 years old. Rhodes stayed on for the full eight years of his term, tasked with the role of interpreting and explaining Obama's vision for the world.

In a new book, he reveals that after the election of Donald Trump, Obama wondered whether his presidency came too early, for a world that wasn't ready.

Did Obama Separate Families at the Border?

Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson says that he discussed separating kids from their parents as a deterrent to illegal immigration but didn’t think the practice was right.

The “Resistance” Forgets Bush Is a War Criminal

Don't allow the media to sanitize the legacy of Bush!

Barack Obama Calls for Unity as He Returns to Campaign Trail in Virginia

Former President Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail for the first time since he left the White House, has appealed for unity in America. Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, Obama said: 'Instead of our politics reflecting our values, we've got politics infecting our communities.' He went on: 'If you have to win a campaign by dividing people, you won't be able to govern them.'

Barack Obama delivers veiled but withering rebuke of Donald Trump »

Former President Barack Obama Says Ending DACA Is Cruel And Wrong | MSNBC