Mar 22, 2016 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: Salon (March 22, 2016), The Good Men Project (March 19, 2016) Shame on you, President Obama, for trying to undermine Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign. As The New York Times reported on Thursday, Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors in Austin, TX that they needed to unite behind Hillary Clinton because Sanders would soon have to end his presidential bid. "Mr. Obama...
Mar 16, 2016 | President Obama, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: The Daily Dot (March 16, 2016) President Barack Obama announced his appointment to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court on Wednesday. His choice is Merrick Garland, one of the most conservative judges ever chosen by a modern Democratic president. The Internet doesn’t seem particularly impressed. Perhaps this is because Garland doesn’t have much in the way of a...
Jan 3, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, President Obama
Published: The Daily Dot (January 3, 2016) In the most recent episode of his hit webseries Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld featured a guest who is not a professional comedian: President Barack Obama. At one point in the show, Seinfeld asked the president what was his most embarrassing moment in office so far. “This may be it,” Obama joked. The thing is, though, that some other...
Jul 16, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (July 16, 2015) If equality of opportunity is to be a reality in this country, we need to recognize that it is impossible for anyone to be competitive in our modern economy without access to the Internet. That’s why President Obama’s new program to subsidize broadband for low-income families is such an encouraging step forward in addressing the systemic problems of millions...
Jul 8, 2015 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, President Obama, Race and Racism
May 20, 2015 | Internet Culture, mic, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (May 20, 2015) When President Obama created a personal Twitter account earlier this week, he set a world record with near lightning speed: @POTUS became the fastest account to reach 1 million followers, hitting that mark in under five hours. However, the president also received a lot of death threats just as quickly. While this may not constitute a record in its own right,...
Apr 23, 2015 | Internet Culture, Liberalism, Marijuana Legalization and the War on Drugs, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (April 23, 2015) On Sunday night, President Obama backed Medical Pot Reform—and the Internet noticed. https://twitter.com/guardian/status/589881479519457280 https://twitter.com/thinkprogress/status/589964274581180416 https://twitter.com/GovJVentura/status/590205798027894784/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw Perhaps more important than the fact that the Internet is abuzz over Obama’s...
Apr 2, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (April 2, 2015) As Arkansas contemplates a “religious freedom bill” akin to the controversial measure recently passed in Indiana, one may very well wonder: What, if anything, can President Obama do about this? More specifically, can he use his power to issue executive orders—one that has already been utilized to historic effect throughout his presidency—to halt a movement of...
Feb 5, 2015 | Asperger's Syndrome, Conspiracy Theories, Health & Wellness (Physical), mic, President Obama, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (February 5, 2015) “The science is, you know, pretty indisputable.” Those were President Obama’s words in an interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie earlier this week during which he urged parents to get their children vaccinated. While it’s tempting to praise the president for standing on the side of science, he has been inexcusably reluctant to fulfill his constitutional...
Jan 21, 2015 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Education, Health Care Reform, mic, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (January 21, 2015) The gist of President Obama’s State of the Union speech can be found in one sentence: “The shadow of crisis has passed and the State of the Union is strong.” This was not the address of a president whose party suffered a historic shellacking in the most recent set of midterm elections, but one whose approval rating has reached 50 percent and is emerging as...