Obama

Donald Trump is set to lay out his plan for defeating the Islamic terrorist group ISIS this Monday, August 15. The Republican presidential nominee has announced he believes the fight is an ideological one, comparing it to that of the…
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The 2016 Democratic Party Platform, which was released in the convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this week, promised to lift travel United States restrictions to Cuba, as well as the embargo, should Hillary Clinton be elected.…
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EspañolWhen United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia passed away, questions were immediately raised about who outgoing President Barack Obama would nominate as a replacement before leaving the White House.…
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EspañolIn a new set of Gallup polls released in March, 18 percent of US citizens named the government as the most important problem facing the country over the previous four months. Criticism of the state beat out other notable issues, such…
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EspañolAn unprecedented group of 44 policy reform advocates and former US officials penned an open letter to President Barack Obama urging the White House to ease travel restrictions to Cuba for US citizens and back the island's civil…
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Español"Peace through strength" has been a mantra of conservative political theory for many decades. The idea that a strong military guarantees security, and that a weak one invites war, follows from the lessons learned in World Wars I and…
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EspañolA Florida congressman is calling on President Obama to grant political asylum to Venezuelans caught in a rising tide of violence in the South American country. “As conditions continue to worsen in Venezuela and current civil unrest…
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According to a recent report in the Chicago Tribune, the White House has said it has no plans to bail out Puerto Rico from its US$70 billion debt. Financial salvation for the territory — where economic challenges resemble those of Detroit —…
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"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." ~Thomas Jefferson American rebels listed King George III’s "catalogue of crimes" on July 4, 1776, declaring the monarch a tyrant and independence from the British crown. Eleven years…
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Instead of a bailout, Puerto Rico just needs a little supervision. At least that’s what is being reported in today’s El Vocero newspaper. The report quotes sources that the Obama administration has established a special working group to…
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Last week, I shared a video of Yasiin Bey (a. k. a. Mos Def) volunteering to undergo the procedure for force feeding hunger strikers in Guantanamo Bay. Muslim community leaders across the country are urging President Obama to halt this…
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