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Former President Barack Obama issued a statement criticizing the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday, effectively ending the constitutional right to abortion. “Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans,” Obama wrote in a statement. The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade on Friday with a vote of 5-4, stating Americans did not have a Constitutional right to abort their children. “Abortion presents a profound moral question,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion released by the court. “The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion.” The former president issued a reaction before President Joe Biden, describing the decision as “devastating.” Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed … [Read more...] about Barack Obama: Supreme Court ‘Attacking Essential Freedoms’ of Americans by Overturning Roe v. Wade

Minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling overturning the landmark abortion decision Roe v Wade , NBA star LeBron James fired off a series of retweets of Barack Obama’s comments on the ruling. As soon as the ruling was revealed on Friday morning, the ex-president bemoaned that the Supreme Court had “reversed nearly 50 years of precedent” in abortion. It was a tweet clearly already in the can and waiting to be posted as soon as the high court’s Dobbs decision was revealed. And James retweeted it almost immediately. Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 24, 2022 James also quickly retweeted two other pre-written tweets that appeared on Obama’s Twitter account as soon as the Dobbs decision was made official. For … [Read more...] about LeBron Channels Barack Obama After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

Social media users have criticized former President Barack Obama for not passing legislation to codify abortion rights into federal following the U.S. Supreme Court 's decision to overturn two landmark abortion rulings. Obama, a Democrat who served as president from 2009 to 2017, took to Twitter on Friday in response to the Court's decision to overturn 1973's Roe v. Wade and 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which had found a woman's right to abortion was constitutionally protected. "Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues— attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans," the former president wrote at the beginning of thread about abortion rights. Critics responded to Obama's tweets by arguing he had had the ability to codify Roe into federal law during his time as president but failed to do so despite Democrats … [Read more...] about Barack Obama blasted for not codifying Roe v. Wade: “Dem failure”

The U.S. town shattered by last week’s school shooting prepared on Monday for the first two funerals, including the one for the youngest victim, while officials weren’t sure whether the school itself would ever reopen. The first funerals were planned for six-year-old Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner, who had his birthday two weeks ago. They would be buried a day after President Barack Obama said he will use “whatever power” he has to prevent similar massacres. Investigators have offered no motive for the shooting, and the Connecticut community struggled to comprehend what drove 20-year-old Adam Lanza to shoot children, most of them six and seven years old. All the victims at the school apparently were shot more than once, and some of them were shot at close range, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. H. Wayne Carver has said. Police said Lanza was carrying an arsenal of ammunition big enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time. He shot himself in the head just as … [Read more...] about Obama promises to prevent repeat of school tragedy

President Barack Obama, in his last planned 2015 address to the country, pointed to progress made in the United States during his seven years in office even as he said there is still "unfinished business." "Decisions we made early on have paid off," he said Friday afternoon from the White House. "Since taking this office, I've never been more optimistic about a year ahead than I am now." Earlier on Friday, Congress approved a year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending. Obama said he isn't "wild" about all of its contents, but he will sign the measure. He acknowledged that politicians will be preoccupied with 2016 as an election year, but he called on Congress to work to promote job growth and increase wages in the country. Obama also said the U.S. continues to lead a global coalition in its mission to destroy the Islamic State militant group, or ISIS. The militant group has lost about 40 percent of the populated areas it once controlled in Iraq, he said, and … [Read more...] about Obama ‘Optimistic’ About 2016

Appearing shaken by the death of at least 18 children in one of the deadliest school shooting in American history, the US President Barack Obama choked up several times as he said “our hearts are broken today” before the White House Press Corps. “Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost,” Obama said during his brief appearance before the White House Press. “Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors, as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early and there are no words that will ease their pain,” he said. Obama was first briefed about the tragic incident at approximately 10:30 am in the Oval Office by his Homeland Security Adviser, John Brennan. He also spoke with the FBI Director and Connecticut Governor, where the deadly shooting took place. … [Read more...] about Our hearts are broken today: Obama after US school shooting

President Barack Obama urged a reluctant Congress to ban both military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and require background checks for all gun sales in an emotion-laden plea to curb gun violence in America, though he acknowledged he’s in for an uphill battle. In a sharp pushback against any new gun regulations, the National Rifle Association posted a Web video that labels Mr. Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for allowing his daughters to be protected by armed Secret Service agents while not embracing armed guards for schools. “Are the President’s kids more important than yours,” a male narrator asks in the video. “Then why is he sceptical of putting armed security in schools, when his kids are protected by armed guards in their school?” The President’s sweeping, $500 million plan, coming one month after the school massacre in Connecticut, marks the most comprehensive effort to tighten gun laws in nearly two decades. But his proposals, most of which are … [Read more...] about Obama plan draws sharp attack from gun lobby

Updated | After a two-foot drone went undetected by White House radars and crashed into a tree on the South Lawn at 3 a.m. on Monday morning, President Obama, in his first public comments since the incident, admitted that the United States has failed to keep pace with the technology. The pilot of the drone works for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and had been drinking at an apartment nearby the White House, according to a New York Times report . When he lost control of the drone during a recreational flight, he hoped it had not hit the White House premises, but the next morning friends alerted him that his drone was all over the news. He first called his employer, and then notified authorities. Following an investigation, the Secret Service identified the operator as a non-White House government employee. It is unclear from reports why the unidentified man was flying the device at that hour, but he claims he lost control during a recreational flight and did … [Read more...] about Obama Responds to Drone Crashing at White House

The speeches of US President Barack Obama attracted considerable attention during his latest visit to India and some of the things he said emerged as key discussion points in the context of Indo-US ties. In his address at the Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi on January 27, for instance, the part that touched on religion was talked about a lot. But this is how a a world cloud made up of his key speeches and remarks made on different occasions (excluding the joint press conference at Hyderabad House on January 25) looks like: Naturally, India was firmly in focus in all his speeches. That apart, there were some other key words, like people, work, young, together, make and so on. And his speeches were peppered with references to the first lady Michelle Obama. A word cloud based on his speech at Siri Fort: The words religion or religious figured only 8 times in his speech; other words like 'more' and 'people' were used more frequently. And what did President Obama say … [Read more...] about What Obama said during his Indian visit, word for word

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir by Chelsea Manning will come out this fall. The book is titled “README.txt,” and it's scheduled for release on Oct. 18. Manning's book was first announced in 2019 but did not have a title or release date. The former intelligence analyst served seven years in a military prison for leaking a trove of documents to WikiLeaks before President Barack Obama commuted the remainder of her 35-year sentence in 2017. The day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity was a man and began to transition. “In README.txt, Manning recounts how her pleas for increased institutional transparency and government accountability took place alongside a fight to defend her rights as a trans woman,” according to an announcement Thursday by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. “Manning details the challenges of her childhood and adolescence as a naive, computer-savvy kid, what drew … [Read more...] about Chelsea Manning memoir to be published in October