According to a new poll by Quinnipiac University, 58% of Americans stand with the president on the new Iran nuclear plan.
According to the new poll released earlier this week, a majority of Americans believe the new plan should get the approval of Congress, with 33% rejecting the plan altogether.
But 77% say they want to plan to succeed instead of a military intervention, as proposed by Congressional Republicans.
“Americans are worried about Iran, but not enough to send in the troops,” said Tim Malloy of Quinnipiac.
The poll was taken between April 16 and 21 and surveyed 1,353 registered voters.
Twenty four hours after Baltimore began burning due to riot activities related to the police killing of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the President was asked about the incident today in a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mr. Obama stressed that the problems of blacks and minorities being killed by police is not just a police problem or a community problem, but a problem the nation must face and correct.
“I think we as a country have to do some soul searching,” the President said. “This is not new. It’s been going on for decades.”
This is the police video showing the aftermath of another police beating of a black man named Floyd Dent.
The beating left Mr. Dent suffering from multiple head injuries and broken ribs, but those injuries were not serious enough for the officers involved to request medical attention for the man they are sworn to “serve and protect.” Instead, the guardians of the law are seen at the Precinct cleaning themselves of Floyd’s blood, fist bumping each other and laughing, while Mr. Dent sits off to the side.
Who else could she be talking about when she sings, “Talkin’ ’bout you’re mad Could it be that you just lost the best you’ve ever had?”
And what about this chorus, “Close the door, lose the key, leave my heart on the mat for me,” and “I was yours eternally, there’s an end to infinity”?
And then there’s this verse: “Is it lack of ice got you so cold? Have you ever felt this on your own? Why you tryin’ to play like you’re so grown? Everything you own boy you still owe.”
Nick Cannon filed for the divorce from Carey back in December according to TMZ. Carey released the new song apparently dissing her ex on Monday via YouTube.
With the swag of a second term president, President Obama starred in the no holds barred event that was this year’s Correspondents’ Dinner. The president jabbed at just about every issue in today’s news, from immigration, to climate change, to CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, and he even poked fun and Virginia and the discrimination law singed by Virginia’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence.
In the beginning of the President’s remarks, Mr. Obama spoke about his “Bucket List,” only he masterfully implied the need to substitute the word ‘Bucket’ with another word sounding like ‘bucket.’
I am determined to make the most of every moment I have left. After the midterm elections, my advisors asked me, “Mr. President, do you have a bucket list?” And I said, “Well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list.’”
Take executive action on immigration? Bucket! New climate regulations? Bucket! It’s the right thing to do.
The usual suspects got their hits too. President Obama joked about the 2016 Republican presidential contenders and even those on the Democratic side. And he equated a Bernie Sanders presidency a third term for Obama.
And Bernie Sanders might run. I like Bernie. Bernie is an interesting guy. Apparently some folks really want to see a pot-smoking socialist in the White House. We could get a third Obama term after all. It could happen.
Francis Pusok, the 30-year-old man seen on video falling off a horse only to get his head kicked in by San Bernardino police, will receive $650,000.00 from the county to settle all future lawsuits Pusok may bring.
A statement from Pusok’s lawyers said, “the Pusok family is happy to put this awful chapter of their lives behind them and begin the emotional and physical healing that must take place.”
The settlement does not negate any criminal charges for the 10 officers involved in the beating and future charges are still possible.
In a separate with statement, Supervisor Curt Hagman said the settlement resolves what could have been an expensive situation for the county.
“With situation behind us, we can move forward with protecting our residents and ensuring that local enforcement is responsive, effective and restrained,” Hagman said.
In a video recorded by a news crew, Pusok is seen riding a horse trying to outrun police. He falls off the horse and immediately lays facedown on the ground, arms and legs outstretched. He is then tased by an officer, then kicked in the head and groin multiple times while other officers piled on. Ten officers were placed on paid leave pending an ongoing investigation.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an Organizing for Action summit in Washington April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an Organizing for Action summit in Washington April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
President Obama has come out swing against not only Republicans, but against members of his own party who are criticizing his newest and most ambitious trade deal, the TPP or The Trans Pacific Partnership. Once his friends, the people now playing the role of his foes include the likes of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Trade Unions and Environmental groups.
“When people say that this trade deal is bad for working families, they don’t know what they’re talking about,” Obama told a group of about 200 volunteers and donors with Organizing for Action, an advocacy group formed by his former campaign team. “I take that personally. My entire presidency has been about helping working families.
“The Chamber of Commerce didn’t elect me twice – working folks did,” he said.
Obama argued it would be illogical for him to sign a trade deal that would hurt middle-class jobs given his efforts to expand health care insurance, bail out the auto industry and overhaul Wall Street regulations.
“I spent a lot of time and a lot of political capital to save the auto industry,” Obama said, banging the lectern with a pointed finger for emphasis. “Why would I pass a deal that would be bad for U.S. auto workers?”
Obama is seeking fast-track authority from Congress to finalize the TPP deal, which would link a dozen economies and cover a third of global trade.
The Senate could vote on the fast-track legislation next week, but it may face a tough ride in the House of Representatives, where many Democrats oppose it.
Democratic opponents say the deal would cause a repeat of the factory closures and job losses seen after the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico was approved in 1993.
Obama said he understands the fears, but said the criticism was out of date, arguing the new deal will include strong protections for labor and the environment, and warning that a failure to pass it would cede economic power to China.
“You need to tell me what’s wrong with this trade agreement, not one that was passed 25 years ago,” he said, urging his supporters to spread the word.
To Serve and Protect. This video covers the death of Freddie Gray, another black man caught in the web of those hired to serve and protect him – the Baltimore Police. While the police were “protecting” Mr. Gray, his spine was somehow ‘almost’ completely separated from the rest of Mr. Gray’s body. This almost separation, according to the officers involved, happened because of a “medical emergency.”
A preliminary autopsy report showed Gray died of a spinal injury. Video shot by a bystander shows Gray screaming in apparent agony as police drag him to a van. Another witness said the police bent Gray like a pretzel.
It seems the two men were arguing over a parking spot in the Elementary school parking lot when our trigger happy, NRA approved gun owner, pulled his manhood gun and pointed it at the other man. But of course, the coward drove off before the police arrived on scene.
Police eventually caught up with him and the 31-year-old Parker man, Wyatt Mayers, was arrested.
Parker Police were called to Iron Horse Elementary School in the Hidden River subdivision around 3:25 p.m.
Police say two men got into a verbal dispute over the space when Wyatt Mayes allegedly pointed a handgun at the other man and then drove away before officers arrived.
Mayes was later located and booked into the Douglas County Jail on charges of menacing and unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds.
Police say Iron Horse Elementary did not go on lockdown status, because Mayes had left the area.
The civil lawsuit filed in St. Louis County, Missouri, names the city of Ferguson, former Police Chief Thomas Jackson and former police officer Darren Wilson as defendants, Reuters reports.
The lawsuit seeks $75,000 in compensation, as well as unspecified punitive damages, and calls for a court order prohibiting the use of police techniques “that demean, disregard, or underserve its African-American population”.
The shooting last August sparked protests and a national movement questioning police use of deadly force, especially against minorities in cities around the country.
The lawsuit alleges that Wilson destroyed evidence after he shot Brown on the street of the St. Louis suburb last August, saying he washed blood off his hands and cleared and bagged the gun used in the shooting.
“We expect to put on evidence that you never heard about before, that you have never seen,” Anthony Gray, one of the lawyers for Brown’s family, said at a news conference on Thursday to discuss the lawsuit.
Gray said evidence had not been presented properly in the previous investigations.
It took a very upset president to call out the Republicans on their shenanigans just days ago in the foolish and unnecessary hold up of Loretta Lynch’s confirmation. But today, after almost 170 days of waiting, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate finally did what they were hired to do… work!
Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as attorney general, the first black woman in American history to hold the country’s top law enforcement post.
The Senate approved Lynch, a federal prosecutor from New York, on a 56-43 vote after an unusually lengthy confirmation delay. President Barack Obama nominated Lynch as the successor to Eric Holder in November.
Lynch’s path to becoming the first African American woman to serve as attorney general was fraught with partisan bickering — fighting that continued on Thursday.
Obama said the Justice Department would benefit from Lynch’s experience as a “a tough, independent, and well-respected prosecutor.”
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