President Barack Obama’s legacy includes: • Reduced the unemployment rate from more than 9 percent to 4.6 percent; • Worked diligently to make progress on the environment and climate change; • Made progress on immigration as exemplified locally with immigrants from six countries at Lewiston High School who won the 2015 state soccer championship. They […]
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Thank you, President Obama
I am writing to share how I feel about former President Barack Obama. I think that he is a good and decent man. He has always done his best to work across party lines for the interests of all Americans and this country. It is too bad that, from the start, Republicans refused to work […]
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Obama reveals true self in final acts
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama did not go out quietly. His unquiet final acts were, in part, overshadowed by a successor who refused to come in quietly and, in part, by Obama’s own endless, sentimental farewell tour. But there was nothing nostalgic or sentimental about Obama’s last acts. Two of them were simply shocking. Perhaps we […]
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President Obama slaps sanctions on Russia, expels 35 diplomats
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. The State Department also has kicked out 35 Russian diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate in San Francisco, giving them […]
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Obama’s falsehoods
In 2008, I made the colossal mistake of voting for Barack Obama. (Not that I regret not voting for John McCain. A presidential nominee who could stoop to choosing a Sarah Palin as his running mate self-disqualifies in my book.) In 2012, I just didn’t vote. Come November, I’ll likely do the same. In his […]
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In address, Obama to focus on economic opportunity
WASHINGTON — Struggling to generate second-term momentum, President Barack Obama will use Tuesday’s State of the Union address to announce new executive actions on job training and retirement security, while prodding a divided Congress to work harder on expanding economic mobility for middle class Americans. Obama’s broad themes — described by the White House as […]