Donald Trump prompts fury after posting racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama

Donald Trump prompts fury after posting racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/06/trump-barack-obama-michelle-truth-social-epstein-latest-news-updates

 

 

Michelle Obama documentary rises 13,000% in views as Melania film opens

The film, which followed the former first lady in the wake of her hit book, saw a rise in views of more than 13,000% over the past weekend, with 47.5m minutes viewed, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The weekend before saw only 354,000 minutes watched, according to Luminate… 

Melania review – Trump film is a Melania currently has a 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes compared with Becoming, which has 93%…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/michelle-obama-becoming-documentary

 

WATCH: Michelle Obama speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJBFBwRXvc

In DNC speech, Michelle Obama rewires America’s conversation on race - The Washington Post

There is no question that Black and White Americans did not have equal access to economic success in the 1950s or 1960s. They didn't in later decades, either, thanks to ongoing overt discrimination (like being unable to rent an apartment) and discriminatory patterns built in to lending and jobs systems (such as making it harder to obtain a mortgage for homes in some neighborhoods). Nearly every American has a parent or grandparent who was alive in the era of explicit discrimination — that's two generations away. Generational wealth, then, almost necessarily means wealth rooted in an American economy where explicit discrimination existed. It also means wealth that still enjoys the sorts of systemic protections and advantages, including ones from the government, that are pilloried when focused on addressing historical inequality...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/21/with-six-words-michelle-obama-rewires-americas-conversation-race/

Ted Cruz claims Democrats could parachute Michelle Obama in as presidential nominee | The Hill

Obama becoming the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election is incredibly unlikely to happen, despite Cruz's comments. She has repeatedly said on the record that she does not want to run for president…

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4218505-ted-cruz-claims-democrats-could-parachute-michelle-obama-in-as-presidential-nominee/

PolitiFact | Michelle Obama was never a man

PolitiFact has repeatedly debunked false claims that former first lady Michelle Obama was born a man, but they persist online…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/michelle-obama-was-never-man/

No, Obama didn’t call his wife his ‘husband Michael’ | Politifact

While sharing Oren's story, Obama recounted a letter she had sent him. "She said, 'I walk with my husband Michael and hold hands. It's like a whole new world for me,'" Obama said…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/viral-image/no-obama-didnt-call-his-wife-his-husband-michael/

Watch Michelle Obama's Full Speech At The 2020 DNC | NBC News

Former First Lady Michelle Obama asks voters to “vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it” and says Trump “is the wrong president for our country” during her speech at the DNC. https://youtu.be/VZwfEWpG_wA

Alex Jones and DeAnna Lorraine Say Michelle Obama Is a Man and Bill Gates is an Alien - RWW News

Right Wing Watch reports on the extreme rhetoric and activities of key right-wing figures and organizations by showing their views in their own words. In this clip, DeAnna Lorraine and Alex Jones allege that Michelle Obama is really a man and Bill Gates is actually a woman ... or an alien. https://youtu.be/hWgwNQey2MI

Michelle Obama Stole The Show On 1st Night Of The DNC : NPR

The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday night in its first completely virtual, made-for-TV incarnation. It was unlike any convention night seen in years past. The most glaring difference: the absence of delegates and an audience. That presented hurdles that the party tried to vault with a highly produced event that felt, at times, like a political infomercial mixed with a bit of "We Are The World" — and included one standout speech from former first lady Michelle Obama. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/18/903420779/7-takeaways-from-the-first-night-of-the-democratic-national-convention

Michelle Obama announces new vote-by-mail push | Michelle Obama | The Guardian

The former first lady wants to make it easier to vote by mail, vote early and register online: ‘This shouldn’t be a partisan issue’....

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/13/michelle-obama-vote-by-mail-push?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

Library Honoring Michelle Obama Vandalized With Trump Graffiti - Newsweek

Washington library offers free books to passers-by. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/library-honoring-michelle-obama-vandalized-trump-graffiti-1230149

Unlike Michelle Obama, Michael Avenatti Doesn’t Want Democrats to Take the High Road - Vanity Fair

Why "go high" when you can "fight fire with fire"?....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/michael-avenatti-fight-fire-with-fire-democrat-speech

Michelle Obama's White House photographer reveals in a new book what being around the former first lady was like -- Business Insider

It was White House photographer Pete Souza who called Lucidon, asking if she was interested in the job. "Before working at the White House, I had spent most of my career documenting stories that focused on civil rights and discrimination issues. As a documentarian, I recognized the importance and responsibility of photographing our first African American First Family. For me, it transcended politics. I had the honor to witness and document history," Lucidon said to Business Insider. ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/michelle-obama-photographer-shares-what-white-house-is-like-2017-10

Larry Klayman Is Outraged By Michelle Obama's Shoulders

Right Wing Watch reports on the extreme rhetoric and activities of key right-wing figures and organizations by showing their views in their own words. In this video, Larry Klayman says that Barack Obama is trying to undermine President Trump by vacationing in Italy....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1zeLokWgg&spfreload=10

Trump Slammed Michelle Obama For Not Covering Hair In Saudi Arabia, But...

Donald Trump's old tweets keep coming back to haunt him. This time, they followed him to Saudi Arabia, during his first trip overseas as President of the United States. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-headscarf-saudi-arabia_us_5920f603e4b034684b0cdfdd?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

Trump co-chair wishes Obama dead and Michelle 'let loose' in Africa to live with gorilla

From the man who served as the co-chair of Donald Trump’s New York campaign, a "wish list" for 2017:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1614017

House conservatives will try to kill Michelle Obama’s surprisingly successful anti-obesity campaign - Vox

Michelle Obama has a strikingly successful record of fighting the obesity epidemic and improving nutrition — both symbolically and through legislation.

Back in October, I talked to a bunch of food and nutrition policy wonks about the first lady’s influence on food issues. They offered near-unanimous praise: She planted a garden, waged snappy social media campaigns, and worked behind the scenes with researchers, lawmakers, heads of government departments, schools, and food giants to quietly change what Americans eat.

At the time, it seemed likely that Hillary Clinton would be president, and that the next White House would only build on the current first lady’s legacy. Now we’re looking at a considerably different future....
http://www.vox.com/2016/12/16/13884820/house-conservatives-kill-michelle-obama-anti-obesity-campaign

President Obama: ‘Michelle will never run for office’

President Obama says both he and first lady Michelle Obama will be "very active" in working with people at the grass-roots level to support progressive causes once he leaves office.

"Michelle will never run for office," the president told Rolling Stone in an interview conducted the day after the election. "I'll spend time in my first year out of office writing a book, and I'm gonna be organizing my presidential center, which is gonna be focused on precisely this issue of how do we train and empower the next generation of leadership,” Obama said....
https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-obama-michelle-will-never-run-for-office-182845749.html

Michael Moore Has Some Good Ideas About Who Should Be the Next Democratic Presidential Nominee

Filmmaker Michael Moore joined CNN’s Don Lemon for an election postmortem that included a look at the drop-off in voters who went to the polls. Referring to a graphic showing overall voter decline—and a massive decline in the number of Democrats who made it to the polls—Lemon suggested a severe lack of enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton was the culprit.

“Do you think it was a woman thing?” Lemon asked Moore. “Because I’m hearing a lot of, Michelle Obama, 2020."

“Well, that’s a good idea,” Moore responded. “Can we say you thought of it first?”...
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/michael-moore-has-some-good-ideas-about-who-should-be-next-democratic-presidential