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Politico
March 30, 2018
In addition to the joke about the job of Trump's communications director — a position for which Kellyanne Conway's name has been floated — George Conway, ... He also deleted one in which a former Obama administration official explained why he had not allowed the practice of asking staffers to signÃâà...
TeenVogue.com
March 30, 2018
"I jokingly said I wanted to get an Obama family portrait, with Barack on one side, Michelle on the other, and Sasha and Malia in the back," Nolan told the magazine. "[Nick] told me to choose one because each face would take several hours. So obviously it had to be Michelle." The process took about threeÃâà...
News-Press Now
March 30, 2018
With social media networks like Twitter often being a place to try out jokes, Wayans said one of his big worries were his jokes would be posted before they were worked out. “A good joke ... Wayans' comedy touches on a variety of topics, from Presidents Trump and Obama to society and sex. “It's intended toÃâà...
The Guardian
March 30, 2018
He seems genuinely concerned that people did not get the joke of the promotional campaign, co-created by “really clever people” from the New Yorker and spoof news site the .... When Obama ran in the Democratic party primaries, Arcade Fire got in their van and drove to Ohio to play shows in support.
Screen Rant
March 27, 2018
The young Obama is seen crossing paths with the grizzly gorilla, who is pretty angry at the future POTUS. While Grodd's mission is presumably to change the course of history by offing Obama, fans will have to wait and see how Barack plays into the episode. However, with jokes about the team being onÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 24, 2018
The former first lady spoke candidly about her struggles during her time at the White House and made jokes about trying to figure out what she wants to be when she ... "You can't just love your daughter at home and not take care of the women at work," Obama said to a crowd of thousands at Rogers Place.
Slate Magazine
March 24, 2018
Vox says that during the speech, Bolton told a joke in which the “punchline was that President Obama was a Muslim.” Buzzfeed quotes Bolton as calling Obama the “Muslim king of the Muslim world.” That's not true. In the speech, Bolton said that “King Abdullah of Jordan, who is not simply the Muslim king ofÃâà...
Netflix Life
March 23, 2018
What does one do when you've finished eight years as the president of the United States? Well, when you're Barack Obama, you Netflix and chill. Earlier this month, it was reported that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are in advanced talks about producing shows for Netflix. This, naturally, led to criesÃâà...
EW.com
March 22, 2018
Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama have basically traded positions: Trump is in the White House while Obama is reportedly readying a TV project. According to a New York Times report in early March, Netflix is in advanced negotiations to bring Obama-produced content to your screen — and theÃâà...
Vox
March 22, 2018
The bulk of your book is about your time working in the Obama White House, but a lot of it is about writing comedy for the president, which seems like a really tricky needle to thread. Not even just Obama, but with any president, what's a joke you can or can't tell with someone that powerful?
The Hill
March 15, 2018
You'll also recognize more than a few names, including former journalist Samantha Power Ãâ÷ Samantha Jane Power 'Trump TV pipeline' is a joke, next to Obama's media hires Former Obama officials launch advocacy group aimed at Trump's foreign policy Hillary Clinton to speak at Yale graduation MORE,Ãâà...
Boston Herald
March 11, 2018
So Barack Obama is in talks with Netflix, The New York Times reports, “to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure” from relevance last year. High profile? Global platform? Uh, won't the ratings determine whether this is really high-profile TV, or justÃâà...
The Daily Herald
March 10, 2018
Reversing Obama rules on coal ash, Trump has green-lighted pollution of America's drinking water. Ben Carson, after approving ... It was a joke, too. They were, right? Jokes? There are laws against appointing relatives to positions of power by federal government officials. Same with using one's position forÃâà...
HuffPost
March 10, 2018
Such suggestions were so outlandish, Obama felt comfortable enough to joke occasionally that he was up to exactly that. But when he talked seriously about the issue, Obama affirmed presidential term limits as an essential function of healthy democracies. In a 2015 tour of several African countries, ObamaÃâà...
Elite Daily
March 7, 2018
Which is why you need to watch this video of Michelle Obama and Parker Curry meeting — especially if you need a little mid-week pick me up. ... Taylor Swift as the two shimmied to "Shake It Off." Thank god this four second video plays on a loop because I could watch it at least a hundred times — no joke.
Snopes.com
March 7, 2018
Another day, another joke about Melania Trump plagiarizing. The First Lady has been dogged by rumors about her plagiarizing various speeches ever since she delivered remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention that bore more than a few similarities to former First Lady's Michelle Obama'sÃâà...
New York Magazine
March 5, 2018
And then, of course, there is President Trump's routine praise for Russian president Vladimir Putin, whose strength the dominance-obsessed Trump seems to fetishize. Trump has said Putin was a better leader than President Obama, and has saluted Putin's “very strong control” over Russia, as well as hisÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 4, 2018
In his first Gridiron appearance, Trump assured the audience that "nobody does self-deprecating humor better than I do. ... Members of the Washington press corps are sharpening their wits for musical and rhetorical takedowns of President Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and others.
CNN
March 4, 2018
... humorous jokes at both his and his administration's expense, Trump told the room of journalists that even Sen. Orrin Hatch -- the Utah Republican whose over-the-top praise of Trump after the GOP passed its tax cut bill garnered him some notice -- even agreed that he is the best at self-deprecating humorÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
March 3, 2018
Orrin Hatch apologizes for 'poorly worded joke' calling Obamacare supporters 'the stupidest, dumbass people I've ever met' ... had praised the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December, for eliminating the penalty for not having insurance under President Barack Obama's signature health-care law.
Deadline
February 28, 2018
And Colbert admitted he distinctly remembers “how Republicans were begging Obama to sign the GOP Gun Control Bill. But Obama couldn't get it done because Americans demanded to keep their guns to shoot down all the flying pigs.” That gag out of the way, Colbert got down to giving Trump props forÃâà...
Columbus Post
February 18, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Barack Obama speaks, people listen. At least they did when he was in the White House. But that kind of authority didn't hold much sway when it came time for his presidential portrait. At a ceremony Monday to unveil portraits of him and former first lady Michelle Obama, the former president saidÃâà...
Hollywood Reporter
December 31, 1999
Michelle Obama and Mark Zuckerberg topped the list of preferred future guests as the comedy website and Zach Galifianakis' talk show were honored Monday at the Venice Family Clinic's Silver Circle Gala. ... Also, he's a walking joke so how do you make fun of someone who's already such a joke.”.
The Week Magazine
December 31, 1999
Stephen Colbert told his Late Show audience on Wednesday that his job is to make sense of the day's news and throw in a few jokes so everyone can sleep at night, but "I know I'm going to be staring a hole in the ceiling tonight, because I have no explanation for what happened this afternoon" in PresidentÃâà...
Hollywood Life
December 31, 1999
While discussing social media use at a panel on Feb. 27, Michelle Obama seemed throw some shade at Donald Trump's careless use of Twitter. Here's what she had to say! Michelle Obama spoke about using social media at Klick Health's MUSE New York event on Feb. 27, and definitely seemed to take aÃâà...
