Tag Archives: Michelle Obama

FLOTUS: No White House Bid For Me [VIDEO]

The First Lady says there will not be another Obama in the White House any time in the near future. Via The Hill: “I’m going to continue to work with our young people all over the world,” the first lady said onstage during a conversation with rapper and actress Queen Latifah at the South by Southwest festival on Wednesday. “Not …

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Obamas Share A Dance With 106 Year-Old Fan [VIDEO]

So sweet. Via the Washington Post: With the leader of the free world in one hand and Michelle Obama in the other, Virginai McLaurin danced with sheer and utter joy, shaking her hips like a 16-year-old and flashing a smile as bright as the camera flashes going off all around her. “She’s 106?” the president asked incredulously. “No, you are …

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Ted Cruz Slams FLOTUS: First Lady Heidi Will Totally Bring French Fries Back To Public School Lunches

The Daily Mail reports: Ted Cruz is targeting a new constituency in the final days of his Iowa campaign: Happy Meal lovers.”Let me say something to the school-aged kids here,” he said during a rally tonight in Des Moines. “If Heidi Cruz becomes the next first lady, French fries are coming back to the cafeteria.” Cruz rolled out the line …

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Jim Obergefell To Sit With First Lady During SOTU

This morning the White House announced that Jim Obergefell will be among the guests seated with the First Lady during President Obama’s final State Of The Union address. From their bio on Obergefell: Jim Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled same-sex couples nationwide have the Constitutional right to marry. In …

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The First Lady Raps About College [VIDEO]

This is great. As a bonus, the haters will sceam. Stereogum recaps: It’s a bummer to think that soon, Michelle Obama will no longer be our nation’s first lady. I say this because I find her to be exceedingly likable on a personal level, and also because it’s refreshing to see such a stately, important public figure act the fool …

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FLOTUS: I Wanna Go To Target [VIDEO]

The First Lady appeared on The Late Show last night where Stephen Colbert asked about her post-White House plans. TIME Magazine recaps: You know what First Lady Michelle Obama is most looking forward to when she leaves the White House? Opening a window. They say it’s the little things that matter most in life. In this case, that seems like …

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FLOTUS Celebrates SCOTUS

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First Lady “Mom Dances” With Fallon

They first did this two years ago.

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Gay Univision Host Demands Reinstatment After Firing For Remarks About First Lady

Via the Wrap: Rodner Figueroa, the fashion reporter for Univision’s “El Gordo y La Flaca,” who was fired for allegedly making disparaging comments about First Lady Michelle Obama on the air, is taking aim at his former employer. Or at least his famed Hollywood attorney, Marty Singer, is. In a scathing letter to Univision executives, Singer accuses the network of …

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Wingnuts: The First Lady Is Bald

An episode of Jeopardy has aired in which the First Lady participated in a video category about health eating. While she clearly had her hair pulled tightly and clasped at the back, wingnut sites are today calling her “bald.” Because Benghazi, probably.

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First Lady Dances On Ellen

I notice that they edited out this line from Uptown Funk: “Fill my cup, put some liquor in it…”

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Gay Univision Host Fired Over Planet Of The Apes Comment About First Lady

Openly gay Univision TV host Rodner Figueroa was fired yesterday immediately after comparing Michelle Obama to a cast member of Planet Of The Apes during a live broadcast. The Emmy-winning host was dismissed over the racist remark said during his live segment on the entertainment news show “El Gordo Y La Flaca,” HuffPost Voces first reported. Univision confirmed the news …

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Billy On The Street With FLOTUS

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Media Matters: How The Right Wing Insults The Appearance Of The First Lady

Nothing enrages me more than the disgusting and often racist attacks on the appearance of our gorgeous and fit First Lady. Nothing. And I’ve got a lot on my rage plate.

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Joan Rivers: Calling The First Lady A “Tranny” Was Actually A Compliment

“I think it’s a compliment. She’s so attractive, tall, with a beautiful body, great face, does great makeup. Take a look and go back to La Cage Au Follies (sic). The most gorgeous women are transgender. Stop it already … and if you want to talk about ‘politically correct,’ I think this is a ‘politically incorrect’ attack on me because …

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At The White House LGBT Pride Event

Yesterday’s LGBT pride event at the White House was live-streamed at the time and late this afternoon an edited recording of the event was posted to the White House’s official YouTube channel. Many noted activists were in attendance.

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FLOTUS Hints At Supporting Hillary

Via CNN: Michelle Obama said Monday she’s “definitely” not jumping into politics, but suggested the United States might not be too far away from having its first woman commander in chief. Asked at the Washington event if she would consider a political career once her husband leaves the White House in 2017, Mrs. Obama gave a flat no. But, she …

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NBC Wonders: FLOTUS For Senate?

NBC Chicago ponders: FLOTUS for Senate? It wasn’t that long ago that such a slogan would seem absurd, but political wags are beginning to wonder whether Michelle Obama is mulling a run for Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk’s seat in 2016. A Thursday column in Reuters suggests that Obama would be the only candidate with a large enough profile to unseat …

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President Obama At The Nerd Prom

Last night the White House Correspondents Association celebrated its 100th anniversary at the annual dinner reporters refer to as the Nerd Prom. CBS News reports on the president’s speech: Basking in the liberation of never again facing reelection, Mr. Obama aimed squarely at several likely 2016 prospects. Simultaneously ribbing the New Jersey governor’s ill-famed scandal on the George Washington Bridge …

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Girl Gives First Lady Her Dad’s Resume

Via the Washington Post: A young girl who was a guest at the White House’s annual “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” did her father a favor. She handed Michelle Obama his résumé. When Obama called on a girl, identified by the Associated Press as 10-year-old Charlotte Bell, during a question-and-answer session, the girl stood up and walked …

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