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The 'Fact Checkers' Have Been Monitoring My Podcast And They Don't Like What They've Heard

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Matt Walsh

Michelle Obama

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Michelle Obama — whose husband, former President Barack Obama, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/barack-obama-on-wealth-inequality-only-so-much-you-can-eat.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a 2018 speech “There’s only so much you can eat. There’s only so big a house you can have. There’s only so many nice trips you can take. I mean, it’s enough” — got paid over $700,000 for a one-hour speech in Germany.
Michelle Obama spoke at a start-up event held near the annual Oktoberfest beer festival; the event’s webpage said roughly 5,000 people would hear her speak about how to “push past self-doubt while discussing the importance of inclusivity and diversity.” The organizers of the event said Michelle Obama “topped the list” of prospective speakers for the event.
“They really pulled out all the stops to get her,” one source told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12559675/michelle-obama-pay-munich-conference-speech.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>. “It’s one of the highest fees that they have ever paid.”
The Obamas have raked in the cash since Barack Obama left office; they got a $65 million deal with Penguin for their memoirs and signed a multi-year contract with Netflix in 2018. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was a supporter of Obama and his wife was Obama’s Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011.
In 2019, the Obamas’ company, Higher Ground Productions, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obamas-new-production-company-gets-deplorable-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> that another company, founded in 2008 as Higher Ground Enterprises and devoted to helping authors publish e-books, renounce its trademark. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/barack-obamas-production-company-runs-a-trademark-problem-1236219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> (THR) noted that Higher Ground Productions asked the U.S. Patent &amp; Trademark Office to cancel the trademark registration for “Higher Ground Enterprises.”
THR reported, “Higher Ground Enterprises is run by Hanisya Massey, who, according to her attorney Larry Zerner, is in the business of helping authors publish e-books. … On April 10, a Trademark Examiner refused to register the Obamas&#8217; claimed mark with a nod to the one held by Massey. The Obamas … argued the two marks could co-exist in the marketplace.”
The Obamas’ production company stated:
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The consumers of “media production services” covered by the Application are likely to be highly sophisticated. Media production services are generally offered not to individual consumers but to commercial entities and professionals in their field. Indeed, Applicant has entered a deal with Netflix in connection with its media production services. Such customers, whether multi-billion-dollar media companies or smaller commercial entities in need of media production services, will exercise the height of care in selecting a media production company and are highly unlikely to be confused by a photographer or e-book publisher — particularly when the other party uses a distinguishable mark.
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The U.S. Trademark Office disagreed, countering, “The overriding concern is not only to prevent buyer confusion as to the source of the goods and/or services, but to protect the registrant from adverse commercial impact due to use of a similar mark by a newcomer.”
THR continued, “In a petition to cancel, the Obamas essentially allege that Massey doesn&#8217;t deserve a trademark because ‘Higher Ground Enterprises’ wasn&#8217;t actually in use at the time of its 2016 registration. (An online search turns up some early incorporation filings, though the digital trail at least seems thin.)”
Zerner furiously replied, “The Obamas have known for almost a year that their Higher Ground trademark application was rejected by the USPTO because it infringed my client&#8217;s rights. Instead, of simply picking another name, the Obamas&#8217; lawyers have now filed a meritless petition to cancel my client&#8217;s trademark so they can take it for themselves. This is really deplorable behavior. I hope that the Obamas realize that these actions are not consistent with the values they preach and that they instruct their attorneys to immediately dismiss the petition.”

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Michelle Obama Gets $700k For Speech In Germany: Report

Barack Obama

Germany

Politics

speech

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX) said this week that he believes that Democrats will likely seek to replace President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 presidential election and that they will do so by bringing in Michelle Obama.
Cruz made the remarks during an episode of his &#8220;Verdict&#8221; podcast with co-host Ben Ferguson while discussing the mainstream media&#8217;s recent push for Biden to not run again.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s the scenario that I think is perhaps most likely and most dangerous,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;In August of 2024, the Democrat kingmakers jettison Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama.&#8221;
&#8220;So, Michelle Obama, number one, you don&#8217;t infuriate African American women, which is a critical part of the constituency that Democrats are relying on to win,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;But number two, you avoid the problem if you pick from any of the four, the other three are pissed [Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom], because they&#8217;re all, to some extent, peers, they&#8217;re rivals, they&#8217;re all jabbing knives at each other.&#8221;
Cruz said he didn&#8217;t know if Michelle Obama would want to be president, but said that former President Barack Obama is effectively running the Biden administration right now and that he could be running the country again if Michelle was elected.
&#8220;And that ought to scare the hell out of anyone who is unhappy about the direction this country is going and doesn&#8217;t want us to go even crazier, in an even worse direction,&#8221; Cruz said, adding that Biden would turn himself into a hero of the Democratic Party if he announced that he was not running for re-election.
&#8220;They immediately start carving him on Rushmore, figuratively speaking, the Rushmore of socialists,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Joe Biden would permanently, look, he aspires to be the next FDR. And part of how Democrats would get him to step down is by saying, &#8216;By doing this, you’re the next FDR; by doing this, you&#8217;re George Washington, stepping down after two terms. You&#8217;re demonstrating the ultimate statesmen principle.'&#8221;
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&#8220;The Democrats are top-down, the Democrats are command and control,&#8221; Cruz later added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s because Michelle has a claim to already being at a higher level in the Democrat pecking order than any of the other contenders. It&#8217;s the only solution for Democrat power brokers that doesn&#8217;t cause a civil war.&#8221;
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Cruz Reveals ‘Most Likely And Most Dangerous’ Candidate Democrats Will ‘Parachute In’ To Replace Biden

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Ted Cruz

The biographer for former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama</a> made explosive statements during a lengthy interview published this week by Tablet Magazine.
Historian David Garrow — who wrote Obama&#8217;s 2017 biography &#8220;Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama&#8221; — talked about various aspects of who the former president was both politically and personally.
Journalist David Samuels asked Garrow about how he got some of Obama&#8217;s former girlfriends to give him letters that Obama wrote to them while in college and law school, and what was &#8220;the most surprising thing&#8221; that he found from the letters.
&#8220;With Alex [McNear, Obama’s girlfriend at Occidental College], I think she wanted to have her role known,&#8221; said Garrow. &#8220;So when Alex showed me the letters from Barack, she redacted one paragraph in one of them and just said, &#8216;It’s about homosexuality.'&#8221;
Garrow said that the letters ended up at Emory after Alex sold them and that the school did not mention the paragraph in its press release announcing its possession of the letters.
He said that he emailed his friend Harvey Klehr and told him to &#8220;go to the Emory archives&#8221; to see the letters.
&#8220;He’s spent his whole life at Emory, but they won’t let him take pictures,&#8221; Garrow said. &#8220;So Harvey has to sit there with a pencil and copy out the graph where Barack writes to Alex about how he repeatedly fantasizes about making love to men.&#8221;
While talking about some of the other girlfriends that Obama had, Garrow began discussing Obama&#8217;s book, &#8220;Dreams from My Father.&#8221;
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&#8220;When I start reading about Barack in early ’08, I read Dreams and thought, &#8216;This is a crock.&#8217; It’s not history,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’s all make-believe. Who knows what the real story is?&#8221;
Garrow said that the first time he met Obama at the White House in the Oval Office, Obama had with him &#8220;this big pile of all his journals over the years.&#8221;
&#8220;And he’s arranged it this way on purpose—to show me that he has them, and so he can tell me that I can’t see them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He’s got this big sack, I want to call it a cloth sack or a canvas sack, in the bottom of which are the journals. And then on the top of it is the typescript printout of my manuscript. So he’s carrying them around together.&#8221;
Garrow said that the materials Obama had included were his letters to and from one of his girlfriends and that they would likely never be made public. &#8220;I wouldn’t be astonished if he burns them,&#8221; he said.
When asked why Obama did not want anyone to see his journals and letters, Garrow said, &#8220;He wants people to believe his story. For me to conclude that Dreams from My Father was historical fiction—oh God, did that infuriate him.&#8221;
Garrow discussed various failures of Obama&#8217;s presidency, including foreign policy and Obamacare, and that he was not really an ideological president, he just wanted to be seen as successful.
&#8220;I’ve sometimes said to people that I think Barack is actually just as insecure as Trump, but in ways that are not readily perceived by the vast majority of people,&#8221; Garrow said. &#8220;I think that’s probably my most basic takeaway.&#8221;
When later asked if he could see Obama on the Supreme Court, Garrow said: &#8220;He’d be terrible because he’s too lazy. This is in the book. It goes back to him being Hawaiian. At one point, he says, &#8216;I’m fundamentally lazy and it’s because I’m from Hawaii.&#8217; That’s close to the actual quote.&#8221;

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Obama Fantasized ‘About Making Love To Men’ In Letter To His Girlfriend, His Biographer Says

Obama Fantasized 'About Making Love To Men' In Letter To His Girlfriend, His Biographer Says

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The widow of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama&#8217;s</a> personal chef sent out a tribute to her late husband after he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-white-house-chef-found-dead-after-paddle-boarding-accident-near-former-presidents-marthas-vineyard-mansion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found dead on Monday</a> in a pond near the Obama family estate in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marthas-vineyard">Martha&#8217;s Vineyard</a>.
Authorities said divers <a href="https://www.mspnews.org/post/update-2-msp-divers-environmental-police-recover-body-of-paddle-boarder-from-edgartown-great-pond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recovered</a> the body of Tafari Campbell, 45, from the Edgartown Great Pond after a paddle boarding incident in which he was seen getting into the water, struggling to stay on the surface, and <a href="https://www.mspnews.org/post/update-2-msp-divers-environmental-police-recover-body-of-paddle-boarder-from-edgartown-great-pond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submerging without resurfacing</a>.
&#8220;My heart is broken,&#8221; Sherise Campbell, Tafari&#8217;s wife, said in an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CvHePWIuK3a/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram post</a> on Tuesday. &#8220;My life and our family&#8217;s life is forever changed. Please pray for me and our families as I deal with the loss of my husband.&#8221;
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An employee of former President Barack Obama died while paddle boarding near the family’s Martha’s Vineyard residence, state police and the Obamas said. <a href="https://twitter.com/EmilieIkedaNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EmilieIkedaNBC</a> reports on the latest. <a href="https://t.co/JJGfKDXzHB">pic.twitter.com/JJGfKDXzHB</a>
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The message came from an account for Sweet Sage, a Washington, D.C., metropolitan-area baking and catering business <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZYWvmhUYo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">owned by Sherise Campbell</a>.
A joint statement from Barack Obama and his wife <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Obama</a> called Tafari Campbell a &#8220;beloved part of our family&#8221; and a &#8220;talented sous chef at the White House&#8221; whom they invited to continue working for them upon leaving the Executive Residence in early 2017.
&#8220;He’s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he’s gone,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/us/obama-employee-marthas-vineyard-house-drowning/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">their statement said</a>. “Today we join everyone who knew and loved Tafari – especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin – in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.”
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The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said a joint-agency search operation got underway after Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Police and firefighters responded to a call at 7:46 p.m. on Sunday about a male paddle boarder who disappeared in the pond. An <a href="https://www.mspnews.org/post/joint-agency-search-underway-for-missing-paddle-boarder-on-edgartown-great-pond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initial statement</a> from the agency said another paddle boarder was with Campbell and witnessed him go under the water.
With the help of side-scan sonar from a boat, divers were able to recover the body approximately 100 feet from the shore at a depth of about 8 feet on Monday morning, MSP said in a <a href="https://www.mspnews.org/post/update-2-msp-divers-environmental-police-recover-body-of-paddle-boarder-from-edgartown-great-pond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second statement</a>. The agency also said an investigation into the fatality was being conducted by the State Police Detective Unit for the Cape and Islands District and Edgartown Police.
A <a href="https://www.mspnews.org/post/update-3-joint-search-operation-underway-for-missing-paddle-boarder-on-edgartown-great-pond?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=blog.post-promoter&amp;utm_campaign=74f3a1c0-b286-4c3f-9859-7aa53f5e018f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third release</a> from MSP identified Campbell as the deceased paddle boarder and described the drowning as an &#8220;accident.&#8221; The agency additionally noted that Barack and Michelle Obama were not &#8220;present&#8221; at the residence at the time of the incident.

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Widow Of Obama Family Chef Speaks Out After Husband Found Dead

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U.S.

A top chef for President Barack Obama&#8217;s White House kitchen staff was found dead on Monday after a paddle boarding accident occurred in the Edgartown Great Pond near the former president&#8217;s multi-million dollar mansion on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, state police said.
Tafari Campbell, 45, who worked as a sous chef for the former first family, was visiting Martha&#8217;s Vineyard from Dumfries, Virginia, at the time of his passing, authorities said.
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🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Barack Obama&#39;s personal chef Tafari Campbell is identified as the man found dead after paddle boarding accident near Obama&#39;s Martha&#39;s Vineyard home <a href="https://t.co/m67rnIx8EP">pic.twitter.com/m67rnIx8EP</a>
&mdash; R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1683596830272094209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Campbell went missing on Sunday evening after local authorities reportedly received a call from the Obama residence saying an adult male paddle boarder struggled to stay above the water&#8217;s surface until submerging and did not resurface, local media <a href="https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/07/24/search-missing-paddle-boarder-great-pond/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;A male paddle boarder who had gone into the water appeared to briefly struggle to stay on the surface, and then submerged and did not resurface. &#8230; Another paddle boarder was on the pond with him at the time and observed him go under the water,&#8221; police said.
After several state and local emergency personnel, including the U.S. Coast Guard, arrived on the scene, Massachusetts State Police divers recovered Campbell&#8217;s body approximately 100 feet from the shore shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday. Authorities <a href="https://www.mspnews.org/post/update-2-msp-divers-environmental-police-recover-body-of-paddle-boarder-from-edgartown-great-pond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they located Campbell&#8217;s body using a boat with an attached side-scan sonar system and aerial support from MSP and U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crews.
Obama, who purchased the nearly 7,000-square-foot Martha&#8217;s Vineyard estate in 2019 for $11.75 million, sits yards away from the pond where authorities discovered the former White House kitchen staff member, according to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12331627/Desperate-search-paddleboarder-43-went-missing-water-Marthas-Vineyard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>.
&#8220;President and Mrs. Obama were not present at the residence at the time of the accident,&#8221; Massachusetts State Police said.
The Obama family said they are &#8220;grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.&#8221;
&#8220;Tafari was a beloved part of our family,&#8221; the family said. &#8220;When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House — creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together. In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter.
&#8220;That&#8217;s why, when we were getting ready to leave the White House, we asked Tafari to stay with us, and he generously agreed. He&#8217;s been part of our lives ever since, and our hearts are broken that he&#8217;s gone,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Today we join everyone who knew and loved Tafari — especially his wife Sherise and their twin boys, Xavier and Savin — in grieving the loss of a truly wonderful man.&#8221;
According to the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/24/23806165/obama-chef-drowns-marthas-vineyard-tarari-campbell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Sun-Times</a>, Campbell went to work for the Obamas after leaving the White House in 2017. He was known for brewing White House honey ale beer harvested from the South Lawn garden at the White House.

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Obama White House Chef Found Dead After Paddle Boarding Accident Near Former President’s Martha’s Vineyard Mansion

Obama White House Chef Found Dead Near Former President's Martha's Vineyard Mansion

Federal law enforcement officials arrested a man on Thursday who allegedly made threats against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/barack-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barack Obama</a> and who had an active warrant out for his arrest stemming from charges related to the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Secret Service reportedly spotted the suspect — identified by NBC News and CBS News as 37-year-old Taylor Taranto — a couple of blocks from Obama&#8217;s home and, when chased, he allegedly took off running toward the home, but was stopped before he got there.
CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-with-weapons-arrested-near-obamas-dc-home/">said</a> that the suspect had a history of making &#8220;disturbing social media threats against a public figure,&#8221; according to law enforcement sources, and had &#8220;an open warrant on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021&#8243; riot.
The report said that he had &#8220;weapons&#8221; on him when he was arrested.
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Al Arabiya reporter Nadia Bilbassy Charters wrote on Twitter that the suspect had allegedly &#8220;threatened to bomb&#8221; Obama&#8217;s home.
The CBS News reported stated that federal law enforcement said that the suspect had &#8220;weapons and materials to make an explosive&#8221; on him and that they had been monitoring him because of threatening statements he had made recently online.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FBI</a> arrested a suspect who threatened to bomb@PresidentObama’s house in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kalorama?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kalorama</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WashingtonDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WashingtonDC</a> , he is apparently was wanted in Jan6 event, he is a white man in his thirties <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#breaking</a> <a href="https://t.co/0EbbWh6oNi">pic.twitter.com/0EbbWh6oNi</a>
&mdash; Nadia Bilbassy Charters ناديا البلبيسي (@nadia_bilbassy) <a href="https://twitter.com/nadia_bilbassy/status/1674486706454536194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Taylor Taranto, 37, of no fixed address, was arrested in the 2400 block of Kalorama Rd NW. He has been charged with Fugitive from Justice, pursuant to an arrest warrant. Arresting officers requested MPD&#39;s EOD Team to perform a vehicle sweep of the individual&#39;s van. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MPD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MPD</a> <a href="https://t.co/kC9C3wpk2u">pic.twitter.com/kC9C3wpk2u</a>
&mdash; Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllisonPapson/status/1674520493737619457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-participant-identified-nearly-two-years-ago-arrested-obama-resid-rcna91915">reported</a> that the suspect had been living out of his van in recent weeks and that his latest social media post was &#8220;a link to a website touting conspiracy theories about the Obama&#8217;s home.&#8221;
The Metropolitan Police Department that the suspect was arrested from outstanding warrant and was charged with fugitive from justice.
This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.

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Armed Suspect Wanted By Authorities Arrested Near Obama’s Home After Bomb Threat: Reports

Armed Suspect Wanted By Authorities Arrested Near Obama's Home After Bomb Threat: Reports

Crime

January 6

Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed in an interview this month that she could not stand former President Barack Obama for a decade during the early years of their marriage.
Michelle Obama made the remarks during an <a href="https://www.revolt.tv/tag/michelle-obama/">interview</a> with Revolt TV, saying: &#8220;People think I&#8217;m being catty for saying this: it&#8217;s like, there were 10 years where I couldn&#8217;t stand my husband.&#8221;
&#8220;And guess when it happened? When those kids were little,&#8221; she said, explaining that little kids &#8220;have demands. They don&#8217;t talk. They&#8217;re poor communicators. They cry all the time. They&#8217;re irrational. They&#8217;re needy. And you love them more than anything. And so you can&#8217;t blame them. So you turn that ire on each other.&#8221;
&#8220;For 10 years while we’re trying to build our careers and worrying about school and who’s doing what and what, I was like, ‘Argh, this isn’t even!’&#8221; Obama said. &#8220;And guess what? Marriage isn’t 50/50, ever. Ever. There are times I’m 70, he’s 30. There are times he’s 60, 40. But guess what? Ten years. We’ve been married 30. I would take 10 bad years over 30 — it’s just how you look at it. People give up — ‘Five years; I can’t take it.’&#8221;
The former first lady said that she could be mad at her husband but noted that she respected him and viewed him as a &#8220;kind, smart person.&#8221;
Last month, Michelle suggested that she believes that Americans are racist and that they were not ready for her to be first lady because she did not think that she could wear braids.
“As black women, we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair,” Obama said during an event with Hollywood celebrity Ellen DeGeneres this week. “As first lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first … yeah, we had to ease up on the people. Cause I thought about it. I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.”
“Let me keep my hair straight,” Michelle Obama <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michelle-obama-thinks-americans-are-really-racist-country-wasnt-ready-for-black-lady-with-braids">said</a>.  “Let’s get health care passed.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>: “As black women we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair? &#8230; As First Lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first – yeah, we had to ease up on the people &#8230; I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.” <a href="https://t.co/HwGluEo9a5">pic.twitter.com/HwGluEo9a5</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1593589337865670663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Michelle Obama: ‘There Were 10 Years Where I Couldn’t Stand My Husband’

Remember former first lady <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Obama</a>&#8216;s newfound pride in America as her husband was gaining popularity in the 2008 presidential election? Well, it didn&#8217;t really last long as she apparently thought Americans were still a bunch of bigots, despite Barack getting elected.
Throughout her time in office, it appears she was so worried that America was such a racist nation that even her hairdo choice could doom her husband&#8217;s legislative goals if she chose the wrong style.
“As black women, we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair,&#8221; Obama said during an event with Hollywood celebrity Ellen DeGeneres this week. &#8220;As first lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first &#8230; yeah, we had to ease up on the people. Cause I thought about it. I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>: “As black women we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair? &#8230; As First Lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first – yeah, we had to ease up on the people &#8230; I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.” <a href="https://t.co/HwGluEo9a5">pic.twitter.com/HwGluEo9a5</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1593589337865670663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Despite her husband dominating the 2008 election and <a href="https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/tables2008.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">receiving</a> 69,498,516 votes, she was still concerned that braided hair would block his healthcare reform bill from passing.
&#8220;Let me keep my hair straight,&#8221; the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard summer resident <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3738022-michelle-obama-says-she-had-ease-nation-into-a-first-lady-with-black-hair-let-me-keep-my-hair-straight-lets-get-health-care-passed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recalled</a> thinking. &#8220;Let’s get health care passed.&#8221;
Of course, there have been historical instances of racial discrimination due to hairstyle choice, but the idea that America would be so racist the first lady&#8217;s hair would stop Obamacare from being forced down the American people&#8217;s throats is a bit laughable.
In the last 35 years of politics, there have been only two memorable hairstyle choices that critics have used to lambast their opponents.
The first is former President Donald J. Trump. For some reason, Leftists love saying he wears a toupee, but it seems to be his real hair. Admittedly, it is pretty mesmerizing and unique in American politics.
Then there is that mop-headed rapscallion and disgraced ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-IL). He&#8217;s a pretty charming crook if we&#8217;re being objective.
Other than that, this author is hard-pressed to think of what anybody else&#8217;s hair looks like let alone Michelle Obama&#8217;s.
For example, Ketanji Brown-Jackson was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-a-biologist-supreme-court-nominee-says-she-cant-define-the-word-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> to the Supreme Court of the United States as the first black female Supreme Court justice.
The only thing that stuck out from her approval process in the U.S. senate was the fact that she couldn&#8217;t define the word &#8220;woman.&#8221;
Readers likely didn&#8217;t notice that she was wearing braids. Why would they? Who really cares?
Obama&#8217;s ignorance and — shall we say — bull crap was eclipsed by her claim that the worst thing about her husband&#8217;s time in office was when he chose to wear a tan suit.
The first lady claimed that conservative criticism of the suit proved doing anything beyond straight hair would drive animosity.
&#8220;The great indignity, the scandal of the Obama administration,&#8221; she said of the incident.
Of course, the reaction at the time could have been a little overblown, perhaps on par with the leftist <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/trump-time-magazine-ice-cream" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meltdown</a> that former Trump would give himself two scoops of ice cream while his guests only received one.
The second thing is that the Obama administration was <a href="https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/opinions/editorials/article_574cf49e-d2b8-11e6-8960-ab7b13d83409.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">riddled</a> with scandals. The IRS targeting of conservatives, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, spying on the media, &#8220;If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,&#8221; and the beginning of the Russian collusion hoax.
Yet that&#8217;s par for the course for the Left. They often ignore the obvious if they can make themselves out to be a victim.
Plus, as pointed out by columnist Derek Hunter, braids aren&#8217;t even natural.
&#8220;Braids aren&#8217;t natural, plus the idea of braiding hair was common throughout Europe centuries ago, so it would have been cultural appropriation,&#8221; Hunter tweeted.
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Braids aren&#39;t natural, plus the idea of braiding hair was common throughout Europe centuries ago, so it would have been cultural appropriation. Also, Michelle is a garbage person. <a href="https://t.co/GhwmJcU23E">https://t.co/GhwmJcU23E</a>
&mdash; Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href="https://twitter.com/derekahunter/status/1593590301242834948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Michelle Obama Thinks Americans Are Really Racist: Country ‘Wasn’t Ready’ For Black Lady With Braids

Michelle Obama Thinks Americans Are Really Racist: Country 'Wasn't Ready' For Black Lady With Braids

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On Tuesday, The New York Times ran a gushing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/books/review/the-light-we-carry-michelle-obama.html">book review</a> of Michelle Obama’s new self-help book that claimed readers were “lucky” to take the journey with her.
Judith Newman, who writes the Help Desk column for the New York Times Book Review, began her paean to Michelle Obama, “It’s not easy being Michelle Obama. Fabulous, yes. Easy, no.”
After calling Obama a “world-class worrier,” Newman continues, “it is perhaps no surprise that Obama’s road map for uncertain times resonates in ways that other self-help books do not.”
“I want to hear from Michelle Obama, who doesn’t always like the way she looks, who felt like an outsider after becoming the ultimate insider; the one who easily becomes lonely; the striver who has spent a lifetime dogged by the question: Am I good enough?” Newman enthuses. “The person who sweats. Because this person does not blithely claim to have the answers. She is on a journey. Through her stories, experiences and thoughts, we’re finding the light with her. Lucky us.”
“I hate to use the word ‘relatable,’” Newman protests, then declaims, “But the woman is relatable.”
Newman then laments of the difficulty Michelle Obama faced in making friends as First Lady:
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Although we are unlikely to face the problem of trying to acquire new kindred spirits while surrounded by the Secret Service, and most of us don’t have to worry that casual venting over nonsense will end up splashed across social media, the very act of trying to make new friends — the awkwardness, the profound desire to find people we can trust — that is very relatable. Who was the last first lady you could say that about?
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Newman takes a gratuitous shot at the Trump administration: “(You think it was painful for you to see a reckless crew in the White House? Try being the Obamas, knowing as you toss them the keys that so much of what you had worked for was about to be shredded like a cheap dog toy.)”
In the book, Michelle Obama mocks those who offer thoughts and prayers after tragedies when she writes about her comment at the 2016 Democratic National Convention “When they go low, we go high.” Obama writes, “What does it really mean to go high? It seems possible that I might spend years trying to answer this question.”
&#8220;What does it mean when, as a nation, we suffer punches to the gut year after year — Charleston, Charlottesville, white supremacy, mass shooting, and the knee-jerk ‘thoughts and prayers’ that followed?” Newman asks.
Newman concludes, “And we just had a midterm election where the lows of big lies, fake outrage and charlatanism were (mostly) rejected by the electorate. As a country, we’re enjoying this moment — let’s hope it’s more than a moment — of ‘going high.’ That’s a light we can all carry.”

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‘We’re Finding The Light With Her’: NYT’s Gushing Review Of Michelle Obama’s New Self-Help Book

NYT’s Gushing Review Of Michelle Obama’s New Self-Help Book

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President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> got caught — and called out — on Tuesday after he sat out a standing ovation for his own wife, first lady <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/jill-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jill Biden</a>.
Conservative strategist Greg Price shared a brief video clip of the awkward moment on Twitter, noting that it was Jill Biden herself, as the applause began to die down, who drew attention to her own husband&#8217;s failure to stand.
&#8220;Michelle Obama introduces Jill Biden, the room gives her a standing ovation, Jill then says, &#8216;Honestly, everyone stood but Joe,'&#8221; Price described the scene in the caption he shared along with the video clip. &#8220;Joe Biden then gets up and claps for her.&#8221;
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Michelle Obama introduces Jill Biden, the room gives her a standing ovation, Jill then says &quot;Honestly, everyone stood but Joe.&quot; 
Joe Biden then gets up and claps for her. <a href="https://t.co/vh6nT7F29w">pic.twitter.com/vh6nT7F29w</a>
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The first lady laughed as the applause began to taper off, looking toward the front row where President Biden was seated.
&#8220;Joe — honestly, everyone stood but Joe,&#8221; she said, still laughing — and the audience began to laugh along with her.
Spurred on by the laughter, Biden got to his feet and began clapping for his wife alone, prompting more laughter and applause from the audience.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obamas-bidens-reunite-white-house-official-portrait-unveiling/story?id=89409398&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on hand</a> at the White House on Tuesday for the unveiling of their official presidential portraits.
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The official presidential portraits of <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a> (via screenshot from video, courtesy of the <a href="https://twitter.com/ObamaFoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ObamaFoundation</a>) <a href="https://t.co/zmFu3MLpA4">pic.twitter.com/zmFu3MLpA4</a>
&mdash; Molly Nagle (@MollyNagle3) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyNagle3/status/1567571213240700928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Robert McCurdy, who is well known for his lifelike and realistic paintings, was selected to capture the former president&#8217;s likeness — and according to McCurdy, he had already placed Obama high up on his wishlist of potential subjects.
&#8220;When this project came up, it was just perfect because it saved us the trouble of having to ask him,&#8221; McCurdy explained during an appearance on the White House Historical Association&#8217;s &#8220;1600 Sessions&#8221; podcast.
Artist Sharon Sprung was chosen to paint the former first lady, who posed wearing a blue dress and seated on a sofa in the White House&#8217;s Red Room.
&#8220;I just kept saying, I want to do this. I hope this works out. I really want to do this. I&#8217;m, I&#8217;m good for this. And I had told my friends that I had wanted to paint Michelle a while ago,&#8221; Sprung said, appearing on the same episode of &#8220;1600 Sessions.&#8221;

Barack And Michelle Obama Return To White House For Official Portrait Unveiling

President Biden Gets Caught Sitting Out A Standing Ovation — For His Own First Lady

President Biden Sits Out A Standing Ovation — Until First Lady Jill Biden Calls Him Out

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&#8220;The First Lady&#8221; Showtime series, a portion of which was about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama">Michelle Obama</a>, has been canceled after one season and will not be renewed for a second one amid awful reviews and more.
The 10-part anthology series debuted on the network a little more than six weeks ago, and Showtime announced this week it wouldn&#8217;t be &#8220;moving forward&#8221; with a second season.
&#8220;Showtime can confirm that the anthology series &#8216;The First Lady&#8217; will not be moving forward with another season,&#8221; a spokesperson told <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-first-lady-canceled-showtime-season-2-1235331198/">Variety</a> in a piece published Monday.
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‘The First Lady’ Canceled at Showtime After One Season <a href="https://t.co/UjxtL6s7Ky">https://t.co/UjxtL6s7Ky</a>
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&#8220;We would like to applaud the artistry and commitment of our showrunner Cathy Schulman, director Susanne Bier, their fellow executive producers, our amazing cast, led by executive producer Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson, and our studio partner Lionsgate for their dedicated work in telling the unique stories of three remarkable leaders.&#8221;
The show was about the story of three former first ladies — Eleanor Roosevelt, played by Gillian Anderson, Betty Ford, played by actress Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michelle Obama, played by Viola Davis.
The series told the first ladies’ stories with cuts between their different eras in the White House. Variety&#8217;s chief television critic Caroline Framke noted this format of squeezing their stories &#8220;together doesn&#8217;t just make for confusing television, but does them all a disservice in the process.”
Critics on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_first_lady">Rotten Tomatoes</a> gave show a score of 41%, with several accusing the series of failing to have &#8220;compelling narratives&#8221; for the leads. One critic for <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/the-first-lady-tv-show-review/629670/">The Atlantic</a>, Shirly Li, wrote that &#8220;The First Lady is a barely thematically connected and carelessly staged summary of three fascinating figures. All of them deserved better.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/09/the-first-lady-is-a-bad-wig-costume-drama">New Yorker</a> wrote that, &#8220;The Showtime miniseries, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Gillian Anderson, manages to make life as a White House wife seem both cosmic and forgettable.&#8221;
Audiences appeared to struggle with the story-telling structure, too, but more so with the way Obama was portrayed, giving the series a 58%.
Several wrote about how upsetting they found Obama&#8217;s character. &#8220;Really upset with Michelle Obama character played by Viola Davis I&#8217;ve never seen Michelle look so strange with the awful eyebrows and wiggly mounts?&#8221; one person wrote.
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Viola Davis on playing Michelle Obama in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFirstLady?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheFirstLady</a>:
“There’s a lot of fear that I messed up my portrayal. I’m mostly terrified about what she will think. I don’t want to insult her &amp; have her calling me. I gotta make the sister look good. I just hope that it lands with her.” <a href="https://t.co/wVaZJx7lQL">pic.twitter.com/wVaZJx7lQL</a>
&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href="https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1515836817303502850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Another wrote that they had a problem with the &#8220;switching back and forth&#8221; in the timeline and wrote that &#8220;I would have preferred watching more of a single timeline. In fact, 3 separate series, starting with Eleanor, then Betty, and lastly Michelle would have been better. Viola Davis always pursing her lips was extremely distracting.&#8221;
&#8220;I really enjoy this series,&#8221; a third shared. &#8220;My favorites are Gillian Anderson and Michelle Pfeiffer&#8217;s portrayals. Viola Davis&#8217;s portrayal annoys me because she purses her lips constantly along with odd facial expressions that I don&#8217;t ever recall Michelle Obama ever doing.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-absolutely-serve-no-purpose-viola-davis-slams-reviewers-criticizing-her-portrayal-of-michelle-obama">&#8216;Critics Absolutely Serve No Purpose&#8217;: Viola Davis Slams Reviewers Criticizing Her Portrayal Of Michelle Obama</a>

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