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The White House

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2012

    Obama and Romney Meet for Lunch, Eat White Meat

    Yesterday our fine POTUS met with Mr. Willard "Mitt" Romney for what we're sure will be the first of many warm and cordial private lunches. The meal was served in a dining room adjacent to the Oval Office -- doubtless so that Romney could have a good look at the special place he will never, ever oc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2012

    Obama's Homebrew Makes Its Public Debut In Iowa

    For beer fans, the path from casual drinker to homebrewer is a carboy rite of passage. It's a fermenting allure that even presidents, it seems, are not immune to: Obama is reportedly on the campaign trail with bottles of his White House Honey Ale in tow. He's even occasionally handing out bottle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Asian American Video About Deported Cambodians Rejected by Obama's White House

    A White House contest asking people to create the best video about the Asian American experience might have been rigged. An entry about Cambodian deportees appeared to have received the most views, now more than 18,000, but a half-dozen other video makers were invited to the White House. Though "My ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Californians, Angelenos May Have to Dig Deeper to Pay for Undocumented Immigrants Housed in State Prisons and County Jails

    The White House debuted its 2013 fiscal year budget Monday, and buried in the 250-page document is one line item could have big ramifications for L.A. County jails--the federal government slashed funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program by two-thirds compared to the previous year. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Michelle Obama Pays Visit to Inglewood Today

    As part of her "Let's Move!" nationwide health campaign for fitness and healthier food, First Lady Michelle Obama will be making a stop in Inglewood today -- the second day of her two-day visit to Los Angeles. She'll speak to supporters at a future site for a Northgate Gonzalez Market. The "Let's M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    America Wants Marijuana Reform, Former LAPD Leader Tells Obama Via YouTube: Will He Respond?

    Updated at the bottom with Obama's response. First posted at 7:01 a.m. The people who want to decriminalize marijuana are bringing the issue to President Obama this morning. A retired LAPD deputy chief, Stephen Downing, submitted a video to the White House in which he asks what the president would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Medal of Honor Winner Drinks Obama's White House Homebrew

    obamafoodorama.comWhite House homebrew​When former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer traveled to the White House last week to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, he made one request: to share a beer with the president. The food blog Obama Foodorama reports that the beer was homebrewed by Whit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    The White House Rickrolled a Dude on Twitter

    ​If you had any doubt the entire country wasn't succumbing to delirium, here's your proof: The White House's Twitter account just Rickrolled a follower. Sure, that joke's older than news that broke online a week ago, but that's just further confirmation that the minds behind the great whit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    [Updated] Michelle Obama Announces Retailers Will Expand Into Food "Deserts"

    Samantha Appleton/White HouseThe First Lady and elementary school students tend the White House garden​ Update 11:50 a.m. 7/20/2011 - Mayor Manuel Lozano spoke before Obama about his work in Baldwin Park, along with James Gavin III, chairman of the Partnership for a Healthier America's Board ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    L.A.'s Simon Wiesenthal Center: 'Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010'

    Mel, this list needs you.​TMZ called it (as usual): Mel Gibson didn't make the "Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010'' list? Surprising, innit? It's a whole new era in unenlightened Jew hating. And the L.A.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center has the list of fresh recruits. At the top, former Associa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Cookbook Review: The Perfect Finish, Baking For The Obamas (Ya, He'll Have The Pie)

    ​For some, The Perfect Finish to summer might involve a cooler full of Bomb Pops and Good Humor bars. Bill Yosses is more the four-sesame sundae type -- homemade sesame ice cream (vanilla ice cream base flavored with sesame oil) drizzled with both tahini (sesame paste) and caramel sauces and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    The White House Easter Egg Roll: Live Streaming With The President & The Easter Bunny

    Although many of us played with Easter eggs and celebrated the start of baseball season yesterday, the White House will be officially doing both of those things today. This morning the White House is holding the 2010 Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn: watch the live stream below. And later today Pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Film, Music Industries Whine To White House About Online Piracy

    ​Several film and music industry groups urged the White House this week to do all it can to stop online pirates from taking a bite of Hollywood's bottom line. The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Directors Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, the Motion Picture ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Obama 'Joker' Poster: It's All About Race

    Ted Soqui​Was it something I said?Early last week I posted a brief blog noting the appearance of those "Obama Socialism" posters, in which the president's face is made up to resemble Heath Ledger's Joker character from The Dark Knight. That Batman-film derived image had been Photoshopped by Firas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Gutter Politics: What Happens on Leno Stays on Leno

    The instant controversy swirling around President Obama's Tonight Show joke/gaffe about bowling as though he were in the Special Olympics is another indicator of the hypersensitive times we live in -- not so much because anyone from the Special Olympics even complained, but because, according UPI an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Grumbling Continues Over Obama Bypass of Villaraigosa Aide

    Yesterday the National Council of La Raza issued a statement expressing approval of a meeting between President Obama and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which NCLR president Janet Murguía called "a step in the right direction toward immigration reform." The group's previous statement, issued Mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Deputies Shoot Machete Man A young man said to be under the influence of drugs was discovered in a Rosemead back yard by sheriff's deputies. Ernesto Castaneda was shot when he threatened them with a machete and baseball bat. He later died. L.A. TimesMolina Slams Obama on Saenz According to Superviso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Watermelongate and Its Discontents

    The past week saw the meteoric flaring and passing of one of those stories about race and the Obama presidency that have occurred regularly since the start of the 2008 election season and which will be with us until at least 2012. This one took place nearby, in Los Alamitos, and involved the mayor's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Guess Who's Not Coming to Obama's Super Bowl Party?

    When the White House released a list of 15 Congress members and Senators who had been invited to watch the Super Bowl with President Obama, Californians quickly noticed the invitations did not extend west of the Colorado River. No Antonio Villaraigosa, no Xavier Becerra -- not even Arnold. In fact ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Inauguration Day Extravaganza: The First Hip-Hop President?

    Image via Hip Hop is Read Unless you've been living in the Madagascan Rain Forest or are a cave-dwelling ignicolist in Outer Mongolia, you're well aware that today marks the inauguration of Barack Obama. To the delight of the rap world and the chagrin of the social security set, Obama has been bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Statutory Tape: Nixon Library Unspools More Recordings

    Marx had Bismark in mind when described the "shallowness characteristic of all successful statesmen," but he may as well have been looking ahead to Richard Nixon. Today the Nixon Library has released a new batch of White House tapes and for my money the thrill is not in listening to the obvious mome ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Puppy for Obama? The Ultimate Presidential Accessory

    There's been much to-do about Obama's future dog. Screw the economic crisis. This dog's got to be hypo-allergenic, because Malia is allergic. It's got to be from a shelter, preferably. The American Kennel Club has weighed in, suggesting poodles and Portugese water dogs. The Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Yes We Did: What we know and what we don't about our new American era

    Our moment of national redemption

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Queer Town: Human Rights Campaign's Shameless Spin

    Photo by Erin Broadley. Click image for entire slideshow. After spending several hours at the Music Box Theater in Hollywood last night, watching the voter totals for the passage or defeat of Proposition 8 fluctuate every few minutes, it finally became apparent by 12:30 a.m. that things weren't l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Best and Worst Fictional Presidential Speeches on Film TV

    It’s almost hard to believe that we are, at long last, in the final stretches of the 2008 presidential campaign. No matter which way you are inclined to vote (though particularly so if you skew blue, where the primary race felt almost as long as all seven seasons of The West Wing), there have bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Election '08: McFarce

    BY MARC COOPER Call me naive or even delusional, but I think we can surmise the political implications of McCain's transparent campaign-suspension gimmick. I'm standing by my view that these past two weeks we have witnessed the implosion of his campaign. The American people take this catastrophic t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    43 Plays for 43 Presidents

    BY MARC COOPER Call me naive or even delusional, but I think we can surmise the political implications of McCain's transparent campaign-suspension gimmick. I'm standing by my view that these past two weeks we have witnessed the implosion of his campaign. The American people take this catastrophic t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Election '08: Beyond The Palin

    As I was talking to the editor of the LA Weekly this morning about Sarah Palin, I said that I hoped the American people were smart enough to see through this bit of Karl Rove-ian evil genius. Just as I said it, a Ford van, jacked up to monster truck proportions, powered by a 345 horsepower V-8, went ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Of Equal Measure

    As I was talking to the editor of the LA Weekly this morning about Sarah Palin, I said that I hoped the American people were smart enough to see through this bit of Karl Rove-ian evil genius. Just as I said it, a Ford van, jacked up to monster truck proportions, powered by a 345 horsepower V-8, went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Another Pro-Obama Song - A Good One!

    If nothing else Obama's candidacy is at least inspiring people to make music. Alas, for the most part the songs haven't been very good. Will.i.am's mess of a song can't be saved by snippets of Scarlett Johansson, and the Daedalus track posted yesterday... Well, that's not going to sway any delegat ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    The Smartest Movement

    Immigrant advocates just may have figured out how to change America for the better

  • Stage

    December 15, 2005

    Top Dogs/ Underdogs

    Tales of Pennsylvania Avenue and Poverty Row

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Life Not Quite Imitating Art

    What the prez could learn from his West Wing addiction

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Tomgram: Bush's War, and Presidential Fraud?

    A former federal prosecutor's take on Fitzmas and the White House Criminal Conspiracy

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Inherit the Wind

    George W. Bush and his father’s failed federal agency

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    9/11 and Iraq War as Shtick

    The misdeeds of Convoluted Rice and Uncurious George are no joke

  • Art+Books

    April 8, 2004

    GOP Girl Power

    Laura Flanders’ Bushwomen

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    The Great Condi-Clarke Match

    Week Two: Karl Rove’s bad advice

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Missing Evidence

    Poking holes in the case for war

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    The Case Against the Anti-War Movement

    And against Bush's version of the war

  • Art+Books

    June 6, 2002

    Dick Cheney, the Enronergizer Bunny

    And against Bush's version of the war

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Mission Creep

    Bush finds his Vietnam

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Party Animals

    Gray has a blast; Dick, a sour time

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Mum’s the Word

    Gray has a blast; Dick, a sour time

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    A Small Universe of People

    Gray has a blast; Dick, a sour time

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Unsteady War-Footing

    Reexamining the U.S. failure to prepare for the battle against terror

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Operation Enduring Dissent

    Is the crackdown on free expression new, or business as usual?

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Barbie's Revenge

    Is the crackdown on free expression new, or business as usual?

  • Art+Books

    September 23, 1999

    Chillin' With Uncle Sam

    Feds to teens: Just say no, dude

  • Art+Books

    June 3, 1999

    Inside/Outside the (N.Y.) Times

    Max Frankel's ode to journalism

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