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President Obama Awards Joe Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom

... events and laid low by the constant battle against know-nothing obstructionism. Joe Biden is not going to take the stage tonight and find himself wishing he were anywhere else. I mean, god be good to him, as my gran' used to say, but Joe Biden actually likes all these silly performance pieces in which we insist he be engaged in order to stay vice-president. He revels in them. He would do ten of them a day, if he could. When I consider Joe Biden, and I look at the enthusiasm with which he throws himself into the various cataracts and torrents of hogwash that constitute our politics these days, I find myself looking at him the way I look at people who sky-dive or drive in demolition derbies. I have no idea why they do what they do, and I have absolutely no intention of doing it myself, ever, but, goddamn, do those people look like they're having fun. Most Popular. His performance that night—the great "malarkey!" ...

Obama Surprises Joe Biden With The Presidential Medal Of Freedom

... the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and in encouraging Obama to send Navy SEALs on a mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in 2011. Biden also helped oversee the president’s first-term economic stimulus package and pressed unsuccessfully for gun-control legislation after the killing of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. 1 of 15. Buy Photo. Wait 1 second to continue. Obama embraced a common Biden tactic in his remarks by including a quote from an Irish poet and words of wisdom from the vice president’s parents. The president also spoke of their friendship forged through tough times and tragedy. In 2015, Beau Biden, the vice president’s son, died of brain cancer, and Obama delivered the eulogy at his funeral. Biden’s first wife and daughter were killed in a 1972 car crash shortly after he was first elected to the Senate. That tragedy has been a key feature of Biden’s political identity, and much of ...

Steven Mcdonald, James Comey, Joe Biden

... election. House Republicans are expected to vote to adopt a House-Senate measure that will make it easier to gut Obamacare. Get the top headlines of the day in your morning briefing from NBC 4 New York, Monday through Friday. Sign up for our newsletter here. *This daily briefing will be off Monday, returning Tuesday, Jan. 17. Hero NYPD Detective Mourned. A bullet stole NYPD Det. Steven Mc Donald’s ability to feel most of his body, but it didn't take away the kindness in his heart. The third-generation police officer, who died this week, forgave the man who pulled the trigger 30 years ago and became a messenger of peace, inspiring people across the globe. He will be remembered today at a funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The funeral starts at 9:30 a.m. Watchdog to Probe FBI Actions. In yet another aftershock from the chaotic presidential campaign, the Justice Department inspector general opened an investigation Thursday into department and FBI actions before the election, including whether FBI Director ...

Would The Onion’s Diamond Joe Biden Support Trump

... it’s so opposite. You know, he doesn’t drink in real life. He’s kind of—he’s a straight-edge. That first full article was “ Shirtless Biden Washes Trans Am in White House Driveway.” And I think that got backloaded with a lot of details of his past, and it kind of combined them. He’s digging through bills that are five years old mixed with packs of Doral cigarettes. And a lot of those details were just things I remembered from high school or something. I went to high school with guys who went to Cinderella concerts and things like that. Molly Hatchet, maybe. It was like that stuff was all kind of connected—the muscle cars with hair metal music. So it seemed like a good fit for him. It’s sort of also weird that the real-life Joe Biden drives a Corvette or something. That’s the interesting thing, where our fictional Biden has converged at times. And even how he’s covered in the media, there’s the Uncle Joe coverage of him. So there have been moments where the fiction converges. You know what he reminds me of? He reminds me of Matthew Mc Conaughey’s character in Dazed and Confused , ...

Joe Biden Is A Hero Among Women's Rights Groups. But It Wasn't Always That Way

... at the way he managed the Anita Hill hearings in 1991. 01/12/2017 05:32 pm ET | Updated 10 hours ago. Amanda Terkel Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post. Carlos Barria/Reuters. Vice President Joe Biden has been a leader in the fight against violence against women. WASHINGTON ― Joe Biden will leave a legacy of staunch advocacy for women’s rights when he steps down as vice president in a week. He was a leader in passing and renewing the 1994 Violence Against Women Act and has been the chief advocate of the Obama administration’s national campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses. Those achievements, among others, were no small reason he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Biden touted his role in elevating the seriousness and pervasiveness of sexual harassment in a September 2015 speech, noting that his work dated as far back as 1991: ...

5 Things For Friday, January 13, 2017

... to make the dangerous journey to Florida. Immigrants from other nations said it was preferential treatment for one group. Critics of Obama's move, like Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, say it'll only "tighten the noose" of the Castro regime around the neck of the Cuban people. Read More. 3. Confirmation hearings. Looks like retired Gen. James Mattis is in good shape to be the next defense secretary. He seemed to earn broad support during his confirmation hearing, especially after he took a strong stand against Russia and expressed strong support for NATO, of which Donald Trump is not a fan. Ben Carson, who wants to be the next head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, had a rougher time because Senate Democrats worry he doesn't have any government experience. One common theme this week: many of ...

President Obama Surprises Joe Biden With Medal Of Freedom

... Mara and Joaquin Phoenix dating? - Radar. Taylor Swift has been spotted out for the first time in 2017 - Lainey Gossip. The Tony Awards are returning to Radio City Music Hall - The Hollywood Reporter. John Dow. War criminal got medal from Obama? Not surprised. Obama likes criminals, he is one of them. Luckily everything Obama did will be erased. Like he never existed. John Dow. War criminal got medal from Obama? Not surprised. Obama likes criminals, he is one of them. Luckily everything Obama did will be erased. Like he never existed. Mrs. Freeze. That was really touching. I’ll miss these guys. Mrs. Freeze. Full o’ shit as always. They are both so lovely. :). They are both so lovely. :). Mrs. Freeze. Hey Joy ;). Maria M. They are giving medals to one another! It doesn’t get more pathetic than that! My God, I am so happy we won’t have to see their ugly mugs ever again after 20 th. Hey Freezy! : D hughug. Esoteric 11. Yep, Dow is Trumpster. He is always on here twisting thing around and ...