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Barack Obama Praises Courageous Defund the Police Activists as Violent Crime Rates Rise 16 Dec 2020 Still reeling from the left-wing backlash to his recent criticism of “defund the police,” former president Barack Obama (D) appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Tuesday where he appeared to strike a conciliatory note by praising the activists behind the movement, calling them courageous and media savvy. But he also doubled down on his criticism of the actual slogan, saying that it can alienate potential Black Lives Matter allies. Obama’s laudatory words for “defund the poli...

Fox Nation host Lawrence Jones reacts to former President Barack Obama calling out the ‘defund the police’ slogan on ‘Fox and Friends.’ Former President Barack Obama expressed concern about the impact that the "defund the police" slogan would have on the 2020 presidential election, but with Democrats taking the White House in January, he appears to be changing his tune, Fox Nation host Lawrence Jones said Wednesday. "President Obama never said he was against actually defunding the police. He was against the way that they labeled it and the impact it would have on elections," Jon...

President-elect Joe Biden's economic picks met with mixed reviews in US and around the globe; reaction from financial expert Mitch Roschelle. President-elect Joe Biden's nominees to run the Treasury Department held their first meeting Monday with racial and economic justice activists.  Treasury Secretary-designee Janet Yellen and Deputy Treasury Secretary-designee Wally Adeyemo "reaffirmed their commitment to placing racial equity at the center of economic recovery, focusing on the households, businesses and communities hardest hit by the pandemic, and to pursuing economic policies that a...

Opinion: What Obama gets wrong on 'defund the police' CNN 12/15/2020 Opinion by Austin McCoy © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America/Getty Images WASHINGTON - JANUARY 20: U.S President Barack Obama gives his inaugural address during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) When former President Barack Obama warn...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. After a year in which race and policing has taken center stage alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, the demands for accountability and a reimagining of what public safety can look like have also made their way into the mainstream discourse. Progressive Democrats have called to “defund the police”—a slogan that has rankled some center-leaning Democrats, who argue that it’s too divisive a phrase to highlight the killing of unarmed Black people. In a leaked audio recording shared by The Intercept, President-elect ...