Obama legacy

 The Great House on billionaire Richard Branson's private Caribbean island prior to a devastating 2011 fire (source). It has since been rebuilt (click for tour). Cost to rent: $60,000 per night.

(ANTIMEDIA) An overlooked interview of Maria Zakharova with Russia’s 1 TV Channel, Russia’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, on a national Russian TV show has brought insight into the frustration Russia encountered in dealing with the Obama administration over the years. Zakharova suggested President Barack Obama will go down in history as one of America’s evilest presidents.

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(Source, and a good read on its own)by Gaius Publius "Nothing is sadder than a man who disclaims his power to preserve his reputation."I've been writing a lot lately about outgoing President Barack Obama's legacy, especially on climate issues (example here).

by Gaius PubliusI'm about to say the obvious, but with so many dots getting connected in this post-election, pre-Trump interregnum, I want to connect just these two and let the obvious sink in.Obama's push for TPP not only cost Clinton the election (among other factors, of course), it very likely cost Obama his legacy — all of it.Barack Obama has a number of what his supporters cal

Map depicting the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (source: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.)by Gaius Publius"The question now is whether we will have the courage to act [on climate change] before it’s too late."    –Barack Obama,

Revenue from fossil fuel extraction on federal lands by state, 2013.

2006: Barack Obama at the launch of theBrookings Institute's Hamilton Projectby Gaius PubliusObama's latest moves in the (sometimes semi-)progressive direction are all the rage among Democratic supporters and activists hoping, finally, that change has arrived. We saw his move on immigration, but just after the election, not before it — meaning not in time to save candidates like Colorado Senator Mark Udall.

Obama got kicked around pretty good over the weekend-- from the right and the left. Clark Judge is a right-wing propagandist and former speech writer for Reagan and one of the Bushs. Sunday his latest anti-Obama screed was published by a right-wing U.S.