August 3, 2014: Boehner’s Threats to Obama End as House Gives Up
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2. The White House. Press Conference by the President. August 1, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president, retrieved August 3, 2014.
3. The White House. Remarks by the President at the Signing of Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order. July 31, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/31/remarks-president-signing-fair-pay-and-safe-workplace-executive-order, retrieved August 3, 2014.
4. Speaker of the House John Boehner. House Approves Border Crisis Bill; President Should Urge Senate Dems to Act. August 1, 2014. http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/house-approves-border-crisis-bill-president-should-urge-senate-dems-act, retrieved August 3, 2014.
August 7, 2014: Can Torture Make America’s Values Stronger?
1. The White House. Press Conference by the President. August 1, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president, retrieved August 6, 2014.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein Statement on Redactions in Detention, Interrogation Study. August 5, 2014. http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=d574da86-1171-4bd9-b87f-707e96fa088d, retrieved August 6, 2014.
6. The White House, op. cit.
Augsut 9, 2014: Had Enough of Islam?
1. The White House. President Obama in Jakarta: “Indonesia’s Example To the World.” November 10, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/11/10/remarks-president-university-indonesia-jakarta-indonesia, retrieved August 9, 2014.
2.The White House. Weekly Address: American Operations in Iraq. August 9, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/09/weekly-address-american-operations-iraq, retrieved August 9, 2014.
3. Ibid.
August 10, 2014: Obama Impeachment? Why Nixon’s Abuse of Power Was Different.
1. Arne Duncan and Eric Holder. http://www.ed.gov/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/duncan_holder.jpg, retrieved August 12, 2014.
2. The White House. Year of Action. www.whitehouse.gov, retrieved August 10, 2014.
August 14, 2014: Does Our Government Turn Race into Hate Crimes?
1. The White House. Statement by the President on the Passing of Michael Brown. August 12, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/12/statement-president-passing-michael-brown, retrieved August 13, 2014.
2. Congressional Black Caucus. Reps. Conyers, Clay, and Fudge Call on Department of Justice to Investigate the Death of Michael Brown. August 12, 2014. http://cbc.fudge.house.gov/press-releases/reps-conyers-clay-and-fudge-call-on-department-of-justice-to-investigate-the-death-of-michael-brown/, retrieved August 13, 2013.
3. Ibid.
4. The House Committee on the Judiciary. Democrats. House Judiciary Democrats Encourage Department of Justice to Review Trayvon Martin Shooting Under Federal Hate Crime Laws. March 22, 2012. http://democrats.judiciary.house.gov/letter/house-judiciary-democrats-encourage-department-justice-review-trayvon-martin-shooting-under, retrieved August 14, 2014.
5. Congressional Black Caucus, op. cit.
6. The White House. President Obama Nominates Jim Yong Kim for World Bank President. March 23, 2012. http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/03/23/president-obama-nominates-jim-yong-kim-world-bank-president#transcript, retrieved August 14, 2014.
7. The United States Department of Justice. Hate Crime. http://www.justice.gov/crs/hate-crime, retrieved August 13, 2014.
8. The White House. Statement by the President. August 14, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/14/statement-president, retrieved August 14, 2014.
August 17, 2014: Illinois Parents, Do You Care About Your Kids? Prove It.
1. Matthew Walberg. “Quinn dismisses lottery management firm.” Chicago Tribune. August 15, 2014. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-lottery-management-company-fired-20140815-story.html#page=1, retrieved August 17, 2014.
August 21, 2014: Freedom of Religion Protects the Evil Coming from Islam
1. Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Religious Freedom Day, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/15/proclamation-religious-freedom-day-2014, retrieved August 20, 2014.
2. U.S. Department of State. Murder of James Foley. August 20, 2014. http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/08/230772.htm, retrieved August 20, 2014.
3. Ibid.
August 23, 2014: America, we have a big problem. Again.
1. U.S. Department of Defense. Jim Garamone. Hagel Calls ISIL Terrorists Threat to Civilized World. August 11, 2014. http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id= 122897, retrieved August 23, 2014.
2. The White House. Statement by the President. August 20, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/20/statement-president, retrieved August 23, 2014.
August 24, 2014: Obama Can’t Lead: the Really Simple Reason Why
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2. The White House. Statement by the President. August 20, 2014. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/20/statement-president, retrieved August 24, 2014.
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4. The White House. President Barack Obama. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama, retrieved August 24, 2014.
August 28, 2014: Racism: Does the Worst Kind Come from Democrats?
1. Congressional Black Caucus. CBC Members Speak on the Situation in Ferguson, Missouri. August 15, 2014. http://cbc.fudge.house.gov/in-the-news/cbc-members-speak-on-the-situation-in-ferguson-missouri/, retrieved August 27, 2014.
2. John Conyers, Jr. Rep. Conyers Statement on Tragic Events in Ferguson, Missouri. August 14, 2014. http://conyers.house.gov/index.cfm/2014/8/rep-conyers-statement-on-tragic-events-in-ferguson-missouri, retrieved August 28, 2014.
3. Congressional Black Caucus, op. cit.
4. U.S. Department of justice. Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008. Annual Rates for 2009 and 2010. November 2011. p. 13.
5. Ibid., p. 33.
6. U.S. Department of Justice. Homicide in the U.S. Known to Law Enforcement, 2011. December 2013. p. 5.
7. The United States Department of Justice. The Justice Blog. Attorney General Holder Visits Ferguson, Missouri. August 22, 2014. http://blogs.justice.gov/main/archives/3789, retrieved August 28, 2014.
8. The United States Department of Justice. Our Mission Statement. http://www.justice.gov/about/ about.html, retrieved August 28, 2014.
August 31, 2014: Illegal Workers: Do Americans Owe Them a Better Life?
1. United States Department of Labor. We All Have Workplace Rights. August 25, 2014. http://social.dol.gov/blog/we-all-have-workplace-rights/, retrieved August 31, 2014.
2. United States Department of Labor. Statement on Labor Day by US Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. August 28, 2014. http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20141638.htm, retrieved August 31, 2014.
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