Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Michelle Obama’s Book Sold More Than 750,000 Copies On Its First Day First day sales for Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” topped 725,000 copies, making it one of the year’s biggest debuts. According to the Associate Press , that the figures include sales and pre-orders for the former first lady’s memoir include hardcover, audio and e-books editions for the United States and Canada. The book follows Obama’s journey from Chicago’s South Side to the White House, and many reviews have been positive. The Washington Post praised it as “impressive balance in telling the truth of her challenges while repeatedly acknowledging her lucky life.” The book was released earlier this week and Crown (publisher) also announced that it had raised the book’s print run from 1.8 million copies to 2.6 million following the successful release. “Becoming” had the biggest opening of any books in 2018 by Crown’s parent company (Penguin Random House).
Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Michelle Obama Appears On Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last night Michelle Obama appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and talked about how her life after 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is boring and nondescript. We find that VERY hard to believe, but we’ll hear her out lol. Also, the ovation the Michelle receives is pretty touching. Damn, we miss the Obamas. Anywho, check out the interview below. COME BACK TO US! *cry emoji*
Janet Mayer / SplashNews.com Toni Lahren Getting Destroyed Toni Lahren just loves clinging on to black women for fame. She’s like a little alabaster leech that won’t let up. She likes insulting Beyonce and Michelle Obama in particular. Her latest attempt at attention is going at OUR First Lady who said that Melania Trump never asked for her advice when she got to the White House. Lahren had this to say… Michelle Obama is upset Melania never asked for advice on how to be First Lady. Michelle, besides ruining school lunches what did you do? — Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) November 13, 2018 Girl, if you don’t getcho…sigh…nevermind. You know what, we’re going to let Twitter take over and drag this mashed potato in the face clown. Hey @TomiLahren -In 2010,Michelle Obama launched Let’s Move! -In 2011, Michelle Obama & Dr. Jill Biden came together to launch Joining Forces -In 2014,Michelle Obama launched the Reach Higher Initiative -In 2015,Michelle Obama joined President Obama to launch Let Girls Learn https://t.co/MPhJrOlMGX — Mohamed Salih (@MohamedMOSalih) November 14, 2018 Take a look at the dragging.
F ormer First Lady Michelle Obama took several swipes at President Donald Trump —to the delight of many. Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” was released on Tuesday, and she’s been making the rounds to promote the book. SEE ALSO: 5 Bombshells From Michelle Obama’s Memoir Appearing Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” anchor Robin Roberts confirmed with Obama that she has no interest in running for president but wanted to know who would make a good candidate to beat Trump in 2020. “I think, at this point, everybody’s qualified and everyone should run. I might even tap [her younger daughter] Sasha!” Obama said, receiving a ton of laughter from the audience who got the message that anyone is better than Trump. Michelle Obama's memoir is scheduled for release on Tuesday. Here are a few bombshells in her book… https://t.co/i8Q5hmQxvc pic.twitter.com/cus0y44u7h — NewsOne (@newsone) November 12, 2018 While Obama declined to offer a specific name, she was clear that the candidates—unlike Trump—should be respectful of others. “That’s the thing that I’m going to be looking out for. I don’t want people in either party tearing each other up to get to the nomination. I’m going to be looking to see who handles themselves and each other with dignity and respect so that by the time people get to the general (election), people aren’t beat up and battered,” she stated. Obama takes several direct shots at Trump in her book. She slams the president for promoting the “birther” conspiracy theory that questioned whether her husband, President Barack Obama , was born in the United States. “The whole [birther] thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. But it was also dangerous, deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks. What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? What if that person went looking for our girls? Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this I’d never forgive him,” she writes. She also explains the look of displeasure on her face during Trump’s inauguration. Former first lady Michelle Obama: “I stopped even trying to smile” at President Trump's inauguration: https://t.co/ccaVAuP6xU pic.twitter.com/qOpFrPNVQh — CNN (@CNN) November 12, 2018 “Someone from Barack’s administration might have said that the optics there were bad, that what the public saw didn’t reflect the President’s reality or ideals, but in this case, maybe it did. Realizing it, I made my own optic adjustment. I stopped even trying to smile,” she said. SEE ALSO: Jill Scott Breaks The Internet After An Unforgettable, Sexually Charged Performance Stacey Abrams Campaign Files Federal Lawsuit For Every Vote To Be Counted [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3836012″ overlay=”true”]
S prinkled among the millions of people in Georgia who were forced to wait as long as four hours just to cast their ballots were devoted African-American voters, many of whom couldn’t afford to take off that much time from work. But the chance at helping to make history by electing Stacey Abrams as the country’s first Black woman governor was something they just couldn’t pass up. In the face of numerous obstacles from the big bag of racist tricks intended to suppress the Black vote, the display of perseverance was impressive, LaTosha Brown , a co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, told NewsOne this week. See Also : ‘Dirty Tricks’: Stacey Abrams Voters Won’t Be Denied As Brian Kemp Rigs Voting Machines “I am very, very proud of Black people. Black folks did the thing,” said Brown who spent Election Day in Georgia helping to monitor and address voter suppression efforts. Brown glowingly recalled how African-American voters came out in droves to elect dozens of candidates who looked like them and to vote for tangible change across the country, but especially in places such as Georgia, Florida and Tennessee. “The turnout, the energy, the way I saw Black people working on the ground — listen, we did our part,” she added. Just finished canvassing in west Atlanta with Killer Mike. @BlackVotersMtr pic.twitter.com/DiZgQWrCWd — LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown) November 6, 2018 Early figures supported Brown’s turnout observations. Across the country, overall turnout was at a 50-year high , according to NPR. More than 47 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot. Exit poll figures also showed that, indeed, African-Americans turned out in significant numbers. Black voters accounted for about 12 percent of the overall turnout—comparable to the previous midterm high of 13 percent in 2014, ABC News reported. Although several Black candidates made history, including Lucy McBath , Ayanna Pressley and Jahana Hayes , two of the biggest prizes have so far eluded Black voters. Andrew Gillum , who was competing to become Florida’s first Black governor, failed to win his race , while Abrams in Georgia was pushing for a recount or runoff election after a close race riddled with voter suppression. “Don’t write us off. We ain’t out the game yet,” Brown stated with deep conviction, adding that those two races were still major victories in Southern states stained by a blood-soaked history of white supremacy. Georgia! It ain’t OVER! We still need all hands on deck. We need folks to show up and demand Kemp count every vote. Show up this morning at 10:00am at the state capitol room #203. We can’t let them steal this one! https://t.co/3OPihD5cBd pic.twitter.com/5ULv1TK3Dr — LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown) November 8, 2018 Brown also counted the passage of two key amendments — one each in Florida and Nashville — among the key victories for African-Americans. “They were some key critical wins that Black voters absolutely played a significant role,” Brown said. Amendment 4 automatically restored voting rights to 1.4 million ex-felons across Florida. Under the state’s felon voting ban, approximately 21.5 percent of African Americans couldn’t vote before Tuesday. In Nashville, Amendment 1 created a new citizen-led panel to hold the police accountable. Voters overwhelmingly passed the amendment after “a decades-long push from Black leaders in the city,” the Tennessean reported. Those successes didn’t come easy because of widespread voter suppression efforts against the Black people. From her vantage point at ground zero, Brown witnessed many of the suppression attempts in real-time. At a polling station that normally has 30 voting machines, there were just 15, she recalled. There were places that didn’t have power cords for voting machines and others where aging voting equipment was inoperable. Brown said numerous Black voters told her they pressed Abrams’ name before their machines instead selected the name of her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp , who was overseeing the election as secretary of state. “I’m from Alabama where they are experts at voter suppression and intimidation strategies,” Brown said. “I’ve never seen anything like I witnessed in Georgia.” As a voting rights activist, she has demanded from officials to know why n 2018 Black people were still being mistreated at the polls and required to overcome voting rights obstacles in a nation supposed to be a democracy. “Where is the support from the freaking government, so that our votes are fucking counted?” she demanded. “Why is it a struggle for us to cast our damn vote?” SEE ALSO: Judge Rejects Brian Kemp’s Georgia Absentee Ballot Suppression Attempt Stacey Abrams Campaign Speaks Out On Trifling Brian Kemp Trying To Claim He Won Georgia [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3835568″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Miller Mobley / Miller Mobley With her anticipated memoir Becoming hitting book stores next Tuesday, Michelle Obama has launched her national tour on Friday, showing America a more personal and candid side of herself. In an upcoming interview with ABC’s Good Morning Robin Roberts , she opens about her past fertility issues and a devastating miscarriage she experienced 20 years ago. “I felt lost and alone and I felt like I failed, because I didn’t know how common miscarriages were because we don’t talk about them,” Obama, 54, said. “We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we’re broken,” adding, “So, that’s one of the reasons why I think it’s important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen, and the biological clock is real.” Adding, “I think it’s the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work, and how they don’t work.” This is the first time Mrs. Obama has publicly spoken about her fertility issues. . @MichelleObama opens up to @RobinRoberts in revealing new interview; says she felt “lost and alone” after suffering miscarriage 20 years ago. Watch @ABC special covering her journey to motherhood and more from her memoir, “Becoming,” Sunday night 9/8c. https://t.co/ONXwpuZ3WF pic.twitter.com/1Teb5ycWIe — Good Morning America (@GMA) November 9, 2018 She also opened up about her marriage with former President Barack Obama , admitting that they have had some rocky moments in their relationship, resulting in them participating in marriage counseling. When asked why she shared that part of her life with the public, Obama stressed that she wanted for people to understand the work that couples need to do in order to stay together. “For those young people out there who think that marriage is supposed to be easy. And marriage counseling for us was one of those ways that we learned to talk out our differences,” she said. “I want them to know that Michelle and Barack Obama who have a phenomenal marriage and who love each other, we work on our marriage, and we get help with our marriage when we need it.” In addition, she described falling in love with Mr Obama one summer night in Chicago. “As soon as I allowed myself to feel anything for Barack,” she writes, “the feelings came rushing – a toppling blast of lust, gratitude, fulfillment, wonder.” Swoon. Source: Mark Wilson / Getty Mrs. Obama also had some choice words about President Trump in her book, stressing that she will never forgive him for starting the Birther Movement, which questioned the citizenship of her husband, the first Black president of the United States. “The whole [birther] thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed,” she wrote. “What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? What if that person went looking for our girls? Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this I’d never forgive him.” People took to Twitter to commend Michelle Obama for being so candid and open about her life. “One of the worst things we do as women is not share the truth about our bodies, and how they work.” I am so grateful Black women, like Michelle Obama and Serena Williams, are being so honest about the barriers many people face to become parents. https://t.co/0Co4bZ82Qa — Evette Dionne (@freeblackgirl) November 9, 2018 Michelle Obama. Serena Williams. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. Gabrielle Union. Tiffany Haddish. Black women are speaking out, sharing their stories around reproduction, and changing the conversation. Thank you for sharing yourself with us, FLOTUS. https://t.co/Hc5O8C2Qs1 — Renee Bracey Sherman (@RBraceySherman) November 9, 2018 This @washingtonpost piece gives a small glimpse into the extraordinary story of a little girl from the south side of Chicago who becomes @MichelleObama , and how she, and we, all continue to become. Check out https://t.co/MAQQU7mqI9 — Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) November 9, 2018 My mother had several miscarriages after she almost died having my little sister, who did die two weeks after she was born. I love that Michelle Obama is shining a light on these issues, especially for Black women whose fertility journeys aren't frequently talked about. https://t.co/iALS5CMXez — Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) November 9, 2018 Michelle Obama is truly a gift to us all. I can’t wait to BUY and read this book. https://t.co/UQeCHqYaiL — Jasmyn Lawson (@JasmynBeKnowing) November 9, 2018 This will be an incredibly moving piece of news for a great number of women who have struggled to conceive. What a brilliant woman Michelle Obama is. https://t.co/Ke58akjZu0 — Basia Cummings (@basialcummings) November 9, 2018 You can see Robin Roberts’ full interview with Michelle Obama this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. RELATED NEWS: Michelle Obama Launches ‘When We All Vote’ Initiative With The Help Of A Few Famous Friends Watch: Mama Tina & Michelle Obama Are “On The Run” In Paris Black Woman Who Climbed Statue Of Liberty Says She Was Inspired By Michelle Obama [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2982135″ overlay=”true”]
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for WE tv Twirl on that! Kenya Moore Spotted Possibly Filming RHOA Season 11 Kenya Moore’s #TeamTwirl is bubbling with rumors that their queen’s made a return to RHOA. Last night Cynthia Bailey celebrated the launch of her new @SeagramsEscapes signature flavor Peach Bellini and ALL of the RHOA crew was in tow; NeNe, Porsha, Kandi, Eva, Marlo and newbies Shamari Devoe and Tanya Sam. Also on hand was a heavily pregnant Kenya Moore who kicked it with Kandi and Cynthia and was seen on Instagram Stories partying. Kenya’s presence at the party has fans speculating that she’s back twirling on RHOA—for one episode at least. This rumor could actually have legs, partygoers claim that they saw Kenya wearing a mic pack and NeNe’s convinced that Kenya’s “desperate” to get back on RHOA. FreddyO.com That’s not all, however, a source is telling another news site a different story. Hit the flip.
Image via WhenWeAllVote/Michelle Obama Michelle Obama Launches #VotingSquad Campaign The midterm election is less than two weeks away and Michelle Obama is pleading with you to make your voice heard. As you’re well aware, the former First Lady has been stumping non-stop to encourage people to make their way to the polls and let their voices be heard via her When We All Vote non-profit. This week, Mrs. Obama’s #VotingSquad initiative is making a special call to action to all Americans to rally our friends and family members to vote. NOVEMBER 6! VOTE!
Source: GIANRIGO MARLETTA / Getty From Rickey Smiley Morning Show Authorities have arrested a man named Cesar Sayoc in connection to the suspicious packages believed to be explosive that were sent to CNN and politicians across the country, according to The New York Times . The arrest, which was made in Florida, comes after a 12th package addressed to James Clapper (former director of National Intelligence) was discovered this morning (October 26). He joined the list with the Obamas, the Clintons, Eric Holder, Cory Booker, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Maxine Waters and more. Cesar is a registered republican who was born in New York and has a long criminal history ranging from felony theft to fraud. He also a known Trump supporter. SEE ALSO: Everything To Know About Suspicious Packages Sent To Obama, Clinton & More CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Source: Kris Connor / Getty Authorities have recovered two new suspicious packages addressed to a political figure and Oscar-Winning actor. A suspicious package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden at a mail facility in New Castle, Delaware. This morning another package was found, addressed to actor Robert Deniro. Source: Michael Wright/WENN.com / WENN Both Biden and Deniro are critics of Donald Trump. On Wednesday, explosive packages were sent to Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama, former CIA director John Brennan at CNN’s New York bureau office, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and former Attorney General Eric Holder. On Monday an explosive package was found, addressed to George Soros. RELATED: Update: Potential Bombs Mailed To The Homes Of The Clinton, Obama Families, CNN & The White House [ione_media_gallery src=”https://woldcnews.com” id=”1634480″ overlay=”true”]
