Congresswoman Maxine Waters

PRESS ADVISORY January 24, 2012                                                                              Contact: Mikael Moore For Immediate Release                                                                    Phone: (202) 225-2201Washington - Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-California), a strong advocate for the Haitian people in the U.S. Congress, will host a briefing tomorrow entitled, "Who Runs Haiti?  A Discussion of Governance, Political Power, and Democracy in Haiti, Two...Read Full Story

August 22, 2011 by Filed under: Maxine Waters  Dear Maxine 'telll me what to say' Waters…there is no tea party…never has been…just 'real' Americans fighting back against you Democratzi 'henchmen' and your false messiah! So let us replace your definition with the @Maxine Waters: Maxine, I am just loaning you the race card – it is mine alone. You and Al Sharpton do not appreciate my work and Obamawell don't get me started on Obama. Maxine Waters, August 22, 2011 It's been a great week...Read Full Story

Fox News Eric Bolling Tells Black Lawmaker Maxine Waters to "Step Away from the Crack Pipe" (Wikipedia) Fox News Eric Bolling is now walking back saying Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) “should step away from the crack pipe.” He claims he was joking, but this isn’t the first time Eric Bolling has made racist digs about black leaders, including President Obama. Eric Bolling now insists he was just kidding when he made the comments about Maxine Waters, reports Politico.com. “What is going on in...Read Full Story

African-American unemployment rates were double those of white Americans in August but Obama refuses to address or even utter the words "black unemployment." Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.,) who's been the most vocal trying to get President Obama to call black unemployment by it's name publicly spoke to Loop 21 about the President's challenges with the economy and why's he's remaining silent on black Americans and the jobs crisis. Loop 21: The Administration refuses to mention black...Read Full Story

*Rep. Maxine Waters and other black leaders pressed one of President Barack Obama’s top jobs advisers Monday to confirm the White House is focusing on creating jobs in struggling African-American communities — and to say the word “black,” reports Politico. Don Graves, the executive director of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, said at a nighttime forum at a black church in Miami that the president is “focused on every community across the country,” The Miami Herald reported...Read Full Story

To close the Congressional Black Caucus' Annual Legislative Conference Saturday night, President Barack Obama took to the stage and gave a fiery speech about the kicking off of ones slippers and getting back to work. It was meant to demonstrate his commitment to his Jobs Bill (that he once reminded Congress to pass) and to kick someone in the pants. Was that someone ... the CBC, itself? You, fair reader at home or work reading this? Republican obstructionists? Democratic volunteers? The base...Read Full Story

While President Barack Obama was on the road duing a listening bus tour, members of the Congressional Black Caucus were getting an earful in Detroit from frustrated constituents upset over our dire economic conditions. When pressed on why the CBC isn't doing more to put pressure on the president, Rep. Maxine Waters gave a candid response that they were waiting on permission from their constituents. She said these voters, often fervent supporters of the president, needed to "unleash" them...Read Full Story

Coming of her "unleash" comments regarding President Obama, Rep. Maxine Waters headed to MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews where after some light chit chat about her remarks she went in on fellow member of Congress, Tea Partier, Rep. Allen West.  West, a Republican, had made comments earlier accusing Waters and others of being "overseers" on the Democratic Party's "21st century plantation." Waters countered that she found it "odd" that when West's own unemployed brother needed help, West...Read Full Story

*Politicians are surrounded by those who would whisper promises of enormous fortunes to merely support them and their corporations. The politicians that don’t fall prey to these lobbyists are few and far between. The money that surrounds politicians is plentiful and has numerous sources. For instance, President Obama’s bailout money. The President’s bank bailout was not celebrated by most and one case of unethical behavior sprung up against Maxine Waters. She has been investigated for the...Read Full Story

When one thing happens that means there's usually nothing to see here. Two things? A coincidence. But when I was looking at my third "Hey, world! Did you hear that thing Rep. Maxine Waters of California said!" that's a trend, buddy. Over the weekend, Rep. Waters told a crowd that they needed to be fearless in their defense of issues and ideas they hold dear. That they should never allow themselves to be cowed or intimidated. In fact, she said she was afraid of no one, not even the Tea Party...Read Full Story