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At His Foundation Summit, Obama Suggests Someone Has “Mommy Issues”

Bill Gnade

Former President Barack Obama, speaking at his Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago Monday night,  said progressives were not succeeding in America because "we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism, mommy issues."

Though the ex-president did not make clear to whom he was referring when he said "we," several news outlets (see here, here or here, for examples) have spun their story headlines to suggest he was referring to President Donald Trump.

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After Winning $1 Million “Nobel Prize For Teaching”, Maine Educator Convicted Of Shoplifting

Bill Gnade

A Maine educator who was the first-ever winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Award, the so-called "Nobel Prize for Teaching," has cited mental illness and alcoholism for actions that led to her arrest and conviction for shoplifting.

According to the Portland Press Herald, Nancie Atwell, 67, of Southport, ME and the founder of the Center for Teaching and Learning, received a four-month suspended sentence and 250 hours of community service. The sentence was handed down by District Court Judge Paul Mathews. The sentence also includes one year of administrative leave, a probation-like requirement, the Press Herald reports. 

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