BET Wire: Obama's Texas Two-Step
Border crisis gives Obama a Texas-size headache.
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In Case You Missed It - President Obama is facing an epic crisis on the Texas border; the public is so over Sarah Palin; the CIA has no idea where Tupac is; and more. —Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)
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Texas, We've Got a Problem! - More than 52,000 unaccompanied minor children have crossed the southern border this year, presenting a crisis for a White House already in turmoil. To address the mounting issue, the president has asked Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funding. But Republican lawmakers are leery because they believe the administration has been lax on border security. (Photo: AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Know When to Hold 'Em - Texas Gov. Rick Perry greeted the president on the tarmac in Dallas after initially declining to do so. The former and potential 2016 presidential candidate had been pushing for Obama to meet with him privately and to visit the border, which the White House resisted. In the end, the administration invited Perry to join the round-table discussion with local leaders. The president delivered a statement on the border crisis after the meeting. (Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Here's the Deal - "Right now, Congress has the capacity to work with us, work with state officials, local officials and faith-based groups and non-for-profits who are helping to care for these kids," the president said in Dallas after meeting with Gov. Perry and a group of faith leaders. He also warned that most of the children are facing deportation. "We intend to do the right thing by these children," he said. "Their parents need to know that this is an incredibly dangerous situation, and it is unlikely that their children will be able to stay." (Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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No Mas! - Fox News contributor and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is calling for Obama's head — again. This time she says the president should face impeachment charges because of how he's handled immigration. “Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president. His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, ‘no mas,'" she said. In an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll, 54 percent of respondents, including four-in-ten Republicans, said they're over Palin and would rather hear less from her on political issues. (Photo: FOX NEWS)
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Sue: Yes; Impeach: No - House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) still intends to sue Obama but apparently believes that impeaching him is overkill. When asked during his weekly press briefing if he agrees with former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's call to remove the president from office, Boehner said, "I disagree." (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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A Headline That Makes You Say, "Hmmm..." - Writer and musician James Lincoln Collier raised eyebrows this week with an op-ed in the WestView News titled "The N***r in the White House." Despite the questionable headline, in the piece Collier criticizes conservatives and argues that “far right voters hate Obama because he is Black.” He also said that to many Americans, Obama is, “if not exactly an enemy, at least an outsider.” (Photo: West View News)
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Jesse Speaks Out - In remarks delivered at Chicago's New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church on July 6, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. urged African-Americans to focus on taking greater control of their fate. "Praying will not get my relative out of jail. Praying will not get my student debt relieved. Praying will not get me a job,” Jackson said. “We are free, but not equal.” He also lashed out at Republican lawmakers. “They fight to keep your wages low. They fight to cut food stamps," he said. "Can you imagine Jesus fighting against food stamps? The guy with the fish and the bread fighting food stamps?” (Photo: Ralph Barrera-Pool/Getty Images)
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No Eyez on Him - The CIA celebrated the one-month anniversary of its Twitter account by answering questions from Americans. Unfortunately, it has not solved one of the music industry's greatest mysteries. "No, we don't know where Tupac is," the agency tweeted on July 7. (Photo: CIA via Twitter)
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Bear Meets Horse - In recent weeks, Obama has referred to himself as "the bear" when he's managed to be on the loose, walking down the street in D.C. or into a Starbucks like regular people. During his trip to Colorado this week, as he walked down a Denver street greeting people and shaking hands, he encountered this man wearing a horse mask. "It's unclear what message he hoped to convey to the president," wrote Wall Street Journal White House correspondent Colleen McCain Nelson in her press pool report. (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)