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On the "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon, First Lady Michelle Obama explained that it was more important than ever for young people older than 26 to sign up for health insurance. "A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads," she laughed, pointing out that they often cut themselves while cooking or injure themselves by dancing on bar stools. Obama added that thanks to Obamacare, coverage for young people was much cheaper. "Now young people can get insurance for as little as $50 a month, less than the cost of gym shoes," she...

The office of First Lady Michelle Obama is taking credit for moving the nation "towards a new, healthier norm," according to a press release celebrating the four year anniversary of the "Let's Move" initiative."This week, First Lady Michelle Obama will kick off a celebration around the fourth anniversary of Let’s Move!, her initiative to ensure that all our children grow up healthy and reach their full potential," reads the release. Today, we are moving toward a healthier future and this movement is becoming the new norm all across the country.  From child care centers through high school, from sun up to sun...

This is so bad it's awesome. The best marriage Photoshop can buy ;-PWhen was this? The trip home from selfie-gate?

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Ron in Columbus, Ohio. Hey, great to have you on the program. Hello. CALLER: Hi, Rush. You know, the first time around it was said that Barack Obama stole the nomination from Hillary. RUSH: Right. CALLER: I'm saying the next time around, it's an Obama that's gonna steal it again, but it's gonna be Michelle. RUSH: Oh, wouldn't that be delicious? CALLER: Supposedly the polls show Michelle higher in the polls than Hillary, and -- RUSH: Well -- CALLER: -- then the Obamas will use the excuse that they need to be in office longer because they...

MICHELLE OBAMA is already hammering away at a $15 million memoir that will rip the lid off President Barack Obama’s secret extramarital hijinks and public flirta­tions with other women, sources tell The ENQUIRER. “Michelle has suffered in silence, while Barack ignored her to live it up surrounded by adoring beauties,” an insider told The ENQUIRER. “She’s fed up, and she’s going to use a poison-pen memoir of her White House years to get revenge on him

Simply Stunning– Michelle Obama’s dinner dress cost more than the annual poverty level in the US. Via Twitchy: Stu Burguiere @WorldOfStu Michelle Obama's dress = $12,000. US Poverty Level = $11,490.Last night the Obamas hosted a state dinner for French Socialist leader Francois Hollande. Michelle Obama wore a $12,000 dress – while the rest of America suffers through the worst economic recovery ever.

The dress first lady Michelle Obama wore at last night's state dinner was the topic of discussion last night on CNN: The Blog CNN: Michelle Obama's 'Dress Probably Cost Around $12,000' 8:01 AM, Feb 12, 2014 • By DANIEL HALPER Send to Kindle Single Page Print Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts The dress first lady Michelle Obama wore at last night's state dinner was the topic of discussion last night on CNN: One guest thought the cost of the dress was close to $10,000. "Well, first of all, I love the dress on her because I think it's so elegant...

The first lady chose a dramatic Carolina Herrera ball gown with a voluminous skirt and lace-overlay top. The blue and black gown is the first dress with sleeves Obama has worn to a state dinner. Previously she donned one-shouldered pieces from Peter Soronen and Doo-Ri Chung, and a strapless gown by Naeem Khan for the administration’s first official state dinner in 2009 for India. The dress includes a black hand-sewn beaded embroidery applique scallop-edged top over a liberty blue silk faille corset, according to a statement from the designer. A wide black velvet belt breaks up the top from the

The White House is applauding a University of Missouri football player’s decision to announce that he is gay, with President Barack Obama’s spokesman, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden all portraying him as a courageous and inspirational athlete. […] The tweet was signed “-mo,” which is how the White House marks messages personally sent by the first lady. …

The self-described "mom-in-chief" has some thoughts about Justin Bieber's growing pains.(VIDEO-AT-LINK) While a WhiteHouse.gov petition to deport Justin Bieber awaits the administration's official response, first lady Michelle Obama has her own thoughts about the 19-year-old Canadian's string of bad behavior. Asked what she would do if she were Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, Obama said she would keep close to her son. “I would pull him close,” Obama told Univision. “I don’t know if it would be advice as much as action. I would be very present in his life right now. And I would be probably with him a good...

"Don't leave money on the table," Michelle Obama told students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia this week, seeking to put as many people as possible on the receiving end of a government check. Nothing builds the Democrats' voter base faster than the widespread ability to raid other taxpayers for support.  How widespread? "Almost everyone is eligible for some form of financial aid, and all you have to do to access that aid is fill out this one little form. It's so simple." Simple, as in one-stop shopping, all the better to build that constituency for OPM (other...

For some, Animal Planet’s annual “Puppy Bowl” is more sacred than the Super Bowl. CNN summed it up in a nutshell: . . . the sublime result of pairing a bunch of wiggly puppies — 66, in fact — with squeaky toys and a mini-stadium set. Add a “rufferee” and a kitty-filled halftime, and every floppy tackle or slobbered-on football inspires an unintelligible burst of baby talk and giggles. That’s the power of puppies! Maybe it’s not for everyone, but those who love it want to keep politics out, and who can blame them? This year, Michelle Obama had to...

Michelle Obama can be downright mean -- especially when it comes to her husband. The First Lady reprised her early campaign role as ego-buster this past Friday at a Women's Lunch fundraiser benefitting the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Mrs. Obama elicited laughter from her mostly female audience when she portrayed Mr. Obama as a powerless child in constant need of guidance. But let's be clear -- and I have said this again -- Barack cannot do this all alone just sitting by himself in the Oval Office. (Laughter.) It's a sad thought, isn't it? It's a sad little thought....

First Lady Michelle Obama took a jab at rural Americans during a speech she delivered to Democrats at the posh Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, according to a White House transcript of her remarks.Her comments came as she was imploring the high-dollars donors to dig deep and “max out” their checking accounts. “Leave San Francisco,” she told the laughing audience. “Leave this bastion. Go out in the wilderness. And roll up your sleeves because we know that those person-to-person contacts, those calls and doors knocked on, all of that can also mean the difference between victory and defeat.” The wilderness?...

Just days after President Obama made income inequality a central theme of his State of the Union address, his wife hit San Francisco for a visit that included no public events - but kicked off with a pair of big-ticket Democratic fundraisers. The first lady wasted no time in urging attendees to translate their beliefs into cash to keep hold of Democratic congressional seats in 2014 midterm races.

January 30th, 2014 01:21 PM ET 38 minutes ago First lady says girls aren’t interested when President gets his ‘butt kicked’ Posted by CNN White House Producer Kevin Liptak Washington (CNN) - The end of 2013 may have been rough going for President Barack Obama, but political strife over Obamacare’s botched rollout and NSA spying didn’t cross over into his family life, according to the first lady. When Obama got his “butt kicked,” his daughters didn’t offer too much sympathy, Michelle Obama told Ryan Seacrest Thursday in a radio interview. “Oh dad, tough luck,” was Sasha and Malia’s response, the...

Ahead of Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl X this Sunday, hype for the annual special was amped up recently when First Lady Michelle Obama and the First Family’s dogs Bo and Sunny worked to “train” some of the pups for the big game.Joined by 12 first- and second-grade students from Harriet Tubman Elementary School, Michelle Obama, Bo and Sunny put the puppies through their paces to make sure they were ready to compete in Puppy Bowl X, and to be healthy for life. Animal Planet says it was inspired by the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative to overcome childhood obesity, and...

I know there were much more dangerous and important things said in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, but one relatively minor claim completely surprised and shocked me.But what I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some require congressional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you. But America does not stand still, and neither will I. (Applause.) So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families,...

President Obama’s wife, Michelle, is reportedly preparing for the end of their 21-year marriage – it would be the first of a serving US president – by immersing herself in a self-improvement programme involving intensive yoga, Botox treatment and plastic surgery. She has also been indulging in massages, manicures, pedicures, facials and haute couture clothes. Whatever happens, they’re unlikely to have money worries. Literary agent Andrew Wylie estimates £12million for Obama’s memoirs and £10million for Michelle’s – the most ever for works of non-fiction....