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There was nothing but outrage 2 days ago about Trump's meeting with Putin. And then poof ... it seems like no one on the left or the media is talking about it. What happened?

President Barack Obama acknowledged in a New Yorker profile published online Thursday that his first meeting with Donald Trump may not have actually lived up to its sunny official description.

NC’s election board has just reported a high number of complaints about electronic voting machine errors and wrong selections. State Board of Elections spokesman Pat Gannon commented this week that the complaints involved touch-screen machines used for early voting. He noted that the complaints only came from 5 out of the 100 North Carolina counties, including: Cumberland New Hanover Iredell Mecklenburg Catawba

Donald Trump revealed his radical plan on Monday to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., and Hillary Clinton's vice chair, Huma Abedin is taking him head on. "I'm a proud Muslim – but you don't have to share my faith to share my disgust," Abedin wrote in an email to supporters. "Trump wants to literally write racism into our law books."

Very interesting ...

Live Stream: Donald Trump Rally at White Mountain Athletic Club, Waterville Valley, NH - Dec 1, 2015 - 7:00 PM (EST)

President Barack Obama warned his Russian counterpart Tuesday against intervening in Syria's civil war, suggesting that Vladimir Putin is aware of the dangers his country faces by entering the bloody conflict. "I think Mr. Putin understands that ... with Afghanistan fresh in the memory, for him to simply get bogged down in an inconclusive and paralyzing civil conflict is not the outcome that he's looking for," Obama said at a news conference in Paris.

A Cornelius police lieutenant was shot in the stomach while responding to a domestic call on Saturday, and a suspect was taken into custody, police said.

The president's game at Ft. Belvoir came as the nation fears news of continued Ebola infections Obama was first briefed about a Dallas nurse nurse who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and caught Ebola Her identity has not been released, but her home is under police guard as government officials like CDC chief Dr. Tom Frieden picked up the slack

Duke Energy won’t be repaid the $10 million line of credit it guaranteed for Charlotte to host last year’s Democratic National Convention, the company confirmed Thursday. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/01/3885178/duke-energy-wont-be-repaid-from.html#storylink=cpy

It is a beautiful evening in Charlotte, 83 degrees and clear skies. What a wonderful night for some outdoor festivities.

Lost my job this week which comes on top of 4 years of putting kids to college, etc. Cash funds are depleted and I am seriously considering something I never thought - doing a strategic foreclosure on my house, cashing in IRA / 401(k) funds and paying cash for a smaller house. Just curious about everyone's thoughts?

Governor Beverly Perdue’s office, under fire over the disclosure that top aides altered a state transportation official’s position on funding for toll road projects without his knowledge, said Tuesday that her staffers had only “suggested some edits” to paperwork while seeking to ensure the projects stayed on track. Perdue, a Democrat who is not seeking re-election, did not comment on the issue. Her press secretary issued a statement. Republicans called what happened something much different: a possible crime that merits serious review. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/19/3328152/senate-will-probe-fraudulent-dot.html#storylink=cpy

I have never seen this picture of Obama and Moochelle. Supposedly this is on their honeymoon. Where is this picture taken and why is it taken there? http://mediacdn.disqus.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/273/6555/original.jpg

President Obama will host an Iftar dinner to celebrate Ramadan at the White House Wednesday evening. Controversy had surrounded last year’s Ramadan dinner at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. – the second one hosted by Obama – when the president expressed his support for a plan to build a mosque near ground zero in New York City.

STAYING LOCAL: After spending the weekend at Camp David, President Obama plans to lay low at the White House for most of Monday with just a daily briefing at the Oval Office on his morning schedule, according to his public schedule released to reporters. In the evening, the president will attend two DNC events in Washington. Obama will first speak at a private residence, before heading over to another fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel. His remarks on both occasions will be pooled.

Watching 'The Five at Five' for the first time: First of all Bob Beckel is getting the crap beat out of him by the other members of his panel. But Greg Gutfield in particular has delivered a couple of zingers. Beckel said that there were more nudists than tea partiers and Greg said "maybe they should team up and become nude tea partiers to grow their base.' That shut Bob up in a second. It was really funny.

President Obama laments the debt talks: "All these conversations I've had over the last three weeks -- I could have been spending time with Malia and Sasha instead."

Members of a controversial church plan to protest today's memorial service of a 21-year-old Marine from Gastonia who was killed while serving in Afghanistan. But friends of Lance Cpl. Nicholas O'Brien say they are making plans to drown out Westboro Baptist Church's message. Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/06/20/2392145/group-to-protest-marines-memorial.html#ixzz1PonvdMN2

LONDON (AP) — Middle East envoy Tony Blair says Barack Obama launched his peace initiative because he's concerned about what might happen to Israel if Palestinians unilaterally declare statehood. Blair told an audience of business leaders gathered in central London on Thursday that Obama is "frankly worried about the position that Israel is in." The ex-prime minister says that Obama's initiative — rejected by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu — is "an attempt to fill a vacuum which he sees as dangerous, particularly dangerous for Israel in the run-up to September." Mideast watchers have speculated that Washington launched its peace initiative...