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Marian Robinson, mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at age 86, the family announced Friday. She passed away peacefully in the morning, according to a statement.<\/p>\n
Former President Barack Obama also honored his mother-in-law online, calling her one-of-a-kind. \u201cWe feel lucky to have had her in our lives,\u201d he posted. \u201cWe\u2019ll spend our years trying to live by her example.\u201d Born Marian Shields in 1937, she married Fraser Robinson III, a Chicago water department worker and WWII veteran. The couple raised Michelle and her brother Craig in a modest South Side home.watch below<\/p>\n
Joy Behar, co-host of\u00a0The View<\/em>, leaned forward in her chair, her eyes gleaming with the confidence of someone about to land a knockout punch. Her target was Senator John Kennedy, the Louisiana Republican known for his folksy charm and sharp wit. Behar, armed with a leaked email, aimed to corner Kennedy during a heated segment on live television. She expected to expose a scandal, but Kennedy\u2019s bold move to read the entire email aloud flipped the script, revealing Behar\u2019s own private remarks and leaving the audience\u2014and her co-hosts\u2014stunned.<\/p>\n The episode was billed as a discussion on campaign finance reform, but Behar had other plans. Kennedy, a frequent guest on talk shows, was there to defend his stance on deregulation. As the conversation grew tense, Behar produced a printed email, claiming it showed Kennedy colluding with a major donor to skirt transparency laws. \u201cThis is serious, Senator,\u201d she said, waving the paper with a dramatic flourish. The audience leaned in, sensing a bombshell. Behar read a snippet, alleging Kennedy had promised favors for contributions. The accusation hung in the air, heavy with implication.<\/p>\n Kennedy, unfazed, asked to see the email. Behar hesitated but handed it over, likely expecting him to squirm. Instead, he adjusted his glasses, flashed a grin, and began reading the full message aloud\u2014every word, unedited. The email, sent from a campaign aide to a donor, did mention Kennedy\u2019s support for a deregulation bill. But as he continued, the context shifted. The email included a forwarded chain, and buried within it was a message from Behar herself, sent to a producer friend. In it, she called Kennedy a \u201cbackwoods charlatan\u201d and suggested \u201cexposing him\u201d to boost ratings.<\/p>\n The studio fell silent. Behar\u2019s face froze, her confident smirk replaced by a flicker of panic. Kennedy, still reading in his drawling cadence, let her words sink in. The audience gasped, then murmured, as the senator calmly finished and set the paper down. \u201cNow, Joy,\u201d he said, \u201cseems like you\u2019ve got some explaining to do.\u201d The tables had turned spectacularly. Instead of a scandal about Kennedy, the email revealed Behar\u2019s calculated attempt to smear him for clout, exposing her own bias and agenda.<\/p>\n The fallout was immediate. Social media lit up with clips of Kennedy\u2019s reading, hashtags like #BeharBackfire trending within minutes. Viewers, regardless of political leanings, were stunned by the revelation of Behar\u2019s private remarks. Her co-hosts, caught off-guard, fumbled through the segment\u2019s end, with Whoopi Goldberg steering the show to a commercial break. Off-air, sources said Behar was livid, blaming producers for not vetting the email thoroughly. The network issued a vague statement about \u201ccontextual misunderstandings,\u201d but the damage was done.<\/p>\n Kennedy, meanwhile, emerged unscathed, his folksy demeanor now paired with a reputation for quick thinking. Supporters praised his transparency, while even critics admitted he\u2019d outmaneuvered Behar. The email, far from proving collusion, showed routine campaign talk\u2014hardly the smoking gun Behar had hyped. Instead, it exposed her attempt to manufacture drama, raising questions about her credibility as a journalist and host.<\/p>\n Behar tried to spin the narrative in later episodes, framing the incident as a misunderstanding, but the public wasn\u2019t buying it. Clips of Kennedy\u2019s reading dominated news cycles, with commentators dissecting Behar\u2019s remarks as evidence of media bias. The senator, ever the showman, leaned into the moment, joking at a rally, \u201cNext time, Joy, just send me a text.\u201d For Behar, the failed trap was a humiliating misstep, turning a planned takedown into a self-inflicted wound. The audience, once eager for Kennedy\u2019s downfall, was left stunned by the real revelation: Behar\u2019s own words, exposed on live TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marian Robinson, mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at age 86, the family announced Friday. She passed away peacefully in the morning, according to a statement. 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