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Former Saturday Night Live star and conservative activist Victoria Jackson has made a series of controversial comments in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders.

She harshly criticized President Barack Obama, which is hardly surprising, but her comments on killer Adam Lanza raised eyebrows - even by Jackson standards.

Of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, Jackson posted on Facebook, quoting a friend:

“Wasn’t the Connecticut killer just doing what abortionists do every day?"

"It’s a wonder we don’t have more 20-year-old 'dads' doing what women and doctors have been an accomplice to for years. When you forget the TEN COMMANDMENTS, THIS is what you get’.”

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President Barack Obama spoke at a prayer vigil in Newton, Connecticut, Sunday night in honor of the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Quoting from scripture more than once and clearly stung by Friday's events on a personal level, Obama lent a father's sympathy to this town's (and nation's) grief.

When he read the list of victims' names, there wasn't a dry eye in the house - including his.

Obama Newtown Speech

Obama also sounded a call to action - though he didn't lay out any specifics - saying the tragedy poses "hard questions" to America as a whole.

"This is our first task, caring for our children. Our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged," he said.

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A visibly distraught U.S. President Barack Obama fought back tears as he addressed the media following this morning's Connecticut school shooting tragedy.

“The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,” Obama said during a national TV address.

Obama Cries During Speech on Connecticut Shooting

After pausing to compose himself for five whole seconds, he added, “They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.”

Then the president wiped the corner of his eye.

The massacre allegedly carried out by Adam Lanza (not his brother, Ryan Lanza, as was first reported) is enough to make anyone sick, but especially parents of young kids.

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President Barack Obama commented today on new state laws that legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington saying the U.S. won't pursue pot users there.

Following the November votes in those states, the Justice Department reiterated that marijuana remains illegal under federal law, worrying legalization advocates.

Obama had been vague on what the federal government's specific response would be.

In an interview with Barbara Walters Friday, however, he said: "It does not make sense from a prioritization point of view" to focus on drug use where it is now legal.

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With 2012 coming to an end, it is with enormous pride that THG unveils its 10 finalists for its prestigious, arbitrary, 6th Annual Celebrity of the Year award.

These stars provided us with their best, their worst, their naked photos, sex tapes (sometimes) and scandals (often). This month, THG honors that greatness.

We started at #10 with Adam Levine, then moved on to Honey Boo Boo at #9 and Kim Kardashian at #8. Now we present Celebrity of the Year Finalist #7 ...

President Barack Obama!

Our 44th Commander-in-Chief had quite a year.

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PSY, President Obama. President Obama, PSY.

In the spirit of the holidays, the Washington establishment appears to have forgiven the "Gangam Style" sensation for his controversial 2004 anti-American rap.

PSY apologized Friday for participating in a pair of President George W. Bush-era protests, during which he rapped highly inflammatory lyrics and anti-war sentiments.

Then he appeared as scheduled at the annual Christmas in Washington concert.

He met President Barack Obama face-to-face and performed for the Commander-in-Chief, with the lyrics tweaked for the occasion as "Christmas Style."

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Last week, in the spirit of bipartisanship, Barack Obama invited his vanquished Republican rival Mitt Romney to the White House for lunch at the Oval Office.

Also known as the Man Cave.

The President has gradually transformeded the Oval into a far less stuffy place. Out are those archaic floral couches. In are the sporting goods and flat screens!

Michelle must not allow him to make decor choices anywhere else.

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Don't add Kid Rock to the list of memorable Republican freakouts following President Barack Obama's reelection last night. Dude's actually pretty chill about it.

The hardcore Mitt Romney supporter ran into Obama at this weekend’s Kennedy Center Honors in D.C., and says the two were - gasp - actually cordial.

Rock told CNN that the two spoke at the annual event and quickly put their campaign differences behind them, and that both had a good time together.

“It was nice. I saw the president tonight. He said, ‘I’m still here.’ I said, ‘No hard feelings.’”

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Mitt Romney can still enjoy a nice silver lining following his loss in the 2012 presidential election, brags adviser Stuart Stevens, who feels the Republican won where it counts.

Seriously, this isn't an Onion article ... these are real quotes.

Stevens penned an op-ed in the Washington Post today arguing that by winning wealthier and whiter voters, Romney secured a huge moral victory over Obama.

"On November 6, Mitt Romney carried the majority of every economic group except those with less than $50,000 a year in household income," Stevens wrote.

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Ivanka Trump is blasting a report that claimed she and her siblings staged an intervention, asking father Donald Trump to back off his public bashing of President Obama.

The Trump heiress took to Twitter today to call out the N.Y. Daily News:

"I totally respect @realDonaldTrump's opinions & right to articulate them, which is what I would've told @nydailynews if they'd call me to fact check their false story," she wrote.

The Trump patriarch has taken a ton of heat - and kept late night talk show hosts in business - thanks to his repeated diatribes throughout the 2012 election cycle.

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