Lipstick-gate

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President Barack Obama gestures to lipstick marks on his collar – the aunt of American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez kissed the president’s collar and left the lipstick marks just before he gave his remarks at an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month event

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Garden Party

First lady Michelle Obama offers a sniff of fennel to a student from Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology Academy in Knox County, Tennessee, while harvesting and cooking vegetables from the White House Kitchen Garden. The first lady was joined by students from Somerville, Massachusettes, Knox County, Tennessee, Milton, Vermont, Washington, DC and Union Beach and Ship Bottom, New Jersey.

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Greetings from Asbury Park

President Obama holds a stuffed bear alongside New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after playing an arcade game along the boardwalk as they view rebuilding efforts following last year’s Hurricane Sandy

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The Funny And The Truthful

https://twitter.com/peterflom/status/336566570966974464

The Media: a big churning machine, which reduces the masses to consumers of highly doctored information.

— The Overt Dictionary (@OvertDictionary) May 20, 2013

The Shopping Mall: the place where the act of consumption finally rests in peace, until you find something new to buy.

— The Overt Dictionary (@OvertDictionary) May 20, 2013

https://twitter.com/teenagesleuth/status/336513903880179714

President Obama in New Jersey

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1:30: President Obama delivers remarks at Asbury Park Convention Hall, New Jersey

White House Live

 

Rise and Shine

A year ago: President Obama is reflected in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall as he delivers remarks during the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War commemoration ceremony in Washington, D.C., May 28, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today:

10:05: The President departs the White House

11:05: Arrives New Jersey

11:15: Attorney General Eric Holder will deliver keynote remarks to 70 new citizens at a special naturalization ceremony in the Justice Department

1:15: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the White House Kitchen Garden Summer Harvest

1:30: President Obama delivers remarks at Asbury Park Convention Hall

2:15: VP Biden, Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar and President Martelly Speak to the Press, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Audio Only at WH Live)

2:50: President Obama departs New Jersey

3:55: Arrives the White House

5:30: Delivers remarks at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration at the White House

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Consumers Are Thrilled, Economic Data Is Kicking Ass, And The Stock Market Is Going Wild read.bi/152QoX4

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) May 28, 2013

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Home prices post largest annual gain since 2006 on.mktw.net/19j276z

— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) May 28, 2013

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US consumer confidence rises in May to 76.2, highest level in 5 years – @ap

— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) May 28, 2013

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Rick Ungar (Forbes): Every now and again, a political pundit is required to stand up and admit to the world that he or she got it wrong.

For me, this would be one of those moments.

For quite some time, I have been predicting that Obamacare would likely mean higher insurance rates in the individual market for the “young immortals” and others under the age of 40….

It is increasingly clear that I had it wrong.

More here

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Another ObamaCare success story; “Cadillac tax” working as intended: nytimes.com/2013/05/28/bus…

— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 27, 2013

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Slate

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Can anyone explain why there is almost no questioning in the media today of McCain’s trip to Syria? Anyone??

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Syrian war turning into clusterfuck of all clusterfucks – and John McCain wants in! Now! Thank U Jesus for that man never becoming president

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) May 28, 2013

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What a tasteless coincidence that John McCain, the #GOP‘s anti-Jimmy Carter, “snuck” into Syria to poke hornet’s nests on Memorial day #tcot

— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) May 28, 2013

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Steve Benen: It’s been nearly a week since President Obama announced his vision for ending the nation’s post-9/11 war footing and rejecting the notion of perpetual war, and while the pushback from the right was immediate, Republican opposition to the shift appears to be hardening.

…. of particular interest were Republican complaints about the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay ….. Rep. Peter King: “…. The president had five years to end this if he really wanted to. He could’ve moved most of those prisoners out of the country.”

….. I couldn’t help but laugh …. Less than a month after President Obama’s 2009 inauguration, King’s Republican colleagues began throwing a major tantrum over the very idea of closing the detention facility….. Three months later, Congress blocked the president from transferring detainees. A year later, they Congress did it again. Does King not remember any of this? If not, why not?

Full post here

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.@flotus will harvest Kitchen Garden on Tues; NJ kids are special @letsmove guests | tinyurl.com/ptctztz | #Sandy twitter.com/ObamaFoodorama…

— Eddie Gehman Kohan (@ObamaFoodorama) May 27, 2013

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VP Biden, Dr Jill Biden and Colombia’s Commander of the Armed Forces Alejandro Navas, stand for the Colombian national anthem during a ceremony to honor Air Force servicemen fallen on the line of duty in a chapel at the Air Force base in Bogota, May 27