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Tweet of the Day

Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine http://t.co/RF3H4IXGSp

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Canada at NATO (@CanadaNATO) August 27, 2014

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.@ThePlumLineGS gets the crucial point: Kochs *personally profit* from policies they promote washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin… http://t.co/FilGENVS7S

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Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) August 27, 2014

DREAMers are doing what many media outlets refuse to do: Describe GOP positions on immigration accurately.

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Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 27, 2014

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At Koch retreat, top GOP Senate candidates credit the network for their rise huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/koc… http://t.co/UqdDYAcHGd

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Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) August 27, 2014

If your heroes are Ronald Reagan and Vladimir Putin, you just like bad actors who ride horses.

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Federal appeals court judge: ban on same-sex marriage is ‘based on hate’ thkpr.gs/1tGXJYG

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Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) August 26, 2014

I never thought I would see a black POTUS, but than again, I never thought I would hear right wing capitalists demonizing golf, either.

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) August 25, 2014

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He needs to be doing this, he ought to be doing that. I've never seen so many idiots telling the President of the US what he should be doing

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) August 19, 2014

Paul Ryan doesn't like the morality of House of Cards. Too much infidelity and Social Security cuts weren't big enough.

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If Obama had just ended racism like he promised he would, none of this would be happening.

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) August 19, 2014

Boehner: No equal pay, no min raise wage, $500 per hour to sue Obama. #GOPPriorities #MadYet #DrunkyOrangeJackass. http://t.co/lvraAA8rxJ

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Steve Marmel (@Marmel) August 26, 2014

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You're welcome, world. @EIA: US oil production surge is the "main factor counterbalancing the supply disruptions on the global oil market."

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Ben Geman (@Ben_Geman) August 27, 2014

At this point in his Presidency, George W. Bush had invaded the wrong country, let Bin laden escape and taken more than a year's vacation

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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 26, 2014

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Making gazpacho tonight. My son: "isn't that the name of the Nazi secret police?"

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Dan Byman (@dbyman) August 24, 2014

Ask Me to take the #IceBucketChallenge one more time and I will melt the icecaps RIGHT NOW.

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God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 21, 2014

Medicare Is Not Destroying The Budget? Thanks, ObamaCare

My DR's assistant just informed me that - for the first time - Blue Cross has to cover my physicals because of #Obamacare

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) August 25, 2014

@teenagesleuth also your mammograms, PAPs, colonoscopies - anything preventative. Also nicotine patches/gum for ppl wanting to quit smoking.

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Mary Hartman (@MaryHartmanx2) August 25, 2014

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David Leonhardt: Medicare: Not Such A Budget-Buster Anymore

You’re looking at the biggest story involving the federal budget and a crucial one for the future of the American economy. Every year for the last six years in a row, the Congressional Budget Office has reduced its estimate for how much the federal government will need to spend on Medicare in coming years. The latest reduction came in a report from the budget office on Wednesday morning. The changes are big. The difference between the current estimate for Medicare’s 2019 budget and the estimate for the 2019 budget four years ago is about $95 billion dollars. That sum is greater than the government is expected to spend that year on unemployment insurance, welfare and Amtrak — combined. It’s equal to about one-fifth of the expected Pentagon budget in 2019. Widely discussed policy changes, like raising the estate tax, would generate just a tiny fraction of the budget savings relative to the recent changes in Medicare’s spending estimates.

The incredible shrinking Medicare budget nyti.ms/1oprBU0 http://t.co/BxnGoxRpah

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The New York Times (@nytimes) August 27, 2014

In more concrete terms, the reduced estimates mean that the federal government’s long-term budget deficit is considerably less severe than commonly thought just a few years ago. The reduced estimates are also an indication of what’s happening in the overall health care system. Even as more people are getting access to health insurance, the costs of caring for individual patients is growing at a super-slow rate. That means that health care, which has eaten into salary gains for years and driven up debt and bankruptcies, may be starting to stabilize as a share of national spending. The Affordable Care Act, in particular, made significant reductions to Medicare’s spending on hospitals and private Medicare plans, to help subsidize insurance coverage for low- and middle-income Americans.

More here

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@teenagesleuth ACA has helped so many people! I am one of them!🌝

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Nativegirl (@powhatannative) August 26, 2014

I fckng love how medical professionals cheerfully refer to "Obamacare".

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) August 25, 2014

@teenagesleuth They should call it what I do, Common sense healthcare reform.

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Greg Coogan (@Greg_Coogan) August 25, 2014

Rise and Shine

Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden kisses his wife Jill after his acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 27, 2008

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Today (all times Eastern)

10:0: The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

11:15: Meets with the economic team and senior advisors

12:45: White House press briefing

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@petesouza: President Obama makes remarks at the American Legion national convention

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On This Day

Sen. Barack Obama greets former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry on day three of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center August 27, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama stands with his vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden after Biden addressed the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 27, 2008

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Morning again everyone, we’ll try to catch up with the new later!

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama and family tour the Gay Head lighthouse in Aquinnah, Mass., while on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Aug. 27, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Wednesday!