A Tweet Or Two

Mitt Romney promised voters: elect him and he'd lower unemployment to 6% by the end of 2016. He must think President Obama is amazing.

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Randy Prine (@randyprine) October 08, 2014

BREAKING: Wholesale inventories up 0.7% in August, versus expectations for 0.3% gain. cnb.cx/1pUSjFM

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CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) October 09, 2014

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A man rides a bus in Durban, meant for white passengers only, in resistance to South Africa’s apartheid policies 1986 http://t.co/Wvuq2lY4EG

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Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) October 08, 2014

A black man suspected of possessing marijuana was allegedly pistol-whipped and punched while surrendering to police: on.msnbc.com/1xtU9lX

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Cecile Richards: Why I'm Turning Out to Vote: youtu.be/tFMkwAKA8qU via @YouTube

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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) October 09, 2014

Breaking: Supreme Court blocks same-day voting registration, out-of-precinct voting in North Carolina. bzfd.it/1v3JLDp

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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 08, 2014

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Surveys show white people think racism is a thing of the past, No wonder there is a disconnect: wapo.st/10QOagi

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Michael Fletcher (@Fletchpost) October 08, 2014

Dismissive of their black neighbors’ concerns in Ferguson. wapo.st/1uC3JDK

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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) October 09, 2014

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A conservative is a man who believes no one has the right to tell him what to do with your uterus.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 09, 2014

This gif is worth a thousand words: Abortion access in Texas, before and after #HB2. #fightbackTX pic.twitter.com/32O1lqhCaC

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Planned Parenthood (@PPact) October 09, 2014

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Latinas who work fulltime, yearround typically make ~56 cents for every dollar their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts make #WEmatter

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CAP en Español (@CAPespanol) October 08, 2014

Don’t understand how conservatives otherwise so skeptical of govt suddenly TRUST govt when it comes to police accounts of killing black kids

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Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) October 09, 2014

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I wonder if all the conservatives yelling that Ebola might become airborne realize it means they now believe in evolution?

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Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 04, 2014

Here are some things that have killed Americans since the first US Ebola case. read.bi/1uCihDA http://t.co/5UeXMV4UQq

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Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 08, 2014

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This is an amazing statement. h/t @elisefoley washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/… http://t.co/dS6O0llJeu

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  (@AdamSerwer) October 09, 2014

Why my eyes roll hard when “I don’t see color” rolls trippingly off tongue of nice people w hearts in right place wapo.st/1uC3JDK

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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) October 09, 2014

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Excellent career advide from @rhodes44 "find people you love to work for who you’re going to learn from" bit.ly/1uFz5JV

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Brandi Hoffine (@Hoffine44) October 09, 2014

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You’re one of the last charter Team Obama guys still on the job. What’s keeping you around?

I never set out to work in the White House. What drew me to the campaign was really the opportunity to work for Barack Obama. I don’t necessarily see this as a situation where I’m going to be going through the revolving door, in and out of administrations. I happen to have found somebody who I really love to work for, who I have a really good relationship with, and it’s hard to walk away from that.

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Average U.S. jobless claims drop to eight-year low: bloom.bg/1ne6IRK http://t.co/HkBGUZVHI2

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Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) October 09, 2014

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Say what? Hillary Clinton Open to GOP Obamacare Demand bloomberg.com/politics/artic… via @bpolitics

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Cynthia (@cynthia4877) October 09, 2014

Last RT is another example of @HillaryClinton running for the GENERAL election in 2016 when she hasn't even declared for the Dem primary.

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  (@Only4RM) October 09, 2014

If @HillaryClinton keeps it up, she might find herself in the same spot in Nov. 2016 as she was in Nov. 2008: On the sidelines doing #GOTV!

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So this is what happens when a Supreme Court justice doesn't read a form closely abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…

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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) October 09, 2014

Thx #HobbyLobby MT @HuffPostPol Noah's Ark theme park to only hire ppl who believe biblical flood actually happened huff.to/1sko7J9

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  (@Only4RM) October 09, 2014

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SCOTUS Approves Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions in North Carolina. New piece for @thenation: thenation.com/blog/181925/su…

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 09, 2014

SCOTUS upholds restrictive North Carolina voting law, just in time to keep Democracy from entering the state before midterms.

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Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) October 09, 2014

Because SCOTUS overturned court order reinstating same-day registration, North Carolinians now have 2 days left to register. Deadline Oct 10

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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 08, 2014

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Breaking: West Virginia ending defense of marriage ban, AG's office announces: bit.ly/1w2CUGY

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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 09, 2014

Our Office will seek to bring to a close the litigation over W.Va.'s marriage laws, consistent with the 4th Circuit’s now-binding decision.

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AG Patrick Morrisey (@WestVirginiaAG) October 09, 2014

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[Biden puts away nunchucks] Come in

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Brian Gaar (@briangaar) October 08, 2014

#joebidenmixtapecovers http://t.co/7GJhaP9MpW

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Desus (@desusnice) October 09, 2014

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I'm on set & cannot stop laughing at this. #HILARIOUS #THANKYOU http://t.co/FKvxhmOVrJ

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Sara Ramirez (@SaraRamirez) October 08, 2014

DATING TIP: Play hard to get. Train to be an astronaut. Fly into space and leave Earth behind. Then text your crush and be like "what's up?"

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Jamie Woodham (@jwoodham) October 09, 2014

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FITNESS TIP: Always give your body time to rest after every workout, even if it's only for 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 15 years.

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Jamie Woodham (@jwoodham) September 03, 2014

Best thing about pizza? It comes with its own instructions. Every slice is shaped like an arrow and that arrow points right at your mouth.

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Jamie Woodham (@jwoodham) September 03, 2014

President Obama’s Town Hall with Members of the Cross Campus Community

6:05 EDT: President Obama Holds a Town Hall with Members of the Cross Campus Community, Santa Monica, California

Hospitals Will Save $5.7B?!?! Thanks, ObamaCare

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HHS.Gov: New Report Projects A $5.7 Billion Drop In Hospitals’ Uncompensated Care Costs Because Of The Affordable Care Act

A report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services projects that hospitals will save $5.7 billion this year in uncompensated care costs because of the Affordable Care Act, with states that have expanded Medicaid seeing about 74 percent of the total savings nationally compared to states that have not expanded Medicaid. For over a decade prior to the Affordable Care Act, the percentage of the American population that was uninsured had been growing steadily. But with the significant expansion of coverage under the health care law through the Health Insurance Marketplace and Medicaid, the uninsurance rate is at historic lows.

As a result, the volume of uncompensated care provided in hospitals and emergency departments has fallen substantially in the last year, particularly in Medicaid expansion states. Projections from today’s report suggest that hospitals in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act will see greater savings than hospitals in states that have not expanded Medicaid. Hospitals in states that have expanded Medicaid are projected to save up to $4.2 billion, which makes up about 74 percent of the total savings nationally this year. Hospitals in states that have opted not to expand Medicaid are projected to save up to $1.5 billion this year, and which is only 26 percent of the total savings nationally.

More here

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Didn't see this in the news: Hospitals to save $5.7 billion in uncompensated care costs thanks to Obamacare. ow.ly/Ct53i

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Jason Stanford (@JasStanford) October 08, 2014

That Hopey Changey Thing Is Working Out Great. Thanks, President Obama!

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Rolling Stone: The Obama Hope And Change Index: 6 Years Of Progress, By The Numbers

Peak unemployment, October 2009: 10 percent
Unemployment rate now: 5.9 percent
Consecutive private sector job growth: 55 months
Private sector jobs created: 10.3 million
Federal deficit, 2009: 9.8 percent of GDP
Deficit in 2013: 4.1 percent of GDP

Average tax rate for highest earners 2008: 28.1 percent
Average tax rate for highest earners 2013: 33.6 percent
Banks regulated as too big to fail, 2009: 0
Banks regulated as “systemically important financial institutions” — a.k.a. too big to fail — 2014: 29
Billions returned to consumers by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement: $4.6 billion
Americans compensated for being swindled by banks, lenders and credit card companies: 15 million
Dow Jones close, inauguration day 2009: 7,949
Dow Jones yesterday: 16,719

Required MPG (miles per gallon) for cars when Obama took office: 27.5
Required MPG for light trucks/SUVs when Obama took office: 23
MPG requirement by 2016 for cars, light trucks/SUVs: 35.5
MPG required by 2025: 54.5
Gigawatts of wind power installed when Obama took office: 25
Gigawatts of wind power installed through end of 2013: 61
Peak summertime solar power generation June 2008: 128 gigawatt hours
Peak summertime solar power generation June 2014: 2,061 gigawatt hours
Coal burned in electrical generation 2008: 1 billion short tons
Coal burned in electrical generation 2013: 858 million short tons
Reduction: 14.2 percent
EPA-proposed CO2 reductions for power sector by 2030: 30 percent

Pell grant funding 2008-2009: $18 billion
Pell grant funding 2013-2014: $33 billion
Adults gaining insurance under first year of Obamacare: 10.3 million
As a percentage of the uninsured: 26
Annual cost for birth control prior to Obamacare: Up to $600
Annual cost for birth control under Obamacare-compliant policies: $0
Prescriptions now required to obtain emergency contraception: 0
2009 projection for Medicare going broke: 2017
2014 projection for Medicare going broke: 2030

Troops in Iraq, inauguration day 2009: 144,000
Troops in Iraq today: 1,600
Osama bin Ladens alive 2009: 1
Osama bin Ladens alive 2014: 0
Troops in Afghanistan, day, 2009: 34,400
Troops pledged in Afghanistan by end of 2014: 9,800
Guantánamo detainees inauguration day 2009: 242
Gitmo detainees today: 149
Crack vs. Powder cocaine-crime sentencing disparity when Obama took office: 100:1
Crack vs. Powder disparity today: 18:1
Drug offenders eligible to seek early release under new sentencing guidelines: 46,000

More here

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Rise and Shine

On This Day: President Obama and Annie Glenn, wife of former Senator John Glenn, greet each other following an event at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today

11:40 ET: The President departs White House

2:0 PT: Arrives Los Angeles

2:45 PT: Tours the startups area at Cross Campus, Santa Monica, California

3:05 PT: Participates in a town hall with members of the Cross Campus community

5:55 PT: Delivers remarks at a DNC fundraiser, Private Residence, Los Angeles

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Friday: The President will travel to San Francisco to attend a DNC event, and will spend the night there.

Saturday: While in San Francisco, the President will attend a DNC roundtable. Following these events, he will return to Washington, D.C., in the afternoon.

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On This Day

First Lady Michelle Obama greets a young girl during an autumn picnic for the U.S. Secret Service Presidential Protective Division on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 9, 2009 (Photo by Samantha Appleton)

At a birthday celebration for the First Family’s dog, Bo, his brother Cappy sneaks a treat from a table in the Rose Garden of the White House, Oct. 9, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning again everyone – have to go out for a bit, so your R&S is an early one. See ya in a bit!

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama talks with will.i.am, following an event The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Thursday!