BREAKING: Watch President Obama announce his #FreeCommunityCollege proposal → go.wh.gov/comm-college vine.co/v/Op6YEKWLOXP
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2015
RT to share the news: President Obama just announced his #FreeCommunityCollege proposal → go.wh.gov/comm-college http://t.co/ORNWhcMAYt
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2015
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PLEASE everybody, mainly national news outlets, CARE MORE ABOUT THIS, it's barely getting coverage:
latimes.com/nation/nationn…
#NAACPBombing
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Rashida Jones (@iamrashidajones) January 07, 2015
If we're gonna overuse a word, let's at least pretend to be consistent/honest in its application. #NAACPBombing = Terrorism. Point. Blank.
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Orlando Jones (@TheOrlandoJones) January 07, 2015
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After fatally shooting 12-year-old carrying toy gun, police assaulted his 14-year-old sister thkpr.gs/3609634 http://t.co/o8dj10tpp5
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 08, 2015
New Video Of Tamir Rice Shooting Shows Police Arresting Sister, Delaying First Aid: huff.to/1xIUIuE via @HuffPostCrime
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 08, 2015
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R.I.P. Ahmed Merabet, a French #Muslim Cop, first victim of #CharlieHebdo attack http://t.co/vEHq0PAZwE
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Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) January 08, 2015
INCREDIBLE work by New Orleans! thkpr.gs/3609181 http://t.co/geLG2WshZR
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 08, 2015
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Muslim leaders worldwide have condemned the Charlie Hebdo attacks. But you won't learn that by watching @FoxNews. mediamatters.org/research/2015/…
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Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 08, 2015
#JeSuisAhmed Honors Policeman Murdered in Charlie Hebdo Attack thr.cm/s9BT3q http://t.co/EldvR4GPoD
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Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 08, 2015
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GOP Congress' first priority: yanking health insurance from 1.5 million Americans bit.ly/1vYdYij http://t.co/oy7LZ8frLS
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 08, 2015
Antibiotic failure will kill 10 million people a year by 2050 bit.ly/1vY3tvF http://t.co/rfxKLX2Myz
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 08, 2015
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Secretary Of State Simon Chokes Up Over Voting Rights shar.es/1HOwGH via @theuptake
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Alycee (@jazziz2) January 08, 2015
Anyone else pissed they found out about the #NAACPBombing on twitter. And not from.ANY of the 24 news outlets?
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Davon Magwood (@davonmagwood) January 07, 2015
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Paul Krugman: Those who blamed Obama for US economic ills now look like fools. ow.ly/GWBG1
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Russell Schaffer (@RussOnPolitics) January 07, 2015
BREAKING: Jobless Claims in U.S. Drop by 4,000 as Employers Retain Seasonal Workers. bloom.bg/1wYkciv
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Bloomberg Business (@business) January 08, 2015
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#AllLivesMatter until a white terrorist tries to kill blacks and then it's not on the national news that he's on the loose. #NAACPBombing
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(@JRehling) January 07, 2015
So, get this -- @CNN covers #NAACPBombing almost a day late and doesn't mention that the suspect is a white 40ish man. Y'all.
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deray mckesson (@deray) January 07, 2015
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And now, America's media asks why moderate conservatives won't apologize for the #NAACPBombing. Just kidding; that only applies to Muslims.
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John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 07, 2015
Nope. Anders Breivik in Norway, 2011. 77 dead. nytimes.com/2015/01/08/wor… http://t.co/MlDnyj1EMf
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) January 07, 2015
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President Obama on the announcement of Sen Boxer. http://t.co/vKZ0fK1NGb
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meta (@metaquest) January 09, 2015
Russia bans people with 'sex disorders,' including transsexual and transgender people, from driving - @BBCNews bbc.in/1tOi6Sh
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William McDonald (@onavouyage) January 08, 2015
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Latest from @MrDavidAWilson of @theGrio! NYPD officers shouldn't turn their backs on the talk we must have cnn.it/1In8699 #GrioFam
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 07, 2015
Construction Work Is Getting More Deadly, But Only For Latinos buzzfeed.com/davidnoriega/c… via @drnoriega @buzzfeednews
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E McMorris-Santoro (@EvanMcSan) January 07, 2015
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Wait, what? There was a #NAACPBombing somewhere is the US? Where & why no MSM coverage @CNN @msnbc @ABC @CBSNews @NBCNews
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SnarkyProgressive (@snarkylibdem) January 07, 2015
Wow. Almost 10 mins in and @TODAYshow still hasn't mentioned the #NAACPBombing. Given all that's going on, how is that not a lead story?
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asha bandele (@ashabandele) January 07, 2015
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I love that the racists trolling #NAACPBombing are arguing that hey, the bomb didn't hurt anyone. Yo, racists: Neither did Eric Garner.
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Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) January 07, 2015
Did you know a white supremacist tried to bomb the 2011 Martin Luther King parade in Spokane? The media downplayed that, too.
#NAACPBombing
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(@JRehling) January 07, 2015
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wait...there was an #NAACPBombing for real? man...thank god for social media cause i woulda never known otherwise. oh well *shrug*....right?
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Questlove Gomez (@questlove) January 07, 2015
If they arrest the white person who bombed the NAACP the media will say: he was an excellent student who made a small mistake #NAACPBombing
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B (@B_A_Simons) January 07, 2015
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An incomplete list of white supremacist violence over the last four years. #NAACPBombing adl.org/combating-hate… http://t.co/BAuh5JHNxi
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Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee) January 07, 2015
If the right wing can pin the cop murders on Al Sharpton, I can pin the #NAACPbombing on Sean Hannity, right?
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Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) January 07, 2015
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State forces 17-year-old cancer patient to have chemo after she refuses treatment cbsn.ws/1wlHXlw
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CBS News (@CBSNews) January 07, 2015
What retirement? Older Singapore workers are staying on the job longer bloom.bg/1xPMrUo
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Bloomberg Business (@business) January 07, 2015
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Cover story: @AVAETC, @Oprah and David Oyelowo on the "divine timing" of #Selma variety.com/2015/film/news… http://t.co/PTsO9XjgjV
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(@Variety) January 07, 2015
Somebody bombed an NAACP building in Colorado today in broad daylight. “It’s messed up, man. It’s horrible." latimes.com/nation/nationn…
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Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) January 07, 2015
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Jeb Bush Had a Private Meeting with Bill O'Reilly bit.ly/1xPMnae
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(@Mediaite) January 07, 2015
Georgia sheriff's deputy and three relatives found shot to death in suburban Atlanta home in apparent murder-suicide nbcnews.to/1wSO53N
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NBC News (@NBCNews) January 07, 2015
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City of Newark Holds My Brother's Keeper Forum fb.me/4aPhTyebG
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City of Newark (@CityofNewarkNJ) January 06, 2015
Falling oil prices are about to have a serious impact on your wallet on.mktw.net/1Kibm9Q http://t.co/Ra6Uu5gz0j
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(@MarketWatch) January 07, 2015
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NAACP demands judge investigate Ferguson prosecutor for misconduct, suggests new prosecutor thkpr.gs/3608333 http://t.co/njniesLvIC
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 06, 2015
Federal Court Extends Order Requiring Better Warning Before Tear Gas For #Ferguson Protesters news.stlpublicradio.org/post/court-ext… http://t.co/Zdqglg19Xi
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(@Lnonblonde) January 06, 2015
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Gov Christie pushed Port Authority to give lucrative contract to firm part-owned by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: ibtimes.com/chris-christie… #High5
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(@TimKarr) January 06, 2015
Everything you need to know about an obscure rule change that could lead to big tax cuts for the rich thkpr.gs/3608364
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 06, 2015
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Durham becomes largest North Carolina jurisdiction to welcome migrant children thkpr.gs/3608843 http://t.co/rWOPmws6zZ
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 08, 2015
In honor of the 7th anniversary of losing NH youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqc… (cc @jonfavs @TVietor08 @reidcherlin @BrandonHurlbut @BarackObama)
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Bill Burton (@billburton) January 08, 2015
Me?
Yes, it is I. Good Evening, TODVille!
Now, on to read and appreciate the new post.
Congrats NCLB 🙂
Spectacular NW!!!! Thank you!!!
good night TOD
Thanks, Bob.
Stuuuuuuuuupendous Nerdy, another perfect summing up of the day – thank you.
I echo those words.
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
Has df put up her daily diary yet?
Yes, if you haven’t found it yet, Part 1 is around comment #91 on the previous post – her Part 2 will be posted tomorrow, think she said!
That wasn’t any part of the good stuff. 😦
She’s excited and exhausted, probably. Poor baby (albeit she’s a lucky baby!).
I take that back. I had missed it. trying to do too many things at once………Don’t ask. 😉
Good evening, TOD! Nerdy, as always, THANK YOU for the roundup!
Was home all day, can you believe that I missed the President’s event — was napping…
Read DF’s part 1; looking forward to part 2. Will view the speech when I’m sure I can stay awake for the whole thing…
Eight days into the new year and already 7 deaths of folks I personally know (including my former step-father-in-law); additional national and international folks that I’m loosely acquainted with. Circle of life; circle of life; circle of life.
Thanks, Alycee.
My condolences to you and yours.
Jeb Bush met with Bill O’Reilly and an angel just got sick to her stomach all over a cloud.
Amen.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on whether or not he will run for president in 2016
I’m sorry. My reaction is WTF?
Wow. Just watched that. I’m very surprised with how he couched his response. Me no likey.
I’m going to tweet David Axelrod and O’Malley and ask WTF. Didn’t President Obama campaign for him in 2010? He needs to explain himself because I’m just about through with him.
I’m thinking the barometric pressure in Chicago got to him. What a dumb-ass way to put his reasoning for a presidential run! He’s always seemed like a true Obama supporter. I’ll give him a second chance, but that was an off-the-cuff comment, I hope, that failed big time.
I tweeted him and Axelrod but I wasn’t so diplomatic. I just RT’d your tweet because it’s much nicer than mine 🙂 Check out his wiki page. He’s had some challenges.
Thanks. I’ll do that tomorrow, but – for now – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!
Goodnight, y’all.
Couldn’t agree more.
I resent emoprogs that DEMAND *whatever* NOW from President Obama, but I hope that @GovenorOMalley remembers what happened when Dems distanced themselves from the popularly elected #TwoTerm Leader of the Free World.
UGH! Could he possible be referring to HRC? Otherwise, BIG mistake.
I just read part I from df – she seems to be suffering from a dose of the bestest ever day with a side serve of Presidential goodness. 🙂 🙂
I look forward to the next episode of the series.
K-14, baby!
There are so many people who cannot be cooped up inside a office, and offering this vocational/technical opportunity will mean so much to the majority of Americans who cannot afford to spend thousands of dollars a year to learn hands-on, employable skills.
Well said!!!
DF, thank you for Part1 of your adventure today. Looking forward for Part 2 after you have rested.
It will be a couple of days for your brain to process it all. Your gratitude and gratefulness came through every word.
Helping out the woman that came all the way from Georgia was really nice of you.
I am so glad that you were there and able to experience everything that you felt. I read every word and felt like I was right there with you.
I know your sleep is sweet and your rest is needed right now.
I can only imagine all of the wonderful thoughts that were processed in your brain today and even while you sleep.
Yes, you were there. Yes, it was real. Yes, he is the best President we will ever experience in our lifetimes. Yes, we are grateful.
After viewing the video of our President on AF-1 setting the pace and stage for the next two years(2nd Term, Baby!) all I can say is……
Yes, we can. Yes, we did. Yes, we will keep on keeping on.
Good night TOD.
Sweet Sleep.
It takes awhile, but MSM does respond to social media #backlash.
For our Canadian (CanadaBarb, VC, Jeff Gauvin, etc.) and Irish (Chips!) TODers:
Forgot to say that I missed out in sending my best wishes to ((( CanadaBarb ))) as she nail-bitingly waits for her medical results.
Also didn’t realize that the @Nytimes headline summary didn’t indicate that Kevin Vickers will be Canada’s Ambassador to Ireland.
I tried to find a way to email my opinion to Martin O’Malley concerning my negative thoughts of his distancing himself from PBO, but could not find a way to contact him. I do not Tweet.
livestream of france tv
http://t.co/hasCHjOVnC
the siege continues. good night tod.
So grateful to df for her exuberant, delightful report. Df your kindness to the lady who needed a little help — you are the best. Thankful for the front row seat you are giving us with your words. Looking forward to more!
THIS!!
Mooooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/09/early-bird-chat-447/
Good Friday morning everyone. Finally feel fairly rested and back to my own reality:) To continue with the rest of desertflower’s excellent Presidential Adventure!
I think I left off talking about how honored and touched I was to be there when he spoke about something I knew about because it touched my family so deeply. This Hardest Hit Fund money allowed us to keep our home as my husband was underemployed at the time after losing a couple of different jobs. What worked just fine when he was employed, wasn’t fine when he had a smaller paycheck. Needless to say, it was a godsend that I will be forever grateful for. We are in our same home and thankfully, been able to make our payments each month. We also benefited from HAMP even BEFORE the Hardest Hit Fund became available…so that was a godsend as well. I think that maybe I was meant to be there to hear him speak…it really did seem to me like a bookend on an awful chapter, a terrifying chapter, in my life. In the end, I guess a sense of peacefulness washed over me and I felt empowered again to move on stronger than before, with a new sense of purpose. I felt liberated from that piece of my life, and hopeful for others that want to claim that piece of the middle class and beyond, by becoming homeowners. Your own private space to call your own and the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes with it.
I sat with my new friends after he had left the gym and all the “beaming with pride” folks made their way out of the gym. Rather like waiting on an airplane when you’re stuck in the back…no sense getting up and moving because you’re not “going” anywhere. We watched the people file out and talked among ourselves. The daughter of the woman thanked me profusely for caring for her frail mom and being attentive to her…making sure that she could share in the joy of being able to actually see the President, not just hear him. I could tell that this meant the world to her, being here listening to this brilliant AA President. She was an AA woman herself, living in the south and 85 years old. She had history. I could tell as I watched over her that this moment was nearly spiritual for her. I was comforted by that and held on to her arm, I thought at the time to balance her…but now, maybe it was a little of both.
I gave her my email and hope that she’ll send me her photos of the President. If I get them, I will pass them along to all of you.
I said my goodbyes and made my way out, all the excited people long gone now. I walked out into the warm air and just smiled. I raised my arms to the sky and smiled and thanked the powers that be for this opportunity. The warm air felt like a blanket, the bird’s seemed to sing sweeter, the smiles were still on lips, the mood changed from excited to serene.
I was walking to where the bus’ were parked to take me back to my car in the church lot, a little smile and a spring in my step, and a woman walked toward me with a smile and a clipboard. She came up and asked if I had just come from the gym and had seen the President. Could I beam any more? Of course I saw the President and it was amazing!
She told me that she was a student at ASU and worked for one of their student papers or online news…I can’t remember exactly what she said. Once again, I got to tell why being able to see him speak about housing and his plans to help others was so important to me…I explained how is policies had an actually effect on my family. It was a sign to me that I was meant to be there to tell my story.
This was my day with the President. One I will cherish until my time here is up. If you’re reading this, know that we have to care about each and every person that we meet each day. That when we do for others and care about what happens to them, we help ourselves, too. Do right by everyone and don’t get cynical and hard..there is joy in the world and we have to live life to our best potential, each and every day….just like he does. I don’t believe that I’m the same person I was when I went in that gym, I’m better and stronger and move with a renewed sense of purpose and urgency. So much to be done for many. Yes…I actually DID get all this from that 15 minutes with President Obama yesterday! He changed a room. Now it’s my turn, our turn, to go out and change the world. One person at a time.
Wow…..DF
Read your two posts on your day with POTUS.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Awesome. Inspirational.
Congratulations.
Grateful to you df. You’ve shared so much more than the experience of seeing, as well as hearing, President Obama. The personal context and your interactions with the 85 y/o woman and her family enrich the story considerably. Thank you.
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