28 | January | 2015 | The Obama Diary

"Senator, if confirmed as Attorney General, I will be myself. I will be #LorettaLynch." http://t.co/iOw5AussYd
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(@3ChicsPolitico) January 28, 2015

The Deltas came out for their Sorority AG Nominee #LorettaLynch. These women are not playing. Hearing room packed. http://t.co/AgZeOCxFDv
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Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 28, 2015

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Loretta Lynch says she would focus on police and community relations as Attorney General. on.wsj.com/1zASxvP http://t.co/ujmBcxfIXE
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Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) January 28, 2015

Loretta Lynch defends Obama's immigration actions huff.to/1JIk6oq
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HP LatinoVoices (@LatinoVoices) January 28, 2015

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U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch defends Obama’s executive action, NSA surveillance — bit.ly/1wBEWN8 http://t.co/Lp8mQ1acIH
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(@Newsweek) January 28, 2015

#SCOTUS stays Okla inmates' "executions using midazolam" while court considers challenge to lethal injection drugs
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Kimberly Robinson (@KimberlyRobinsn) January 28, 2015

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Andrew Sullivan. Bell Curve Apologist. #ByeFelicia
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(@Only4RM) January 28, 2015

ALERT: FLOOD OF WHITE MAN TEARS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS. http://t.co/uf6oYC1rb2
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) January 28, 2015

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This is what that "Thug" Marshawn Lynch said last year about why he doesn't like talking to the media. http://t.co/vIYBCrJcOR
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mike mulloy (@fakemikemulloy) January 28, 2015

FLOOD! JUST A TORRENT OF WHITE MAN TEARS! http://t.co/3qFhXwwQRt
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) January 28, 2015

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Judy Berman nails it re Jonathan Chait. flavorwire.com/501464/jonatha… http://t.co/xc1Qs1RqPx
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) January 27, 2015

I did it. I did the Chait. gawker.com/punch-drunk-jo…
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alex pareene (@pareene) January 27, 2015

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Richard Sherman is too brash and outspoken. He's a thug. Marshawn Lynch is stoic and disengaged. He's a thug.
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Pepe Sylvia (@edot__) January 28, 2015

Kehinde Wiley puts a classical spin on his contemporary subjects nyti.ms/1zYPn4A http://t.co/O9R4tlcrZW
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The New York Times (@nytimes) January 28, 2015

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In the last 24 hrs, @MoneyLynch has two deals - Skittles, & Progressive - and they're both raising money for his @fam1stfam foundation.
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Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) January 27, 2015

FLOOD! JUST A TORRENT OF WHITE MAN TEARS! http://t.co/3qFhXwwQRt
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) January 28, 2015

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9 but I will say that the "PC" critiques, even at their most infuriating to me, almost always make me think and yes check my privilege
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John Hodgman (@hodgman) January 27, 2015

10 I'd never heard of cis-gender until it had been hurled at me as an invalidating insult on Twitter. I bet it's true for @jonathanchait too
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John Hodgman (@hodgman) January 27, 2015

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11 but I am glad I know it now. I am glad to give these issues thought. It enlarges me
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John Hodgman (@hodgman) January 27, 2015

12 it enlarges me to be called out, even when I conclude the caller is a troll, and especially when it's by a person I respect.
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John Hodgman (@hodgman) January 27, 2015

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13 and @jonathanchait offers very little evidence against this form of contentiousness other than anxiety/hurt feelings of some colleagues
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John Hodgman (@hodgman) January 27, 2015

14 to suggest that somehow this discourse is hurting its own side has a name: concern trolling.
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John Hodgman (@hodgman) January 27, 2015

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Wow. US to spend $600B less on health care this decade than @USCBO thought in 2010. Despite huge coverage expansion. offthechartsblog.org/projected-heal…
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) January 28, 2015

Loving those #tcot attacks on First Lady Michelle Obama for, um, *not* wearing a scarf in Saudi Arabia ...... http://t.co/fgvPRX1IiY
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 28, 2015

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Russia’s bizarre proposal to condemn West Germany’s 1989 ‘annexation’ of East Germany wapo.st/1EPXsaQ
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Post World (@PostWorldNews) January 28, 2015

President of Ukraine had a phone conversation with President of France & Chancellor of Germany bit.ly/1DhkCpB http://t.co/rDIpNdU12A
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APU (@APUkraine) January 28, 2015

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Six Death Row Inmates Were Exonerated In 2014. All Of Them Were Black: thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/0… #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/WF23gJyOe7
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Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) January 28, 2015

Black prison sentences are 21 times more harsh than those of whites' FOR THE SAME CRIME Re-read that sentence. #justice
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Randy Prine (@randyprine) January 28, 2015

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President Obama honors the "men and women of NASA who gave their lives." Full statement: go.nasa.gov/18u87NU #NASARemembers @WhiteHouse
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(@NASA) January 28, 2015

On 29th anniversary of Challenger disaster, @NASA pauses to remember lives lost cbsn.ws/1DhejlX http://t.co/TwSCaLX0is
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CBS News (@CBSNews) January 28, 2015

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Unvaccinated ppl who pass through a room where someone with measles was 2 hours before have 90% risk of getting it. motherjones.com/blue-marble/20…
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Kiera Butler (@kieraevebutler) January 28, 2015

Scott’s prison budget fails to include money to investigate record high inmate deaths miamiherald.com/news/state/flo… @miamiherald
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(@rickhirsch) January 28, 2015

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Keystone bill moves closer to Senate passage cnn.it/1HedNv1
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CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 28, 2015

A new bill aims to shield VA whistleblowers: ow.ly/I6CVh
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The Hill (@thehill) January 28, 2015

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Judge tosses out convictions of 9 South Carolina black men who integrated whites-only lunch counter in 1961: abcn.ws/1zAhPu1
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ABC News (@ABC) January 28, 2015

Obama's healthcare law will cost abt 20% less over the next decade than we were told. Or, if you're watching FOX, it's proof he's a liar.
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John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 28, 2015

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More than three-quarters of Mass. residents who lost power during the blizzard have had their electricity restored bit.ly/1z3LcmH
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The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) January 28, 2015

Senate Democrats demand a clean DHS funding bill huff.to/1JD9maK http://t.co/lKn9BkEpJa
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HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) January 28, 2015

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Obama cuts campaign ad for his former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who's running for a second term as Chicago mayor ow.ly/HWkJS
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The Hill (@thehill) January 26, 2015

Mayor Rahm Emanuel raised another $800,000 in one week, @fspielman reports. sun-tim.es/18v1YB4 http://t.co/9JWdTolys0
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Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) January 28, 2015

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.@JohnJHarwood remember when Obama's entire presidency was ruined because he didn't genuflect to DC Gods Simpson and Bowles? @pfeiffer44
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) January 28, 2015

Even GOP state officials didn’t think you needed a state exchange to get Obamacare subsidies washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin… http://t.co/3tDme6mrpV
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Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) January 28, 2015

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Three states considering Medicaid expansion, and how many could gain coverage: • Tennessee: 250,000-plus • Utah: 100,000 • Wyoming: 20,000
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 27, 2015

States that could see uninsured ↓ the most by ↑ Medicaid eligibility: Texas: 1,552,000 people affected Florida: 1,060,000 Georgia: 572,000
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 27, 2015

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You'll be hard-pressed to find many black ppl who care that Andrew Sullivan, Bell Curve enthusiast that he is, is retiring from blogging.
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Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) January 28, 2015

Lolwut MT @DouthatNYT: Andrew Sullivan ... the most influential political writer of his generation: nyti.ms/1EPUPpn
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Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 28, 2015

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I like my men like I like my coffee. Silent.
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Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) January 28, 2015

So a poem inspired by Chait.... vine.co/v/OIK0aHBUA3X
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) January 28, 2015

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Thanks Pres. Romney! RT @jameshohmann Romney promised in 2012 to get unemployment–then 8.1%–down to 6%. It's now 5.6% politico.com/story/2015/01/…
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laura olin (@lauraolin) January 28, 2015

US Deficit $1.4 trillion in 2009 reduced to projected $468 billion in 2015 ino.to/1EqAF8h via @Inoreader
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Morphus Bfly (@morphusbfly) January 28, 2015